Arizona 2022 2022 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1257 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 02/01/2022

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE 
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session 
 
REVISED 
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1257 
 
long-term recreational vehicle parks; caregivers 
Purpose 
Authorizes a resident of a recreational vehicle (RV) rental space with a disability to have 
one or more persons occupy the RV to provide live-in health care, personal care or supportive 
services, if necessary and subject to conditions. 
Background 
The Arizona Recreational Vehicle Long-Term Rental Space Act regulates and determines 
rights, obligations and remedies for an RV space that is rented under a rental agreement in an RV 
or mobile home park by the same tenant for more than 180 consecutive days (A.R.S. § 33-2101). 
A resident of an RV rental space may have one person who is at least 18 years old occupy the RV 
to provide necessary live-in health care to the resident pursuant to a written treatment plan prepared 
by the resident's physician. The landlord may not charge a fee for the person rendering care, but 
may require the resident to provide a written renewal of the physician's treatment plan every six 
months (A.R.S. § 33-2132). 
Federal and state fair housing laws prohibit discrimination in rental agreements on the basis 
of disability of the resident or anyone associated with the resident. Housing discrimination includes 
refusal to make and allow reasonable accommodations to rules, policies, practices or services that 
make common areas of the dwellings readily accessible to and usable by persons with a disability 
(42 U.S.C. § 3604; A.R.S. § 41-1491.19). 
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this 
legislation.  
Provisions 
1. Authorizes a resident of an RV rental space with a disability to have one or more persons 
occupy the RV to provide live-in health care, personal care or supportive services, if necessary 
to provide equal opportunity for the resident to use and enjoy the dwelling. 
2. Removes the specification that a resident is allowed one person who is at least 18 years old to 
occupy the residence on a temporary basis to provide live-in health care. 
3. Removes the requirement of a resident to retain a written treatment plan prepared by a 
physician.  
4. Prohibits a landlord from charging a fee for persons rendering personal care or supportive 
services.  FACT SHEET – Revised 
S.B. 1257 
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5. Excludes persons rendering personal care and supportive services from rights of tenancy. 
6. Specifies that any agreement between the resident and persons rendering personal care and 
supportive services does not modify the rental agreement between the landlord and tenant. 
7. Requires persons rendering personal care and supportive services to comply with rules of the 
RV or mobile home park. 
8. Defines disability as a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits at least one major 
life activity, a record of such an impairment or being regarded as having such an impairment. 
9. Makes technical changes. 
10. Becomes effective on the general effective date.  
Revision 
• Adds a fiscal impact statement. 
Prepared by Senate Research 
February 1, 2022 
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