---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: water-efficient landscapes."
description: "The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act provides for the creation and regulation of common interest developments. That act provides that a provision of any of the common interest development governing documents, as defined, that governs the operation of a common interest development, is void and unenforceable if it prohibits, or includes conditions that have the effect of prohibiting, the use of low water-using plants as a group, or if it has the effect of prohibiting or restricting compliance with a local water-efficient landscape ordinance or water conservation measure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2104"
citation: "California AB 2104 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments: water-efficient landscapes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f8c63be-da6c-418c-a1a1-879da46e08ba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2104"
source_hash: "307d41ab5ec89e434e2c3a3af77235bb32d084fce15ae2797de990c90e6497ab"
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 2104 (20132014) — Common interest developments: water-efficient landscapes.

The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act provides for the creation and regulation of common interest developments. That act provides that a provision of any of the common interest development governing documents, as defined, that governs the operation of a common interest development, is void and unenforceable if it prohibits, or includes conditions that have the effect of prohibiting, the use of low water-using plants as a group, or if it has the effect of prohibiting or restricting compliance with a local water-efficient landscape ordinance or water conservation measure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2104&version=20130AB210499INT)
2. **04/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2104&version=20130AB210498AMD)
3. **08/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2104&version=20130AB210497AMD)
4. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2104&version=20130AB210495CHP)
5. **AB2104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2104)
6. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2104&version=20130AB210496ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2104 GONZALEZ Assembly Third Reading — **75–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 2104 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2104 Gonzalez By Nielsen — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — primary (person)
- Nielsen — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 4331.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-12** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4502.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 6111.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 421, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f8c63be-da6c-418c-a1a1-879da46e08ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).