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type: "Bill"
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title: "Telecommunications: California Advanced Services Fund."
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description: "Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law establishes, among other funds related to telecommunications, the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) in the State Treasury. Existing law requires the commission to develop, implement, and administer the CASF to encourage deployment of high-quality advanced communications services to all Californians that will promote economic growth, job creation, and the substantial social benefits of advanced information and communications technologies, as provided in specified decisions of the commission and in the CASF statute. Existing law requires the commission to give priority to projects that provide last-mile broadband access to households that are unserved by an existing facility-based broadband provider. Existing law establishes that the goal of the program is, no later than December 31, 2015, to approve funding for infrastructure projects that will provide broadband access to no less than 98% of California households. Existing law authorizes the commission to collect a surcharge for deposit into the CASF not to exceed $315,000,000 in total and authorizes the surcharge until 2020. Existing law establishes 4 accounts, the Broadband Infrastructure Grant Account, the Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Grant Account, the Broadband Infrastructure and Revolving Loan Account, and the Broadband Public Housing Account, within the CASF and specifies the amount of moneys to be deposited into each account."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 1665"
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citation: "California AB 1665 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Telecommunications: California Advanced Services Fund."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eduardo Garcia"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-02-17"
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last_action: "2017-10-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc699b26-3511-4277-ad11-699d3dc2d302"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1665"
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source_hash: "f03307741d38fa38cabe68f9fd939832fb99f41c46805d96d074188c9871d293"
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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 AB 1665 (20172018) — Telecommunications: California Advanced Services Fund.
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Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law establishes, among other funds related to telecommunications, the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) in the State Treasury. Existing law requires the commission to develop, implement, and administer the CASF to encourage deployment of high-quality advanced communications services to all Californians that will promote economic growth, job creation, and the substantial social benefits of advanced information and communications technologies, as provided in specified decisions of the commission and in the CASF statute. Existing law requires the commission to give priority to projects that provide last-mile broadband access to households that are unserved by an existing facility-based broadband provider. Existing law establishes that the goal of the program is, no later than December 31, 2015, to approve funding for infrastructure projects that will provide broadband access to no less than 98% of California households. Existing law authorizes the commission to collect a surcharge for deposit into the CASF not to exceed $315,000,000 in total and authorizes the surcharge until 2020. Existing law establishes 4 accounts, the Broadband Infrastructure Grant Account, the Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Grant Account, the Broadband Infrastructure and Revolving Loan Account, and the Broadband Public Housing Account, within the CASF and specifies the amount of moneys to be deposited into each account.
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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. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1665&version=20170AB166599INT)
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2. **05/02/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1665&version=20170AB166598AMD)
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3. **07/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1665&version=20170AB166597AMD)
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4. **07/12/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1665&version=20170AB166596AMD)
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5. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1665&version=20170AB166595AMD)
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6. **10/15/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1665&version=20170AB166593CHP)
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7. **AB1665** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1665)
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8. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1665&version=20170AB166594ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB1665 Eduardo Garcia By Hueso Urgency Clause — **34–2** (pass) · upper
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- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1665 GARCIA, E. Concurrence - Urgency Added — **68–8** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — author (person)
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- Bonta — author (person)
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- Caballero — coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
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- Dahle — author (person)
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- Eggman — principal coauthor (person)
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- Gallagher — author (person)
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- Gipson — coauthor (person)
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- Holden — author (person)
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- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
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- Lackey — coauthor (person)
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- Low — author (person)
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- Mathis — principal coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — author (person)
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- Medina — coauthor (person)
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- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
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- Mullin — principal coauthor (person)
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- Reyes — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — author (person)
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- Wood — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
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- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-21** Coauthors revised.
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- **2017-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-26** Coauthors revised.
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- **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-26** Measure version as amended on May 2 corrected. `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 5. Page 2061.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-14** Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2017-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-07-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2017-07-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-07-17** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2017-08-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 2858.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2017-09-14** Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-09-14** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3371.)
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- **2017-09-14** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (September 14). `committee-passage`
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- **2017-09-15** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 8. Page 3504.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2017-10-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 851, Statutes of 2017.
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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/bc699b26-3511-4277-ad11-699d3dc2d302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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