republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1194.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public restrooms: building standards."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1194"
citation: "California SB 1194 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public restrooms: building standards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb4c8921-d3c1-4503-a552-044f16cf269e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1194"
source_hash: "4f5565f8f0006f18176f007c3720782e691d719d3c4cf98c75d981ae70455f68"
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 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.

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1194&version=20210SB119499INT)
2. **04/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1194&version=20210SB119498AMD)
3. **06/22/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1194&version=20210SB119497AMD)
4. **08/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1194&version=20210SB119496AMD)
5. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1194&version=20210SB119494CHP)
6. **SB1194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1194)
7. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1194&version=20210SB119495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb4c8921-d3c1-4503-a552-044f16cf269e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).