---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments."
description: "Common interest developments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 512"
citation: "California AB 512 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bda96ebf-0fb6-4a4f-9626-b4af0596272b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512"
source_hash: "1d53a64c88f85b4bfb525dc40b2df23e91f1b614e6e1a0296d56e7e5295ac948"
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 AB 512 (20032004) — Common interest developments.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512&version=20030AB51299INT)
2. **04/30/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512&version=20030AB51298AMD)
3. **06/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512&version=20030AB51297AMD)
4. **07/14/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512&version=20030AB51296AMD)
5. **07/22/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512&version=20030AB51295AMD)
6. **08/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512&version=20030AB51294AMD)
7. **08/29/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512&version=20030AB51293AMD)
8. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512&version=20030AB51291CHP)
9. **AB512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512)
10. **09/09/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB512&version=20030AB51292ENR)

## Votes

- ab 512 bates assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab512 bates by morrow — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 512 bates special consent calendar 2nd day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Denham — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 557, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3676.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2349.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-27** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2003-08-25** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1861.)
- **2003-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1749.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2003-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bda96ebf-0fb6-4a4f-9626-b4af0596272b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).