California SB908: Residential windows: retrofitting: residential window replacement projects: California Building Code compliance.

What the bill says

An act to add Section 4754 to the Civil Code, and to add Section 65850.73 to the Government Code, relating to windows. windows Residential windows: retrofitting: residential window replacement projects: California Building Code compliance. (1) Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the management and operation of common interest developments. Existing law places various limits and prohibitions on the governing documents, as defined, relative to an owner’s separate interest within those developments…

From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:

An act to add Section 4754 to the Civil Code, and to add Section 65850.73 to the Government Code, relating to windows. windows Residential windows: retrofitting: residential window replacement projects: California Building Code compliance. (1) Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the management and operation of common interest developments. Existing law places various limits and prohibitions on the governing documents, as defined, relative to an owner’s separate interest within those developments. This bill would declare void and unenforceable any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, other instrument affecting the transfer or sale of any interest in a common interest development, or provision of a governing document that effectively prohibits or restricts the owner of a separate interest from completing a residential window replacement project or impose any requirements on California Energy Code-compliant windows, as specified. The bill’s provisions would not apply to certain provisions that impose reasonable installation restrictions on a residential window replacement project that do not significantly increase the cost of a residential window replacement project or significantly decrease the energy efficiency of a residential window replacement project, except as specified. This bill would prohibit an association from subjecting a residential window replacement project to design review or any other form of approval if the association’s governing documents do not …

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