republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-769.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations: meetings: state of emergency."
description: "Existing law authorizes and regulates the formation and operation of a corporation, nonprofit public benefit corporation, nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, nonprofit religious corporation, or cooperative corporation. Existing law authorizes meetings of shareholders or members, as applicable, to be held at any place as stated or fixed in the bylaws, as specified, and provides that, subject to certain conditions, shareholders or members not physically present may participate in a meeting, be deemed present, and vote by electronic transmission by and to the corporation, electronic video screen communication, conference telephone, or other means of remote communication. Existing law prohibits conducting a meeting of shareholders or members solely by electronic transmission, electronic video screen communication, conference telephone, or other remote communications unless all of the shareholders or members consent or the board determines it is necessary or appropriate because of an emergency, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 769"
citation: "California AB 769 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations: meetings: state of emergency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grayson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3e89de0-8b0c-4e98-896b-330242cdc886"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB769"
source_hash: "50fbedf89479c6f8dc79a11bfe3b4ab8679f498be1fc9dc734a977f9bdbc6f37"
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 769 (20212022) — Corporations: meetings: state of emergency.

Existing law authorizes and regulates the formation and operation of a corporation, nonprofit public benefit corporation, nonprofit mutual benefit corporation, nonprofit religious corporation, or cooperative corporation. Existing law authorizes meetings of shareholders or members, as applicable, to be held at any place as stated or fixed in the bylaws, as specified, and provides that, subject to certain conditions, shareholders or members not physically present may participate in a meeting, be deemed present, and vote by electronic transmission by and to the corporation, electronic video screen communication, conference telephone, or other means of remote communication. Existing law prohibits conducting a meeting of shareholders or members solely by electronic transmission, electronic video screen communication, conference telephone, or other remote communications unless all of the shareholders or members consent or the board determines it is necessary or appropriate because of an emergency, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB769&version=20210AB76999INT)
2. **01/04/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB769&version=20210AB76998AMD)
3. **03/03/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB769&version=20210AB76997AMD)
4. **03/10/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB769&version=20210AB76996AMD)
5. **03/25/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB769&version=20210AB76994CHP)
6. **AB769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB769)
7. **03/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB769&version=20210AB76995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 769 GRAYSON Concurrence - Urgency Added — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 769 Grayson Consent Calendar Second Day — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB769 Grayson By Hueso Urgency Clause — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grayson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-05** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 3409.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3206.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-03-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-03-24** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3975.)
- **2022-03-24** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3975.)
- **2022-03-24** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3984.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-03-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 12, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3e89de0-8b0c-4e98-896b-330242cdc886`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).