ENROLLED ORIGINAL
A RESOLUTION
25-181
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
June 20, 2023
To declare an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Condominium Act of 1976 to
authorize condominium unit owners’ associations to conduct virtual meetings and to
clarify voting and quorum requirements for such meetings; and to amend section 29-910
of the District of Columbia Official Code to allow cooperatives to conduct remote
meetings.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Association Meeting Flexibility Emergency Declaration
Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council granted flexibility to
condominium and cooperative associations to conduct meetings by virtual means.
(b) While many COVID-19-related changes have been allowed to lapse, virtual meetings
have become routine for many District residents and continue to provide a benefit to
condominium and cooperative association leaders and occupants.
(c) The most recent extension of such flexibilities to condominium and cooperative
associations, the Post-Public Health Emergency Protections Extension Temporary Amendment
Act of 2022, effective December 21, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-226; 70 DCR 22), will expire on
August 3, 2023.
(d) Emergency legislation is necessary to ensure that associations can continue to meet by
virtual means without the need to amend their bylaws.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
an emergency making it necessary that the Association Meeting Flexibility Emergency
Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.