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Bill	Communications: universal service: lifeline program.	Under the California Constitution and the Public Utilities Act, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The act establishes the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service program (lifeline program) in order to provide low-income households with access to affordable basic residential telephone service.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 74	California AB 74 (20212022)	bill	Communications: universal service: lifeline program.	enacted	Lorena Gonzalez	10	37	9	2020-12-07	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/067525e2-0ed2-4574-bb9b-bbd4eeb543c9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB74	233cad7ca86dffaf813fe6133a3915c93f577283c96851292aa7a66a53a349dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 74 (20212022) — Communications: universal service: lifeline program.

Under the California Constitution and the Public Utilities Act, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The act establishes the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service program (lifeline program) in order to provide low-income households with access to affordable basic residential telephone service.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/01/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/18/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/30/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB74 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB74 Lorena Gonzalez et a By Hueso — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 74 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 74 Lorena Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lorena Gonzalez — primary (person)
• Quirk — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-12-08 From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2021-02-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-02-02 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-02-22 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1717.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2021-06-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2021-06-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-22 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2021-06-22 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2021-06-24 Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2496.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2021-09-09 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 9). committee-passage
• 2021-09-09 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3047.)
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 4. Page 3059.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 410, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/067525e2-0ed2-4574-bb9b-bbd4eeb543c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).