republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-209.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy and climate change."
description: "(1) Existing law creates the Lithium Subaccount within the Salton Sea Restoration Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in the subaccount to the Natural Resources Agency for restoration projects and grants for community engagement, public amenity, capital improvement, or community-benefit projects at or around the Salton Sea and those communities impacted by the Salton Sea's restoration and development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 209"
citation: "California AB 209 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Energy and climate change."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2022-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41180b32-d082-49ec-8fb3-4855eb8c5ac4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB209"
source_hash: "705f69469cdb7c59ce24bf6369e8c91175e5fad8fc95f56dd131e300c275581b"
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 209 (20212022) — Energy and climate change.

(1) Existing law creates the Lithium Subaccount within the Salton Sea Restoration Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in the subaccount to the Natural Resources Agency for restoration projects and grants for community engagement, public amenity, capital improvement, or community-benefit projects at or around the Salton Sea and those communities impacted by the Salton Sea's restoration and development.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB209&version=20210AB20999INT)
2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB209&version=20210AB20998AMD)
3. **08/28/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB209&version=20210AB20997AMD)
4. **09/06/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB209&version=20210AB20995CHP)
5. **AB209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB209)
6. **08/31/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB209&version=20210AB20996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 209 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **58–17** (pass) · lower
- AB 209 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB209 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **13–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 516.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Senate rules suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.).
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 5411.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 17.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41180b32-d082-49ec-8fb3-4855eb8c5ac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).