AB 41 is sponsored by Wood, Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Dahle, Megan (Republican), and Garcia, Robert (Democratic).

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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

AB 41 — Broadband infrastructure deployment.

Last action October 08, 2021 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2021.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 07, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 94% · high confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
4 sponsors

1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 10 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of state highways and associated property. Existing law requires the department to notify companies and organizations working on broadband deployment on its internet website of specified department-led highway construction projects and authorizes those companies and organizations to collaborate with the department to install broadband conduits as part of those projects. This bill would require the department, as part of those projects that are funded by a specified item of the Budget Act of 2021 and that are located in priority areas, to ensure that construction includes the installation of conduits capable of supporting fiber optic communication cables. (2) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission to develop, implement, and administer the California Advanced Services Fund program to encourage deployment of high-quality advanced communications services to all Californians that will promote economic growth, job creation, and the substantial social benefits of advanced information and communications technologies. This bill would require the commission, in collaboration with other relevant state agencies and stakeholders, to maintain and update a statewide, publicly accessible, and interactive map showing the accessibility of broadband service in the state, as provided.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/08/21 - Chaptered Current pdf October 08, 2021
Enrolled 09/15/21 - Enrolled pdf September 15, 2021
Amended 08/31/21 - Amended Senate pdf August 31, 2021
Amended 07/14/21 - Amended Senate pdf July 14, 2021
Amended 06/17/21 - Amended Senate pdf June 17, 2021
Amended 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly pdf May 24, 2021
Amended 04/21/21 - Amended Assembly pdf April 21, 2021
Amended 03/16/21 - Amended Assembly pdf March 16, 2021
Introduced 12/07/20 - Introduced pdf December 07, 2020
AB41 View text html

Action History

October 08, 2021
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2021.
October 08, 2021
Approved by the Governor.
September 22, 2021
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
September 10, 2021
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3143.).
September 10, 2021
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
September 10, 2021
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2618.).
August 31, 2021
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
August 30, 2021
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).
August 16, 2021
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
July 14, 2021
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 13, 2021
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 13).
July 06, 2021
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
June 17, 2021
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.
June 17, 2021
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
June 09, 2021
Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and TRANS.
June 02, 2021
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
June 01, 2021
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 1756.)
May 25, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 24, 2021
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
May 20, 2021
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20).
May 12, 2021
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
April 27, 2021
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 22, 2021
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
April 21, 2021
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
April 15, 2021
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
March 17, 2021
Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.
March 16, 2021
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended.
March 11, 2021
Referred to Coms. on C. & C. and TRANS.
December 08, 2020
From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
December 07, 2020
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Wood

Co-sponsors (3)

Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic
Dahle, Megan Republican
Garcia, Robert Democratic

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 41 Wood Concurrence in Senate Amendments

September 11, 2021

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	42	0	0	2
Democratic	27	0	0	0
Republican	7	0	0	2
Total	76	0	0	4
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Not Voting
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Not Voting
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB41 Wood et al. By McGuire

September 10, 2021

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	22	0	0	1
Democratic	12	0	0	1
Republican	4	0	0	0
Total	38	0	0	2
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Hueso	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Not Voting
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended

August 26, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Kamlager	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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Placed on suspense file

August 16, 2021

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bradford	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

July 13, 2021

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	3
Democratic	5	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	13	0	0	4
% of votes cast	76%	0%	0%	24%

How each member voted (17)

Member	Party	Vote
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Bates	—	Not Voting
Melendez	—	Not Voting
Wilk	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Not Voting
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation]

July 05, 2021

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	1
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Total	12	0	0	2
% of votes cast	86%	0%	0%	14%

How each member voted (14)

Member	Party	Vote
Eggman	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Not Voting
Rubio	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Not Voting

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AB 41 Wood Assembly Third Reading

June 01, 2021

Passed 70 Yea · 1 Nay · 8 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	26	1	0	1
Unaffiliated	37	0	0	4
Republican	7	0	0	3
Total	70	1	0	8
% of votes cast	89%	1%	0%	10%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Mayes	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Smith	—	Not Voting
Voepel	—	Not Voting
Kiley	—	Not Voting
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Not Voting
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Nay
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Not Voting
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

May 20, 2021

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	1
Democratic	5	0	0	1
Republican	0	0	0	2
Total	12	0	0	4
% of votes cast	75%	0%	0%	25%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Levine	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Lorena Gonzalez	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

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

April 26, 2021

Passed 11 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	1
Democratic	5	2	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	11	2	0	2
% of votes cast	73%	13%	0%	13%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Not Voting
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Nay
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Nay
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Not Voting
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation]

April 14, 2021

Passed 11 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	1
Republican	1	1	0	0
Total	11	1	0	1
% of votes cast	85%	8%	0%	8%

How each member voted (13)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Nay

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 41 do?: (1) Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of state highways and associated property. Existing law requires the department to notify companies and organizations working on broadband deployment on its internet website of specified department-led highway construction projects and authorizes those companies and organizations to collaborate with the department to install broadband conduits as part of those projects. This bill would require the department, as part of those projects that are funded by a specified item of the Budget Act of 2021 and that are located in priority areas, to ensure that construction includes the installation of conduits capable of supporting fiber optic communication cables. (2) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission to develop, implement, and administer the California Advanced Services Fund program to encourage deployment of high-quality advanced communications services to all Californians that will promote economic growth, job creation, and the substantial social benefits of advanced information and communications technologies. This bill would require the commission, in collaboration with other relevant state agencies and stakeholders, to maintain and update a statewide, publicly accessible, and interactive map showing the accessibility of broadband service in the state, as provided.
Who sponsors AB 41?: AB 41 is sponsored by Wood, Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Dahle, Megan (Republican), and Garcia, Robert (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 41?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 07, 2020. Enacted.
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Identifier: AB 41
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: December 07, 2020
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Wood

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