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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 963 regulates homeowner associations and establishes a 10-year automatic conversion to joint ownership associations
Last action · March 27, 2026: Reported Printed and Referred to Ways & Means
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What This Bill Proposed
HOUSING – Amends and adds to existing law to revise provisions regarding homeowner’s associations and to provide for joint ownership associations.
- Idaho homeowner associations are governed under Title 55, Chapter 32 of the Idaho Code, which sets out basic administrative standards for residential communities. context
- The measure was introduced during the Second Regular Session of the Sixty-eighth Idaho Legislature by the House Ways and Means Committee. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
homeowner association members
Property owners gain open meeting rights, mandatory conflict disclosures, record access, and relief from private property aesthetic rules if their association converts to a joint ownership association.
homeowner association boards
Boards must conduct open meetings, preserve minutes for ten years, declare conflicts of interest, and manage the conversion process to joint ownership associations.
Key Facts
- Board meetings of homeowner associations must be open to members and designated representatives.
- Homeowner associations must hold an annual membership meeting, which may be conducted electronically with a simple majority approval.
- All meeting minutes must be taken and preserved for a minimum of ten years.
- A quorum for a membership meeting requires ten percent of the entitled votes to be represented.
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- Board members must declare any familial relationship or conflict of interest with entities seeking service contracts.
- Homeowner associations are prohibited from using common property rules to expand restrictive covenants on a member's property.
- Joint ownership associations are limited to managing common property and lack authority to regulate aesthetic standards or land use restrictions unrelated to common property.
- Members prevailing in a legal action to protect rights under this chapter are entitled to reasonable attorney fees.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can my homeowner association regulate the appearance of my private property?
Are board meetings open to all members?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 27, 2026CommitteeReported Printed and Referred to Ways & Means
- Mar 27, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
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No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Mandatory HOA Restructuring
The legislation introduces a structural shift by forcing automatic conversion of traditional homeowner associations into limited-scope joint ownership associations over a multi-year timeline unless affirmatively blocked by members.
Sources
legislature.idaho.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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