California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1553 — Telecommunications: universal service: deaf and disabled telecommunications programs.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2009.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 10, 2009. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, establishes a program of cooperative federalism for the regulation of telecommunications to attain the goal of local competition, while implementing specific, predictable, and sufficient federal and state mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service, consistent with certain universal service principles. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission to oversee administration of the state's universal service programs, including the deaf and disabled programs. The existing deaf and disabled universal service program, among other things, requires the commission to design and implement a program to provide a telecommunications device capable of serving the needs of individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired, together with a single party line, at no charge additional to the basic exchange rate, to any subscriber who is certified as an individual who is deaf or hearing impaired. Existing law requires the commission, with certain exceptions, until January 1, 2010, to establish a rate recovery mechanism through a surcharge not to exceed 0.5% applied to a subscriber's intrastate telephone service, to allow providers of equipment and service pursuant to the state's deaf and disabled universal service programs to recover costs as they are incurred. Existing law requires the commission to annually review the surcharge level and the balances in the funds established to fund the state's deaf and disabled universal service programs and, until January 1, 2010, authorize the commission to make any necessary adjustments to the surcharge to ensure that the deaf and disabled universal service programs are adequately funded and the fund balances are not excessive. This bill would instead make January 1, 2014, the termination date for the requirements placed on the commission relative to funding of the deaf and disabled universal service programs. Existing law makes any public utility and any corporation other than a public utility that fails to comply with any part of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission guilty of a crime. Because the program that is extended under the provisions of this bill require a decision or order of the commission to implement, and violation of the order or decision would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by extending the operation of a crime. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2009.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 6. Page 3271.)

  5. From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 9).

  6. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3152.)

  7. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  8. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  9. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2103.)

  10. Read second time. To third reading.

  11. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 17).

  12. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 7).

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.

  15. Referred to Com. on E., U., & C.

  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  17. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1558.)

  18. Read second time. To Consent Calendar.

  19. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 11).

  20. Referred to Com. on U. & C.

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee April 11.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Fuentes · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Fuentes

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1553 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 6 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 75506
Republican 2100
Democratic 3000
Total 80606
% of votes cast 87%7%0%7%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Nay
Carter — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Conway — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Bass — Yea
Blakeslee — Not Voting
Duvall — Not Voting
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Eng — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Charles — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Davis — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huber — Yea
Knight — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Adams — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Not Voting
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Miller — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Torres — Yea
Villines — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Feuer — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Nay
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Senate amendments be concurred in.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Total 16000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Tom — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea

Official roll call →

Assembly 3rd Reading AB1553 Fuentes By Padilla

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31007
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 34007
% of votes cast 83%0%0%17%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Harman — Yea
Hollingsworth — Not Voting
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Ducheny — Not Voting
Ashburn — Yea
Benoit — Not Voting
Dutton — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Not Voting
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9004
Total 9004
% of votes cast 69%0%0%31%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Runner — Not Voting
Hancock — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Leno — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Yea
Cox — Yea
Denham — Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7001
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 10001
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Simitian — Yea
Wright — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Wiggins — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Cox — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

AB 1553 U.& C. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session

Passed 89 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 81003
Democratic 5000
Republican 3000
Total 89003
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Bill — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Eng — Not Voting
Yamada — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Audra — Yea
Saldana — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Bass — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Price — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Feuer — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14001
Democratic 1000
Total 15001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Tom — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Not Voting
Duvall — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1553 do?
Existing law, the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, establishes a program of cooperative federalism for the regulation of telecommunications to attain the goal of local competition, while implementing specific, predictable, and sufficient federal and state mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service, consistent with certain universal service principles. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission to oversee administration of the state's universal service programs, including the deaf and disabled programs. The existing deaf and disabled universal service program, among other things, requires the commission to design and implement a program to provide a telecommunications device capable of serving the needs of individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired, together with a single party line, at no charge additional to the basic exchange rate, to any subscriber who is certified as an individual who is deaf or hearing impaired. Existing law requires the commission, with certain exceptions, until January 1, 2010, to establish a rate recovery mechanism through a surcharge not to exceed 0.5% applied to a subscriber's intrastate telephone service, to allow providers of equipment and service pursuant to the state's deaf and disabled universal service programs to recover costs as they are incurred. Existing law requires the commission to annually review the surcharge level and the balances in the funds established to fund the state's deaf and disabled universal service programs and, until January 1, 2010, authorize the commission to make any necessary adjustments to the surcharge to ensure that the deaf and disabled universal service programs are adequately funded and the fund balances are not excessive. This bill would instead make January 1, 2014, the termination date for the requirements placed on the commission relative to funding of the deaf and disabled universal service programs. Existing law makes any public utility and any corporation other than a public utility that fails to comply with any part of any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission guilty of a crime. Because the program that is extended under the provisions of this bill require a decision or order of the commission to implement, and violation of the order or decision would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by extending the operation of a crime. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 1553?
AB 1553 is sponsored by Fuentes.
What is the current status of AB 1553?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 10, 2009. Enacted.
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