Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal ... »More
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal action, the commission has no jurisdiction or control over classified telephone directories (commonly known as yellow pages) or commercial advertising included as part of a telephone corporations alphabetical telephone directories (commonly known as white pages). Existing law requires the commission to require all telephone corporations that are local exchange carriers to include in their telephone directory information concerning emergency situations that may affect the telephone network. This bill would require a telephone corporation or one of its affiliates to allowany telephone service subscriber to opt out of receiving a telephone directory published by a telephone corporation . The bill would prohibit telephone corporations from delivering directories to subscribers who opt out of receiving a directory and require that a directory contain clear and conspicuous language regarding opting out of receiving future directories and recycling of the directory. The bill would require each 3rd-party vendor, as defined, as a contractual condition for receiving telephone subscriber information from the telephone corporation that is to be incorporated into a telephone directory, to allow any telephone service customer to opt out of receiving a telephone directory published by the 3rd-party vendor, to not deliver directories to subscribers who opt out of receiving a directory , and to include clear and conspicuous language on the front cover of the directory regarding opting out of receiving future directories and recycling of the directory. »Less
Bill history [ Beta! ]
Location: Senate Floor SenateFloor
June 14, 2010
Placed on inactive file on request of Senator Yee.
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal ... »More
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal action, the commission has no jurisdiction or control over classified telephone directories (commonly known as yellow pages) or commercial advertising included as part of a telephone corporations alphabetical telephone directories (commonly known as white pages). Existing law requires the commission to require all telephone corporations that are local exchange carriers to include in their telephone directory information concerning emergency situations that may affect the telephone network. This bill would require a telephone corporation or one of its affiliates to allowany telephone service subscriber to opt out of receiving a telephone directory published by a telephone corporation . The bill would prohibit telephone corporations from delivering directories to subscribers who opt out of receiving a directory and require that a directory contain clear and conspicuous language regarding opting out of receiving future directories and recycling of the directory. The bill would require each 3rd-party vendor, as defined, as a contractual condition for receiving telephone subscriber information from the telephone corporation that is to be incorporated into a telephone directory, to allow any telephone service customer to opt out of receiving a telephone directory published by the 3rd-party vendor, to not deliver directories to subscribers who opt out of receiving a directory , and to include clear and conspicuous language on the front cover of the directory regarding opting out of receiving future directories and recycling of the directory. »Less
May 27, 2010
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 4. Page 3593.)
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal ... »More
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal action, the commission has no jurisdiction or control over classified telephone directories (commonly known as yellow pages) or commercial advertising included as part of a telephone corporations alphabetical telephone directories (commonly known as white pages). Existing law requires the commission to require all telephone corporations that are local exchange carriers to include in their telephone directory information concerning emergency situations that may affect the telephone network. This bill would require a telephone corporation to allow any telephone service subscriber to opt out of receiving a telephone directory published by a telephone corporation or 3rd-party vendor. The bill would prohibit telephone corporations from delivering directories to subscribers who opt out of receiving a directory and require that a directory contain clear and conspicuous language regarding opting out of receiving future directories and recycling of the directory. The bill would require each telephone corporation to require each 3rd-party vendor, as defined, as a contractual condition for receivingtelephone subscriber information from the telephone corporation that is to be incorporated into a telephone directory, to agree to not deliver directories to subscribers who opt out of receiving a directory and to include clear and conspicuous language in a directory regarding opting out of receiving future directories and recycling of the directory. »Less
May 14, 2010
Set for hearing May 24.
May 13, 2010
Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
May 12, 2010
Set for hearing May 17.
May 10, 2010
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal ... »More
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal action, the commission has no jurisdiction or control over classified telephone directories (commonly known as yellow pages) or commercial advertising included as part of a telephone corporations alphabetical telephone directories (commonly known as white pages). Existing law requires the commission to require all telephone corporations that are local exchange carriers to include in their telephone directory information concerning emergency situations that may affect the telephone network. This bill would require a telephone corporation or 3rd-party vendor, as defined, to allow any telephone service subscriber to opt out of receiving a telephone directory published by a telephone corporation or 3rd-party vendor . Thebill would prohibit telephone corporations and 3rd-party vendors from delivering directories to subscribers who opt out of receiving a directory, require that a telephone corporation or 3rd party vendor to demonstrate compliance with a specified law relative to recycled-content newsprint, and require that a directory contain clear and conspicuous language regarding opting out of receiving future directories and recycling of the directory . »Less
April 30, 2010
Set for hearing May 10.
April 27, 2010
Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal ... »More
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal action, the commission has no jurisdiction or control over classified telephone directories (commonly known as yellow pages) or commercial advertising included as part of a telephone corporations alphabetical telephone directories (commonly known as white pages). Existing law requires the commission to require all telephone corporations that are local exchange carriers to include in their telephone directory information concerning emergency situations that may affect the telephone network. This bill would require the commission to require a telephone corporation orthird-party vendor, as defined, to allow a telephone service customer to opt out of receiving an alphabetical telephone directory, as prescribed. The bill would require the commission to require those entities to comply with certain other requirements regarding directory recycling and recycled content. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or an order or direction of the commission is a crime. Because this bill would require an order or other action of the commission to implement its provisions and a violation of that order or action would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisionsestablish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. »Less
April 26, 2010
From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 4. Page 3298.)
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal ... »More
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal action, the commission has no jurisdiction or control over classified telephone directories (commonly known as yellow pages) or commercial advertising included as part of a telephone corporations alphabetical telephone directories (commonly known as white pages). Existing law requires the commission to require all telephone corporations that are local exchange carriers to include in their telephone directory information concerning emergency situations that may affect the telephone network. This bill would require a telephone corporation or third- party vendor, as defined, to allow a telephone service customer to opt out of receiving an alphabetical telephone directory, as prescribed. The bill would require those entities to comply with certain other requirements regarding directory recycling and recycled content. Under existing law, a violation of the Public Utilities Act or an order or direction of the commission is a crime. Because this bill would require an order or other action of the commission to implement its provisions and a violation of thatorder or action would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by creating a new crime. 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. »Less
March 23, 2010
Set for hearing April 20.
Feb. 11, 2010
To Com. on E., U., & C.
Feb. 2, 2010
From print. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
Feb. 1, 2010
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal ... »More
Digest: Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations. Existing law provides that, unless certain determinations are made by the commission about the impact of federal action, the commission has no jurisdiction or control over classified telephone directories (commonly known as yellow pages) or commercial advertising included as part of a telephone corporations alphabetical telephone directories (commonly known as white pages). Existing law requires the commission to require all telephone corporations that are local exchange carriers to include in their telephone directory information concerning emergency situations that may affect the telephone network. This bill would prohibit a telephone corporation from distributing an alphabetical telephone directory to a subscriber unless that subscriber affirmatively elects to receive thedirectory. »Less
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Legislator tries to hang up on phone books San Diego Union-Tribune, June 8, 2011
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State Senator Leland Yee guest speaker at Pacifica Democrats' meeting San Jose Mercury News, June 17, 2010
... overing at the the Pacifica Democrats meeting, in addition to the state budget issues, are: SB 662, SB 920 and SB 840. Senate Bill 662 will increase the existing marriage license fee that goes to domestic violence shelters by $10, which would increase the collection from $23 to $3 ...
Political Blotter: Phone-book bill dies in state Senate Bay Area News Group - East Bay - The Argus, June 7, 2010
... environmental burden for local municipalities, but AT&T convinced his legislative peers otherwise. SB 920 went down to defeat on the state Senate floor today on a 12-18 vote."AT&T put their own financial interests before the interests of their customers," Yee said in a statement. ...
Political Blotter: Phone-book bill dies in state Senate Bay Area News Group - East Bay, June 7, 2010
... environmental burden for local municipalities, but AT&T convinced his legislative peers otherwise. SB 920 went down to defeat on the state Senate floor today on a 12-18 vote."AT&T put their own financial interests before the interests of their customers," Yee said in a statement. ...
Political Blotter: Phone-book bill dies in state Senate Contra Costa Times - Politics, June 6, 2010
... environmental burden for local municipalities, but AT&T convinced his legislative peers otherwise. SB 920 went down to defeat on the state Senate floor today on a 12-18 vote."AT&T put their own financial interests before the interests of their customers," Yee said in a statement. ...
Internal Affairs: Reach out and touch someone — specifically, a California legislator San Jose Mercury News, June 5, 2010
... hich would end home delivery of phone directories unless customers opt in to receive them. But when SB 920 came to a vote Thursday, eight senators decided not to weigh in — including the bill's two co-authors and a few members who'd voted for the bill in committees. One of t ...
Senate rejects bill allowing residents to opt out of phone books Los Angeles Times - California Politics, June 4, 2010
... pt out of receiving phone books delivered to their homes.Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) said his SB 920 addresses a wasteful nuisance. He said phone-book publishers sell advertising based on books distributed even though many people toss the phonebooks in the trash.The dirty li ...
Bill for consumers to opt out of phone directories fails Sacramento Bee - Capitol Alert, June 3, 2010
June 3, 2010
Bill for consumers to opt out of phone directories fails
After spirited debate over what's right for small businesses, the state Senate today turned down a proposal to allow consumers to opt out of getting telephone directories delivered at their front doors.
Senate Bill 920 by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would have required language be printed on directories explaining to ...
Pressing state business CalWatchdog, June 3, 2010
... even Greenhut: The California Legislature continues to grapple with the tough issues. For instance, SB920 by Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would, according to Capitol Weekly, “prohibit phone companies from delivering telephone directories to people who opt not to have them d ...
Moderate Democrats target Senate bills Los Angeles Times - California Politics, June 3, 2010
... peza) – Would extend protections offered to credit card users to anyone using a debit card.
SB 920 (Yee) – Would prohibit phone companies from delivering telephone directories to people who opt not to have them delivered to their homes.
SB 1475 (Simitian) – ...
Version: Amended Senate
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