republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-596.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: annual budget report."
description: "Existing law governing common interest developments, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, requires the association of a common interest development, which includes a condominium project, to prepare and distribute to all of its members certain documents, including an annual budget report that includes, among other items of information, a pro forma operating budget. The act requires a notice to be provided if an insurance policy described in the annual budget report lapses, is canceled, or is not immediately renewed, restored, or replaced, or if there is a significant change as to the policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 596"
citation: "California AB 596 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments: annual budget report."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67449a5c-2b0a-4942-8076-6a0d8f4b07eb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB596"
source_hash: "516fe151177503079cdf06b40af8897a3f232f125934e067a3e0d92e8ee3a168"
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 596 (20152016) — Common interest developments: annual budget report.

Existing law governing common interest developments, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, requires the association of a common interest development, which includes a condominium project, to prepare and distribute to all of its members certain documents, including an annual budget report that includes, among other items of information, a pro forma operating budget. The act requires a notice to be provided if an insurance policy described in the annual budget report lapses, is canceled, or is not immediately renewed, restored, or replaced, or if there is a significant change as to the policy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB596&version=20150AB59699INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB596&version=20150AB59698AMD)
3. **05/05/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB596&version=20150AB59697AMD)
4. **06/09/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB596&version=20150AB59696AMD)
5. **08/12/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB596&version=20150AB59694CHP)
6. **AB596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB596)
7. **07/13/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB596&version=20150AB59695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 596 DALY Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #4 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 596 DALY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2015-03-09** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** 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`
- **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by 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`
- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1484.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-09** 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`
- **2015-06-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1791.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2313.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67449a5c-2b0a-4942-8076-6a0d8f4b07eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).