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Bill	Real property: solar energy systems.	(1) Existing property law prohibits any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of, or any interest in, and any provision of a governing document from effectively prohibiting or restricting the installation or use of a solar energy system.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 634	California AB 634 (20172018)	bill	Real property: solar energy systems.	enacted	Eggman	10	24	3	2017-02-14	2017-10-15	openstates	ocd-bill/81948962-94bf-4b33-b4c7-18942b12606b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB634	80e141ebf402f213abf9281acea5d8cf8197348b41b64c5b587d1e437e2c1d72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 634 (20172018) — Real property: solar energy systems.

(1) Existing property law prohibits any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of, or any interest in, and any provision of a governing document from effectively prohibiting or restricting the installation or use of a solar energy system.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/04/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/05/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/22/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/28/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/15/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB634 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/08/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 634 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eggman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-04 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1528.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-24 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-19 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. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-08-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 6. Page 2458.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 4. Page 3018.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 818, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81948962-94bf-4b33-b4c7-18942b12606b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).