By Mark Zinman | Zona Law
The Arizona legislature finished the legislative session on July 31, 2023 (it’s officially called “Sine Die”). In last month’s newsletter, we wrote about how one major law was passed that affected our industry – the repeal of the rental tax, which will become effective in 2025. After it was published, we received a lot of comments and questions from AZREIA members about how only one bill was passed that affected our area. Therefore, we figured we would shed more light on why this is and what could have passed.
As we have previously mentioned, we currently have a split government in Arizona. This means we have a Republican-led legislature and a Democratic governor. This makes it more difficult for each party to pass legislation that they would like. The good news is that the bills that are passed are usually more middle-of-the-road. The bad news is that we still saw a lot of bills proposed that were very anti-landlord.
You can tell just by the title of these bills, how they would negatively impact owners and managers:
HB2083 – Landlord; tenant; fee disclosure; waiver
HB2084 – Landlord; tenant; housing assistance; waiver
HB2085 – Rental housing; income source discrimination
HB2086 – Rent regulation; state preemption
HB2161 – Rent increase; limitation; substantial remodel
HB2280 – Eviction prevention; study committee
HB2358 – State emergency; eviction reporting; prohibition
HB2359 – Landlord; tenant; rent increase; limitation
HB2718 – Rights; homelessness; housing; eviction; appropriation
HB2673 – Tenant early termination; servicemembers
HB2718 – Rights; homelessness; housing; eviction; appropriation
SB1482 – Rent increases; emergency calls; restrictions
SB1483 – Landlord; tenant; evictions for cause
SB1484 – Landlord; tenant; rent increase; limitation
SB1490 – Residential rentals; rent increase notice
SB1506 – Rental housing; income source discrimination
SB1507 – State law; local violation; repeal
SB1569 – Study committee; eviction prevention
SB1570 – Landlord; tenant; housing assistance; waiver
SB1571 – Landlord; tenant; evictions; forms
SB1572 – Landlord; tenant; evictions for cause
SB1573 – Landlord; tenant; fee disclosure; waiver
SB1474 – Landlord; tenant; evictions; assistance
SB1585 – Homelessness; rights; eviction; housing; appropriation
SB1644 – Landlord; tenant; early termination; violence
Special thanks go out to the Arizona Multihousing Association for not only putting this list together but also for being critical in preventing these bills from gaining any traction.