republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-349.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 or architectural or landscaping guidelines or policies 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: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 349"
citation: "California AB 349 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments: property use and maintenance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-17"
last_action: "2015-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b750c351-59ef-4a7a-ab70-1405ce216d03"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB349"
source_hash: "9351490e871e0513a440585f7c659a8cad6bb8a58a4bf013f507a28928a40127"
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 349 (20152016) — 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 or architectural or landscaping guidelines or policies 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. **02/17/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB349&version=20150AB34999INT)
2. **05/05/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB349&version=20150AB34998AMD)
3. **05/22/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB349&version=20150AB34997AMD)
4. **06/17/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB349&version=20150AB34996AMD)
5. **08/17/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB349&version=20150AB34995AMD)
6. **09/04/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB349&version=20150AB34993CHP)
7. **AB349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB349)
8. **08/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB349&version=20150AB34994ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 349 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 349 GONZALEZ Third Reading Urgency — **73–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — primary (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2015-03-02** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1544.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 3. Page 1622.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2153.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 2606.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-09-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 266, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b750c351-59ef-4a7a-ab70-1405ce216d03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).