---
type: "Bill"
title: "Association finances."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Davis-Sterling Common Interest Development Act, limits the personal liability of a volunteer officer or director of an association of a common interest development in excess of the coverage of specified insurance if certain conditions are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2912"
citation: "California AB 2912 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Association finances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9f50d16-5022-4c5e-93a5-d7d9c80bd95d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2912"
source_hash: "6f5feb90d66bfc9393d32f475a0ecee25701042b9f7e8cc04ae08c422fd10fa4"
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 2912 (20172018) — Association finances.

(1) Existing law, the Davis-Sterling Common Interest Development Act, limits the personal liability of a volunteer officer or director of an association of a common interest development in excess of the coverage of specified insurance if certain conditions are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2912&version=20170AB291299INT)
2. **08/07/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2912&version=20170AB291298AMD)
3. **09/14/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2912&version=20170AB291296CHP)
4. **AB2912** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2912)
5. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2912&version=20170AB291297ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2912 Irwin By Stern — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2912 IRWIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2912 IRWIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5168.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-06** (Received pursuant to Joint Rule 61(b)(14).)
- **2018-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5267.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6377.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 396, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9f50d16-5022-4c5e-93a5-d7d9c80bd95d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).