republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1968.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income taxes: exclusions: energy conservation rebates."
description: "Income taxes: exclusions: energy conservation rebates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1968"
citation: "California AB 1968 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Income taxes: exclusions: energy conservation rebates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nation"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24525e8b-bd54-4731-8bca-785b2ad96814"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1968"
source_hash: "c6db8aa785b5816c007e5b1fccfda84d42945db85da0aed337d800e13abc1eb6"
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 1968 (20012002) — Income taxes: exclusions: energy conservation rebates.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1968&version=20010AB196899INT)
2. **03/20/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1968&version=20010AB196898AMD)
3. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1968&version=20010AB196897AMD)
4. **09/24/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1968&version=20010AB196895CHP)
5. **AB1968** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1968)
6. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1968&version=20010AB196896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1968 Nation Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1968 Nation Special Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPUBLICAN SPECIAL C AB1968 Nation — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 843, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2002-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 8746.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5970.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-08-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6328.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2002-02-14** 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/24525e8b-bd54-4731-8bca-785b2ad96814`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).