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Bill	Common interest developments: election requirements.	The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act governs the formation and operation of common interest developments and generally provides for the election and removal of directors of the board by secret ballot. Existing law provides for director nominees to be considered elected by acclamation if the number of director nominees is not more than the number of vacancies to be elected, the association includes 6,000 or more units, the association provides individual notice of the election at least 30 days before the close of the nominations, and the association permits all candidates to run if nominated, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 502	California AB 502 (20212022)	bill	Common interest developments: election requirements.	enacted	Davies	10	30	6	2021-02-09	2021-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e4b042cc-84b2-4dad-aee3-9c18b8d4b4a7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB502	7d6c80115726e09bdfed073b713099548d6de5ea1cf268e885af4b7ad43fa98b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 502 (20212022) — Common interest developments: election requirements.

The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act governs the formation and operation of common interest developments and generally provides for the election and removal of directors of the board by secret ballot. Existing law provides for director nominees to be considered elected by acclamation if the number of director nominees is not more than the number of vacancies to be elected, the association includes 6,000 or more units, the association provides individual notice of the election at least 30 days before the close of the nominations, and the association permits all candidates to run if nominated, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/11/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/04/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/10/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/21/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/16/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/05/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB502 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB502 Davies By Hertzberg — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 502 Davies Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 502 Davies Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Davies — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 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-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2021-05-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-05-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-05-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-05-13 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2021-05-13 Ordered to second reading.
• 2021-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1546.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-03 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 17). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 13). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2500.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3033.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 517, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4b042cc-84b2-4dad-aee3-9c18b8d4b4a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).