republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-992.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: property use and maintenance."
description: "The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act governs the management and operation of common interest developments. Existing law provides that, unless otherwise provided in the common interest development declaration, the association is responsible for repairing, replacing, or maintaining the common area, other than exclusive use common area, and the owner of each separate interest is responsible for maintaining that separate interest and any exclusive use common area appurtenant to that interest. Existing law makes void and unenforceable any provision of the governing documents of a common interest development or association that prohibits use of low water-using plants, or prohibits or restricts compliance with water-efficient landscape ordinances or regulations on the use of water, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 992"
citation: "California SB 992 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments: property use and maintenance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nielsen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-12"
last_action: "2014-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40eb6f4c-24a7-4bbe-bfb0-e3c6464798cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB992"
source_hash: "96f0b0b4d55de6384c7a1c493451b052fe7a7a07f7159ea41902b8fdedf8dc23"
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 SB 992 (20132014) — Common interest developments: property use and maintenance.

The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act governs the management and operation of common interest developments. Existing law provides that, unless otherwise provided in the common interest development declaration, the association is responsible for repairing, replacing, or maintaining the common area, other than exclusive use common area, and the owner of each separate interest is responsible for maintaining that separate interest and any exclusive use common area appurtenant to that interest. Existing law makes void and unenforceable any provision of the governing documents of a common interest development or association that prohibits use of low water-using plants, or prohibits or restricts compliance with water-efficient landscape ordinances or regulations on the use of water, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB992&version=20130SB99299INT)
2. **03/25/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB992&version=20130SB99298AMD)
3. **05/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB992&version=20130SB99297AMD)
4. **08/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB992&version=20130SB99296AMD)
5. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB992&version=20130SB99294CHP)
6. **SB992** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB992)
7. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB992&version=20130SB99295ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB992 Nielsen Urgency Clause Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 992 Nielsen Third Reading Urgency By GONZALEZ — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-04** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2014-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3038.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3071.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-02** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 6339.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6449.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4908.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 434, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40eb6f4c-24a7-4bbe-bfb0-e3c6464798cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).