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ASSEMBLY BILL 1934 (CORBETT – 2002)

CHAPTER 183, STATUTES OF 2002, AB 1934

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As enacted, Assembly Bill 1934 was a single-section bill affecting Public Utilities Code section 7910, relating to telephone corporations.  (See Exhibit #1f)  Assembly member Ellen M. Corbett introduced Assembly Bill 1934 on February 12, 2002.  (See Exhibit #1a)  The Communication Workers of America is noted in the analyses as being the source of this legislation.  (See Exhibits #3, #5, and #11)

Assembly Bill 1934 was assigned to the Assembly Committees on Utilities and Commerce and Labor and Employment and the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibits #3, #5, and #9)  Four amendments were made to Assembly Bill 1934 during the legislative process.  (See Exhibits #1b through #1e and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Gray Davis signed the bill on July 13, 2002, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on July 15, 2002 as Chapter 183 of the Statutes of 2002.  (See Exhibits #1f and #2)

The Office of Senate Floor Analyses Third Reading analysis of Assembly Bill 1934 as last amended summarizes the provisions of the bill as follows:

This bill, beginning January 1, 2003, requires telephone corporations to perform background checks on applicants who will have access to the telephone network on the customers premises.
(See Exhibit #11, page 1)