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type: "Bill"
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title: "Communications: lifeline telephone service program."
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description: "Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act establishes the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service program in order to provide low-income households with access to affordable basic residential telephone service. Existing law requires the commission to accept applications for lifeline telephone service according to procedures specified by the commission."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 1303"
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citation: "California AB 1303 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Communications", "lifelinetelephoneserviceprogram"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Valencia"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/315a8d02-baab-48bf-a908-1ad492a29457"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303"
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source_hash: "7f7569eb35c25635027d43d26b6205ea02ba0879452c4b484e9cfaeb8746bd40"
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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 1303 (20252026) — Communications: lifeline telephone service program.
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Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act establishes the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service program in order to provide low-income households with access to affordable basic residential telephone service. Existing law requires the commission to accept applications for lifeline telephone service according to procedures specified by the commission.
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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. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303&version=20250AB130399INT)
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2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303&version=20250AB130398AMD)
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3. **04/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303&version=20250AB130397AMD)
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4. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303&version=20250AB130396AMD)
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5. **06/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303&version=20250AB130395AMD)
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6. **06/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303&version=20250AB130394AMD)
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7. **07/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303&version=20250AB130393AMD)
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8. **09/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303&version=20250AB130392AMD)
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9. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303&version=20250AB130390CHP)
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10. **AB1303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303)
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11. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1303&version=20250AB130391ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1303 Valencia et al. By Gonzalez — **29–9** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1303 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–14** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1303 Valencia Assembly Third Reading — **61–12** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Valencia — primary (person)
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- Bonta — coauthor (person)
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- Caloza — coauthor (person)
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- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
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- Ortega — coauthor (person)
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- Rogers — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
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- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Coms. on C. & C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 1609.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-28** Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 17). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-08-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2626.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 3120.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 347, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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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/315a8d02-baab-48bf-a908-1ad492a29457`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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