This bill governs virtual HOA meetings and proxy voting — the rules for online meetings and how proxies can be collected and used, which decide whether remote owners really get a vote.
In short: Governs virtual HOA meetings and proxy voting.
Introduced — no action Pro-homeowner
HB2613 amends the condominium and planned-community open-meeting and voting statutes (A.R.S. 33-1248, 33-1250, 33-1804, 33-1812) to authorize virtual meetings and to add disclosures on ballots. It requires ballots to state the quorum and the approval percentage needed for each item, sets a minimum ballot-delivery window, and fixes a default annual-meeting quorum.
For homeowners: On its mechanics this bill mostly expands homeowner access and transparency: it authorizes virtual/online meetings so owners who can't attend in person can still take part, requires every ballot to state the quorum and approval percentage needed for each item, and gives owners at least 10 days to return a ballot. The one tradeoff is a shift from proxy voting toward absentee ballots plus a low default quorum. Weighing it, the access and ballot-transparency gains outweigh that, so we read it as a net positive for homeowners.
What the bill actually does, point by point — from the Arizona Legislature’s official fact sheet.
- Board and association meetings may be conducted through an online or virtual meeting platform.
- Each ballot must state the quorum required for each proposed action.
- Each ballot must state the percentage of approval needed for each proposed action, except for the election of directors.
- Ballots must be delivered to members at least 10 days before the deadline to return the completed ballot.
- The default quorum for the annual meeting is one-tenth (10%) of the total votes entitled to be cast, unless the community's documents specify a lower number.
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.