California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1555 — Telecommunications: California Advanced Services Fund.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 24, Statutes of 2009.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 11, 2009. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to supervise and regulate every public utility and do all things necessary and convenient in the exercise of its power and jurisdiction. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, establishes the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) in the State Treasury, and requires a surcharge, which is imposed by the commission and collected through retail telecommunications customers' bills, to be deposited in that fund, for the purpose of encouraging the deployment of advanced communications services, as provided in a specified order of the commission. Pursuant to that order, which establishes a program providing matching funds to build broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas, eligible applicants for these funds are telephone corporations having a specified certificate from the commission and wireless carriers subject to registration with the commission. This bill would, for the sole purpose of providing matching funds pursuant to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, make any entity eligible for funding pursuant to that act eligible to apply for participation in the matching funds program if that entity otherwise satisfies the eligibility requirements under the program. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 24, Statutes of 2009.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 2573.)

  5. (Page 2573.)

  6. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.

  7. From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 24).

  8. (Page 2572.)

  9. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.

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

  11. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  12. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 1808.)

  13. Read second time. To third reading.

  14. Read third time, amended. To second reading.

  15. Read second time. To third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 7).

  17. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C.

  18. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  19. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  20. Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

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

  22. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1108.)

  23. Read second time. To Consent Calendar.

  24. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21).

  25. Referred to Com. on J.,E.D., & E.

  26. (Corrected March 20.)

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

  28. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chesbro · Cosponsor
  • V. Manuel Perez · Primary
  • Fuentes · Cosponsor
  • Padilla · Cosponsor
  • Wiggins · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • V. Manuel Perez

Co-sponsors (4)

  • Chesbro
  • Fuentes
  • Padilla
  • Wiggins

Not signed on (117)

117 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 1555 PEREZ, V.M. Concurrence- Urgency Added

Passed 81 Yea · 4 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 75406
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 81406
% of votes cast 89%4%0%7%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Charles — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Adams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Evans — Not Voting
Garrick — Nay
Jeffries — Not Voting
Miller — Not Voting
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Bass — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Torlakson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hill — Yea
Knight — Nay
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Silva — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Villines — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Eng — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
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 Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Assembly 2nd Reading AB1555 V. Manuel Perez By Padilla

Passed 37 Yea · 3 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34301
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 37301
% of votes cast 90%7%0%2%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Ashburn — Not Voting
Walters — Nay
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Harman — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Leno — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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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
Tom — Yea
Fong — Yea
Carter — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 8000
Republican 0001
Total 10001
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Lowenthal — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Wright — Yea
Cox — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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AB 1555 J., E.D.& E. 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
Bill — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Charles — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Knight — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Audra — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Saldana — Not Voting
Harkey — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Yea
Bass — Yea
Adams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Silva — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Tran — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Fuller — 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

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Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10000
Total 10000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Bill — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Block — Yea
Huber — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Beall — Yea
Logue — Yea

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Subjects

public-safety technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1555 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to supervise and regulate every public utility and do all things necessary and convenient in the exercise of its power and jurisdiction. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, establishes the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) in the State Treasury, and requires a surcharge, which is imposed by the commission and collected through retail telecommunications customers' bills, to be deposited in that fund, for the purpose of encouraging the deployment of advanced communications services, as provided in a specified order of the commission. Pursuant to that order, which establishes a program providing matching funds to build broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas, eligible applicants for these funds are telephone corporations having a specified certificate from the commission and wireless carriers subject to registration with the commission. This bill would, for the sole purpose of providing matching funds pursuant to the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, make any entity eligible for funding pursuant to that act eligible to apply for participation in the matching funds program if that entity otherwise satisfies the eligibility requirements under the program. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors AB 1555?
AB 1555 is sponsored by Chesbro, V. Manuel Perez, Fuentes, Padilla, and Wiggins.
What is the current status of AB 1555?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 11, 2009. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1555?
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