--- type: "Bill" title: "Civil actions." description: "(1) Existing law requires an attorney to provide a written advisory to a building owner or tenant with each demand for money or complaint for any construction-related accessibility claim, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 384" citation: "California SB 384 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Civil actions."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Evans"] version_count: 8 action_count: 35 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2011-02-15" last_action: "2011-10-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f70400c-4a9a-4dcd-9dc2-cfbedf43534c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB384" source_hash: "e7cc02378e47ea680430b8dad868f8bdb13478a110ec01749303a67ccc774bfd" 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 SB 384 (20112012) — Civil actions. (1) Existing law requires an attorney to provide a written advisory to a building owner or tenant with each demand for money or complaint for any construction-related accessibility claim, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB384&version=20110SB38499INT) 2. **03/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB384&version=20110SB38498AMD) 3. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB384&version=20110SB38497AMD) 4. **05/10/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB384&version=20110SB38496AMD) 5. **09/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB384&version=20110SB38495AMD) 6. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB384&version=20110SB38493CHP) 7. **SB384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB384) 8. **09/13/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB384&version=20110SB38494ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper - SB 384 Evans Senate Third Reading By FEUER — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Supp 1 SB384 Evans Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent #4 — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Evans — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-04-26** Set for hearing May 3. - **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 860.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23. - **2011-05-23** Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2011-05-25** Set for hearing May 26. - **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1116.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-31** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1282.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-07-11** From consent calendar. - **2011-07-11** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-09-01** Read third time and amended. (Page 2769.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-01** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-09-06** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee` - **2011-09-06** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2885.) - **2011-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3115.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2011-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2463.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m. - **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 419, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f70400c-4a9a-4dcd-9dc2-cfbedf43534c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).