republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-811.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contractual assessments: energy efficiency improvements."
description: "Contractual assessments: energy efficiency improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 811"
citation: "California AB 811 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contractual assessments: energy efficiency improvements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2008-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85331d9d-d821-43a7-86f0-fe4e8f940d34"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB811"
source_hash: "0351ac8276b1ce9264beb2a2bb575cdecb1bc884c666ae9927fda916a8c93db6"
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 811 (20072008) — Contractual assessments: energy efficiency improvements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB811&version=20070AB81199INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB811&version=20070AB81198AMD)
3. **01/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB811&version=20070AB81197AMD)
4. **03/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB811&version=20070AB81196AMD)
5. **05/23/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB811&version=20070AB81195AMD)
6. **06/16/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB811&version=20070AB81194AMD)
7. **07/21/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB811&version=20070AB81192CHP)
8. **AB811** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB811)
9. **07/01/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB811&version=20070AB81193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB811 Levine Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 811 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 811 LEVINE Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)
- Beall — author (person)
- Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 7). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (January 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 13. Page 3879.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-11** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-09** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-05-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-05-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-16** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 4453.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-06-30** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 14. Page 5946.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2008-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 159, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85331d9d-d821-43a7-86f0-fe4e8f940d34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).