republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-970.md

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Bill	Electrical energy: thermal powerplants: permits.	Electrical energy: thermal powerplants: permits.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 970	California AB 970 (19992000)	bill appropriation	Electrical energy: thermal powerplants: permits.	enacted	Ducheny	9	26	10	1999-02-25	2000-09-07	openstates	ocd-bill/8adf56df-5746-49be-b761-5d79cfd4a466	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB970	226512f864a97f0c421be46869f1cfbbf731459897ef473e3c7fe9c76d153df4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 970 (19992000) — Electrical energy: thermal powerplants: permits.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/26/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/06/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/07/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/00 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB970 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/31/00 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 970 DUCHENY THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — fail (fail) · upper
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 970 DUCHENY CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — pass (pass) · lower
• W/O REF. TO FILE AB970 Ducheny Suspend Joint Rules — pass (pass) · upper
• W/O REF. TO FILE AB970 Ducheny Bowen — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — fail (fail) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Set, second hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ducheny — primary (person)
• Aanestad — coauthor (person)
• Ackerman — coauthor (person)
• Alpert — coauthor (person)
• Baldwin — coauthor (person)
• Bates — coauthor (person)
• Battin — author (person)
• Baugh — principal coauthor (person)
• Bowen — coauthor (person)
• Brewer — coauthor (person)
• Campbell — coauthor (person)
• Cardoza — coauthor (person)
• Cox — coauthor (person)
• Davis — coauthor (person)
• Dickerson — coauthor (person)
• Gallegos — coauthor (person)
• Granlund — coauthor (person)
• House — coauthor (person)
• Kaloogian — coauthor (person)
• Keeley — author (person)
• Kelley — coauthor (person)
• Leach — coauthor (person)
• Machado — coauthor (person)
• Maddox — coauthor (person)
• Maldonado — coauthor (person)
• Margett — coauthor (person)
• Nakano — coauthor (person)
• Olberg — coauthor (person)
• Oller — coauthor (person)
• Pescetti — coauthor (person)
• Rod Pacheco — coauthor (person)
• Runner — coauthor (person)
• Strickland — coauthor (person)
• Thompson — coauthor (person)
• Zettel — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2000-09-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2000.
• 2000-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2000-09-05 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2000-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8942.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 31). Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendm. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2000-08-31 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 6480.). amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-08-31 In committee: Reconsideration granted.
• 2000-08-29 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. Senate Rule 21.5 suspended. Joint Rule 61(b) suspended.
• 2000-08-08 In committee: Set, final hearing. Failed passage.
• 2000-08-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-07-06 In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2000-07-06 Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
• 2000-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-06-15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-07-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-07-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-06-07 Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. referral-committee
• 1999-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-06-01 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2149.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 1.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-29 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 20). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-04-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-03-11 Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. referral-committee
• 1999-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 1999-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8adf56df-5746-49be-b761-5d79cfd4a466. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).