republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2164.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disability access: certified access specialist program: funding."
description: "(1) The federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the California Building Standards Code require that specified buildings, structures, and facilities be accessible to, and usable by, persons with disabilities. Existing law establishes a Disability Access and Education Revolving Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, within the Division of the State Architect for purposes of increasing disability access and compliance with construction-related accessibility requirements and developing educational resources for businesses to facilitate compliance with federal and state disability laws, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2164"
citation: "California AB 2164 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Disability access: certified access specialist program: funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55c7563a-00d5-497f-8f3c-39bc78b61017"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2164"
source_hash: "d731dcb750fd8ae67faa74a7fc13fdb263a41304bdd99aab3e8cd71ab357b434"
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 2164 (20212022) — Disability access: certified access specialist program: funding.

(1) The federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the California Building Standards Code require that specified buildings, structures, and facilities be accessible to, and usable by, persons with disabilities. Existing law establishes a Disability Access and Education Revolving Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, within the Division of the State Architect for purposes of increasing disability access and compliance with construction-related accessibility requirements and developing educational resources for businesses to facilitate compliance with federal and state disability laws, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2164&version=20210AB216499INT)
2. **03/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2164&version=20210AB216498AMD)
3. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2164&version=20210AB216497AMD)
4. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2164&version=20210AB216495CHP)
5. **AB2164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2164)
6. **08/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2164&version=20210AB216496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2164 Lee et al. By Becker — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2164 Lee Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **14–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee — primary (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (March 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4951.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4939.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 895, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55c7563a-00d5-497f-8f3c-39bc78b61017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).