2026-09-09 · California · Legislation

California homeowners association boards tracking legislation this year need one procedural fact, because almost everything else follows from it: the 2025–2026 session has adjourned, and nothing carries over.

California runs two-year sessions. A bill introduced in the first year can carry into the second. 2026 was the second year. Every measure that did not pass by the August 31 deadline is finished — not parked, not pending, not awaiting January.

Any successor must be introduced as a new bill, with a new number, in the 2027–2028 session convening in December 2026, and must start again at the first committee.

What died

AB 1903 — the Right to Repair Act overhaul, which would have authorised a builder to obtain a release in exchange for repair work. Passed the Assembly 70–0 and the Senate 40–0. Last action: “In Assembly. Held at Desk.”¹

AB 1184 — the Homeowner Association Accountability and Transparency Act, which would have made meeting recordings inspectable records and barred serial email deliberation. Passed the Assembly 69–0 and the Senate 38–0. Last action: “In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.”²

AB 2579 — the fix to AB 130's $100 fine cap. Out of committee 15–0, then ordered to the inactive file at its own author's request on May 21 and never revived.

SB 1007 — which would have cut the assessment increase cap from 20 percent to 8 percent. Passed the Senate 24–13, was referred to three Assembly committees, and its first hearing was cancelled at the author's request.

Two of them never drew a single no vote

AB 1903 and AB 1184 died in the same 48 hours, in the same posture: a second-house amendment requiring a concurrence vote that the originating house never took before the midnight deadline.

Between them they carried four floor votes — 70–0, 40–0, 69–0 and 38–0 — and not one vote against.

What is still live

Ten common interest development measures were enrolled and presented to the Governor, who must sign or veto by September 30, 2026: AB 1684 (cooling systems), SB 222 (heat pumps), SB 1267 (EV charging), SB 908 (windows), SB 1238 (management, reserves, balconies), AB 2050 (reserve funding), AB 2035 (CC&R thresholds), AB 739 (management fee disclosure), AB 956 (ADUs) and AB 2439 (assessments and liens).

Two have already been signed: AB 1892 (Chapter 169) and AB 2692 (Chapter 124, an urgency statute effective on signing).

1. AB 1903, California Legislature — complete bill history, showing 'In Assembly. Held at Desk.' on 09/02/26 as the final action ↩
2. AB 1184, California Legislature — complete bill history, last action 08/27/26 'Concurrence in Senate amendments pending' ↩
3. 2026 Tentative Legislative Calendar, California State Senate — August 31 last day to pass bills; September 30 last day for the Governor to act ↩
4. CalMatters, 'Why a bill to juice condo construction died even though California lawmakers voted for it' (September 2026) ↩