republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002-special-session-2/ab-28.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electrical restructuring: Oversight Board: Independent System Operator."
description: "Electrical restructuring: Oversight Board: Independent System Operator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002 Special Session 2"
identifier: "AB 28"
citation: "California AB 28 (20012002 Special Session 2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electrical restructuring: Oversight Board: Independent System Operator."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-05-17"
last_action: "2001-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63b4ce08-20d0-4d2f-8a4f-477a281ae9bf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB28"
source_hash: "0becdae52952dc27947a4feec9f5848eabd3ccc69656921a4e3ab3cfb42950bc"
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 28 (20012002 Special Session 2) — Electrical restructuring: Oversight Board: Independent System Operator.

## Version chain

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

1. **05/17/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB28&version=20012AB2899INT)
2. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB28&version=20012AB2898AMD)
3. **07/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB28&version=20012AB2897AMD)
4. **08/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB28&version=20012AB2896AMD)
5. **10/12/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB28&version=20012AB2894CHP)
6. **AB28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB28)
7. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120022AB28&version=20012AB2895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 28 Migden Concurrence in Senate Amendments Second Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 28 Migden Assembly Third Reading Second Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB28 Migden By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — author (person)
- Oropeza — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 16, Statutes of 2001-02 Second Extraordinary Session.
- **2001-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 30. Page 361.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 202.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-27** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-08-21** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-12** 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, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-27** In committee: Testimony Taken. Hearing postponed by Committee.
- **2001-06-21** 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, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 6. Page 58.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-21** From committee: Do pass, pursuant to Assembly Rule 51.3. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-18** From printer.
- **2001-05-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63b4ce08-20d0-4d2f-8a4f-477a281ae9bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).