---
type: "Bill"
title: "Communications: Voice over Internet Protocol and Internet Protocol enabled communications service."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1161"
citation: "California SB 1161 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communications: Voice over Internet Protocol and Internet Protocol enabled communications service."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1710d8d9-df1c-4fc2-bd25-54205f05f04d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161"
source_hash: "9b0f38dff7dd7528837c64ae8d5b58853c83ea6f383ac81abf0d23f14b81f32d"
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 SB 1161 (20112012) — Communications: Voice over Internet Protocol and Internet Protocol enabled communications service.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161&version=20110SB116199INT)
2. **03/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161&version=20110SB116198AMD)
3. **04/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161&version=20110SB116197AMD)
4. **05/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161&version=20110SB116196AMD)
5. **06/12/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161&version=20110SB116195AMD)
6. **06/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161&version=20110SB116194AMD)
7. **08/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161&version=20110SB116193AMD)
8. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161&version=20110SB116191CHP)
9. **SB1161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161)
10. **08/23/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1161&version=20110SB116192ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **30–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1161 Padilla Senate Third Reading By BRADFORD — **63–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **2–5** (fail) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1161 Padilla Concurrence — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Bradford — principal coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Gorell — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-30** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3205.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2012-05-14** Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 5. Page 3513.) Reconsideration granted. `committee-failure`
- **2012-05-16** Set for hearing May 21.
- **2012-05-21** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-22** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3591.) (May 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 3705.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time and amended. (Page 5943.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 12. Page 6017.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 4677.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 733, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1710d8d9-df1c-4fc2-bd25-54205f05f04d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).