---
type: "Bill"
title: "Communications: broadband."
description: "The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes joint power entities created under that act to issue mortgage revenue bonds and industrial development bonds, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "California SB 156 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Communications: broadband."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8d0ceb8-4dc6-49b6-a769-e0c34e424d07"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB156"
source_hash: "0ff20695c6882204797e01cbc7056ab5f1ceea2802566788a4aaeeb1b8eed5b5"
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 156 (20212022) — Communications: broadband.

The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes joint power entities created under that act to issue mortgage revenue bonds and industrial development bonds, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB156&version=20210SB15699INT)
2. **07/11/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB156&version=20210SB15698AMD)
3. **07/20/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB156&version=20210SB15696CHP)
4. **SB156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB156)
5. **07/15/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB156&version=20210SB15697ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB156 — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 156 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB156 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 5. Page 201.)
- **2021-02-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 287.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** (Corrected May 14).
- **2021-07-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** Assembly Rule 96 and 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 2347.)
- **2021-07-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-07-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-07-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2354.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-07-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1981.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2021-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 112, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8d0ceb8-4dc6-49b6-a769-e0c34e424d07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).