republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-3.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications: universal service."
description: "(1) Existing law, the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, establishes a program of cooperative federalism for the regulation of telecommunications to attain the goal of local competition, while implementing specific, predictable, and sufficient federal and state mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service, consistent with certain universal service principles. The universal service principles include the principle that consumers in all regions of the nation, including low-income consumers and those in rural, insular, and high cost areas, should have access to telecommunications and information services, including interexchange services and advanced telecommunications and information services, that are reasonably comparable to those services provided in urban areas and that are available at rates that are reasonably comparable to rates charged for similar services in urban areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "California SB 3 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications: universal service."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f59bdb3-419d-45d7-96cd-85a5f7b1c002"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB3"
source_hash: "c9c3657d8b986fe65730b08ccd78a516c1986a04491a2e37ca74db0581115017"
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 3 (20112012) — Telecommunications: universal service.

(1) Existing law, the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, establishes a program of cooperative federalism for the regulation of telecommunications to attain the goal of local competition, while implementing specific, predictable, and sufficient federal and state mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service, consistent with certain universal service principles. The universal service principles include the principle that consumers in all regions of the nation, including low-income consumers and those in rural, insular, and high cost areas, should have access to telecommunications and information services, including interexchange services and advanced telecommunications and information services, that are reasonably comparable to those services provided in urban areas and that are available at rates that are reasonably comparable to rates charged for similar services in urban areas.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB3&version=20110SB399INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB3&version=20110SB398AMD)
3. **04/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB3&version=20110SB397AMD)
4. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB3&version=20110SB396AMD)
5. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB3&version=20110SB395AMD)
6. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB3&version=20110SB393CHP)
7. **SB3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB3)
8. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB3&version=20110SB394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 3 Padilla Third Reading Urgency — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB3 Padilla Urgency Clause Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 541.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-02** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1111.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1266.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** 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`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2642.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2159.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 695, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f59bdb3-419d-45d7-96cd-85a5f7b1c002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).