republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-609.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State building construction: energy conservation."
description: "State building construction: energy conservation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 609"
citation: "California AB 609 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State building construction: energy conservation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eng"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95c3b1f8-8207-412e-a409-21f40d65a7d4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB609"
source_hash: "c722b0429d3b57a1be254bd580c0eafa2700cf8b9e78b8ec2a8b30f9ec64d7f1"
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 609 (20072008) — State building construction: energy conservation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB609&version=20070AB60999INT)
2. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB609&version=20070AB60998AMD)
3. **07/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB609&version=20070AB60997AMD)
4. **09/06/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB609&version=20070AB60996AMD)
5. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB609&version=20070AB60994CHP)
6. **AB609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB609)
7. **09/18/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB609&version=20070AB60995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 609 ENG Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 609 Eng Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB609 Eng By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eng — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (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.
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** 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 12. Noes 5.) (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 49. Noes 29. Page 1925.) `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 Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-18** 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: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 6.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2531.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 3305.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 600, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95c3b1f8-8207-412e-a409-21f40d65a7d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).