Virginia House Bill 1816 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Engrossed on January 18 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting. Allows meetings of property owners' associations, boards of directors, unit owners' associations, executive boards, and committees to be held entirely or partially by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for the use of electronic means for such meetings. The bill requires that such guidelines ensure that persons accessing such meetings are authorized to do so and that persons entitled to participate in such meetings have an opportunity to do so. The bill grants authority for determining whether any such meeting may be held entirely or partially by electronic means to the board of directors or executive board, as applicable. Under current law, if a meeting of a board of directors or executive board is conducted by telephone conference or video conference, at least two members of the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, are required to be physically present at the meeting place included in the meeting notice. The bill amends the definition of "electronic means" to provide that meeting conducted by electronic means includes a meeting conducted via teleconference, videoconference, Internet exchange, or other electronic methods. The bill allows members of property owners' associations or unit owners' associations to vote at meetings of such associations by absentee ballot, and allows such members to vote in person, by proxy, or by absentee ballot by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for such voting. Finally, the bill provides that if a vote, consent, or approval required to be obtained by secret ballot is accomplished through electronic means, the electronic means shall protect the identity of the voter, and that if the electronic means cannot protect the identity of the voter, another means of voting shall be used. Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting. Allows meetings of property owners' associations, boards of directors, unit owners' associations, executive boards, and committees to be held entirely or partially by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for the use of electronic means for such meetings. The bill requires that such guidelines ensure that persons accessing such meetings are authorized to do so and that persons entitled to participate in such meetings have an opportunity to do so. The bill grants authority for determining whether any such meeting may be held entirely or partially by electronic means to the board of directors or executive board, as applicable. Under current law, if a meeting of a board of directors or executive board is conducted by telephone conference or video conference, at least two members of the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, are required to be physically present at the meeting place included in the meeting notice. The bill amends the definition of "electronic means" to provide that meeting conducted by electronic means includes a meeting conducted via teleconference, videoconference, Internet exchange, or other electronic methods. The bill allows members of property owners' associations or unit owners' associations to vote at meetings of such associations by absentee ballot, and allows such members to vote in person, by proxy, or by absentee ballot by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for such voting. Finally, the bill provides that if a vote, consent, or approval required to be obtained by secret ballot is accomplished through electronic means, the electronic means shall protect the identity of the voter, and that if the electronic means cannot protect the identity of the voter, another means of voting shall be used.

Property Owners' Association Act/Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting.

Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Mark Cole [R]
Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]

2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-19 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-14 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-20	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2021-01-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-19	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2021-01-19	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2021-01-18	House	Engrossed by House
2021-01-18	House	Engrossment reconsidered by House
2021-01-18	House	Read second time and engrossed
2021-01-15	House	Read first time
2021-01-14	House	Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
2021-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2021-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102459D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
55	1	1800	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1815	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1816	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1832	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1935	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1949	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1952	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	1953	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB1816
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB1816+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB1816F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H11V0023+HB1816
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+HV0958+HB1816
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S12V0109+HB1816