republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-880.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: electric vehicle charging stations."
description: "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. Beginning January 1, 2012, any covenant, restriction, or condition in a deed or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of an interest in a common interest development, or any provision of the governing documents of a common interest development, that prohibits or restricts the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station is void and unenforceable. On and after January 1, 2012, if an electric vehicle charging station is to be placed in a common area, the homeowner and common interest development association shall be subject to certain requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 880"
citation: "California SB 880 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments: electric vehicle charging stations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-02-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79b36ad1-92a2-4d94-900a-5381ac669689"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB880"
source_hash: "74699d5f8a426167f8ba2cdc454bffcb034e3d4d6df7c77b35cfee5d773079a7"
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 880 (20112012) — Common interest developments: electric vehicle charging stations.

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. Beginning January 1, 2012, any covenant, restriction, or condition in a deed or other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of an interest in a common interest development, or any provision of the governing documents of a common interest development, that prohibits or restricts the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station is void and unenforceable. On and after January 1, 2012, if an electric vehicle charging station is to be placed in a common area, the homeowner and common interest development association shall be subject to certain requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB880&version=20110SB88099INT)
2. **01/18/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB880&version=20110SB88096AMD)
3. **01/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB880&version=20110SB88095AMD)
4. **02/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB880&version=20110SB88093CHP)
5. **03/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB880&version=20110SB88098AMD)
6. **09/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB880&version=20110SB88097AMD)
7. **SB880** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB880)
8. **02/23/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB880&version=20110SB88094ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB880 Corbett Urgency Clause Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 880 Corbett Third Reading Urgency By BUTLER — **56–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)
- Butler — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 543.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 905.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (January 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-23** Read third time and amended. (Page 3562.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-01-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 3630.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-02-23** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2012-02-23** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2838.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-02-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2012-02-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-02-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 6, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79b36ad1-92a2-4d94-900a-5381ac669689`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).