---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disability access."
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. A violation of this requirement may subject the attorney to disciplinary action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1186"
citation: "California SB 1186 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Disability access."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/727ea27b-8eb2-4fd7-aaf9-516ee3041ad1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1186"
source_hash: "ce99994e1bbd8f236444c86466e30737df24eae2422837163de6f055b2e9ace5"
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 1186 (20112012) — Disability access.

(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. A violation of this requirement may subject the attorney to disciplinary action.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1186&version=20110SB118699INT)
2. **04/30/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1186&version=20110SB118698AMD)
3. **05/16/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1186&version=20110SB118697AMD)
4. **06/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1186&version=20110SB118696AMD)
5. **08/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1186&version=20110SB118695AMD)
6. **08/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1186&version=20110SB118694AMD)
7. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1186&version=20110SB118692CHP)
8. **SB1186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1186)
9. **09/06/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1186&version=20110SB118693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 5 SB1186 Steinberg Concurrence — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1186 Steinberg Third Reading Urgency By WIECKOWSKI — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — author (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- John A. Pérez — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-30** 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`
- **2012-05-02** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2012-05-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3459.) (May 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3641.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** 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`
- **2012-06-20** (Corrected June 25.)
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** From consent calendar.
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. (Page 6251.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-27** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6750.)
- **2012-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6786.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-31** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 5101.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-09-01** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 5131.) `committee-passage`
- **2012-09-01** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2012-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 5119.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2012-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 383, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/727ea27b-8eb2-4fd7-aaf9-516ee3041ad1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).