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SB-1267 • 2026

Common interest developments: electric vehicle charging stations owned by members in common areas.

Common interest developments: electric vehicle charging stations owned by members in common areas.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Allen
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Set for hearing April 28.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not explicitly mention installer responsibility for damages caused by installation, maintenance, or use.

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Common Interest Developments

This law provides civil liability protection for associations managing common interest developments from damages caused by electric vehicle charging stations installed and owned by individual members in common areas.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides civil liability protection to associations if an electric vehicle charging station, not owned by the association, causes damage or injury.
  • Requires owners to enter into maintenance agreements with the association if requested.
  • Makes owners responsible for costs related to damages caused by installing, maintaining, repairing, removing, or replacing their electric vehicle charging stations.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Associations managing common interest developments
  • Owners who want to install electric vehicle charging stations in common areas

Terms To Know

Common Interest Development
A type of property development where multiple units or homes are owned individually but share common areas managed by an association.
Association
The group that manages the rules and maintenance for a common interest development.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if owners refuse to enter into maintenance agreements.
  • Does not provide details on how damages will be calculated or reimbursed.
  • Effective date is not provided in the official summary.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 28.

  2. 2026-04-08 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  3. 2026-03-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.

  4. 2026-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 7.

  5. 2026-03-04 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD.

  6. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  7. 2026-02-19 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1267, as amended, Allen.
Common interest developments: electric vehicle charging stations owned by members in common areas.
Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the operation of common interest developments, and requires a common interest development to be managed by an association, as specified. Existing law imposes various requirements regarding the installation or use of an electric vehicle charging station in a common interest development.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to provide an association that complies with those requirements with civil liability protection for injuries and damages emanating from an electric vehicle charging station or its use that the association does not own, except as specified.
Existing law authorizes an owner of a separate interest of a common interest development to install an electric vehicle charging station in a common area for
the exclusive use of the owner under specified circumstances and subject to certain requirements. In this regard, existing law makes the owner and each successive owner of the electric vehicle charging station responsible for costs for damage to the electric vehicle charging station, the common area, or separate interests resulting from the installation, maintenance, repair, removal, or replacement of the electric vehicle charging station.
This bill would
require the owner to enter into a maintenance and indemnity agreement, if requested by the association, as provided. The bill would
additionally make the owner and each successive owner responsible for the costs for the above-specified damages resulting from the use of the electric vehicle charging station. The bill would require that the installer of the electric vehicle charging station indemnify or
reimburse the association or its members for loss or damage caused by the
installation, maintenance, or use
installation
of the electric vehicle charging station.

Current Bill Text

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