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.
California SB 1364 (20132014) — Telecommunications universal service programs.
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.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2014-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2014-03-17 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
2014-03-17 Set for hearing April 1.
2014-04-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3079.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-02 Set for hearing April 7.
2014-04-07 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2014-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3715.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-28 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3664.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-06-09 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-30 Action rescinded whereby the bill was reported from committee on June 25, 2014.
2014-06-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-08-06 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-25 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6413.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-26 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4879.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2014-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 520, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/989d4bf9-4131-4f6f-a9ba-71263bfb248f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).