An earlier version of the first-responder flag protection: it bars an HOA from prohibiting a homeowner from displaying a first-responder flag on their own property, adding to the flags Arizona already shields from HOA sign/aesthetic rules.
In short: Protects a homeowner's right to display a first-responder flag despite HOA rules.
Signed into law (Ch. 238) Pro-homeowner
Adds a first responder flag to flags that a unit owner's association or planned community association (Association) may not restrict the outdoor display of.
For homeowners: Pro-homeowner and now law (Ch. 238): it bars associations from prohibiting the outdoor display of a defined first-responder flag honoring law enforcement or fire departments. This is a targeted expansion of owner display rights, not a broad limit on HOA authority, and it is in force statewide.
Signed: May 20, 2022
What the bill actually does, point by point — from the Arizona Legislature’s official fact sheet.
- Includes a first responder flag in flags that an Association may not prohibit the outdoor display of. (Sec. 1, 2)
- Allows a first responder flag to incorporate the design of one or two other first responder flags to form a combined flag. (Sec. 1, 2)
- Defines first responder flag as a flag that recognizes and honors the services of any of the following: a) Law enforcement and that is limited to the colors black, blue and white with specified words and the symbol of a generic police shield in crest or star shape; b) Fire department and that is limited to the colors, gold, black, red and white with outlined words and the symbol of a generic maltese cross; and
- Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1, 2)
The A.R.S. sections this bill amends, adds, or repeals — taken from the bill text. Click one to read the current law.
Official bill page (azleg.gov) → Full bill text → Fact sheet / summary → Bill history (LegiScan) →
Organizations and industry insiders who registered a position on this bill through the Legislature’s public Request to Speak system — simply where each stood: For, Against, or Neutral. Individual homeowners are not listed. Whether this bill helps or hurts homeowners is our own read, shown by its label above — a group’s position doesn’t set our call. Each row links to that entity’s report card and to the source at azleg.gov.