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House committee advances bill barring HOAs from banning election signs
Summary
The House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee passed House Bill 339 as amended, preventing homeowners and condominium associations from banning political signs on private property during specified election periods. The committee removed criminal penalties from the bill and debated timing, enforcement and lawn‑care concerns.
House Bill 339, a measure to prohibit homeowners associations (HOAs) and condominium associations from stopping residents from placing election signs on private property during election periods, passed the House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee on a roll call vote after members adopted an amendment removing a criminal penalty.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Weber, told the committee the bill would “prevent homeowners associations and condominium associations from prohibiting their members from placing election signs on their own private property during election season.” Weber said the bill would place time, place and manner limits on signs and bar associations from enforcing blanket bans that could subject homeowners to fines or litigation.
The measure’s nut graf: supporters said the bill protects political free speech on private property while…
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