Building on Arizona's HOA flag protections, this bill bars associations from prohibiting the display of military flags, so an owner honoring military service can't be forced to remove the flag by community rules.
In short: Bars HOAs from prohibiting the display of military flags.
Introduced — no action Pro-homeowner
This bill protects the right of condo and planned-community owners to display certain flags and, in planned communities, to install a flagpole. It bars associations from banning the American flag, U.S. military branch flags, POW/MIA, Arizona state, Arizona Indian nation, and Gadsden flags, while still allowing reasonable rules on placement.
For homeowners: Pro-homeowner display-rights bill: it bars associations from banning the U.S. flag, military-branch, POW/MIA, Arizona state, Arizona Indian nation, and Gadsden flags, and guarantees planned-community owners the right to install a front- or back-yard flagpole. The association keeps only limited reasonable controls (placement rules, a two-flag maximum, rooftop height cap), so owner display rights clearly dominate.
What the bill actually does, point by point — from the Arizona Legislature’s official fact sheet.
- Associations cannot prohibit outdoor display of the American flag, U.S. Army/Navy/Air Force/Marine Corps/Coast Guard flags, the POW/MIA flag, the Arizona state flag, an Arizona Indian nation flag, or the Gadsden flag.
- Displayed flags must comply with the federal flag code.
- Planned communities cannot prohibit installation of a flagpole in the front yard or backyard.
- Associations may limit a member to displaying not more than two flags at once.
- Flagpole height may be limited to not more than the height of the rooftop of the member's home.
- Associations may still adopt reasonable rules on the placement and manner of display. Amends A.R.S. § 33-1261 (condominiums) and § 33-1808 (planned communities).
The A.R.S. sections this bill amends, adds, or repeals — taken from the bill text. Click one to read the current law.
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.