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type: "Bill"
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title: "Consumer Call Protection Act of 2019."
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description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law, with specified exceptions, directs the commission to require any call identification service offered by a telephone corporation, or by any other person or corporation that makes use of the facilities of a telephone corporation, to allow the caller to withhold, on an individual basis, the display of the caller's telephone number from the telephone instrument of the individual receiving the call. However, existing law prohibits a caller from withholding the display of the caller's business telephone number when that number is being used for telemarketing purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "SB 208"
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citation: "California SB 208 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Consumer Call Protection Act of 2019."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-02-04"
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last_action: "2019-10-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/253e24ed-98f6-4eae-8780-54e6a231b01d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB208"
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source_hash: "37bf8744337b1f3bdad4c4b71a008e8025f1241b5122b4283c6cb480adbc980b"
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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 SB 208 (20192020) — Consumer Call Protection Act of 2019.
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Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law, with specified exceptions, directs the commission to require any call identification service offered by a telephone corporation, or by any other person or corporation that makes use of the facilities of a telephone corporation, to allow the caller to withhold, on an individual basis, the display of the caller's telephone number from the telephone instrument of the individual receiving the call. However, existing law prohibits a caller from withholding the display of the caller's business telephone number when that number is being used for telemarketing purposes.
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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. **02/04/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB208&version=20190SB20899INT)
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2. **03/28/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB208&version=20190SB20898AMD)
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3. **04/23/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB208&version=20190SB20897AMD)
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4. **07/02/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB208&version=20190SB20896AMD)
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5. **08/30/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB208&version=20190SB20895AMD)
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6. **10/02/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB208&version=20190SB20893CHP)
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7. **SB208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB208)
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8. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB208&version=20190SB20894ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 208 Hueso Senate Third Reading By Gabriel — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **13–2** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB208 Hueso et al. — **32–5** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **10–2** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB208 Hueso et al. Concurrence — **35–4** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hueso — primary (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
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- Hill — coauthor (person)
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- Wilk — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
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- **2019-02-13** Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-15** Set for hearing March 27.
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- **2019-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 464.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-28** Set for hearing April 9.
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- **2019-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 653.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2019-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-30** Set for hearing May 6.
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- **2019-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 1028.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2019-06-03** Referred to Coms. on C. & C. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-07-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-07-03** July 3 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-08-30** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 3185.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2019-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 2831.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2019-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 471, Statutes of 2019.
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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/253e24ed-98f6-4eae-8780-54e6a231b01d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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