Bill Title: Creates the Homeowners' Association Bill of Rights Act. Provides that the Act applies to common-interest communities of single-family detached homes to protect homeowners with respect to actions by their association. Defines terms. Provides for homeowner rights: to protection against foreclosure by an association except under limited circumstances; to resolve disputes with an association without litigation through a fact-finding hearing, mediation, a time to cure a violation, and other provisions; to fairness in litigation by providing for a homeowner's attorney fees and limits on an association's attorney fees; to receive information about all association rules and charges, including disclosure before a home purchase is binding; to stability in an association's rules and charges, and limits on changes to the rules and charges; to individual autonomy concerning the display of flags and signs, peaceful assembly, use of common property, and limits on association documents; to oversight of associations and directors, including open records, open meetings, open voting, elections, and recalls; to vote on association matters and seek association office; and to reasonable discharge of responsibilities by associations and directors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-31 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB1933 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Arthur Wilhelmi [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kwame Raoul [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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