republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-219.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: deaf and disabled telecommunications program."
description: "Public utilities: deaf and disabled telecommunications program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 219"
citation: "California AB 219 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: deaf and disabled telecommunications program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Utilities and Commerce"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2001-02-09"
last_action: "2001-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c4c1173-1531-4c1f-a178-ef4fb7d3e33f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB219"
source_hash: "d2d4598f81e96b6a0115d3787a88c11357aeb2101335e401a55661d155c2e435"
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 219 (20012002) — Public utilities: deaf and disabled telecommunications program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB219&version=20010AB21999INT)
2. **05/01/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB219&version=20010AB21998AMD)
3. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB219&version=20010AB21997AMD)
4. **07/30/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB219&version=20010AB21995CHP)
5. **AB219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB219)
6. **07/16/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB219&version=20010AB21996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB219 Committee on Util & Comm (Wright) Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB219 Committee on Util & Comm (Wright) Lay on Table — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 AB219 Committee on Util & Comm (Wright) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 219 U.& C. Assembly Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 219 U.& C. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By Wright — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities and Commerce — primary (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 109, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-07-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2001-07-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 2836.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 1850.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. (Corrected June 22. ) `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-21** Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-05-31** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-05-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-05-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1249.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1012.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-03** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 884.)
- **2001-03-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2001-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c4c1173-1531-4c1f-a178-ef4fb7d3e33f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).