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SB-84 • 2026

Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: notice of violation and opportunity to correct.

Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: notice of violation and opportunity to correct.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Niello (S) , Ashby (S) , Caballero (S) , Pérez (S) , Wahab
Last action
2025-06-18
Official status
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on what happens after 120 days if a business fails to correct violations, leaving this as an open question.

Disability Access: Construction-Related Claims

This bill sets rules for when someone can sue businesses that employ 50 or fewer people over construction-related accessibility issues.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires a notice of violation to be given before someone can sue a business with 50 or fewer employees over construction-related accessibility issues.
  • Gives the business 120 days to fix any problems after receiving the notice.
  • Says that if the business fixes the problem within 120 days, they do not have to pay statutory damages, attorney’s fees, or costs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Businesses with 50 or fewer employees
  • People who sue businesses for construction-related accessibility issues

Terms To Know

statutory damages
Money that a court orders someone to pay as punishment for breaking the law.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
A federal law that stops discrimination against people with disabilities in many areas, including jobs and public places.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a business does not fix the problem within 120 days.
  • It is unclear how this will affect lawsuits already in progress when the law takes effect.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-18 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  2. 2025-06-16 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

  3. 2025-06-05 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  4. 2025-06-04 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 1498.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  5. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  6. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  7. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1191.) (May 23).

  8. 2025-05-16 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 23.

  9. 2025-05-05 California Legislative Information

    May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  10. 2025-04-25 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 5.

  11. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 833.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. 2025-04-03 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 22.

  13. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  14. 2025-01-29 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

  15. 2025-01-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.

  16. 2025-01-17 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 84, as amended, Niello.
Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: notice of violation and opportunity to correct.
Existing law prohibits discrimination on the basis of various specified personal characteristics, including disability. Existing law imposes minimum statutory damages for construction-related accessibility claims if the violation of a construction-related accessibility standard denied the plaintiff full and equal access to the place of public accommodation on a particular occasion, as specified. Existing law imposes various limits on a defendant’s liability for statutory damages under specified sets of conditions, including if the defendant, among other things, corrects the construction-related violations within a specified time.
This bill would prohibit a construction-related accessibility claim for statutory damages from being initiated in a legal proceeding against a defendant who employs 50 or fewer individuals, as specified, unless the
defendant has been served with a letter specifying each alleged violation, and the alleged violations have not been corrected within 120 days of service of the letter. The bill would provide that a defendant is not liable for statutory damages, plaintiff’s attorney’s fees, or costs for an alleged violation that is corrected within 120 days of service of a letter alleging the violation. The bill would also prohibit a plaintiff from avoiding the notice and opportunity to correct provisions and the liability limitations by claiming they are seeking general discrimination damages based on a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 if the underlying claim is based on a defendant’s failure to comply with physical accessibility standards under California law.

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