republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1738.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: dispute resolution."
description: "The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act defines a common interest development and requires it to be managed by an association. The act requires an association to provide a fair, reasonable, and expeditious procedure for resolving a dispute between an association and a member involving their rights, duties, or liabilities under the act, the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law, or the association's governing documents. The act authorizes an association to develop its own procedure for these purposes and requires this procedure to satisfy specified minimum standards, including, among others, that a resolution of a dispute, pursuant to the procedure, binds the association and is judicially enforceable, and that an agreement, pursuant to the procedure, binds the parties and is judicially enforceable, as specified. The act also requires that the procedure provide a means by which the member and the association may explain their positions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1738"
citation: "California AB 1738 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments: dispute resolution."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0cea87c-47c5-4afd-83f8-9e3a0a37e8c0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1738"
source_hash: "991b582eae4ee80a2ff2dd5dee24f15fa54b36ceafb0173eed496c2c24413d9b"
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 AB 1738 (20132014) — Common interest developments: dispute resolution.

The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act defines a common interest development and requires it to be managed by an association. The act requires an association to provide a fair, reasonable, and expeditious procedure for resolving a dispute between an association and a member involving their rights, duties, or liabilities under the act, the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law, or the association's governing documents. The act authorizes an association to develop its own procedure for these purposes and requires this procedure to satisfy specified minimum standards, including, among others, that a resolution of a dispute, pursuant to the procedure, binds the association and is judicially enforceable, and that an agreement, pursuant to the procedure, binds the parties and is judicially enforceable, as specified. The act also requires that the procedure provide a means by which the member and the association may explain their positions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1738&version=20130AB173899INT)
2. **04/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1738&version=20130AB173898AMD)
3. **05/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1738&version=20130AB173897AMD)
4. **06/16/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1738&version=20130AB173896AMD)
5. **07/03/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1738&version=20130AB173895AMD)
6. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1738&version=20130AB173893CHP)
7. **AB1738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1738)
8. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1738&version=20130AB173894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1738 Chau By Jackson — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1738 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1738 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **2014-04-22** 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`
- **2014-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4946.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4498.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6108.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 411, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0cea87c-47c5-4afd-83f8-9e3a0a37e8c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).