CA AB 1684
enactedCommon interest developments: cooling systems.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 1684 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1684 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 887, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1684 about?
Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the formation and operation of common interest developments, and requires a common interest development to be managed by an association, as specified. Existing law includes provisions that limit the authority of an association or the governing documents, as defined, to regulate the use of a member's separate interest, as defined. Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs tenancies in mobilehome parks and includes provisions that are applicable to those who have an ownership interest in a subdivision, cooperative, or condominium for mobilehomes, or a resident-owned mobilehome park, as specified. Existing law makes any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any rental agreement or other instrument affecting the tenancy of a homeowner or resident that effectively prohibits or restricts the installation, upgrade, replacement, or use of a cooling system in a mobilehome void and unenforceable. Existing law provides that a "cooling system" includes a portable air-conditioning unit, a window air-conditioning unit, a swamp cooler or any evaporative cooler, a cooling fan system, a heat pump, or any other technology that reasonably creates an internal temperature cooling benefit, and meets applicable health and safety standards and requirements imposed by law. This bill would, under the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, make any provision of the governing documents or architectural guidelines void and unenforceable if the provision prohibits or restricts the installation, upgrade, replacement, or use of a cooling system that complies with all applicable state and local building codes. The bill would also make any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any, among other specified agreements, deed that effectively prohibits or restricts the installation, upgrade, replacement, or use of a cooling system, void and unenforceable. The bill would make it unlawful for an association to prohibit or restrict a member from installing, upgrading, replacing, or using a cooling system in the member's separate interest, or to take other specified actions in connection with the installation, upgrade, replacement, or use of a cooling system, subject to specified exceptions. This bill would make an association that willfully violates these provisions liable to the member for actual damages occasioned thereby, for a civil penalty paid to the member in an amount not to exceed $2,000, and reasonable attorney's fees and court costs, as provided.
Who sponsors CA AB 1684?
Ward is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1684, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the formation and operation of common interest developments, and requires a common interest development to be managed by an association, as specified. Existing law includes provisions that limit the authority of an association or the governing documents, as defined, to regulate the use of a member's separate interest, as defined. Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, governs tenancies in mobilehome parks and includes provisions that are applicable to those who have an ownership interest in a subdivision, cooperative, or condominium for mobilehomes, or a resident-owned mobilehome park, as specified. Existing law makes any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any rental agreement or other instrument affecting the tenancy of a homeowner or resident that effectively prohibits or restricts the installation, upgrade, replacement, or use of a cooling system in a mobilehome void and unenforceable. Existing law provides that a "cooling system" includes a portable air-conditioning unit, a window air-conditioning unit, a swamp cooler or any evaporative cooler, a cooling fan system, a heat pump, or any other technology that reasonably creates an internal temperature cooling benefit, and meets applicable health and safety standards and requirements imposed by law. This bill would, under the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, make any provision of the governing documents or architectural guidelines void and unenforceable if the provision prohibits or restricts the installation, upgrade, replacement, or use of a cooling system that complies with all applicable state and local building codes. The bill would also make any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any, among other specified agreements, deed that effectively prohibits or restricts the installation, upgrade, replacement, or use of a cooling system, void and unenforceable. The bill would make it unlawful for an association to prohibit or restrict a member from installing, upgrading, replacing, or using a cooling system in the member's separate interest, or to take other specified actions in connection with the installation, upgrade, replacement, or use of a cooling system, subject to specified exceptions. This bill would make an association that willfully violates these provisions liable to the member for actual damages occasioned thereby, for a civil penalty paid to the member in an amount not to exceed $2,000, and reasonable attorney's fees and court costs, as provided.
- Introduced
- 2026-04-22
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 887, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Wardauthor
- Connollycoauthor
- Kalracoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 887, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-08-27
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-20
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2026-08-20
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).
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2026-08-20
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6315.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-19
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5550.).
2026-08-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-06
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-06-25
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23).
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2026-06-18
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-17
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16).
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2026-05-13
Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-05-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1684.)
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2026-04-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-04-28
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-28
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 28).
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2026-04-23
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-04-22
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-02-23
Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-02-03
From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
2026-02-02
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-03-25 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Patterson: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Lee: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Haney: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Tangipa: other
Do pass.
2026-04-28 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Lee: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Papan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Zbur: yes
AB 1684 Ward Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-04 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Jackson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Davies: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Lee: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Flora: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lackey: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bains: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Addis: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Arambula: other
- Chen: other
- Bennett: other
- Tangipa: other
- Caloza: other
- Hart: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-16 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Arreguín: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Seyarto: other
Do pass
2026-06-23 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Ashby: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Allen: yes
- Niello: yes
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