can a motion from the floor amend the CC&R's

That may depend on (1) whether you have enough people there for a quorum - and if you're voting on changes to the CCRs, you may need more people there than what you'd require to hold the annual meeting. Read your documents to see what the numbers are. The next thing would be whether the motion is seconded and then this is usually followed by a discussion before there's a motion for a vote.

This link provides information on making motions during a meeting - https://mxcc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/HowtoMakeAMotion.pdf You may also want to Google Roberts Rules of Order (there's an official website) and you may be able to search for an answer there.

As a practical matter, I'm not a fan of combining document revisions with annual meetings because I can see how this could wind up a long session discussing the old vs. proposed enforcement sections, recognizing motions, who made the motion, etc., and nothing else gets done. I'd suggest that you move to vote for everything else except the enforcement section and then hold another meeting to discuss that exclusively and then vote on it.

I'm also thinking no. First WA may have a certain number of days that Owners have to consider CC&R amendments. What do WA statutes say? Don't ballots have to be sent out? Is it legal to just call a meeting????

2nd, your CC&Rs probably require a very high % of owners to approve amendments. Say 67%. They would all have to be present at the meeting.

How many owners are there? How many are likely to attend the meeting?

You can vote for changes in our CC&R's with a special meeting for that purpose. However, the actual changes does not happen until it is filed with the county. Which is the next step to do after gathering the required signatures of owners.

This thread reminds me of one from a few years back. Someone posted that the board had hired the president's wife to re-write their CC&Rs because she was an English teacher and could write well. The general response was "for the love of Mike, stop!"

The CC&Rs are legal documents and need to be written by someone who knows the law and, more to the point, is licensed to practice law in your state. The authorities can get huffy if someone practices law without a license.

There is one exception that I know of that allows the board to approve an amendment, and that is if the amendment *only* brings your CC&Rs into agreement with current state law. Homeowner vote isn't necessary in this case since obeying state law isn't optional, and the board has the authority to approve this amendment. The amendment itself still needs to be drafted by a lawyer, though. (We did this a number of years ago, and the amendment was pretty lengthy and nitpicky.)

But if your amendment contains any changes in addition to bringing your CC&Rs into compliance, then a homeowner vote is required.

I hope your board comes to its senses...

Interesting.

Going through the actual amendment process does seem like an unnecessary expense. On the other hand, if a community makes their governing docs available on their website, it would be nice to have the actual language available - not sure if most homeowners will go the extra step to check the state's resources.

Sometimes my brain just wants to give up...