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AB-2035 • 2026

Common interest developments: declarations: amendments.

Common interest developments: declarations: amendments.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Dixon
Last action
2026-04-23
Official status
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact criteria for 'senior citizen housing developments' are not specified in the provided official source material.

Amending Voting Rules for Certain Senior Housing Developments

This law allows courts to reduce voting thresholds from over 50% to more than 37% in certain senior housing developments if specific conditions are met.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the vote threshold required for amending declarations in certain common interest developments.
  • Allows a court to lower the vote requirement from over 50% to more than 37% under specified circumstances.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Senior citizen housing development associations
  • Members of affected common interest developments

Terms To Know

common interest development
A type of property where multiple people own individual units but share ownership of common areas.
declaration
The legal document that outlines the rules and responsibilities for a common interest development.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Applies only to senior citizen housing developments meeting specific criteria.
  • Requires the declaration has not been amended in at least 35 years.
  • Specific conditions must be met before reducing voting thresholds.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-23 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  2. 2026-04-22 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

  3. 2026-03-25 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  4. 2026-03-09 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD.

  5. 2026-02-18 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.

  6. 2026-02-17 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2035, as amended, Dixon.
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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