republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-199.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alternative energy: recycled feedstock."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority to provide financial assistance for projects that promote the use of alternative energies. Existing law, until January 1, 2021, authorizes the authority to approve a project for financial assistance in the form of a sales and use tax exclusion. Existing law prohibits the authority from granting sales and use tax exclusions that exceed $100,000,000 for each calendar year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 199"
citation: "California AB 199 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alternative energy: recycled feedstock."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-01-29"
last_action: "2015-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08fd2c8e-d3f6-4be6-8a8c-8fad703d95e1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB199"
source_hash: "97f4d77f2a26171c936ceb7b2ade06fed1944e99d97f00aae10066d6c1e10ec2"
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 199 (20152016) — Alternative energy: recycled feedstock.

Existing law establishes the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority to provide financial assistance for projects that promote the use of alternative energies. Existing law, until January 1, 2021, authorizes the authority to approve a project for financial assistance in the form of a sales and use tax exclusion. Existing law prohibits the authority from granting sales and use tax exclusions that exceed $100,000,000 for each calendar year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB199&version=20150AB19999INT)
2. **06/09/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB199&version=20150AB19998AMD)
3. **08/18/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB199&version=20150AB19997AMD)
4. **08/25/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB199&version=20150AB19996AMD)
5. **09/10/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB199&version=20150AB19995AMD)
6. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB199&version=20150AB19993CHP)
7. **AB199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB199)
8. **09/16/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB199&version=20150AB19994ENR)

## Votes

- AB 199 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 199 EGGMAN Third Reading Urgency — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Hadley — coauthor (person)
- Harper — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2015-02-09** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-18** Retained in suspense file.
- **2015-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-10** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-17** Received July 17, 2015 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(a)(10).
- **2015-08-17** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2470.)
- **2015-08-17** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 2470.)
- **2015-08-17** (pending re-referral to Com. on APPR.)
- **2015-08-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2621.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** Joint Rule 61(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2645.)
- **2015-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2646.)
- **2015-09-09** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-10** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 24. Noes 1. Page 2678.)
- **2015-09-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (September 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2756.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2015-09-11** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3194.)
- **2015-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3194.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 768, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08fd2c8e-d3f6-4be6-8a8c-8fad703d95e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).