Plain English Breakdown
The official bill metadata lists two different act numbers (A26-0078 in candidate vs A26-0021/L26-0002 in source text); the summary uses the title and law number from the enacted text.
Association Meeting Flexibility Temporary Amendment Act of 2025
This temporary law allows condominiums, cooperatives, and limited equity cooperatives in Washington, D.C., to hold meetings online or by phone without needing special permission from their rules.
What This Bill Does
- Allows unit owners' associations, executive boards, and committees of condominiums to conduct or attend meetings via telephone conference, video conference, or similar electronic means.
- Requires that equipment used for virtual meetings allows all participants to hear and be heard clearly by everyone else in the meeting.
- Counts people attending a meeting by phone or online as present for quorum purposes.
- Requires notices for condominium unit owners' association meetings to include a link or instructions on how to access electronic meetings.
- Allows executive boards of condominium associations to set matters requiring a vote at annual or regular meetings and deliver ballots with the meeting notice.
- Permits executive boards of condominium associations to set reasonable deadlines for returning ballots sent with meeting notices.
- Authorizes unit owners in condominiums to submit votes by electronic transmission up to 7 days before any scheduled meeting, counting them as present and voting in person.
- Allows cooperatives to conduct remote regular and special meetings regardless of whether their articles or bylaws authorize it.
- Allows limited equity cooperatives to conduct remote meetings without restrictions from organic rules.
Who It Names or Affects
- Condominium unit owners' associations in the District of Columbia
- Cooperatives operating under D.C. law
- Limited equity cooperatives in the District of Columbia
Terms To Know
- Quorum
- The minimum number of members that must be present to hold a valid meeting.
- Executive Board
- A group elected by owners or members to manage the day-to-day affairs of an association.
Limits and Unknowns
- This law expires exactly 225 days after it takes effect.
- The text does not specify if these rules apply to meetings held before the effective date of May 3, 2025.