2026-09-10 · Arizona · Legislation · Did not pass

Around thirty-five Arizona community association bills were introduced in 2026. Seven became law. The rest died — and only one of them died by losing a vote.

That is the structural fact about this session. Not one association bill was vetoed. More than thirty carry a disposition in the legislature's own records reading “Held in Committees”, “Held in Senate”, “Held in House”, or the flat “No Action” — referred to a committee, never placed on an agenda, deadline passed.

Under the chambers' rules, House bills had to clear House committees by February 20, 2026 and Senate bills by March 27. A bill that misses that date is finished, without a hearing, a debate or a recorded vote.

The money bills

SB 1500 would have cut the annual assessment increase cap from 20 percent to 3 percent, and raised the member override from a simple majority to 67 percent. Held in committees, never heard.¹

HB 4050 was the companion to the foreclosure bill that did pass. It would have required a payment-plan offer and, more significantly, set a statutory order for applying partial payments — which dollar goes to assessments, which to late fees, which to legal costs. Never heard. That ordering question remains governed entirely by the declaration, which is where most collection disputes actually start.

HB 2743 would have created statutory damages of $1,000, rising to $2,500, for an association that leaves an unlawful provision in its recorded documents. It had eight sponsors across both parties and was never given a hearing.²

The governance bills

Records access produced two bills from the same sponsor pointing in opposite directions — one expanding owner access to association records under §§ 33-1258 and 33-1805, one narrowing it. Both died in the committee that sponsor chaired.

Elections and voting. Bills on electronic voting, a delegate-vote ban, a cumulative-voting ban and virtual meetings all failed. Arizona's election statutes §§ 33-1250 and 33-1812 are unchanged.

Due process in enforcement. Three bills would have required named-observer violation notices, guaranteed hearings, capped interest at 20 percent, and voided a penalty imposed without following the procedure. None was heard. The only survivor of this cluster was the short, general duty to act reasonably in HB 4011.

HB 2172 was the session's most radical proposal: mandatory expiry of every declaration, and dissolution of the association, at 100 years or on January 1, 2127. Assigned to two committees; heard by neither.³

1. SB 1500 (2026) — assessment cap to 3 percent; Held in Committees, no chapter ↩
2. HB 2743 (2026) — statutory damages for unlawful covenant provisions; Held in Committees ↩
3. HB 2172 (2026) — hundred-year expiration of declarations; Held in Committees ↩
4. SB 1083 (2026) — address lights; passed Senate 29–0, Held in House ↩
5. HB 4028 (2026) — accessory dwelling units; withdrawn from House Government February 19 and Failed in House Appropriations 8–9–1, reported February 23, 2026 ↩
6. A.R.S. § 9-461.18, Accessory dwelling units — the provision preserving private covenants ↩
7. SB 1582 (2026) — pet breed and weight restrictions; passed House 52–2, held awaiting concurrence at sine die ↩