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Senate committee hears competing views on bill that would let city ordinances override HOA bans on backyard hens
Summary
The Senate Committee on Local Government heard debate on House Bill 2013, which would stop homeowners associations from enforcing covenants that bar backyard egg‑laying hens when the municipality allows chickens by ordinance.
The Senate Committee on Local Government considered House Bill 2013, a measure that would prevent property owners associations from enforcing restrictive covenants that prohibit backyard egg‑laying hens when the municipality in which the association sits has an ordinance authorizing chickens.
Sponsor testimony framed the bill as restoring municipal primacy: if a city adopts an ordinance allowing hens under certain conditions (limits on numbers, coop requirements, bans on…
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