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CA AB2282

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/30/2012

Primary Sponsor

Bill Berryhill

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Origin

State Assembly

2011-2012 Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the California Commission on Disability Access to analyze and make recommendations to the Legislature on whether changes to legal standing rules for disability access lawsuits would improve or deter compliance with construction-related accessibility laws.

  • Directs the commission to study how modifications to state rules regarding legal standing for injunctive relief actions and pleading requirements for disability access violations would affect business compliance and litigation patterns.

  • Establishes that the commission should undertake this analysis promptly in light of business concerns about alleged misuse of existing disability access laws.

  • Removes previous provisions that would have added specific standing requirements (injury in fact, causation, and redressability) to Civil Code Sections 52 and 55 governing disability access and anti-discrimination claims.

Legislative Description

Disability access: standing: injunctive relief.

Last Action

In committee: Held under submission.

8/16/2012

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/27/2012
Judiciary6/14/2012
Rules5/31/2012
Appropriations5/14/2012
Judiciary3/29/2012

Full Bill Text

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