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Rep. Steve Tanner introduces RS 32657C1 to let HOAs set rules for backyard chickens
Summary
Representative Steve Tanner introduced RS 32657C1 to allow homeowners associations to determine rules on chickens; the proposal limits the text to chickens only and removes a previous per-acre cap, and the committee voted to introduce the measure.
Representative Steve Tanner (R., District 13 of Nampa) asked the committee to introduce RS 32657C1 and send it to the Agricultural Affairs Committee. He said the measure is intended to replace a Senate bill that encountered problems and to address those issues in a new House draft.
Tanner said the language is specific to chickens: “No, it's just chickens. In fact, if you look at, the RS on first page lines 10 through 13, it specifies the definition of chickens.” He also said the draft removes a previous numerical limit and shifts decision-making to homeowners associations and homeowners: “The previous version had a calculus, if you will, of, 4 chickens per 2 tenths of an acre. We took all of that out. And now what we're doing is we're we're saying we just want the HOAs to, allow homeowners to have chicken. So we're gonna leave it to the HOAs and homeowners to figure that out, what's reasonable in each individual case.”
The committee moved to introduce RS 32657C1; a motion to introduce carried by voice vote. Representative Crane asked a clarification question about whether the RS included “small animals” or was specific to chickens; Tanner confirmed it is specific to chickens. The transcript does not show committee debate on enforcement, public-health standards, or specific HOA rule limits.
The bill as introduced removes the former per-acre limit and directs that HOAs and homeowners resolve appropriate limits locally; next steps (committee hearings, amendments, or implementation details) were not specified in the excerpt.
