republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-326.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments."
description: "The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act governs the management and operation of common interest developments. Existing law also sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the association and the owners of the separate interests with regard to maintenance and repair of common and exclusive use areas, as defined. Unless otherwise provided in the common interest development declaration, the association is generally responsible for maintaining, repairing, and replacing the common area, and the owner of each separate interest is responsible for maintaining that separate interest and any exclusive use common area appurtenant to that interest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 326"
citation: "California SB 326 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75ae1b4e-267d-462f-89a0-747c633e271d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB326"
source_hash: "9e4bcd3bb880dd613b17ebc30d32b75097e061a2d59388fe466d243e4d31d01f"
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 326 (20192020) — Common interest developments.

The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act governs the management and operation of common interest developments. Existing law also sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the association and the owners of the separate interests with regard to maintenance and repair of common and exclusive use areas, as defined. Unless otherwise provided in the common interest development declaration, the association is generally responsible for maintaining, repairing, and replacing the common area, and the owner of each separate interest is responsible for maintaining that separate interest and any exclusive use common area appurtenant to that interest.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB326&version=20190SB32699INT)
2. **03/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB326&version=20190SB32698AMD)
3. **05/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB326&version=20190SB32697AMD)
4. **06/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB326&version=20190SB32696AMD)
5. **06/24/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB326&version=20190SB32695AMD)
6. **07/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB326&version=20190SB32694AMD)
7. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB326&version=20190SB32692CHP)
8. **SB326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB326)
9. **08/20/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB326&version=20190SB32693ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB326 Hill Concurrence — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- SB 326 Hill Senate Third Reading By Chiu — **64–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **28–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 798.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2019-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 891.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 1009.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 6. Page 2671.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-08-19** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 2198.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 207, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75ae1b4e-267d-462f-89a0-747c633e271d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).