California AB2035: Common interest developments: declarations: amendments.

What the bill says

An act to amend Section 4275 of the Civil Code, relating to common interest developments. common interest developments Common interest developments: declarations: amendments. Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, provides for the creation and regulation of common interest developments. Existing law requires that a declaration be recorded in order to create a common interest development…

From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:

An act to amend Section 4275 of the Civil Code, relating to common interest developments. common interest developments Common interest developments: declarations: amendments. Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, provides for the creation and regulation of common interest developments. Existing law requires that a declaration be recorded in order to create a common interest development. Existing law authorizes the association, or any member, to petition the superior court of the county in which the common interest development is located for an order reducing the percentage of the affirmative votes necessary for an amendment, if in order to amend a declaration, the declaration requires members having more than 50 percent of the votes in the association, in a single class voting structure, to vote in favor of the amendment. Existing law authorizes a court to grant the petition if it finds, among other things, members having more than 50 percent of the votes, in a single class voting structure, voted in favor of the amendment. This bill would lower the threshold to more than 37 percent of the votes if the court finds that the common interest development is a senior citizen housing development, as defined, the separate interests in the common interest development meet specified criteria, and the declaration has not been amended in at least 35 years. …

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Sponsors

• Diane Dixon (R, AD72) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. September 30, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 916, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 30, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 4, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. August 27, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1.).
5. August 27, 2026: In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
6. July 2, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
7. July 1, 2026: From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30).
8. June 11, 2026: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
9. May 13, 2026: Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD.
10. May 5, 2026: In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2035 Dixon By Choi (August 27, 2026): 37 yea, 1 nay, passed
• Do pass (June 30, 2026): 13 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (June 10, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 2035 Dixon Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session (May 4, 2026): 73 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (March 25, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB2035?

AB2035 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Common interest developments: declarations: amendments.

What does AB2035 do?

In its own words: An act to amend Section 4275 of the Civil Code, relating to common interest developments. common interest developments Common interest developments: declarations: amendments. Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, provides for the creation and regulation of common interest developments. Existing law requires that a declaration be recorded in order to create a common interest development…

What is the status of AB2035?

Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 916, Statutes of 2026. (September 30, 2026).

Who sponsored AB2035?

Diane Dixon (R, AD72).

Where is the official record for AB2035?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2035