SAN FRANCISCO -- Keeping text messaging tax-free is looking more and more likely.
A bill passed a committee hearing Wednesday and is now on its way to the assembly floor for a vote.
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The bill would prohibit the California Public Utilities Commission from taxing services that the FCC labels "information services".
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The FCC put that label on text messages late last year after the CPUC proposed taxing text messaging services to fund cell service for low-income Californians.