Lori Wilson
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 11
Author
Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act establishes the state lifeline telephone service program to provide low-income households with access to affordable basic residential telephone service. Federal law requires a common carrier designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier to be eligible to receive universal service support, which includes support provided by the federal lifeline program, as specified. Federal law provides various pathways for designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier, including, among other pathways, designation by a state commission. This bill would require the PUC, as part of a new or existing proceeding, to establish an expedited process by which a telephone corporation that offers broadband service may become an eligible telecommunications carrier for the purpose of providing stand-alone broadband service as part of the state or federal lifeline program, or both. The bill would require a telephone corporation to be eligible for the expedited process regardless of whether broadband service is provided by the telephone corporation or its affiliate, as defined.
In committee: Held under submission.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (July 2).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Withdrawn from committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 14. Page 3953.)
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 49. Noes 10. Page 3904.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (January 18).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (January 10).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1588 | HTML |
| 02/17/23 - Introduced | |
| 04/11/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 01/12/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 01/22/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/10/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/03/24 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 01/08/24- Assembly Communications and Conveyance | |
| 01/16/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 01/24/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/28/24- Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications | |
| 08/02/24- Senate Appropriations |
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