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Bill	Common interest developments: governance.	Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the management and operation of common interest by an association. Under existing law, an association that is required to deliver a document by "individual delivery" or "individual notice" is authorized to deliver the document by email, facsimile, or other electronic means, if the recipient has consented in writing, unless the consent is revoked in writing.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 261	California SB 261 (20172018)	bill	Common interest developments: governance.	enacted	Roth	6	31	6	2017-02-08	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/7f4ca9b5-9a44-4e17-ad94-c0b78a7812c4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB261	fc6cb639fdc0b5892d05cfcfaf414145763604b64e483e537c12d0cf5ed243ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 261 (20172018) — Common interest developments: governance.

Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the management and operation of common interest by an association. Under existing law, an association that is required to deliver a document by "individual delivery" or "individual notice" is authorized to deliver the document by email, facsimile, or other electronic means, if the recipient has consented in writing, unless the consent is revoked in writing.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/23/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB261 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB261 Roth Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB261 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 261 Roth Senate Third Reading By CERVANTES — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
• 2017-02-16 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2017-03-03 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2017-04-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1100.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1073.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-05-26 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-23 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-28 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
• 2017-08-28 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.
• 2018-08-16 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
• 2018-08-20 From inactive file.
• 2018-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6757.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6057.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 836, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f4ca9b5-9a44-4e17-ad94-c0b78a7812c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).