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type: "Bill"
title: "Alternative energy."
description: "The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority. The act authorizes, until January 1, 2021, the authority to provide financial assistance in the form of a sales and use tax exclusion for projects, including those that promote California-based manufacturing, California-based jobs, the reduction of greenhouse gases, or the reduction in air and water pollution or energy consumption. The act prohibits the sales and use tax exclusions from exceeding $100,000,000 for each calendar year. The act authorizes the authority, until July 1, 2016, to grant financial assistance in the form of a sales and use tax exclusion for projects that promote the use of advanced manufacturing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1269"
citation: "California AB 1269 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alternative energy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/716f501a-3aa5-4ec3-9feb-61f55d66f35d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1269"
source_hash: "294b61f2781fb8985cf06f74388fdf30a990e6ac72401225b6998c4d905ba6c9"
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 1269 (20152016) — Alternative energy.
The California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority. The act authorizes, until January 1, 2021, the authority to provide financial assistance in the form of a sales and use tax exclusion for projects, including those that promote California-based manufacturing, California-based jobs, the reduction of greenhouse gases, or the reduction in air and water pollution or energy consumption. The act prohibits the sales and use tax exclusions from exceeding $100,000,000 for each calendar year. The act authorizes the authority, until July 1, 2016, to grant financial assistance in the form of a sales and use tax exclusion for projects that promote the use of advanced manufacturing.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1269&version=20150AB126999INT)
2. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1269&version=20150AB126998AMD)
3. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1269&version=20150AB126996CHP)
4. **AB1269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1269)
5. **09/16/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1269&version=20150AB126997ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1269 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1269 Dababneh By Beall — **400** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 1269 DABABNEH Assembly Third Reading — **800** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dababneh — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1726.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-06-29** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-06-29** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2711.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2015-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3168.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2015-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 788, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/716f501a-3aa5-4ec3-9feb-61f55d66f35d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).