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type: "Bill"
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title: "Telecommunications: universal service programs."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 1959"
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citation: "California AB 1959 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Telecommunications: universal service programs."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wood"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-01-30"
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last_action: "2018-09-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c80a4fb3-2625-4cd3-9760-f2cfec63f971"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1959"
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source_hash: "d2c7ca2e3248c0da0cf81f9673defc45266ea164d8f44b6b2293e79f248c7ca9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1959 (20172018) — Telecommunications: universal service programs.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/30/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1959&version=20170AB195999INT)
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2. **09/05/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1959&version=20170AB195997CHP)
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3. **AB1959** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1959)
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4. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1959&version=20170AB195998ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1959 Wood et al. By Fuller Urgency Clause — **35–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1959 WOOD Third Reading Urgency — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wood — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
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- Arambula — coauthor (person)
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- Berryhill — principal coauthor (person)
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- Caballero — coauthor (person)
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- Cannella — coauthor (person)
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- Fong — principal coauthor (person)
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- Fuller — principal coauthor (person)
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- Gaines — principal coauthor (person)
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- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
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- McGuire — principal coauthor (person)
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- Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)
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- Pan — coauthor (person)
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- Patterson — principal coauthor (person)
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- Vidak — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
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- **2018-02-08** Referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2018-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5396.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 5457.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2018-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 256, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c80a4fb3-2625-4cd3-9760-f2cfec63f971`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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