Bill was introduced in Sep/25, but I only got a whiff of it in the last couple of weeks

See House Bill HB1878: https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/pa/2025-2026/bills/PAB00038963/

Are there any other states/countries taking similar initiatives?

Summary:

Pennsylvania homeowners deserve the right to choose native plant species they desire for landscaping around their homes. However, work is needed to remove bottlenecks for homeowners to select native vegetation for their desired landscaping.

This legislation will prevent homeowners associations (HOAs) from unreasonably prohibiting the use of native plants for landscaping on private property. This ensures homeowners residing within an HOA the same ability to choose native landscaping as other homeowners.

Native plants provide many beneficial functions that many homeowners desire. These include being aesthetically pleasing and providing habitat for pollinators while being adapted to the site and typically requiring lower maintenance than non-native plants. […]

    • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      15 hours ago

      short answer: there’s a misguided perception that a small patch of grass makes a house more valuable

      long answer: HOAs are an illusion of self governance. in reality they serve banks and have become a common feature of nearly all housing developments. the banks originally acquired the land via violent means, declaring it their own despite the land already having residents in the form of indigenous people. it was then the banks who funded the violent enslavement of Africans and their trafficking accross the globe into the African Diaspora. the banks exist to serve white supremacy. they have done this in a variety of ways through the centuries. these are not all the ways:

      1. creating a split deed between the surface rights and mineral rights
      2. enforcement of structures of poverty through coagulating wealth
      3. entering contracts with slavers demanding perpetual enslavement of trafficked humans
      4. sponsoring segregationist policies
      5. redlining (not approving loans for minority homes and business purchases in certain parts of a city)
      6. the creation of HOAs to enforce white upper middle class ideals on lower middle class and working poor families