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House adopts condominium amendments defining unit ownership at interior wallboard
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 147 to define condominium unit ownership generally as beginning at the sheetrock (interior wallboard), clarify limited common areas, and explain insurance/maintenance responsibilities; the bill passed 64–0.
Senate Bill 147, presented by Representative Adams, clarifies the boundary between unit ownership and common areas in condominiums. Adams said the bill generally sets the unit-owner boundary at interior wallboard (sheetrock) and provides definitions for limited common areas, ownership responsibilities, and insurance implications.
"Generally speaking right now, the associations and most insurance policies cover from the wallboard in," Adams said, noting the bill codifies common practice so disputes can be resolved more easily. Representative Hutchings asked whether the change would supplant existing covenants; Adams said the bill provides a default rule only if the covenants or declaration are silent.
Supporters said the measure will reduce disputes over maintenance and insurance coverage and align statutory defaults with common association practice. The House voted and SB147 passed 64–0; the bill was to be signed by the Speaker and returned to the Senate for the President's signature.
The amendment defines ownership defaults but preserves existing declaration terms where they explicitly assign responsibility.
