republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-648.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Common interest developments: procedures: meetings by teleconference."
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 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. Existing law also establishes alternative teleconferencing procedures for a board meeting or a meeting of the members if gathering in person is unsafe or impossible because the common interest development is in an area affected by a federal, state, or local emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 648"
citation: "California AB 648 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Common interest developments", "meetings by teleconference", "procedures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valencia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9a04aa3-b6f0-42e1-b86f-c200970b77f3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB648"
source_hash: "a73cb2036a486a5ad26442cd6b5e0d71d050bec4cd063dec3843ea07c89a20cd"
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 AB 648 (20232024) — Common interest developments: procedures: meetings by teleconference.

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 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. Existing law also establishes alternative teleconferencing procedures for a board meeting or a meeting of the members if gathering in person is unsafe or impossible because the common interest development is in an area affected by a federal, state, or local emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB648&version=20230AB64899INT)
2. **04/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB648&version=20230AB64898AMD)
3. **09/22/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB648&version=20230AB64896CHP)
4. **AB648** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB648)
5. **09/07/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB648&version=20230AB64897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB648 Valencia et al. By Min — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 648 Valencia Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valencia — primary (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1484.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2354.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 203, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9a04aa3-b6f0-42e1-b86f-c200970b77f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).