---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generation facilities: sale or transfer."
description: "Generation facilities: sale or transfer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1235"
citation: "California AB 1235 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Generation facilities: sale or transfer."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leslie"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b69cee9-8a60-4b3c-9e59-d79e01349aab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235"
source_hash: "628e3ed1c447a9ca133f63fc2f93b8e9fd8d21a0deba92ca9d5b58c599d9a41c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1235 (20012002) — Generation facilities: sale or transfer.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235&version=20010AB123599INT)
2. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235&version=20010AB123598AMD)
3. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235&version=20010AB123595AMD)
4. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235&version=20010AB123597AMD)
5. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235&version=20010AB123594AMD)
6. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235&version=20010AB123593AMD)
7. **09/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235&version=20010AB123596AMD)
8. **09/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235&version=20010AB123591CHP)
9. **AB1235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235)
10. **08/26/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1235&version=20010AB123592ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1235 Pescetti Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1235 Leslie By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1235 Leslie Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leslie — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 840, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-26** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 8112.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-23** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-21** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5529.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 5). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended (Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications).
- **2001-07-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1689.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b69cee9-8a60-4b3c-9e59-d79e01349aab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).