republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1055.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Payphone Service Providers Committee."
description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law establishes the Payphone Service Providers Committee to advise the commission regarding the development, implementation, and administration of programs to educate payphone service providers, ensure compliance with the commission's requirements for payphone operations, and educate consumers on matters related to payphones, as provided for in a specified decision of the commission. Existing law establishes the Payphone Service Providers Committee Fund and requires that all revenues collected by telephone corporations in rates authorized by the commission to fund programs to educate payphone service providers, ensure compliance with the commission's requirements for payphone operations, and educate consumers on matters related to payphones be deposited into the fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1055"
citation: "California SB 1055 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Payphone Service Providers Committee."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7cce1b2-1547-4263-8136-76fa6c160d99"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1055"
source_hash: "dc9c800327876b2d3ee9baa953920d245cad2c742b074a0690834a08db3d9ed6"
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 1055 (20152016) — Payphone Service Providers Committee.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law establishes the Payphone Service Providers Committee to advise the commission regarding the development, implementation, and administration of programs to educate payphone service providers, ensure compliance with the commission's requirements for payphone operations, and educate consumers on matters related to payphones, as provided for in a specified decision of the commission. Existing law establishes the Payphone Service Providers Committee Fund and requires that all revenues collected by telephone corporations in rates authorized by the commission to fund programs to educate payphone service providers, ensure compliance with the commission's requirements for payphone operations, and educate consumers on matters related to payphones be deposited into the fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1055&version=20150SB105599INT)
2. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1055&version=20150SB105597CHP)
3. **SB1055** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1055)
4. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1055&version=20150SB105598ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1055 Hueso Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-09** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2016-03-16** March 29 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-03-17** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2016-03-31** April 5 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2016-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3593.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2016-05-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3954.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5779.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 213, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7cce1b2-1547-4263-8136-76fa6c160d99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).