republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1881.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solar energy systems."
description: "Solar energy systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1881"
citation: "California AB 1881 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solar energy systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pescetti"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-04"
last_action: "2002-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3927f87f-ae11-4d49-961f-f8828b18f056"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1881"
source_hash: "31c0b4ed5ff1c8bfbc7500225e7b3fd4d67c1207c8a50aad20937f4f48b9ee84"
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 1881 (20012002) — Solar energy systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1881&version=20010AB188199INT)
2. **06/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1881&version=20010AB188198AMD)
3. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1881&version=20010AB188197AMD)
4. **09/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1881&version=20010AB188195CHP)
5. **AB1881** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1881)
6. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1881&version=20010AB188196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1881 Pescetti Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1881 Pescetti Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1881 Pescetti By Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pescetti — primary (person)
- Murray — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 561, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 1. Page 5815.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-21** Read third time. Amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-28** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization and Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5868.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2002-02-04** 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/3927f87f-ae11-4d49-961f-f8828b18f056`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).