Disability access: internet websites, parking lots, and exterior paths of travel.

Existing law requires an attorney who sends or serves a complaint on the basis of one or more construction-related accessibility claims to satisfy specified requirements, including, among other things, sending a copy of the complaint and submitting information about the complaint to the California Commission on Disability Access. This bill would also require an attorney who sends or serves a complaint alleging that an internet website is not accessible to satisfy those requirements. Existing law requires the commission to, among other things, work with other state agencies to develop educational materials and information for use by businesses to understand their obligations to provide disability access and to facilitate compliance with construction-related accessibility standards. Existing law requires the commission to develop and make available on its internet website, or work with another agency to develop, toolkits or educational modules that would educate businesses of the accessibility requirements and to facilitate compliance with those requirements. This bill would require those educational materials, information, and toolkits or educational modules to also address and facilitate compliance with accessibility standards and requirements for internet websites. The bill would also require the commission to develop toolkits or educational modules that focus on construction-related accessibility violations in parking lots and exterior paths of travel, including a checklist for businesses to recognize the most common construction-related accessibility violations in those areas, by January 1, 2024.