republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-770.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: EV charging stations."
description: "Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, defines and regulates common interest developments, which include community apartment projects, condominium projects, planned developments, and stock cooperatives. Existing law imposes various requirements regarding the installation and use of an electric vehicle (EV) charging station placed in a common area or an exclusive use common area of a common interest development, including that the owner is required to provide a certificate of insurance that names the association as an additional insured party."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 770"
citation: "California SB 770 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commoninterestdevelopments", "EVchargingstations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/391edfbd-bf2f-4872-aace-23d41c8042e1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB770"
source_hash: "e7045c747a12b436f26fafcb040145127630254da5b52136847ab6fbcf639f99"
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 SB 770 (20252026) — Common interest developments: EV charging stations.

Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, defines and regulates common interest developments, which include community apartment projects, condominium projects, planned developments, and stock cooperatives. Existing law imposes various requirements regarding the installation and use of an electric vehicle (EV) charging station placed in a common area or an exclusive use common area of a common interest development, including that the owner is required to provide a certificate of insurance that names the association as an additional insured party.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB770&version=20250SB77099INT)
2. **03/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB770&version=20250SB77098AMD)
3. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB770&version=20250SB77096CHP)
4. **SB770** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB770)
5. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB770&version=20250SB77097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 770 Allen Senate Third Reading By Zbur — **55–20** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2025-04-17** Set for hearing May 6 in JUD. pending receipt.
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 832.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 1027.) (May 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1308.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-16** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (July 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 3280.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-12** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 525, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/391edfbd-bf2f-4872-aace-23d41c8042e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).