---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: solar energy."
description: "Common interest developments: solar energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1892"
citation: "California AB 1892 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments: solar energy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smyth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-07"
last_action: "2008-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0cda099-f03f-49c2-a9e2-91faad79e0dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1892"
source_hash: "b15a74547235deecaa09a42f2b468093c8754470005afb2cab0ac1217302cc6e"
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 1892 (20072008) — Common interest developments: solar energy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1892&version=20070AB189299INT)
2. **03/12/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1892&version=20070AB189298AMD)
3. **06/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1892&version=20070AB189296CHP)
4. **AB1892** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1892)
5. **06/19/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1892&version=20070AB189297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1892 SMYTH Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1892 Smyth — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smyth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2008-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4631.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-04-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4299.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-06-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2008-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 40, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0cda099-f03f-49c2-a9e2-91faad79e0dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).