California Senate Bill 857
Session 20212022
Telecommunications: universal service programs.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 28, 2022
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
857
State
California
Session
20212022
Ben Hueso
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Author
Coauthor
Principal Coauthor
Dahle
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Motion Text
3rd Reading SB857 Hueso et al. Urgency Clause
Senate Roll Call Votes
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Dahle
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Gonzalez
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Rubio
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Summary
Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to supervise and regulate every public utility in the state, including telephone corporations, and to fix just and reasonable rates and charges for public utilities. Existing law establishes the state's 6 universal service funds in the State Treasury, including the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund and the California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund, and provides that moneys in each of the state's universal service funds are the proceeds of rates and are held in trust for the benefit of ratepayers and to compensate telephone corporations for their costs of providing universal service. Moneys in the funds may only be expended to accomplish specified telecommunications universal service programs, upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act or upon supplemental appropriation. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, requires the commission to maintain the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund (the CHCF-A program) to provide universal service rate support to small independent telephone corporations, as defined, in certain amounts in furtherance of the state's universal service commitment to the continued affordability and widespread availability of safe, reliable, high-quality communications services in rural areas of the state. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, requires the commission to develop, implement, and maintain a suitable, competitively neutral, and broad-based program to establish a fair and equitable local rate support structure aided by universal service rate support to telephone corporations serving areas where the cost of providing services exceeds rates charged by providers, as determined by the commission (the CHCF-B program) .
This bill would extend the CHCF-A program and CHCF-B program requirements to January 1, 2028.
Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or an order or direction of the commission is a crime.
Because the CHCF-A program and CHCF-B program, that are extended under the provisions of this bill, are within the act and a decision or order of the commission implements the programs' requirements, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding the definition of a crime.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
01/19/22 - Introduced
January 19, 2022
03/21/22 - Amended Senate
March 21, 2022
08/25/22 - Enrolled
August 25, 2022
09/28/22 - Chaptered
September 28, 2022
03/11/22- Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
March 11, 2022
03/31/22- Senate Appropriations
March 31, 2022
05/21/22- Sen. Floor Analyses
May 21, 2022
06/14/22- Assembly Communications and Conveyance
June 14, 2022
08/01/22- Assembly Appropriations
August 1, 2022
08/17/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 17, 2022
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09/28/2022
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 706, Statutes of 2022.
09/28/2022
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
08/30/2022
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
08/23/2022
Senate
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
08/22/2022
Assembly
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6007.) Ordered to the Senate.
08/15/2022
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/11/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11).
08/03/2022
Assembly
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
06/15/2022
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
05/27/2022
Assembly
Referred to Com. on C. & C.
05/24/2022
Assembly
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
05/23/2022
Senate
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3834.) Ordered to the Assembly.
05/19/2022
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/19/2022
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3772.) (May 19).
05/13/2022
Senate
Set for hearing May 19.
04/04/2022
Senate
April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
03/25/2022
Senate
Set for hearing April 4.
03/21/2022
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
03/17/2022
Senate
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3094.) (March 14).
03/04/2022
Senate
Set for hearing March 14.
02/07/2022
Senate
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
02/07/2022
Senate
(Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
02/07/2022
Senate
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
01/26/2022
Senate
Referred to Com. on E., U. & C.
01/20/2022
Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
01/19/2022
Senate
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Jan 20, 2022 12:12:50 PM
Record Updated
Nov 30, 2022 6:23:41 PM