Provide for property owners to vote to add, remove, amend easements and covenants
SB 400 would require residential property owners to vote on changes to easements, covenants, conditions, or restrictions affecting multiple properties, with a majority vote needed for approval (unless all owners consent in writing after notice). The bill mandates a 30-day notice period for voting, allows written proxy voting, and protects owners' rights to participate in association decisions like dues increases or board elections. It applies to existing agreements and would take immediate effect upon passage.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2025
Last action May 23, 2025
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The bill underwent minor formatting adjustments to standardize the numbering of subsections, removing redundant spaces between numbers. These changes do not alter the substantive legal requirements, definitions, or scope of the legislation.
TECHNICAL
Removed extra spaces between subsection numbers (e.g., changed '(3) (4)' to '(3)(4)' and '(4) (5)' to '(4)(5)') to align with standard legislative formatting conventions.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025
How they voted
47–3
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 6, 2025
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican32
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 9, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Local Government
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (47-3)
senate
Mar 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Local Government
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ken Bogner
RRepublican
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