pet ownership limits; planned communities

Plain English Breakdown

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SB1729: Limits on Pet Rules in Planned Communities

This law stops associations from banning pets based on breed, size, or weight while allowing them to set reasonable rules about pet behavior.

What This Bill Does

• Adds a new section (33-1816.01) to Arizona state laws regarding planned communities.
• Stops associations from limiting household pets by breed, size, or weight in community documents.
• Makes any existing rules that ban specific breeds, sizes, or weights unenforceable immediately.
• Allows associations to create reasonable rules about pet behavior if they follow federal, state, and local laws.

Who It Names or Affects

• Associations in planned communities
• Residents who own household pets in these communities

Terms To Know

Association

The group that manages a planned community.

Community documents

Written rules and agreements for the neighborhood, which cannot override this new law regarding pet limits.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not define what counts as a 'reasonable' rule for pet behavior.
• The effective date is listed as blank in the provided metadata, so it is unclear when these rules start applying.

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