Common interest developments: board members: election by acclamation.
Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the formation and operation of common interest developments. The act requires the election of directors to serve on the board of directors of the association to be held by secret ballot, and requires an association to adopt rules that specify the procedures for nomination of candidates consistent with the governing documents. The act also authorizes those rules to provide for the nomination of candidates from the floor of membership meetings or nomination by any other manner.
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California Legislature
20192020
SB 754
California SB 754 (20192020)
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Common interest developments: board members: election by acclamation.
California SB 754 (20192020) — Common interest developments: board members: election by acclamation.
Existing law, the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, governs the formation and operation of common interest developments. The act requires the election of directors to serve on the board of directors of the association to be held by secret ballot, and requires an association to adopt rules that specify the procedures for nomination of candidates consistent with the governing documents. The act also authorizes those rules to provide for the nomination of candidates from the floor of membership meetings or nomination by any other manner.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 754 Moorlach Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — 77–1 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Moorlach — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-14 Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD. referral-committee
2019-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 22.
2019-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 775.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-25 Set for hearing April 30.
2019-05-06 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 907.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-05-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-14 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-14 Ordered to second reading.
2019-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1160.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-03 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2019-06-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-08 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-07-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
2019-09-09 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-09 Ordered to third reading.
2019-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3549.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3600.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 858, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b225fac-c58a-424a-9fb6-d4531082170c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).