republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-54.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: demand letters."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 54"
citation: "California AB 54 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: demand letters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olsen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2014-12-01"
last_action: "2016-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe657de3-f5a8-4cd0-b2b7-4522ebe1b3af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54"
source_hash: "953170e80cb6a4d1a68c37892dada440dd7b7f45157cce7b46943504fa30b256"
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 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.

1. **12/01/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54&version=20150AB5499INT)
2. **01/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54&version=20150AB5495AMD)
3. **01/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54&version=20150AB5494AMD)
4. **02/18/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54&version=20150AB5498AMD)
5. **03/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54&version=20150AB5497AMD)
6. **04/22/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54&version=20150AB5496AMD)
7. **05/24/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54&version=20150AB5493AMD)
8. **09/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54&version=20150AB5491CHP)
9. **AB54** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54)
10. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB54&version=20150AB5492ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 54 OLSEN Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 54 OLSEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB54 Olsen By Roth — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 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** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3426.)
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe657de3-f5a8-4cd0-b2b7-4522ebe1b3af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).