republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-261.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: governance."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 261"
citation: "California SB 261 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments: governance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f4ca9b5-9a44-4e17-ad94-c0b78a7812c4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB261"
source_hash: "fc6cb639fdc0b5892d05cfcfaf414145763604b64e483e537c12d0cf5ed243ae"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB261&version=20170SB26199INT)
2. **04/04/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB261&version=20170SB26198AMD)
3. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB261&version=20170SB26197AMD)
4. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB261&version=20170SB26195CHP)
5. **SB261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB261)
6. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB261&version=20170SB26196ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f4ca9b5-9a44-4e17-ad94-c0b78a7812c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).