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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program."
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description: "Existing law establishes the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program and requires the Public Utilities Commission to administer a surcharge to collect revenues of up to $100,000,000 per year until January 1, 2025, subject to an annual appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, to allow providers of equipment and service pursuant to the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program to recover their costs as they are incurred. Existing law establishes the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund for the program described above."
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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: "SB 142"
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citation: "California SB 142 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DeafandDisabledTelecommunicationsProgram"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-23"
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last_action: "2025-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec2efd58-007e-4287-a7e4-daa2e90f67ee"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB142"
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source_hash: "30fda8b0905242764f0c6ca1d379753fa116b6c3f91417ed79503ab5c5309b07"
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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 SB 142 (20252026) — Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.
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Existing law establishes the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program and requires the Public Utilities Commission to administer a surcharge to collect revenues of up to $100,000,000 per year until January 1, 2025, subject to an annual appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, to allow providers of equipment and service pursuant to the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program to recover their costs as they are incurred. Existing law establishes the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund for the program described above.
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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. **01/23/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB142&version=20250SB14299INT)
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2. **06/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB142&version=20250SB14298AMD)
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3. **06/27/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB142&version=20250SB14296CHP)
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4. **SB142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB142)
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5. **06/27/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB142&version=20250SB14297ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB142 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Urgency Clause Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB142 B. & F.R. — **28–10** (pass) · upper
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- SB 142 B. & F. R. Third Reading Urgency By GABRIEL — **72–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-01-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Com. on B. & F. R. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)
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- **2025-03-17** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2025-03-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 444.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-27** Withdrawn from committee pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
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- **2025-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-06-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 2316.)
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- **2025-06-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2326.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-06-27** Urgency clause adopted.
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- **2025-06-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1816.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 19, 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/ec2efd58-007e-4287-a7e4-daa2e90f67ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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