Telecommunications: Moore Universal Telephone Service Act.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act established the lifeline telephone service program in order to provide low-income households with access to affordable basic residential telephone service. Existing law requires that a lifeline telephone service subscriber be provided with one lifeline subscription at the subscriber's principal place of residence, and provides that no other member of that subscriber's family or household, as defined, who maintains residence at that place is eligible for lifeline telephone service.
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SB 394
California SB 394 (20212022)
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Telecommunications: Moore Universal Telephone Service Act.
California SB 394 (20212022) — Telecommunications: Moore Universal Telephone Service Act.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act established the lifeline telephone service program in order to provide low-income households with access to affordable basic residential telephone service. Existing law requires that a lifeline telephone service subscriber be provided with one lifeline subscription at the subscriber's principal place of residence, and provides that no other member of that subscriber's family or household, as defined, who maintains residence at that place is eligible for lifeline telephone service.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
2021-03-02 Set for hearing March 15.
2021-03-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 499.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-03-17 Set for hearing March 22.
2021-03-22 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-03-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 658.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Com. on C. & C. referral-committee
2021-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2606.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-01 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2021-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 765, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12b75d03-2739-4c40-be8e-6ce71c27597d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).