appropriation; school safety program

Plain English: This amendment changes the law to stop planned communities from banning pets based on their breed, size, or weight and allows residents of single-family homes to keep up to six chickens in their backyard.

• Homeowners associations cannot ban or limit household pets by breed, size, or weight, even if old rules say they can.
• Associations are still allowed to make reasonable rules about how pets behave as long as those rules follow other laws.
• Residents of single-family detached homes can keep up to six chickens in their backyard despite any community documents that forbid it.
• Homeowners associations may set specific rules for chicken coops, such as requiring them to be at least 20 feet from neighbors and limiting the coop size.

• The amendment only defines 'fowl' as domestic chickens (hens or roosters), so it does not cover other types of backyard birds.
• This law applies specifically to single-family detached residences, meaning it may not apply to apartments, condos, or townhomes.

Plain English: This amendment changes the law to stop homeowners associations from banning pets based on breed or size and sets specific rules for keeping chickens in backyards.

• Homeowners associations cannot ban, limit, or restrict household pets by their breed, size, or weight.
• Any existing community rules that try to ban pets by breed, size, or weight are no longer enforceable.
• Associations can still make reasonable rules about how pets behave if those rules follow federal, state, and local laws.
• Homeowners in single-family detached homes may keep up to six chickens (hens) but not roosters.

• The amendment only applies to 'fowl' defined as domestic chickens; it does not cover other types of backyard animals.
• Associations can still require chicken coops to be at least twenty feet from neighbors, limited in size and height, and kept clean.

Plain English: This amendment changes the law to stop housing associations from banning dogs or cats based on their breed, size, or weight while removing all rules about keeping chickens.

• Housing associations are no longer allowed to ban or limit dogs and cats because of their specific breed, how big they are, or how much they weigh.
• Associations can still make reasonable rules about the number of pets a family has or how those pets behave.
• The amendment removes all sections that previously regulated keeping backyard chickens (fowl) in planned communities.

• The text does not define exactly what counts as 'reasonable' behavior rules for pets, leaving some details open to interpretation by associations or courts.
• Because the amendment removes all chicken regulations entirely, it is unclear if any local city laws about chickens still apply in these communities.

Plain English: This amendment changes how school safety money is given by moving it from the Department of Education to a new fund managed by law enforcement, while also removing rules that require schools to test their safety systems twice a year.

• Moves $3.2 million in funding for fiscal years 2026-2027 away from the Department of Education and into a new 'school safety interoperability fund' managed by law enforcement agencies.
• Removes the requirement that school districts must test their safety communication programs at least twice every calendar year to make sure they work.
• Updates the list of eligible recipients so money goes directly to county sheriffs or city police departments instead of schools.

• The amendment text lists specific dollar amounts for nine counties but does not explain how funding will be decided for other cities, towns, or school districts in the state.
• Because this is a proposed amendment with strikeout and addition marks, it has not yet been passed into law.

Plain English: This amendment changes how school safety money is given by moving it from the Department of Education to a new fund managed by law enforcement, while also removing rules about testing and specific funding amounts for certain counties.

• Moves $3.2 million in state funds away from the Department of Education to a new 'school safety interoperability fund' run by the Department of Administration.
• Removes a rule that required school districts to test their safety programs at least twice every calendar year.
• Deletes specific funding amounts for nine county sheriff's offices, including Apache, Gila, and Yavapai counties.

• The amendment text does not explain why the testing requirement was removed or what will happen to the money previously set aside for the listed counties.
• It is unclear if other funding sources exist for these programs since this specific appropriation line item was deleted.

Plain English: This amendment changes the school safety program rules so that individual schools must test their emergency communication systems twice a year instead of entire school districts.

• The law now requires the emergency communication system to work for public safety agencies and specific public schools, rather than just general school districts.
• Each participating public school is required to test its safety program at least two times every calendar year to make sure it works.

• The provided text cuts off before listing all the counties receiving funding amounts in Section 2, so a complete list of funded locations cannot be determined.
• Some technical details about specific communication features were removed or changed but are not fully explained in this summary.