California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 1693 — Small independent telephone corporations: rates.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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

This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law, with certain exceptions, prohibits a public utility from changing any rate, except upon a showing before the commission and a finding by the commission that the new rate is justified. Existing law requires the commission to exercise its regulatory authority to maintain the California High-Cost Fund-A Program to provide universal service rate support to small independent telephone corporations, as defined, in amounts sufficient to meet the revenue requirements established by the commission through rate-of-return regulation in furtherance of the state's universal service commitment to the continued affordability and widespread availability of safe, reliable, high-quality communications services in rural areas of the state. This bill would require the commission to issue its final decision on a general rate case of a small independent telephone corporation no later than 390 days following the corporation's filing of its general rate case application or advice letter initiating the general rate case. If the commission fails to issue a final decision by the 390th day, the bill would provide that the rate design proposed by the small independent telephone corporation in its application or advice letter will take effect on an interim basis beginning 420 days following the filing of the application or advice letter, subject to an accounting true-up in a final commission decision or resolution concluding the rate case, if issued within 540 days. If a final decision or resolution concluding the case has not been issued by the commission within 540 days, the bill would provide that the interim rate design is final, effective as of the 420th day following the filing of the general rate case application or advice letter, and that rate design will remain in place, until the commission issues a final decision or resolution concluding the rate case without any true-up accounting. The bill would provide that any new rate design adopted in a final decision or resolution issued by the commission after 540 days following the filing of the application or advice letter will take effect on a prospective basis only, as of the effective date of the final decision or resolution. The bill would provide that its provisions may be waived at any time by mutual consent of the executive director of the commission and the small independent telephone corporation.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

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

  3. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 6351.).

  4. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6347.)

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 4705.).

  7. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14).

  9. In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  10. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17).

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

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 4472.)

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 9).

  17. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. Read second time and amended.

  19. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 24).

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

  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  22. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Perea · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Perea

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1693 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 72 Yea · 1 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 66006
Democratic 3100
Republican 3000
Total 72106
% of votes cast 91%1%0%8%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Ammiano — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Ting — Not Voting
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Logue — Yea
Allen — Yea
Daly — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Fong — Yea
Campos — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Salas — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Hall — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Not Voting
Fox — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Nay
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB1693 Perea By Hill

Passed 29 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28009
Democratic 1002
Total 290011
% of votes cast 73%0%0%28%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Huff — Yea
Knight — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wright — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
De León — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Lara — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Not Voting
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4002
Democratic 1000
Total 5002
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
De León — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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AB 1693 PEREA Assembly Third Reading

Passed 75 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68103
Democratic 4000
Republican 3000
Total 75103
% of votes cast 95%1%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Allen — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Fong — Yea
Campos — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Levine — Yea
Logue — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Salas — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Chau — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ting — Nay
Wagner — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Conway — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15001
Democratic 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Allen — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Donnelly — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 2000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1693 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law, with certain exceptions, prohibits a public utility from changing any rate, except upon a showing before the commission and a finding by the commission that the new rate is justified. Existing law requires the commission to exercise its regulatory authority to maintain the California High-Cost Fund-A Program to provide universal service rate support to small independent telephone corporations, as defined, in amounts sufficient to meet the revenue requirements established by the commission through rate-of-return regulation in furtherance of the state's universal service commitment to the continued affordability and widespread availability of safe, reliable, high-quality communications services in rural areas of the state. This bill would require the commission to issue its final decision on a general rate case of a small independent telephone corporation no later than 390 days following the corporation's filing of its general rate case application or advice letter initiating the general rate case. If the commission fails to issue a final decision by the 390th day, the bill would provide that the rate design proposed by the small independent telephone corporation in its application or advice letter will take effect on an interim basis beginning 420 days following the filing of the application or advice letter, subject to an accounting true-up in a final commission decision or resolution concluding the rate case, if issued within 540 days. If a final decision or resolution concluding the case has not been issued by the commission within 540 days, the bill would provide that the interim rate design is final, effective as of the 420th day following the filing of the general rate case application or advice letter, and that rate design will remain in place, until the commission issues a final decision or resolution concluding the rate case without any true-up accounting. The bill would provide that any new rate design adopted in a final decision or resolution issued by the commission after 540 days following the filing of the application or advice letter will take effect on a prospective basis only, as of the effective date of the final decision or resolution. The bill would provide that its provisions may be waived at any time by mutual consent of the executive director of the commission and the small independent telephone corporation.
Who sponsors AB 1693?
AB 1693 is sponsored by Perea.
What is the current status of AB 1693?
This bill died with 2013-2014 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 1693?
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