Existing law prohibits discrimination on the basis of various specified personal characteristics, including disability. The Construction-Related Accessibility Standards Compliance Act establishes standards for making new construction and existing facilities accessible to persons with disabilities and provides for construction-related accessibility claims for violations of those standards. Existing law requires that a copy of the demand letter and the complaint be sent to the California Commission on Disability Access.
California AB 54 (20152016) — Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: demand letters.
Existing law prohibits discrimination on the basis of various specified personal characteristics, including disability. The Construction-Related Accessibility Standards Compliance Act establishes standards for making new construction and existing facilities accessible to persons with disabilities and provides for construction-related accessibility claims for violations of those standards. Existing law requires that a copy of the demand letter and the complaint be sent to the California Commission on Disability Access.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Olsen — primary (person)
Achadjian — coauthor (person)
Baker — coauthor (person)
Brough — coauthor (person)
Gray — principal coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Nielsen — coauthor (person)
Obernolte — coauthor (person)
Steinorth — coauthor (person)
Travis Allen — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-12-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
2015-01-22 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-02-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-02-19 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-04-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-22 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2015-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-01-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2016-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2016-01-05 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage
2016-01-12 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-01-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-01-14 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-01-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-01-21 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-01-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-01-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3508.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-01-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-02-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-05-24 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-27 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5021.). 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 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6050.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2016-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 872, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe657de3-f5a8-4cd0-b2b7-4522ebe1b3af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).