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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1211	California AB 1211 (20112012)	bill	Not-for-profit corporations.	enacted	Silva	5	26	8	2011-02-18	2011-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/82e1dc80-c685-4ad8-b5f5-c3478759ae3e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1211	ce3de32b454729ddeeab8869953d4f16e7a5252b81be20dbecec3721462506d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 08/29/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/03/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1211 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/12/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/82e1dc80-c685-4ad8-b5f5-c3478759ae3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).