Legislator

John Kavanagh

State Senator, LD-3 (R) · Senate Majority Leader · Legislative District 3 📍 Represents Cave Creek, Fountain Hills, north Scottsdale, New River 🏠 Represents 463 HOAs · ~37,543 homes — est. 33% of the district’s homes est.
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A Report-card grade
homeowners vs. HOA industry — how we grade
HOA-industry & developer money

This is the money the HOA industry puts into the members who write HOA law: the Arizona Association of Community Managers PAC (AACM-PAC); the personal campaign giving of the lobbyists at Veridus, the firm AAM and the management industry retain at the Capitol; and homebuilder / developer PAC money. Every gift below is itemized from the AZ Secretary of State’s “See The Money” portal. Under our grading this money weighs against the grade in proportion to the dollar amount — money is a reward for support and buys access, and we don’t pretend otherwise. A member offsets it by actually sponsoring homeowner-protection bills; that is how someone who takes the money can still earn a good grade. It reaches both parties.

$2,527HOA-industry total (sourced cycles below)

2023–2026 See The Money (seethemoney.az.gov) — Advanced Search, Income, Employer="Veridus", 2024 + 2026 cycles
HOA bills & key votes
SB1039 — homeowners' associations; meetings; recordings Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2025 (57th, 1st Reg.)
Requires an HOA/condo that records an open or member meeting to keep it six months and give any member the unedited copy. Signed March 31, 2025 (Senate 28-0; House 54-2).
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SB1184 — HOAs; uniformed services division flags Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2026 (57th, 2nd Reg.)
Bars HOAs from prohibiting residents from displaying U.S. military / uniformed-services division flags. Signed June 19, 2026.
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SB1083 — homeowners' associations; address lights Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2026 (57th, 2nd Reg.)
Bars HOAs from prohibiting lighted address-number devices. Passed Senate; House Second Reading.
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SB1674 — homeowners' associations; rules; enforcement Unclear
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2026 (57th, 2nd Reg.)
HOA rules and enforcement measure. Senate Second Reading.
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SB1535 — homeowners' associations; address lights Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2025 (57th, 1st Reg.)
Would bar HOAs from prohibiting lighted address-number devices. FAILED the House Third Reading 25-33 on May 1, 2025 (re-filed as SB1083 in 2026).
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SB1378 — political signs; homeowners' associations Unclear
Key vote · Voted YES on Senate Third Reading · 2025 (57th, 1st Reg.)
What it is: SB1378 — political signs; homeowners' associations. This member's recorded floor vote was Yea. We show every member's HOA floor votes for transparency. On this bill the roll call split strictly along party lines (Republicans one way, Democrats the other) on a property-rights/speech question — not a clean homeowner-vs-HOA-industry vote — so it is recorded here but is not used to move the grade.
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SB1337 — homeowners' associations; violations; notice Unclear
Key vote · Voted YES on Senate Third Reading · 2025 (57th, 1st Reg.)
What it is: SB1337 — homeowners' associations; violations; notice. This member's recorded floor vote was Yea. We show every member's HOA floor votes for transparency. On this bill the roll call split strictly along party lines (Republicans one way, Democrats the other) on a property-rights/speech question — not a clean homeowner-vs-HOA-industry vote — so it is recorded here but is not used to move the grade.
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SB1535 — homeowners' associations; address lights Unclear
Key vote · Voted YES on Senate Third Reading · 2025 (57th, 1st Reg.)
What it is: SB1535 — homeowners' associations; address lights. This member's recorded floor vote was Yea. We show every member's HOA floor votes for transparency. On this bill the roll call split strictly along party lines (Republicans one way, Democrats the other) on a property-rights/speech question — not a clean homeowner-vs-HOA-industry vote — so it is recorded here but is not used to move the grade.
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HB2322 — condominiums; commercial structures; residential structures Unclear
Key vote · Voted YES on Senate Third Reading · 2025 (57th, 1st Reg.)
What it is: HB2322 — condominiums; commercial structures; residential structures. This member's recorded floor vote was Yea. We show every member's HOA floor votes for transparency. On this bill the roll call split strictly along party lines (Republicans one way, Democrats the other) on a property-rights/speech question — not a clean homeowner-vs-HOA-industry vote — so it is recorded here but is not used to move the grade.
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SB1337 — homeowners' associations; violations; notice Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2025 (57th, 1st Reg.)
Concerns notice to owners of alleged HOA violations. Passed Senate; House Second Reading.
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SB1364 — homeowners' associations; voting; elections Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2025 (57th, 1st Reg.)
Concerns HOA voting and elections. Senate Second Reading.
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SB1016 — homeowners' associations; flagpoles Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2024 (56th, 2nd Reg.)
Bars HOAs from prohibiting residential flagpoles. Signed April 16, 2024.
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SB1294 — elections; homeowners' associations Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2024 (56th, 2nd Reg.)
Concerns HOA elections. Senate Second Reading.
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SB1049 — homeowners' associations; Betsy Ross flag Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2023 (56th, 1st Reg.)
Bars HOAs from prohibiting display of the Betsy Ross flag. Signed March 30, 2023.
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SB1470 — homeowners' association liens; homestead exemptions Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2023 (56th, 1st Reg.)
Applies homestead exemptions against HOA liens (protects home equity). Senate Second Reading.
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SB1384 — homeowners' associations; annual meeting Unclear
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2023 (56th, 1st Reg.)
HOA annual-meeting requirements. Senate Second Reading.
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SB1034 — homeowners' associations; flag ban; prohibition Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2023 (56th, 1st Reg.)
Bars HOA flag-display bans. Senate Second Reading.
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SB1387 — homeowners' associations; board duties; indemnification Unclear
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2023 (56th, 1st Reg.)
Concerns HOA board duties and indemnification. Senate Second Reading.
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HB2158 — homeowners' associations; political; community activity Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2022 (55th, 2nd Reg.)
Protects homeowners' political and community activity from HOA restriction. Signed April 13, 2022.
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HB2010 — first responder flags; homeowners' associations Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2022 (55th, 2nd Reg.)
Bars HOAs from prohibiting first-responder flag display. Signed June 6, 2022.
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HB2052 — homeowners' associations; political; community activity Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2021 (55th, 1st Reg.)
Protects homeowners' political and community activity from HOA restriction. Passed House; Senate Government Do-Pass.
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HB2030 — homeowners' associations; first responder flags Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2021 (55th, 1st Reg.)
Bars HOAs from prohibiting first-responder flag display. Passed House; Senate Do-Pass.
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HB2306 — right to redeem; lien sale Pro-homeowner
Prime sponsor · Sponsored · 2021 (55th, 1st Reg.)
Homeowner right to redeem property after a lien sale. House Ways & Means hearing.
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Our assessment opinion / fair comment

Sponsored 16 homeowner-protection HOA bills (SB1039, SB1184, SB1083, SB1535, SB1337, SB1364). On the record, works the homeowners' side.

Money: The HOA industry has invested $2,527 in this member: $2,527 from Veridus, the HOA industry's lobbying firm. Under our methodology that money weighs against the grade in proportion to the amount, offset here by the homeowner-protection record above.

Votes: Cast 4 recorded HOA floor votes (shown below); on the contested ones the roll call split strictly on party lines over property-rights/speech bills, so those votes are shown for transparency but are not used to set the grade.

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Coverage that names John Kavanagh. We link to the source — we don’t republish it.

A Sun City West resident had problems with her HOA , so she wrote a bill . Now , she writing more Arizona Capitol Times reports that Sun City West resident Caroline Trotter, after a dispute involving a neighbor's concrete block wall and what she describes as retaliation by the Recreation Centers of Sun City West, worked with Rep. Beverly Pingerelli on House Bill 4011, now law, requiring planned community boards to act reasonably and without favoritism. The Recreation Centers said it has always acted reasonably. The article notes over 30 HOA bills were introduced and six became law, including Rep. Stacey Travers' shade-structure measure and Sen. John Kavanagh's flag-display bill. azcapitoltimes.com · Aug 21, 2026 How to fight HOA foreclosure ABC15's Let Joe Know reports that state Sen. John Kavanagh proposed Senate Bill 1080, which would have cut the time before an Arizona HOA can pursue foreclosure from one year (or $1,200 in unpaid assessments) to six months. An update notes Kavanagh withdrew the bill on January 18, 2018. The report offers general guidance urging homeowners to pay assessments promptly and document payment attempts; no specific community is named. ABC15 · Jan 17, 2018

The money, votes, and record above each cite a public source you can check. The grade and assessment are clearly-labeled opinion and fair comment on a public official’s public conduct — not an accusation of any illegal deal. See our methodology. Something wrong or missing a source? Send a correction →

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