residential rental property; definition

HB2363 - residential rental property; definition

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Quantá Crews, Selina Bliss, Patty Contreras, Sarah Liguori, Betty J Villegas
Last action: 2026-01-21
Official status: House second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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HB2363: Defining Residential Rental Property

This bill updates the legal definition of residential rental property in Arizona to include short-term rentals and clarifies rules for mobile home parks.

What This Bill Does

Amends section 33-1901 of the Arizona Revised Statutes regarding definitions.
Defines a managing agent as an authorized person or company that operates and manages property.
Expands residential rental property to include units rented for less than thirty days.
Clarifies that in mobile home parks, only the land space counts as rental property if the tenant owns their own vehicle.
Lists specific safety hazards like broken structures or lack of water that make a building slum property.

Who It Names or Affects

Owners and managers of residential rental properties in Arizona
Tenants living in short-term rentals under thirty days
Residents renting spaces in mobile home parks

Terms To Know

Managing agent: A person or company authorized by the owner to run and manage a property.
Residential rental property: Property used only for living spaces that are leased, including rentals shorter than thirty days.
Slum property: A rental home in bad repair with conditions dangerous to health or safety.

Limits and Unknowns

The text does not state when this law will officially take effect.
The bill only changes definitions and does not create new penalties or funding programs.

Bill History

2026-01-21 House
House second read
2026-01-20 House
House Rules: None
2026-01-20 House
House Commerce: None
2026-01-20 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2363 - residential rental property; definition

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residential rental property; definition

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2363

Introduced by

Representatives
Crews: Bliss, Contreras P, Liguori, Villegas

AN
ACT

amending
section 33-1901, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to residential rental
property.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 33-1901, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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33-1901.

Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Managing agent" means a person,
corporation, partnership or limited liability company that is authorized by the
owner to operate and manage the property.

2. "Residential rental property" means
property that is used solely as leased or rented property for residential
purposes
or that is rented to lodgers for periods of less than
THIRTY days
. If the property is a space rental mobile home
park, residential rental property includes the rental space that is leased or
rented by the owner of that rental space but does not include the mobile home
or recreational vehicle that serves as the actual dwelling if the dwelling is
owned and occupied by the tenant of the rental space and not by the owner of
the rental space.

3. "Slum property" means residential
rental property that has deteriorated or is in a state of disrepair and that
manifests one or more of the following conditions that are a danger to the
health or safety of the public:

(a) Structurally unsound exterior surfaces, roof,
walls, doors, floors, stairwells, porches or railings.

(b) Lack of potable water, adequate sanitation
facilities, adequate water or waste pipe connections.

(c) Hazardous electrical systems or gas connections.

(d) Lack of safe, rapid egress.

(e) Accumulation of human or animal waste, medical
or biological waste, gaseous or combustible materials, dangerous or corrosive
liquids, flammable or explosive materials or drug paraphernalia.
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