republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1999.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: public broadband services."
description: "(1) The County Service Area Law authorizes a county service area to provide any governmental services and facilities within the county service area that the county is authorized to perform, and that the county does not perform to the same extent on a countywide basis, and expressly authorizes a county service area to provide specified services and facilities, including, among others, television translator services and low-power television services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1999"
citation: "California AB 1999 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: public broadband services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f19f117-f543-4fe3-9076-027b71488ddb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1999"
source_hash: "962201cc1c69dc116c752e5c3f39f3f160e4e3b573add4550c6f9fa7786d56cb"
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 AB 1999 (20172018) — Local government: public broadband services.

(1) The County Service Area Law authorizes a county service area to provide any governmental services and facilities within the county service area that the county is authorized to perform, and that the county does not perform to the same extent on a countywide basis, and expressly authorizes a county service area to provide specified services and facilities, including, among others, television translator services and low-power television services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1999&version=20170AB199999INT)
2. **04/17/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1999&version=20170AB199998AMD)
3. **08/23/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1999&version=20170AB199997AMD)
4. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1999&version=20170AB199995CHP)
5. **AB1999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1999)
6. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1999&version=20170AB199996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1999 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–22** (pass) · lower
- AB 1999 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **52–20** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1999 Chau By McGuire — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2018-02-12** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and C. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 20. Page 5242.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U. & C. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 5882.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 22. Page 6888.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 963, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f19f117-f543-4fe3-9076-027b71488ddb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).