republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-995.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric restructuring: public benefit programs."
description: "Electric restructuring: public benefit programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 995"
citation: "California AB 995 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Electric restructuring: public benefit programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc94048f-da49-4219-8398-31d5018ca4ba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995"
source_hash: "4f653092ea2fd155f0cc9ebd33874f0adc1b908571ce6b471e69b53b4f1f7a7b"
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 995 (19992000) — Electric restructuring: public benefit programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995&version=19990AB99599INT)
2. **04/14/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995&version=19990AB99598AMD)
3. **05/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995&version=19990AB99597AMD)
4. **06/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995&version=19990AB99596AMD)
5. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995&version=19990AB99595AMD)
6. **06/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995&version=19990AB99594AMD)
7. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995&version=19990AB99593AMD)
8. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995&version=19990AB99592AMD)
9. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995&version=19990AB99590CHP)
10. **AB995** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995)
11. **08/24/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB995&version=19990AB99591ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB995 Wright By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 995 WRIGHT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **fail** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cardenas — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Morrow — coauthor (person)
- Murray — coauthor (person)
- O'Connell — coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — principal coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Sher — principal coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vincent — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1051, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2000-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 62. Noes 3. Page 8227.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 5919.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-25** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1777.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc94048f-da49-4219-8398-31d5018ca4ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).