pet ownership limits; planned communities

Plain English Breakdown

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Pet Ownership Rules for Planned Communities

This law stops planned communities from setting limits on pets based on breed, size or weight but allows rules about pet behavior that follow other laws.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the ability of planned community associations to set restrictions on pets based on their breed, size, or weight.
• Makes any existing rules in community documents that limit pets by breed, size, or weight unenforceable.
• Allows planned communities to create reasonable pet behavior rules as long as they follow federal, state, and local laws.

Who It Names or Affects

• Planned community associations
• Pet owners living in planned communities

Terms To Know

planned communities

Communities that are developed according to a master plan, often with shared amenities and rules.

community documents

Documents that outline the rules for living in a planned community.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if pet behavior rules are inconsistent with other laws.
• It is unclear how existing community documents will be updated to remove breed, size or weight restrictions on pets.

Official Summary Text

SB1729 - pet ownership limits; planned communities

Current Bill Text

SB1729 - 572R - I Ver

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pet ownership limits; planned communities

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1729

Introduced by

Senator
Kavanagh

AN
ACT

amending title 33, chapter 16, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 33-1816.01; relating to planned
communities.

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

Section 1. Title 33, chapter 16, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 33-1816.01, to read:

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33-1816.01.

Pets; ownership limits prohibited; rules

A. NOTWITHSTANDING any provision in
the community documents, an association shall not prohibit or otherwise limit a
household pet by breed, size or weight.� Any provisions prohibited by this
subsection are unenforceable without regard to whether the provisions were
adopted or enacted before the effective date of this section.

B. An association may adopt
reasonable rules regarding pet behavior that are CONSISTENT with federal, state
and local laws.
END_STATUTE