(1) 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 specifies that a violation of construction-related accessibility standards personally encountered by a plaintiff may be sufficient to cause a denial of full and equal access if the plaintiff experienced difficulty, discomfort, or embarrassment because of the violation. Under existing law, a defendant is liable for actual damages plus minimum statutory damages for each instance of discrimination relating to a construction-related accessibility standard.
(1) 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 specifies that a violation of construction-related accessibility standards personally encountered by a plaintiff may be sufficient to cause a denial of full and equal access if the plaintiff experienced difficulty, discomfort, or embarrassment because of the violation. Under existing law, a defendant is liable for actual damages plus minimum statutory damages for each instance of discrimination relating to a construction-related accessibility standard.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Roth — primary (person)
Anderson — coauthor (person)
Cooper — coauthor (person)
Eggman — coauthor (person)
Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)
Gray — coauthor (person)
Linder — coauthor (person)
Moorlach — coauthor (person)
Morrell — coauthor (person)
Nielsen — coauthor (person)
Olsen — coauthor (person)
O’Donnell — coauthor (person)
Vidak — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2015-03-05 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
2015-04-02 Set for hearing April 14.
2015-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 619.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-15 Withdrawn from committee.
2015-04-15 Ordered to second reading.
2015-04-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 742.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-06-09 June 16 hearing postponed by committee.
2016-01-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-01-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-01-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-21 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4465.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-21 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-04-25 Urgency clause adopted.
2016-04-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3661.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-04-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-05-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-05-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 13, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4279f977-6056-4c69-8f55-c91ac5a38dfb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).