Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission to design and implement a program to provide a telecommunications device capable of serving the needs of individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired, together with a single party line, at no charge additional to the basic exchange rate, to any subscriber who is certified as an individual who is deaf or hearing impaired by a licensed physician and surgeon, audiologist, or a qualified state or federal agency, as determined by the commission. Existing law also authorizes a physician assistant to certify the needs of an individual who has been diagnosed by a physician and surgeon as being deaf or hard of hearing to participate in the program after reviewing the medical records or copies of the medical records containing that diagnosis.
California AB 1514 (20192020) — Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission to design and implement a program to provide a telecommunications device capable of serving the needs of individuals who are deaf or hearing impaired, together with a single party line, at no charge additional to the basic exchange rate, to any subscriber who is certified as an individual who is deaf or hearing impaired by a licensed physician and surgeon, audiologist, or a qualified state or federal agency, as determined by the commission. Existing law also authorizes a physician assistant to certify the needs of an individual who has been diagnosed by a physician and surgeon as being deaf or hard of hearing to participate in the program after reviewing the medical records or copies of the medical records containing that diagnosis.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1514 Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1514 Patterson et al. By Wilk Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1514 Patterson Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Patterson — primary (person)
Obernolte — coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on C. & C. referral-committee
2019-04-02 Coauthors revised.
2019-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1479.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2019-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-26 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2279.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2900.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2019-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 291, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6648e3fe-e85c-4526-9618-ea7f4128f5b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).