Since July 1, 2020, Idaho law has prohibited homeowner's associations from enforcing any covenant that "prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting" political signs in owners' yards.
The Legislature added the protection with House Bill 503. Gov. Brad Little signed it March 24, 2020, in the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it took effect that July. In 2022, lawmakers moved it into the Homeowner's Association Act.
Its first subsection says that "no homeowner's association may add, amend, or enforce any covenant, condition, or restriction in such a way that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting the display of a political sign." A ban written into a subdivision's CC&Rs before 2020 may remain on the books, but the association may not enforce it. The statute forbids HOA amendments that would prohibit political signs.
