CA AB 2279
in committeeCalifornia Advanced Services Fund: Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Grant Account.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 2279 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 2279 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 2279 about?
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish the Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Grant Account in the California Advanced Services Fund and makes the moneys in the account available for grants to eligible consortia to facilitate the deployment of broadband services by assisting infrastructure applicants in the project development or grant application process. Existing law requires each consortium to conduct an annual audit of its expenditures for programs funded pursuant to those provisions and to submit to the commission an annual report that includes specified information. This bill would instead require moneys in the Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Account to be available for grants to eligible consortia primarily to facilitate the deployment of broadband services by assisting infrastructure applicants in the project development or grant application process. In facilitating the deployment of broadband services, the bill would authorize the consortia to undertake activities that promote broadband adoption within specified areas, including all infrastructure project areas that received California Advanced Services Fund grants on or after January 1, 2020, as specified, neighborhoods and communities identified by jurisdictions receiving local agency technical assistance grants, or areas where construction of infrastructure deployment and upgrade investments are made pursuant to public benefit agreements by parties to corporate consolidations approved by the commission. The bill would require the commission to allocate sufficient funds to the account to provide multi-year grants to eligible consortia to engage and regularly convene specified representatives and to implement an approved regional work plan consistent with a standardized scope of work determined by the commission, which would be required to include specified strategies and infrastructure-related activities, as provided. The bill would require the annual base funding grant per consortium to be no less than $200,000, plus an increased amount based on the number of unserved and underserved locations, unconnected households, and the number of low-income households in the region, as provided. The bill would delete the requirement for each consortium to conduct an annual audit and would revise the information required to be included in the annual report to the commission, as specified. The bill would authorize the commission to engage experienced nonprofit organizations through an open, competitive process to assist the commission and support the consortia, as provided. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the above provisions would be part of the act and a violation of a commission action implementing this bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.
Who sponsors CA AB 2279?
Gipson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2279, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish the Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Grant Account in the California Advanced Services Fund and makes the moneys in the account available for grants to eligible consortia to facilitate the deployment of broadband services by assisting infrastructure applicants in the project development or grant application process. Existing law requires each consortium to conduct an annual audit of its expenditures for programs funded pursuant to those provisions and to submit to the commission an annual report that includes specified information. This bill would instead require moneys in the Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Account to be available for grants to eligible consortia primarily to facilitate the deployment of broadband services by assisting infrastructure applicants in the project development or grant application process. In facilitating the deployment of broadband services, the bill would authorize the consortia to undertake activities that promote broadband adoption within specified areas, including all infrastructure project areas that received California Advanced Services Fund grants on or after January 1, 2020, as specified, neighborhoods and communities identified by jurisdictions receiving local agency technical assistance grants, or areas where construction of infrastructure deployment and upgrade investments are made pursuant to public benefit agreements by parties to corporate consolidations approved by the commission. The bill would require the commission to allocate sufficient funds to the account to provide multi-year grants to eligible consortia to engage and regularly convene specified representatives and to implement an approved regional work plan consistent with a standardized scope of work determined by the commission, which would be required to include specified strategies and infrastructure-related activities, as provided. The bill would require the annual base funding grant per consortium to be no less than $200,000, plus an increased amount based on the number of unserved and underserved locations, unconnected households, and the number of low-income households in the region, as provided. The bill would delete the requirement for each consortium to conduct an annual audit and would revise the information required to be included in the annual report to the commission, as specified. The bill would authorize the commission to engage experienced nonprofit organizations through an open, competitive process to assist the commission and support the consortia, as provided. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or any order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because the above provisions would be part of the act and a violation of a commission action implementing this bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-16
- Latest action
- 2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Gipsonauthor
- Reyescoauthor
- Rubiocoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-13
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-06-30
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24).
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2026-06-10
Referred to Com. on E., U & C.
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2026-06-01
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-28
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5526.)
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-06
Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-26
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25).
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2026-03-17
Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.
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2026-03-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-09
Referred to Com. on C. & C.
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2026-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-25 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Krell: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bonta: yes
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
AB 2279 Gipson Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-28 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Hoover: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Patel: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Flora: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Haney: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Chen: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Fong: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Berman: yes
- Solache: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Bains: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Addis: yes
- Hart: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Pellerin: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-24 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Strickland: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Allen: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Becker: other
- Gonzalez: other
- Grove: other
- Richardson: other
- Dahle: other
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