---
type: "Bill"
title: "Not-for-profit corporations."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the formation and operations of nonprofit corporations. Existing law provides for establishing a quorum of a board of directors to take action at a meeting and allows the articles of incorporation or bylaws to require the presence of specified directors in order to constitute a quorum. Existing law provides that the death of a director excuses requiring the presence of that director to establish a quorum. Existing law authorizes a board of directors to take action by unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting without the consent of an interested director, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1211"
citation: "California AB 1211 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Not-for-profit corporations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Silva"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82e1dc80-c685-4ad8-b5f5-c3478759ae3e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1211"
source_hash: "ce3de32b454729ddeeab8869953d4f16e7a5252b81be20dbecec3721462506d2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1211 (20112012) — Not-for-profit corporations.

(1) Existing law provides for the formation and operations of nonprofit corporations. Existing law provides for establishing a quorum of a board of directors to take action at a meeting and allows the articles of incorporation or bylaws to require the presence of specified directors in order to constitute a quorum. Existing law provides that the death of a director excuses requiring the presence of that director to establish a quorum. Existing law authorizes a board of directors to take action by unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting without the consent of an interested director, as defined.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1211&version=20110AB121199INT)
2. **08/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1211&version=20110AB121198AMD)
3. **10/03/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1211&version=20110AB121196CHP)
4. **AB1211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1211)
5. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1211&version=20110AB121197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1211 Silva By La Malfa — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1211 SILVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1211 SILVA Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-17** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1453.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** From consent calendar.
- **2011-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2311.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2978.)
- **2011-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3013.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 442, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82e1dc80-c685-4ad8-b5f5-c3478759ae3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).