republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1074.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal liability immunity: telecommunications service providers."
description: "Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, requires every local public agency to establish and operate a telephone system that automatically connects a person dialing 9-1-1 to an established public safety answering point through normal telephone service facilities. Under existing law, a telecommunications service provider is generally liable for any claim, damage, or loss caused by their conduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1074"
citation: "California AB 1074 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal liability immunity: telecommunications service providers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02d07ba5-723d-402a-9fea-1410d426a31b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1074"
source_hash: "ff4be371586332db74cf09190df32d6410bf0f6c06f944993b55417b4478c53b"
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 1074 (20112012) — Personal liability immunity: telecommunications service providers.

Existing law, the Warren-911-Emergency Assistance Act, requires every local public agency to establish and operate a telephone system that automatically connects a person dialing 9-1-1 to an established public safety answering point through normal telephone service facilities. Under existing law, a telecommunications service provider is generally liable for any claim, damage, or loss caused by their conduct.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1074&version=20110AB107499INT)
2. **05/16/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1074&version=20110AB107498AMD)
3. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1074&version=20110AB107497AMD)
4. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1074&version=20110AB107496AMD)
5. **09/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1074&version=20110AB107494CHP)
6. **AB1074** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1074)
7. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1074&version=20110AB107495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Utilities and Commerce. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1074 FUENTES Concurrence - Urgency Added — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1074 FUENTES Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1074 Fuentes By Padilla Urgency Clause — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1555.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-07-14** From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2011-07-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2012.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2560.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 297, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02d07ba5-723d-402a-9fea-1410d426a31b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).