Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.
Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Passed first chamber
- Started in
- Assembly
- Sponsor
- Committee on Budget
- Latest action
- Jul 2, 2025
What it does
Existing law establishes the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program and required 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.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
Floor (Current step)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Committee on Budget
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.