republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-379.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications: universal service: regulation."
description: "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 379"
citation: "California SB 379 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications: universal service: regulation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c2e462d-4210-4a56-a9b7-757c8e32b9f2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379"
source_hash: "3dd62184759bebdc3602f070463e20837ba1c5f8774312fe584dbc713d64f858"
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 379 (20112012) — Telecommunications: universal service: regulation.

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. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379&version=20110SB37999INT)
2. **03/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379&version=20110SB37998AMD)
3. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379&version=20110SB37997AMD)
4. **05/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379&version=20110SB37996AMD)
5. **06/12/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379&version=20110SB37995AMD)
6. **06/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379&version=20110SB37994AMD)
7. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379&version=20110SB37993AMD)
8. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379&version=20110SB37991CHP)
9. **SB379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379)
10. **09/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB379&version=20110SB37992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 379 Fuller Senate Third Reading By OLSEN — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #2 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB379 Fuller Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fuller — primary (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Conway — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Halderman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- La Malfa — coauthor (person)
- Logue — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2011-03-25** 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`
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 542.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 906.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-05-23** 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`
- **2012-06-12** 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`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6190.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-27** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4854.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-08-28** Set for hearing August 29.
- **2012-08-29** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 4987.) `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5009.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 729, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c2e462d-4210-4a56-a9b7-757c8e32b9f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).