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CA AB1303

Bill

Status

Passed

10/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Avelino Valencia

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits the Public Utilities Commission, lifeline program administrators, and service providers from sharing applicant or subscriber information with local, state, or federal government agencies or immigration authorities without a court-ordered subpoena or valid judicial warrant

  • Allows entities to request but not require social security numbers from applicants and subscribers to the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service program, which provides affordable basic telephone service to low-income households

  • Defines "lawful process" for releasing residential subscriber personal information to law enforcement as requiring a court-ordered subpoena or judicial warrant

  • Permits sharing of aggregated, de-identified data for analysis and reporting, and allows information sharing with public agencies for eligibility verification purposes

  • Declares the lifeline program may provide services to individuals not lawfully present in the United States under federal law provisions

Legislative Description

Communications: lifeline telephone service program.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 347, Statutes of 2025.

10/6/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations7/9/2025
Judiciary6/23/2025
Energy, Utilities and Communications5/28/2025
Rules5/20/2025
Appropriations4/30/2025
Judiciary4/9/2025
Communications and Conveyance3/24/2025

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