---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulations: adoption: disability access."
description: "Existing state and federal law prohibits the exclusion of a qualified individual with a disability, by reason of that disability, from participation in or equal access to the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by a public entity. Federal regulations require a public entity to take appropriate steps to ensure that communications with participants and members of the public with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. These regulations also require a public entity to furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessary to afford an individual with a disability an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, a service, program, or activity conducted by a public entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2041"
citation: "California AB 2041 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regulations: adoption: disability access."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b42fe1df-da92-4e21-a411-b7d88be48f5c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2041"
source_hash: "ea7d2a005750d69052a8c8ad65993c1b9681816d90d74dad895cd8a03e1ea4e1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2041 (20112012) — Regulations: adoption: disability access.

Existing state and federal law prohibits the exclusion of a qualified individual with a disability, by reason of that disability, from participation in or equal access to the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by a public entity. Federal regulations require a public entity to take appropriate steps to ensure that communications with participants and members of the public with disabilities are as effective as communications with others. These regulations also require a public entity to furnish appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessary to afford an individual with a disability an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, a service, program, or activity conducted by a public entity.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2041&version=20110AB204199INT)
2. **06/12/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2041&version=20110AB204198AMD)
3. **08/15/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2041&version=20110AB204197AMD)
4. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2041&version=20110AB204195CHP)
5. **AB2041** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2041)
6. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2041&version=20110AB204196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2041 SWANSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2041 SWANSON Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2041 Swanson By De León — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4785.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** From consent calendar.
- **2012-08-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4869.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6512.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 723, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b42fe1df-da92-4e21-a411-b7d88be48f5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).