California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 2693 — Public Utilities Commission: telecommunications service: natural disasters: reports.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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.

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Summary

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to identify the need for telecommunications service systems not on customers' premises to have backup electricity to enable telecommunications networks to function, and to enable customers to contact a public safety answering point operator during an electrical outage, to determine performance criteria for backup systems, and to determine whether specified best practices for backup systems have been implemented by telecommunications service providers operating in California. Existing law requires the commission to report certain information to the Legislature. This bill would, for the duration of a fire- or natural disaster-related state of emergency or a local emergency declared by the Governor, require the commission to collect specified information from telecommunications service providers relating to the provider's efforts and resources used to restore telecommunications service outages caused by, and to repair or replace related network infrastructure or facilities that were damaged as a result of, the emergency or a natural disaster. The bill would require the commission to annually prepare a report that summarizes the information collected and the service providers' plans for restoring telecommunication service outages caused by, or repairing or replacing related network infrastructure or facilities, as necessitated by, the emergency or natural disaster. The bill would require the report to be broken down by each emergency or natural disaster and submitted to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The bill would require the commission to post the report in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site. The bill would also require the President of the commission to annually present a summary of the information collected to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The bill would authorize the commission to require telecommunications service providers to collect and forward to the commission any relevant information for these purposes and would authorize the commission to make this information public. The bill would authorize the commission to withhold from the public information it deems would pose a security threat if publicly disclosed. Under existing law, a violation of any provision of the Public Utilities Act or of any of the rules or orders issued under the act is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill are within the act and require action by the commission to implement its requirements, a violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. 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. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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

  4. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 27).

  5. 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.

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

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

  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 24. Page 5628.)

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 25).

  12. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  13. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. Read second time and amended.

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25).

  16. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

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

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

  19. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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

  22. Referred to Com. on U. & E.

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Wood · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Wood

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Beall — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 8 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5201
Democratic 3000
Total 8201
% of votes cast 73%18%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Vidak — Nay
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 2693 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading

Passed 48 Yea · 24 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 351804
Democratic 13002
Republican 0600
Total 482406
% of votes cast 62%31%0%8%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Cooper — Not Voting
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Fong — Nay
Salas — Nay
Harper — Nay
Holden — Yea
Gray — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Rubio — Not Voting
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9004
Democratic 3000
Republican 0001
Total 12005
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chau — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Obernolte — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

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

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 10000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2693 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, to identify the need for telecommunications service systems not on customers' premises to have backup electricity to enable telecommunications networks to function, and to enable customers to contact a public safety answering point operator during an electrical outage, to determine performance criteria for backup systems, and to determine whether specified best practices for backup systems have been implemented by telecommunications service providers operating in California. Existing law requires the commission to report certain information to the Legislature. This bill would, for the duration of a fire- or natural disaster-related state of emergency or a local emergency declared by the Governor, require the commission to collect specified information from telecommunications service providers relating to the provider's efforts and resources used to restore telecommunications service outages caused by, and to repair or replace related network infrastructure or facilities that were damaged as a result of, the emergency or a natural disaster. The bill would require the commission to annually prepare a report that summarizes the information collected and the service providers' plans for restoring telecommunication service outages caused by, or repairing or replacing related network infrastructure or facilities, as necessitated by, the emergency or natural disaster. The bill would require the report to be broken down by each emergency or natural disaster and submitted to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The bill would require the commission to post the report in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site. The bill would also require the President of the commission to annually present a summary of the information collected to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The bill would authorize the commission to require telecommunications service providers to collect and forward to the commission any relevant information for these purposes and would authorize the commission to make this information public. The bill would authorize the commission to withhold from the public information it deems would pose a security threat if publicly disclosed. Under existing law, a violation of any provision of the Public Utilities Act or of any of the rules or orders issued under the act is a crime. Because the provisions of this bill are within the act and require action by the commission to implement its requirements, a violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. 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 2693?
AB 2693 is sponsored by Wood.
What is the current status of AB 2693?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 2693?
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