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Committee backs bill to limit condominium/HOA bans on EV charging in common areas
Summary
House Bill 405 was moved favorable as amended. The bill prohibits condominium or homeowners association governing documents from unreasonably restricting installation or authorization of electric vehicle recharging equipment in common areas and clarifies budget-process requirements for such installations.
The Economic Matters Committee moved House Bill 405 favorable as amended, adopting an amendment that clarifies how condominium and homeowners association governing bodies may budget for the installation or authorization of electric-vehicle (EV) recharging equipment in common areas.
Presenter (speaker 9) told the committee the amendment "clarif[ies] that the installation or authorization of EV recharging equipment by the governing body be in accordance with the budget process of the either the HOA or condominium, but it clarifies that that's, the budget process for a common area renovation or alteration." The bill otherwise prohibits governing documents or restrictive covenants from banning EV recharging equipment in common areas.
Members asked questions about the amendment's effect on ordinary budgeting and what counts as a common-area renovation. The presenter said the amendment only clarifies that the governing body's ordinary budget process applies and that the change was the sole amendment taken; the underlying bill remains focused on prohibiting unreasonable restrictions on EV-charging equipment.
There was no extended debate recorded; the committee took a favorable-as-amended motion and the chair announced the bill passed (16 votes recorded). The transcript does not include fiscal figures or an implementation timeline; presenters said the bill came out of subcommittee unanimously.
