Many HOAs still require thirsty grass lawns even in drought. This bill protects a homeowner's right to install drought-tolerant/xeriscape landscaping, so an association can't force water-wasting turf during a shortage.
In short: Protects drought-tolerant/xeriscape landscaping from HOA turf mandates during drought.
Passed House only Pro-homeowner
States that a condominium owners' association or planned community homeowners' association is prohibited from requiring the overseeding or watering of lawns during a declared drought.
For homeowners: Pro-homeowner: it bars an association from requiring overseeding or watering of lawns during a Governor-declared drought or drought emergency, shielding owners from paying for water and landscaping the state is telling residents to curtail. Its scope is limited to declared-drought periods and does not touch ordinary landscaping rules. It passed the House only and is not yet law.
What the bill actually does, point by point — from the Arizona Legislature’s official fact sheet.
- Prohibits a condominium owners' association or planned community homeowners' association from requiring the overseeding or watering of lawns during a drought declaration or drought emergency declaration issued by the Governor. (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.