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Bill	Telecommunications: universal service: reimbursement claims.	Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act establishes the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service program in order to provide low-income households with access to affordable basic residential telephone service. The act requires that a lifeline telephone service subscriber be provided with one lifeline subscription, as defined by the commission, at his or her principal place of residence.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2570	California AB 2570 (20152016)	bill	Telecommunications: universal service: reimbursement claims.	enacted	Quirk	9	32	11	2016-02-19	2016-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/bd4b44a9-61af-4d54-9ae3-8b7763fd6f72	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2570	a8bc9c56a5819d05e326dc158a71bec732f8bdf51abcfd939f8ceb720e6d1ea6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2570 (20152016) — Telecommunications: universal service: reimbursement claims.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act establishes the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service program in order to provide low-income households with access to affordable basic residential telephone service. The act requires that a lifeline telephone service subscriber be provided with one lifeline subscription, as defined by the commission, at his or her principal place of residence.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/14/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/24/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2570 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2570 Quirk By Hertzberg — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2570 Quirk By Hertzberg Reconsider — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2570 Quirk By Hertzberg — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2570 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2570 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Quirk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-08 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2016-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4686.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2016-06-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5048.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-17 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Hertzberg.
• 2016-08-17 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5050.)
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5273.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-25 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-30 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage
• 2016-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6528.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2016-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 577, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd4b44a9-61af-4d54-9ae3-8b7763fd6f72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).