Common interest developments: notices: volunteer officers: liability.
The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act defines and regulates residential common interest developments. Existing law requires a common interest development to be managed by an association, which is incorporated or unincorporated. Existing law requires the owner of a separate interest in a common interest development to annually provide the association with specified written information, including an address for the purpose of receiving notices from the association. Existing law authorizes the association to use the property address when the owner fails to provide an address. Existing law also limits the personal liability of a volunteer officer or director of an association that manages a common development that is exclusively residential for tortious acts or omissions, if certain criteria are met, including that the act or omission be made in good faith and within the scope of duty.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 1412
California AB 1412 (20172018)
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Common interest developments: notices: volunteer officers: liability.
California AB 1412 (20172018) — Common interest developments: notices: volunteer officers: liability.
The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act defines and regulates residential common interest developments. Existing law requires a common interest development to be managed by an association, which is incorporated or unincorporated. Existing law requires the owner of a separate interest in a common interest development to annually provide the association with specified written information, including an address for the purpose of receiving notices from the association. Existing law authorizes the association to use the property address when the owner fails to provide an address. Existing law also limits the personal liability of a volunteer officer or director of an association that manages a common development that is exclusively residential for tortious acts or omissions, if certain criteria are met, including that the act or omission be made in good faith and within the scope of duty.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1412 CHOI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1412 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1412 CHOI Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Choi — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-13 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. referral-committee
2017-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2017-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-05-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1622.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-01 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. referral-committee
2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-07-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-07-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2229.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2828.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 278, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7cb33b3-a5d9-43b4-9c83-64d34050bfc7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).