---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: emergency powers and procedures."
description: "Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the management and operation of common interest developments. Existing law defines a board meeting as a congregation, as provided, or a teleconference, as provided. Existing law requires, among other things, a board meeting held by teleconference to identify at least one physical location so that members of the association may attend, except as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 391"
citation: "California SB 391 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments: emergency powers and procedures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Min"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcfb54d1-e487-4ebf-ab54-f0ab4d733737"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB391"
source_hash: "8a40f87281a60e8763212142b20650bc3324093558e4f346c5a439d92760409e"
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 SB 391 (20212022) — Common interest developments: emergency powers and procedures.

Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the management and operation of common interest developments. Existing law defines a board meeting as a congregation, as provided, or a teleconference, as provided. Existing law requires, among other things, a board meeting held by teleconference to identify at least one physical location so that members of the association may attend, except as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB391&version=20210SB39199INT)
2. **03/22/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB391&version=20210SB39198AMD)
3. **04/13/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB391&version=20210SB39197AMD)
4. **07/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB391&version=20210SB39196AMD)
5. **09/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB391&version=20210SB39194CHP)
6. **SB391** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB391)
7. **08/17/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB391&version=20210SB39195ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 391 Min Third Reading Urgency By Davies — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB391 Min et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Min — primary (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Set for hearing March 18.
- **2021-03-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 553.) (March 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2021-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 686.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 970.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-07-12** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2309.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-08-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2037.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 276, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcfb54d1-e487-4ebf-ab54-f0ab4d733737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).