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B26-0078 • 2025

Association Meeting Flexibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Association Meeting Flexibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
R. White
Last action
2025-05-16
Official status
Official Law
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the meetings are conducted, leaving this aspect up to interpretation by the associations themselves.

Association Meeting Flexibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

This act allows condominium unit owners' associations, cooperatives, and limited equity cooperatives to hold virtual meetings and clarifies voting requirements during these meetings.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows condominium unit owners' associations to conduct meetings virtually using telephone or video conferencing.
  • Clarifies that a person attending a meeting through electronic means is considered present for quorum purposes.
  • Requires the inclusion of instructions on how to access an electronic meeting in any required notice.
  • Permits the executive board to set deadlines for returning ballots and allows unit owners to submit votes electronically up to 7 days before a scheduled meeting.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Condominium unit owners' associations
  • Cooperatives
  • Limited equity cooperatives

Terms To Know

Quorum
The minimum number of members required to be present at a meeting for the group's decisions to be valid.
Virtual Meeting
A meeting that takes place online or through telecommunication technology, allowing participants to join from different locations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act is temporary and will expire after 225 days of its effective date.
  • The specific details on how the meetings are conducted are left up to the associations themselves.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Law L26-0002, Effective from May 03, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 005851, Expires on Dec 14, 2025

  2. 2025-03-24 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Congress

  3. 2025-03-21 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0021 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 003107

  4. 2025-03-13 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0021

  5. 2025-03-13 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  6. 2025-03-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Mar 18, 2025

  7. 2025-02-18 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  8. 2025-02-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0078 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  9. 2025-02-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  10. 2025-02-04 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  11. 2025-02-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0078 Introduced by Councilmember R. White at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Association Meeting Flexibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
.C.ACT 26-21
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARCH 13, 2025
Toamend,onatemporarybasis,theCondominiumActof1976toauthorizecondominiumunitowners’associationstoconductvirtualmeetingsandclarifyvotingandquorumrequirementsforsuchmeetings;toamendsection29-910oftheDistrictofColumbiaOfficialCodetoallowcooperativestoconductremotemeetings;andtoamendsections29-1005.06,29-1005.07,and29-1008.11(b)oftheDistrictofColumbiaOfficialCodetoallowlimitedequitycooperativestoconductremotemeetings.
BE ITENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA, ThatthisAct may be citedasthe“AssociationMeetingFlexibilityTemporary Amendment Act of2025”.
Sec,2.Section303of the Condominium Act of 1976,effectiveMarch 29, 1977 (D.C.
Law1-89;D.C.OfficialCode§42-1903.03),isamendedasfollows:(a)Subsection(b)isamendedbyrepealingparagraph(4).(b)A newsubsection(f)isaddedtoreadasfollows:“()Notwithstandinganylanguagecontainedinthisactorinthecondominiuminstruments:
“(1)Meetingsoftheunitowners’association,executiveboard,orcommitteesmaybeconductedorattendedbytelephoneconference,videoconference,orsimilarelectronicmeans.Ifameetingisconductedbytelephoneconference,videoconference,o similarelectronicmeans,theequipmentorsystemusedmustpermitanyunitownerinattendancetohearandbeheardby,andtocomprehendwhatissaidby,allotherunitownersparticipatinginthemeeting,Anyunitowner,boardmember,orcommitteememberattendingsuchmeetingshallbedeemedpresentforquorumpurposes.“@)A linkorinstructionsonhowtoaccessanelectronicmeetingshallbeincludedinthe noticerequiredunder subsection(a)of thissection.
“G)Anymattersrequiringavoteoftheunitowners”associationatanannualorregularmeetingmaybesetbytheexecutiveboardfora vote,andabaliotmaybedeliveredwiththenoticerequiredundersubsection(a)ofthissection.Theexecutiveboardmaysetareasonabledeadlineforaballottobereturnedtotheassociation.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
“(4)Theexecutiveboardmayauthorizeunitownerstosubmitvotesbyelectronictransmissionupto7daysbeforethescheduleddateofanymeetingoftheunitowners,andunit‘ownerswhosubmitvotesduringsuchperiodshallbedeemedtobepresentandvotinginpersonatsuchmeeting,”.
Sec.3.Title29oftheDistrictofColumbiaOfficialCodeisamendedasfollows:(a)Section29-910isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Ifauthorizedbythearticlesor
bylaws”andinsertingthephrase“Regardlessofwhetherremoteregularandspecialmeetingsofmembersareauthorizedbythearticlesorbylaws”initsplace.
(b)Section29-1005.06(c)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Unlesstheorganicrulesotherwiseprovide,members”andinsertingtheword“Members”initsplace.(©)Section29-1005.07(e)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Unlesstheorganicrulesotherwiseprovide,members”andinsertingtheword“Members”initsplace.
(@Section29-1008.11(b)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Unlesstheorganicrulesotherwiseprovide,a”andinsertingtheword“A”initsplace.
Sec.4,Fiscalimpactstatement.
TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate,
(a)ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetoby
theMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda30-dayperiodofcongressionalreviewasprovidedinsection602(c)(1)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approved

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
December24,1973(87Stat.813;D.C.OfficialCode§1-206.02()(1)).(b)Thisactshallexpireafter225daysofitshavingtakeneffect.
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Councilof theDistrictof Columbia
MayorDistrictofColumbiaAPPROVED
MARCH 13, 2025

COUNCILOF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON,DC,20004

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(XIACTION FirstReading
(X]VOTEDATE February4,2025
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