Existing law requires a public agency, as defined, that serves the public or is open to the public and maintains toilet facilities to make those facilities available to the public free of charge. Existing law, the California Building Standards Law, establishes the California Building Standards Commission within the Department of General Services. Existing law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code.
California SB 1194 (20212022) — Public restrooms: building standards.
Existing law requires a public agency, as defined, that serves the public or is open to the public and maintains toilet facilities to make those facilities available to the public free of charge. Existing law, the California Building Standards Law, establishes the California Building Standards Commission within the Department of General Services. Existing law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1194 Allen Senate Third Reading By Ward — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1194 Allen Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Allen — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-18 From printer.
2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
2022-03-30 Set for hearing April 28.
2022-04-13 April 28 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 27.
2022-04-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3544.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3824.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-27 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2022-06-21 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5272.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 839, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb4c8921-d3c1-4503-a552-044f16cf269e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).