republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-262.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan: energy activities, programs, or projects."
description: "Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , and the Department of Water Resources to undertake various programs related to energy and water conservation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 262"
citation: "California AB 262 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan: energy activities", "programs", "or projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb71fbca-930a-4648-99ff-b6a7acea51a7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB262"
source_hash: "ea9aeab51d67473256ff5b05c1c4252a69ad014958aa19bea860cee781f3140e"
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 262 (20092010) — American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan: energy activities, programs, or projects.

Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission, State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) , and the Department of Water Resources to undertake various programs related to energy and water conservation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB262&version=20090AB26299INT)
2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB262&version=20090AB26298AMD)
3. **07/16/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB262&version=20090AB26297AMD)
4. **09/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB262&version=20090AB26296AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB262&version=20090AB26294CHP)
6. **AB262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB262)
7. **09/16/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB262&version=20090AB26295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 262 BASS Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FUENTES — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB262 Bass By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 262 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Fuentes — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2009-04-13** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 1990.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-08-24** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-01** (Corrected September 4.)
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2172.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)
- **2009-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3259.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 227, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb71fbca-930a-4648-99ff-b6a7acea51a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).