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Bill	Telecommunications: universal service: California Advanced Services Fund.	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. The act authorizes each state to adopt regulations to provide for additional definitions and standards to preserve and advance universal service within the state, only to the extent that they adopt additional specific, predictable, and sufficient mechanisms that do not rely on or burden federal universal service support mechanisms.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1262	California AB 1262 (20152016)	bill	Telecommunications: universal service: California Advanced Services Fund.	enacted	Wood	4	18	6	2015-02-27	2015-09-02	openstates	ocd-bill/285e8cda-2e55-493a-becd-d87de714d7d4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1262	213d5552b683df23c24717b0b108a15ab4c4cf0300cdd0b79b34e5348e8f7a68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1262 (20152016) — Telecommunications: universal service: California Advanced Services Fund.

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. The act authorizes each state to adopt regulations to provide for additional definitions and standards to preserve and advance universal service within the state, only to the extent that they adopt additional specific, predictable, and sufficient mechanisms that do not rely on or burden federal universal service support mechanisms.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/02/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1262 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/19/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1262 Wood By Hueso Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1262 WOOD Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-23 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1350.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2015-06-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2050.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-18 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2015-09-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 242, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/285e8cda-2e55-493a-becd-d87de714d7d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).