republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1364.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications universal service programs."
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: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1364"
citation: "California SB 1364 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications universal service programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/989d4bf9-4131-4f6f-a9ba-71263bfb248f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1364"
source_hash: "b06162e248d6ba6325eb13be5ddd16bb2ee5b4134faa3e76e116f59b1f392a04"
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 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.

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1364&version=20130SB136499INT)
2. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1364&version=20130SB136498AMD)
3. **07/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1364&version=20130SB136497AMD)
4. **09/20/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1364&version=20130SB136495CHP)
5. **SB1364** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1364)
6. **08/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1364&version=20130SB136496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB1364 Fuller Urgency Clause Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1364 Fuller Third Reading Urgency By QUIRK — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fuller — primary (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Conway — coauthor (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Gray — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Logue — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)
- Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/989d4bf9-4131-4f6f-a9ba-71263bfb248f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).