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Bill	"2-1-1" information and referral network.	Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , pursuant to its existing authority over the North American Numbering Plan, has established several abbreviated dialing codes, including designating the number 9-1-1 for persons to dial to obtain emergency services, designating the number 3-1-1 for persons to dial for nonemergency police assistance, and designating the number 2-1-1 for persons to dial to obtain information about, and referral to, community social services. Pursuant to authority delegated by the FCC to state regulatory bodies and its existing statutory authority, the Public Utilities Commission has established procedures for implementing 2-1-1 dialing in California.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1212	California SB 1212 (20152016)	bill	"2-1-1" information and referral network.	enacted	Hueso	10	31	8	2016-02-18	2016-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/707a6a19-272d-42a7-aed8-8aff611a9c4a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1212	ea82397b3f7db2f1449a0a0f4f2606726e822ccc3b928a9ac10a67bcc071eb29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1212 (20152016) — "2-1-1" information and referral network.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , pursuant to its existing authority over the North American Numbering Plan, has established several abbreviated dialing codes, including designating the number 9-1-1 for persons to dial to obtain emergency services, designating the number 3-1-1 for persons to dial for nonemergency police assistance, and designating the number 2-1-1 for persons to dial to obtain information about, and referral to, community social services. Pursuant to authority delegated by the FCC to state regulatory bodies and its existing statutory authority, the Public Utilities Commission has established procedures for implementing 2-1-1 dialing in California.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/26/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/03/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/20/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/15/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB1212 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/29/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB1212 Hueso Concurrence — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1212 Hueso Senate Third Reading By DODD — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 35–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hueso — primary (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2016-04-01 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2016-04-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3593.) (April 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2016-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 4006.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 4049.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-06-06 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2016-06-14 June 22 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 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 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6093.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-23 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 5406.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
• 2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 841, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/707a6a19-272d-42a7-aed8-8aff611a9c4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).