---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disability access."
description: "Existing law requires the State Architect to establish and publicize a program for the voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets specified criteria as a Certified Access Specialist (CASp) .."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2093"
citation: "California AB 2093 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disability access."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinorth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/393c11ff-ecae-4fbf-8b54-c5dc76a4ca54"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2093"
source_hash: "09dd1ffe4c624b9c85b95d021f52857adb83874a85cc96cde69d23d7095dcd8c"
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 2093 (20152016) — Disability access.

Existing law requires the State Architect to establish and publicize a program for the voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets specified criteria as a Certified Access Specialist (CASp) ..

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2093&version=20150AB209399INT)
2. **03/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2093&version=20150AB209398AMD)
3. **05/25/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2093&version=20150AB209397AMD)
4. **09/16/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2093&version=20150AB209395CHP)
5. **AB2093** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2093)
6. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2093&version=20150AB209396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2093 STEINORTH Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2093 STEINORTH Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2093 Steinorth By Roth Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinorth — primary (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2016-02-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-31** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4463.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4950.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-22** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6034.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 379, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/393c11ff-ecae-4fbf-8b54-c5dc76a4ca54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).