Calif. Appropriators Set Up Votes on Video, Privacy Bills

California lawmakers teed up digital equity and privacy bills Monday for a later vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The committee sent AB-41 and AB-1546 to the suspense file, a category reserved for bills deemed to be costly. AB-41 aims to tighten digital equity requirements in the state’s video franchise law. AB-1546 would extend the statute of limitations for privacy claims brought by the state attorney general. State appropriators cleared or moved into suspense several telecom bills last week, with votes on the bills expected by Sept. 1 (see 2308170044).