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Bill	Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge Collection Act.	The Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge Collection Act establishes a prepaid MTS surcharge, as defined, based upon a percentage of the sales price of each retail transaction that occurs in this state for prepaid mobile telephony services, as defined, that is imposed in lieu of any charges imposed pursuant to the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act and specified Public Utility Commission surcharges. The act requires, on and after January 1, 2016, and before January 1, 2020, the prepaid MTS surcharge imposed by that act on a prepaid consumer to be collected by a seller, as defined, from each prepaid consumer at the time of each retail transaction that occurs in this state. The act specifies the circumstances for determining when a transaction occurs in the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1481	California SB 1481 (20152016)	bill	Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge Collection Act.	enacted	Committee on Governance and Finance	5	21	5	2016-03-17	2016-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/f3ab6886-9c48-4b65-8e24-ecfb11ab1776	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1481	7bd4caa10c0be7b8a193f95461dcf6e308e684287b36c8aa033db728b2571ce5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1481 (20152016) — Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge Collection Act.

The Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge Collection Act establishes a prepaid MTS surcharge, as defined, based upon a percentage of the sales price of each retail transaction that occurs in this state for prepaid mobile telephony services, as defined, that is imposed in lieu of any charges imposed pursuant to the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act and specified Public Utility Commission surcharges. The act requires, on and after January 1, 2016, and before January 1, 2020, the prepaid MTS surcharge imposed by that act on a prepaid consumer to be collected by a seller, as defined, from each prepaid consumer at the time of each retail transaction that occurs in this state. The act specifies the circumstances for determining when a transaction occurs in the state.

Version chain

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

1. 03/17/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/06/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/22/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1481 (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/29/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB1481 Committee On GOV. & F. — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1481 Committee On GOV. & F. (Hertzberg) Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1481 GOV.& F. Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-03-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-03-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 17.
• 2016-03-31 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Set for hearing April 20.
• 2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3610.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-22 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2016-05-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2016-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3776.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2016-05-25 June 6 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-06-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5488.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-23 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-06-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4549.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-07-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-07-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-07-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 89, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3ab6886-9c48-4b65-8e24-ecfb11ab1776. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).