HB 648

relating to the regulation of clotheslines by a property owners'
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 202, Property Code, is amended by adding
Section 202.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 202.008.  REGULATION OF CLOTHESLINES.  (a)  Except as
otherwise provided by this section, a property owners' association
may not include or enforce a provision in a dedicatory instrument
that prohibits or restricts a property owner from installing or
using a clothesline on the owner's property for the purpose of
(b)  A provision that violates Subsection (a) is void.
(c)  This section does not prohibit the inclusion or
enforcement of a provision in a dedicatory instrument that:
(1)  prohibits a clothesline that:
(A)  as adjudicated by a court:
(i)  threatens the public health or safety;
(B)  is located on property owned or maintained by
the property owners' association;
(C)  is located on property owned in common by the
members of the property owners' association; or
(D)  is visible above the fence line of a fenced
yard or patio maintained by the property owner; or
(2)  prohibits or requires prior approval of the
property owners' association for a clothesline located in or on a
front or side yard or patio maintained by the property owner.
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.