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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 142: Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 142 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program. Primary sponsor: Committee on Budget. Most recent recorded action (July 2, 2025): Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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.

This bill would extend the requirement on the commission to collect the surcharge described above until December 31, 2034, subject to annual appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, and would require the commission to transfer moneys it collects from the surcharge to the Controller for deposit into the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund.

Existing law requires the commission to annually review the surcharge level and the balances in the fund identified above. Existing law authorized, until January 1, 2025, the commission to make necessary adjustments to the surcharge to ensure that the programs supported by the surcharge are adequately funded and that the fund balances are not excessive, as defined.

This bill would repeal that requirement and, instead, would authorize the commission to make recommendations to the Legislature regarding appropriations under the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.

Under existing law, a violation of an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime.

Because a violation of a commission action implementing this bill’s requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on BudgetPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)Assembly—

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
  2. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  3. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 25).
  4. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
  5. Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
  6. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 734.)
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
  10. Ordered to second reading.
  11. Withdrawn from committee.
  12. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page