Bill Text: CA AB34 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Communications: Broadband for All Act of 2022.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2020-12-08 - From printer. May be heard in committee January 7. [AB34 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB34-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 34
| Introduced by Assembly Members Muratsuchi, Eduardo Garcia, and Santiago (Principal coauthor: Senator Glazer) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ting and Wood) |
December 07, 2020 |
An act relating to communications.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 34, as introduced, Muratsuchi.
Communications: Broadband for All Act of 2022.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law requires the commission to develop, implement, and administer the California Advanced Services Fund program to encourage deployment of high-quality advanced communications services to all Californians. Existing law provides that the goal of the program is to, no later than December 31, 2022, approve funding for infrastructure projects that will provide broadband access to no less than 98% of California households, as provided.
This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would enact the Broadband for All Act of 2022, to become operative only if approved by the voters at the November 8, 2022, statewide general election, to authorize the issuance
of state general obligation bonds to fund increased access to broadband services to rural, urban, suburban, and tribal unserved and underserved communities.
