Miguel Santiago
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 54
Author
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act establishes the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service program in order to provide low-income households with access to affordable basic residential telephone service. This bill would, no later than February 1, 2024, require the commission to allow a wireline and wireless lifeline telephone service subscriber to combine California lifeline subsidies with federal low-income communications subsidies, including, but not limited to, federal lifeline and federal Affordable Connectivity Program subsidies, on the same service line to provide a more robust voice and broadband plan. The bill would prohibit the commission from disallowing payment to a telephone corporation providing lifeline telephone service based on the combination of those subsidies, except as provided.
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
In committee: Held under submission.
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 19).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1231 | HTML |
| 02/16/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/07/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/26/23 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/17/23- Assembly Communications and Conveyance | |
| 05/15/23- Assembly Appropriations |
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