republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-3048.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: local publicly owned electric utilities: renewable energy resources."
description: "Public utilities: local publicly owned electric utilities: renewable energy resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3048"
citation: "California AB 3048 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: local publicly owned electric utilities: renewable energy resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Utilities and Commerce"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-28"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b58ed16-9482-402d-9709-ff081fc7b75f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3048"
source_hash: "04f16ce7593c57887cd4d5e31325de54d8dfbfec304134a41c249ab28ceb994a"
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 3048 (20072008) — Public utilities: local publicly owned electric utilities: renewable energy resources.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/28/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3048&version=20070AB304899INT)
2. **06/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3048&version=20070AB304898AMD)
3. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3048&version=20070AB304897AMD)
4. **08/20/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3048&version=20070AB304896AMD)
5. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3048&version=20070AB304894CHP)
6. **AB3048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3048)
7. **09/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3048&version=20070AB304895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3048 U.& C. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LEVINE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3048 U.& C. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3048 Committee on U. & C. (Levine) By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities and Commerce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-29** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5061.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5373.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6982.)
- **2008-08-29** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7053.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 558, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b58ed16-9482-402d-9709-ff081fc7b75f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).