California 2013: New laws take effect today Sacramento Bee, Jan. 1, 2013
... s. (Former Assemblyman, now Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo)INTERNET/SOCIAL MEDIAInternet phone serviceSB 1161 bars the state Public Utilities Commission from regulating the Internet-based voice industry until January 2020. (Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles)Social media privacySB 1349 ...
California 2013: New laws take effect today Sacramento Bee, Jan. 1, 2013
... s. (Former Assemblyman, now Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo)INTERNET/SOCIAL MEDIAInternet phone serviceSB 1161 bars the state Public Utilities Commission from regulating the Internet-based voice industry until January 2020. (Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles)Social media privacySB 1349 ...
State adopts wider law on guns Los Angeles Times - California, Sept. 28, 2012
... ecommunications giants including AT&T and Verizon Communications, Inc., said the bill Brown signed, SB 1161 by state Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), locks into law a current "hands-off" policy by the California Public Utilities Commission. The PUC does not regulate the phone service ...
Gov. Brown Signs Phone Bill Curbing Oversight On Calls Made Over The Net KCBS, Sept. 28, 2012
... ar_zh=410;adsonar_jv='ads.adsonar.com'; Members of the California Public Utilities Commission said SB 1161 would prevent them from regulating any telephone services, because land-line phones now use technology that sends voice signals over the Internet. Consumer advocates also op ...
Brown endorses hands-off stance on internet calls Fresno Bee, Sept. 28, 2012
... t have become the hallmark of our state."Members of the California Public Utilities Commission said SB 1161 would prevent them from regulating any telephone services, because land-line phones now use technology that sends voice signals over the Internet.Consumer advocates also oppo ...
Consumer groups seek veto of Internet phone service measure Los Angeles Times - Business, Sept. 24, 2012
... ers. "They want to eliminate all regulation that tells them to do anything."Proponents of the bill, SB 1161, by state Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), dismissed the consumer groups' complaints as meritless.Robert Callahan, the California state director of TechAmerica, a trade group, ...
California tech industry makes itself heard in Legislature Los Angeles Times - Business, Aug. 25, 2012
... use of digital voice networks as well as any form of regulation of the Internet. The legislation, SB 1161 by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), sailed through both houses with unusually overwhelming bipartisan support. Gov. Jerry Brown, who has not taken a public position, has 30 day ...
Regulatory ban is approved for phone calls via Internet Sacramento Bee, Aug. 23, 2012
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Voice over Internet bill heading to Gov. Jerry Brown Sacramento Bee - Capitol Alert, Aug. 22, 2012
August 22, 2012 Voice over Internet bill heading to Gov. Jerry Brown California lawmakers are sending Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that will prohibit regulation of a type of phone service known as "voice over Internet protocol," or VOIP. Senate Bill 1161 by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima, was pushed by the telecom industry and high tech companies, which stand to benefit from the growing use of VOIP ...
Capitol Alert: Voice over Internet bill heading to Gov. Jerry Brown Sacramento Bee, Aug. 22, 2012
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