BILL ANALYSIS
AB 865
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 865 (Davis)
As Amended June 24, 2008
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |76-0 |(January 28, |SENATE: |28-3 |(July 10, |
| | |2008) | | |2008) |
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Original Committee Reference: B. & P.
SUMMARY : Enacts the State Agency Live Customer Service Act that
requires each state agency to answer an incoming call with a
live customer service agent or automated telephone answering
equipment with an automated prompt that allows a caller to
select the option to speak
with a live customer service agent.
The Senate amendments limit the requirements of this bill to the
following agencies: State and Consumer Services; Business,
Transportation and Housing; California Environmental Protection;
California Health and Human Services; Labor and Workforce
Development; Resources; and, Youth and Adult Correctional.
EXISTING LAW requires each state agency to establish a procedure
whereby incoming telephone calls on any public line shall be
answered within 10 rings during regular business hours, except
where emergency or illness require adjustments to normal
staffing levels.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill was substantially similar
to the version passed by the Senate.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : This bill modifies current law to account for the
fact that some state agencies use automated telephone services
to provide specific information to callers or to route telephone
calls to the appropriate state agency personnel. The bill
requires, with limited exceptions, that the automated telephone
services shall allow a caller to select an option to speak with
a live customer service agent and that the state agency shall
have a live customer service agent available for this purpose.
AB 865
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This bill as amended in the Senate is substantially similar to
the version passed by the Assembly.
Analysis Prepared by : Rebecca May / B. & P. / (916) 319-3301
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