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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session

 

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1290

 

agricultural property; inspections; notice

(NOW: open meetings; planned communities)

As passed by the Senate, S.B. 1290 required the Arizona Department of Revenue and each county assessor to provide advance notice of specified property inspections and provide inspection reports to property owners.

The House of Representatives adopted a strike-everything amendment that does the following:

Purpose

Prohibits a planned community (HOA) board from taking action on an item under consideration during the closed portion of a meeting.

Background

Each HOA must hold an open meeting at least annually and the meeting must be open to all members and any person designated to be a member's representative. Any portion of an HOA meeting may be closed only if the closed portion of the meeting is limited to the consideration of: 1) legal advice from an attorney for the board of the HOA; 2) pending or contemplated litigation; 3) personal, health or financial information about an individual member, employee or contractor of the HOA, including records directly relating to the personal, health or financial information of the individual; 4) matters relating to the job performance, compensation, health record or specific complaint of an individual employee or contractor of the HOA; 5) a member's appeal of any violation cited or penalty imposed by the HOA except on request of the affected member that the meeting must be held in open session. Before entering into a closed portion of a meeting or on the notice or agenda for the meeting with a closed portion, the board must identify the statutory matter that authorizes the board to close the meeting (A.R.S. § 33-1804).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.   Specifies that a properly closed portion of an HOA meeting is limited to consideration without action.

2.   Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by the House of Representatives

· Adopted the strike-everything amendment relating to HOA open meetings.

House Action

COM               3/24/26      DPA/SE       8-2-0-2

3rd Read          4/21/26                           38-17-4-0-1

Prepared by Senate Research

April 21, 2026

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