---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: construction defects."
description: "Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, requires, until July 1, 2017, specified conditions to be met before an association may file a complaint for damages against a builder, developer, or general contractor of a common interest development based upon a claim for defects in the design or construction of the common interest development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1963"
citation: "California AB 1963 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments: construction defects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-12"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51d7da83-952e-4d2a-b3ab-01138843111a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1963"
source_hash: "9e1a11e99924457a2605a36268a17a57f29dc795930f714ee0c6f04e2262e414"
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 1963 (20152016) — Common interest developments: construction defects.

Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, requires, until July 1, 2017, specified conditions to be met before an association may file a complaint for damages against a builder, developer, or general contractor of a common interest development based upon a claim for defects in the design or construction of the common interest development.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1963&version=20150AB196399INT)
2. **04/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1963&version=20150AB196398AMD)
3. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1963&version=20150AB196396CHP)
4. **AB1963** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1963)
5. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1963&version=20150AB196397ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1963 CALDERON Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4231.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4646.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 71, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51d7da83-952e-4d2a-b3ab-01138843111a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).