---
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 410"
citation: "California AB 410 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regulations: adoption: disability access."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/249fde56-c6ef-4fe5-b323-5b220a446eb0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB410"
source_hash: "14240da61f5c6a68952b22872af9728296fec9b3f42e4497f96892f123d4da1b"
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 410 (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. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB410&version=20110AB41099INT)
2. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB410&version=20110AB41098AMD)
3. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB410&version=20110AB41097AMD)
4. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB410&version=20110AB41096AMD)
5. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB410&version=20110AB41094CHP)
6. **AB410** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB410)
7. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB410&version=20110AB41095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 410 SWANSON Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 410 SWANSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB410 Swanson By Hernandez — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swanson — primary (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1722.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2194.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2905.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/249fde56-c6ef-4fe5-b323-5b220a446eb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).