Committee gives due-pass recommendation to bill requiring HOAs to retain meeting recordings for six months

At its March 11, 2025 meeting, the House Committee on Government voted 7-0 to give Senate Bill 1039 a due-pass recommendation. The bill, sponsored in the hearing by Senator Kavanaugh, would require a homeowners association board of directors to retain any recorded meeting for six months and make the recording available on request.

Committee staff summarized the measure: “senate bill 10 39 requires a homeowners association's board of directors to keep a copy of a recorded meeting for 6 months and requires the board to make the recording available upon request.” The staff member said they were available for questions.

Senator Kavanaugh, the bill sponsor, said the change does not mandate recording meetings but would prevent boards that do record from discarding footage needed for appeals. “This bill does not require them to videotape,” Kavanaugh said; “but it says, if you videotape, you gotta hang on to it for 6 months.” He described the provision as aimed at giving residents time to base an appeal on recorded material.

There was no substantive public testimony; one named speaker, Dennis Legere, appeared but was not present to testify. After brief discussion, the committee clerk called a roll and the committee recorded seven ayes, zero nays.

The committee’s due-pass recommendation advances the measure to the next legislative stage for further consideration.

Members who voted yes in committee included Representative Gillette, Representative Kesho, Representative Marquez, Representative Stall Hamilton, Representative Villegas, Vice Chairman Fink and Chairman Blackmon. The motion before the committee was that SB1039 be returned with a due-pass recommendation.