Lawmakers looking to stop HOAs from banning security cameras
Nov 18, 2020, 10:41 AM | Updated: Dec 30, 2022, 11:22 am
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND - AUGUST 28: A doorbell device with a built-in camera made by home security company Nest is seen on August 28, 2019 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Some homeowners' associations, or HOAs, banned the devices in Utah under an older state law written before cameras became small. The legislature is considering a change to that law to keep HOAs from banning them. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers could soon move to stop homeowners’ associations (HOAs) from banning security cameras.
Lawmakers to HOAs: no more banning cameras
“This will allow people to secure their premises and their homes in an adequate manner,” she tells the Deseret News.
During a discussion Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, refuted claims that security cameras could potentially violate the privacy of neighbors.
“That’s why it’s limited to your building. It prohibits putting cameras in open areas,” he explains. “For example, you can’t put it on a post by the swimming pool.”
The bill has already been unanimously approved by the Business and Labor Interim Committee, meaning that it will be considered by the full Legislature in January’s session.
