California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly Bipartisan · 5 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 162 — Communications: universal service programs: Public Utilities Commission reimbursement fees.

Last action — Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 34. Noes 11. Page 3912.).

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 establishes the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund, the California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund, the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee Fund, the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund, the Payphone Service Providers Committee Fund, the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund, and the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) in the State Treasury and provides that moneys in the funds are held in trust and may be expended only to accomplish specified telecommunications universal service programs, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation. This bill would prohibit the commission from collecting, for deposit into any universal service fund, any revenues derived from charges upon the provision of a communications service that the Federal Communications Commission has determined is an information service, as specified. Existing law establishes the Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account and authorizes the commission to annually determine a utility reimbursement fee to be paid by every public utility providing service directly to customers or subscribers and subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, except for a railroad corporation. The commission is required to establish the fee, with the approval of the Department of Finance, to produce a total amount equal to that amount established in the authorized commission budget for the same year, and an appropriate reserve to regulate public utilities, less specified sources of funding. This bill would prohibit the commission from imposing a utility reimbursement fee that is applicable to the provision of a communications service that the Federal Communications Commission has determined is an information service, as specified.

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Action History

  1. Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 34. Noes 11. Page 3912.).

  2. Reconsideration granted. (Page 3887.)

  3. January 23-Motion to reconsider continued.

  4. Motion to reconsider on the next legislative day made by Assembly Member Kiley.

  5. Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 37. Noes 16. Page 1594.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 1).

  8. Referred to Com. on C. & C.

  9. From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.

  10. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Kiley · Primary
  • Jones · Cosponsor
  • Bigelow · Cosponsor
  • Brough · Cosponsor
  • Cunningham · Cosponsor
  • Diep · Cosponsor
  • Heath Flora · Cosponsor
  • James Gallagher · Cosponsor
  • Tom Lackey · Cosponsor
  • Mathis · Cosponsor
  • Melendez · Cosponsor
  • Obernolte · Cosponsor
  • Voepel · Cosponsor
  • Waldron · Cosponsor
  • Bates · Cosponsor
  • Borgeas · Cosponsor
  • Chang · Cosponsor
  • Shannon Grove · Cosponsor
  • Moorlach · Cosponsor
  • Morrell · Cosponsor
  • Nielsen · Cosponsor
  • Wilk · Cosponsor
  • Joe Patterson · Cosponsor
  • Mike Fong · Cosponsor
  • Mark Stone · Cosponsor

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1 sponsors · 24 co-sponsors · 97 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Kiley

Co-sponsors (24)

Not signed on (97)

97 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 162 Kiley Assembly Third Reading

Failed 34 Yea · 11 Nay · 35 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 219022
Democratic 72013
Republican 6000
Total 3411035
% of votes cast 43%14%0%44%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Ting — Nay
Gonzalez — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Nay
Low — Nay
Mayes — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Bloom — Not Voting
Santiago — Not Voting
Chiu — Not Voting
Holden — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Quirk — Not Voting
Friedman — Not Voting
Levine — Not Voting
Nazarian — Not Voting
Burke — Not Voting
Cooper — Not Voting
Wood — Not Voting
Rendon — Not Voting
Chu — Not Voting
McCarty — Not Voting
Weber — Not Voting
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Diep — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Gray — Yea
Daly — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Melendez — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Rodriguez — Nay
Medina — Nay
Kamlager — Nay
Smith — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Not Voting
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Not Voting
Kalra, Ash Democratic Nay
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Not Voting
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Not Voting
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Not Voting
Rivas, Robert Democratic Not Voting
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Nay
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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AB 162 Kiley Assembly Third Reading

Failed 37 Yea · 16 Nay · 27 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 96010
Unaffiliated 2310015
Republican 5002
Total 3716027
% of votes cast 46%20%0%34%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Salas — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Diep — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Daly — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Rendon — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Burke — Nay
Bloom — Nay
Rodriguez — Nay
Low — Nay
Medina — Nay
Frazier — Nay
Levine — Nay
Ting — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Nay
Smith — Not Voting
Gonzalez — Not Voting
Santiago — Not Voting
Chiu — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Quirk — Not Voting
Friedman — Not Voting
Kamlager-Dove — Not Voting
Nazarian — Not Voting
Cooper — Not Voting
Wood — Not Voting
Chu — Not Voting
McCarty — Not Voting
Weber — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Nay
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
Kalra, Ash Democratic Nay
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Nay
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Not Voting
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Not Voting
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Not Voting
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Nay
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4004
Democratic 3001
Republican 1000
Total 8005
% of votes cast 62%0%0%38%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Santiago — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Kamlager-Dove — Not Voting
Low — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 162 do?
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law establishes the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund, the California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund, the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee Fund, the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund, the Payphone Service Providers Committee Fund, the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund, and the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) in the State Treasury and provides that moneys in the funds are held in trust and may be expended only to accomplish specified telecommunications universal service programs, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation. This bill would prohibit the commission from collecting, for deposit into any universal service fund, any revenues derived from charges upon the provision of a communications service that the Federal Communications Commission has determined is an information service, as specified. Existing law establishes the Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account and authorizes the commission to annually determine a utility reimbursement fee to be paid by every public utility providing service directly to customers or subscribers and subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, except for a railroad corporation. The commission is required to establish the fee, with the approval of the Department of Finance, to produce a total amount equal to that amount established in the authorized commission budget for the same year, and an appropriate reserve to regulate public utilities, less specified sources of funding. This bill would prohibit the commission from imposing a utility reimbursement fee that is applicable to the provision of a communications service that the Federal Communications Commission has determined is an information service, as specified.
Who sponsors AB 162?
AB 162 is sponsored by Kiley, Jones, Bigelow, Brough, Cunningham, Diep, Flora, Heath (Republican), Gallagher, James (Republican), Lackey, Tom (Republican), Mathis, Melendez, Obernolte, Voepel, Waldron, Bates, Borgeas, Chang, Grove, Shannon (Republican), Moorlach, Morrell, Nielsen, Wilk, Patterson, Joe (Republican), Fong, Mike (Democratic), and Mark Stone.
What is the current status of AB 162?
This bill died with 2019-2020 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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