republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-578.md

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Bill	Energy: distributed energy generation: study.	Energy: distributed energy generation: study.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 578	California AB 578 (20072008)	bill	Energy: distributed energy generation: study.	enacted	Blakeslee	10	28	8	2007-02-21	2008-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/5b708aaa-cd44-42ce-8393-db1278856c2f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB578	64906529bc8946a44f628c12605056b093e334b349e705284eb65944e49213d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 578 (20072008) — Energy: distributed energy generation: study.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/01/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/12/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/14/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/18/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/30/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB578 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/03/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 578 BLAKESLEE Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Be referred to Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 578 BLAKESLEE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #38 AB578 Blakeslee By Kehoe — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blakeslee — primary (person)
• Levine — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2007-03-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2007-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2007-04-09 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. referral-committee
• 2007-04-12 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 9). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-04-16 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-04-17 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. referral-committee
• 2007-04-19 From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2007-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2007-06-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-06-05 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1924.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-06-14 Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. referral-committee
• 2007-07-11 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
• 2007-07-12 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-08-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-07-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-07-14 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-18 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-22 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5329.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6908.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2008-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 627, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b708aaa-cd44-42ce-8393-db1278856c2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).