republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1684.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Distributed generation resources."
description: "Distributed generation resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1684"
citation: "California AB 1684 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Distributed generation resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dca69d1-01bd-445e-bb2c-196e97406dc6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684"
source_hash: "f16b18c3d4818032f2dd0c9b89bb36165b92d13af49879194fc3723b598d26d4"
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 1684 (20032004) — Distributed generation resources.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684&version=20030AB168499INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684&version=20030AB168498AMD)
3. **01/14/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684&version=20030AB168497AMD)
4. **01/16/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684&version=20030AB168496AMD)
5. **06/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684&version=20030AB168495AMD)
6. **07/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684&version=20030AB168494AMD)
7. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684&version=20030AB168493AMD)
8. **08/25/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684&version=20030AB168492AMD)
9. **09/22/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684&version=20030AB168490CHP)
10. **AB1684** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684)
11. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1684&version=20030AB168491ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1684 leno concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1684 leno by florez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1684 leno consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)
- Oropeza — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 675, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7909.) Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7929.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 5421.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-14** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4393.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-14** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-13** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 12). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dca69d1-01bd-445e-bb2c-196e97406dc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).