---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial property: disclosures: disability access."
description: "Existing law requires the State Architect to establish a program for the voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets criteria as a Certified Access Specialist (CASp) . This position requires certain knowledge and training on standards governing access to buildings for persons with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1148"
citation: "California AB 1148 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial property: disclosures: disability access."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinorth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89166e7a-cf45-4f0c-be3a-3122fd595464"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1148"
source_hash: "525c9904c774fd1b754eec8e4c4846175009d645b85cb6121489674cf999e8a7"
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 1148 (20172018) — Commercial property: disclosures: disability access.

Existing law requires the State Architect to establish a program for the voluntary certification by the state of any person who meets criteria as a Certified Access Specialist (CASp) . This position requires certain knowledge and training on standards governing access to buildings for persons with disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1148&version=20170AB114899INT)
2. **06/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1148&version=20170AB114898AMD)
3. **07/21/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1148&version=20170AB114896CHP)
4. **AB1148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1148)
5. **07/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1148&version=20170AB114897ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent Calendar # (Urgency Clause) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1148 STEINORTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1148 STEINORTH Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinorth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 876.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-06-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-06-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1712.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-07-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2464.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2017-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 87, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89166e7a-cf45-4f0c-be3a-3122fd595464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).