republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-748.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disability access and information: local government: notice."
description: "Existing law, the Construction-Related Accessibility Standards Compliance Act, requires a local agency to employ or retain building inspectors who are certified access specialists (CASp) to provide consultation to the local agency, permit applicants, and members of the public on compliance with state construction-related accessibility standards with respect to inspections of a place of public accommodation that relate to permitting, plan checks, or new construction, as specified. Existing law requires a city, county, or city and county to provide to an applicant for the issuance or renewal of a business license or equivalent instrument or permit, specified information relating to obtaining information about the legal obligation to comply with disability access laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 748"
citation: "California SB 748 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disability access and information", "local government", "notice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/139d245b-13d4-472d-9469-fc0071bbfadc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB748"
source_hash: "97445a7237667c0019ed22b8450660cfe9c478707d2da29d05145ef4c47860e9"
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 748 (20232024) — Disability access and information: local government: notice.

Existing law, the Construction-Related Accessibility Standards Compliance Act, requires a local agency to employ or retain building inspectors who are certified access specialists (CASp) to provide consultation to the local agency, permit applicants, and members of the public on compliance with state construction-related accessibility standards with respect to inspections of a place of public accommodation that relate to permitting, plan checks, or new construction, as specified. Existing law requires a city, county, or city and county to provide to an applicant for the issuance or renewal of a business license or equivalent instrument or permit, specified information relating to obtaining information about the legal obligation to comply with disability access laws.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB748&version=20230SB74899INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB748&version=20230SB74898AMD)
3. **04/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB748&version=20230SB74897AMD)
4. **07/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB748&version=20230SB74895CHP)
5. **SB748** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB748)
6. **06/30/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB748&version=20230SB74896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 748 Roth Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 800.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1004.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2427.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 76, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/139d245b-13d4-472d-9469-fc0071bbfadc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).