---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telephone rates: telephone bills: rural telephone cooperatives."
description: "Telephone rates: telephone bills: rural telephone cooperatives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 994"
citation: "California AB 994 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telephone rates: telephone bills: rural telephone cooperatives."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad18d17f-f298-4402-a892-7cde187f1486"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB994"
source_hash: "498bdee56bf31b828fc47ae44ae1ec51188ecd57e608ea81b4d5c38287b2cace"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 994 (19992000) — Telephone rates: telephone bills: rural telephone cooperatives.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB994&version=19990AB99499INT)
2. **01/05/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB994&version=19990AB99498AMD)
3. **01/14/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB994&version=19990AB99497AMD)
4. **06/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB994&version=19990AB99496AMD)
5. **06/12/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB994&version=19990AB99495AMD)
6. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB994&version=19990AB99494AMD)
7. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB994&version=19990AB99492CHP)
8. **AB994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB994)
9. **08/21/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB994&version=19990AB99493ENR)

## Votes

- AB 994 WRIGHT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB994 Wright — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)
- Strom-Martin — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 931, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2000-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 8008.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-07** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5498.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4966.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4853.). `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-14** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad18d17f-f298-4402-a892-7cde187f1486`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).