TX HB294

Property owners' associations (HOAs) are prohibited from banning fruit and vegetable growing, keeping up to 6 domestic fowl, keeping up to 6 adult rabbits, or operating cottage food production operations on single-family residential lots

HOAs may impose reasonable requirements on food gardens that don't effectively prohibit growing in front, side, or rear yards, including maintenance standards and tree trimming for utility easements

HOAs may regulate fowl and rabbits with restrictions including: prohibiting roosters, setting minimum distances from neighbors' homes, requiring fencing, mandating minimum space (20 sq ft per fowl, 9 sq ft per rabbit), and limiting animals to side or rear yards

HOAs retain authority to regulate animal shelter appearance and construction materials, cottage food operation signage, and parking/traffic associated with cottage food businesses

The law does not apply to condominiums or property owned by the HOA itself, and any HOA provision violating these protections is void; effective September 1, 2025