THE COMPLETE RECORD
541 bills vetoed by Governor Katie Hobbs. Think Arizona could be doing better? Blame Hobbs!
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2023 · 1st Regular Session
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2024 · 2nd Regular Session
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2025 · 1st Regular Session
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2026 · 2nd Regular Session
Showing 541 of 541 vetoes.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A person who is at least 15 years and 6 months of age may apply to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) for an instruction permit for a class D, G or M license. ADOT may issue an instruction permit to the a...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A person is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor for engaging in fraudulent advertising practices, which include: 1) knowingly and with the intent to sell to the public real or personal property or services, or to induce t...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Exceptional events are unusual or naturally occurring events that can affect air quality but are not reasonably controllable using techniques that tribal, state or local air agencies may implement in order to attain a...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
ADOA, in accordance with generally accepted governmental accounting principles, must develop and prescribe for the use of a uniform accounting system for all budget units to ensure compliance with all legal and consti...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute directs that, in addition to any other penalty, fine, fee, surcharge or assessment authorized by law, a person shall pay a probation assessment of $20 dollars if convicted for a criminal offense, civil traffic...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute instructs the court, if a person is found guilty of forcible entry and detainer or forcible detainer, to give judgment for the plaintiff for restitution of the premises, for all charges stated in the rental ag...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Governmental entities are prohibited from imposing a requirement to: 1) wear a mask or face covering anywhere on the governmental entity's premises, except in the case of special health care districts and for long-sta...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The county board of supervisors (BOS) in a county regulates the subdivision of all lands within its corporation limits, excluding any subdivisions that are regulated by municipalities ( A. R.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Residential Utility Consumer Office ( RUCO ) represents the interests of residential utility consumers in regulatory proceedings involving public service corporations before the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) is statutorily required to adopt rules that govern the health and safety of mobile food vendors and mobile food units on a statewide basis. The rules must establish: 1)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence (AI) means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. AI systems use...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) must develop, implement and maintain a coordinated statewide plan for information technology, including evaluating specific information technology projects relating to t...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The State Treasurer is responsible for the safekeeping of all securities for which the State Treasurer is the lawful custodian. Securities may be deposited for safekeeping with any bank eligible to be the state servic...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) was established to support the operation of state government, including the purchase of goods and services necessary to conduct business. The Director of ADOA supervises...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute prohibits government entities from requiring a person to wear a mask or facial covering anywhere on the entity's premises, except where long-standing workplace safety and infection control measures unrelated t...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The liberty of parents to direct the upbringing, education, health care and mental health of their children is a fundamental right. The state, a state political subdivision or other governmental entity may not infring...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The governing body of an incorporated city, town or a county board of supervisors may regulate the maximum rate and charge for towing, transporting or impounding a motor vehicle from private property without the permi...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence (AI) means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. AI systems use...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
DCS is responsible for protecting the children of Arizona by: 1) investigating reports of abuse and neglect; 2) assessing, promoting and supporting the safety of a child in a safe and stable family or other appropriat...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A person is eligible for election to a governing board if they are: 1) registered to vote in Arizona; 2) a resident of the school district for at least one year immediately before election day; and 3) not subject to r...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Governing board meetings must be held at the most convenient public facility in the school district or, if such a facility is not available, at any available public facility that is convenient to all governing board m...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A person commits theft if the person knowingly: 1) controls property of another with the intent to deprive the other person of such property; 2) comes into control of lost, mislaid or misdelivered property of another...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Auditor General (OAG), in conjunction with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), establishes the USFR, which prescribes the minimum internal control policies and procedures to be used by school distri...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Job-order-contracting is a project delivery method in which: 1) the contract is a requirements contract for indefinite quantities of construction; 2) the construction to be performed is specified in job orders issued...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) is tasked with developing, implementing and maintaining coordinated statewide plans for information technology, including serving as the state coordinator for informatio...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The primary purpose of DCS is to protect children. To achieve this, DCS will do and focus equally on: 1) investigating reports of abuse and neglect; 2) assessing, promoting and supporting the safety of a child in a sa...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
To practice or perform a regulated health occupation or profession or use certain health occupational or professional titles in Arizona, a person must meet certain qualifications and apply to the designated regulatory...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A parent who is not granted sole or joint legal decision-making is entitled to reasonable parenting time to ensure that the minor child has substantial, frequent, meaningful and continuing contact with the parent unle...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A legislative subpoena may be issued by the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives (House) or any chairperson of a committee. For a subpoena to be sufficient, the subpoena must: 1) state whether the...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Established in 1915, the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD) currently manages approximately 9. 2 million acres of State Trust lands which were granted to the state at statehood.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Under current law, when a person is sentenced to prison for a felony, the court must also impose a term of community supervision that is served consecutively to the prison term if the person signs and agrees to abide...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute requires SBE to prescribe competency and minimum course of study requirements that must be taught in common schools and that students must complete in order to graduate from high school. A school district gove...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution grants qualified electors the power of the referendum to approve or reject at the polls all matters on which a city or town is empowered by general laws to legislate. 10 percent of the elector...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
This state must not participate in the implementation of an enhanced driver license program to satisfy the requirements of the Federal Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative or the REAL ID Act of 2005. ADOT must not imp...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Under A.R.S. 13-2310, it is a class 2 felony to knowingly obtain any benefit through a scheme or artifice to defraud using false pretenses, misrepresentations, promises or material omissions. If the scheme involved a...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
AI means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments. AI systems use machine and human-based in...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The AG serves as the chief legal officer of the state and must: 1) be the legal advisor of state departments and render legal services as the departments require; 2) approve long-range plans for developing departmenta...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Public bodies and the officers of public bodies must maintain all records reasonably necessary or appropriate to maintain an accurate knowledge of their official activities and any other activities that are supported...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
and any countermeasures administered in the 90 days prior. History In cases of sudden and unexplained infant death, a forensic pathologist is required to perform an autopsy in accordance with protocols adopted by the...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Title 4 of the A.R.S. outlines rules to regulate the issuance and holding of liquor licenses and establishes the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control (Department) consisting of the state liquor board and the offi...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits the state from granting preferential treatment or discriminating on the basis of sex, race, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, education or co...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Laws 2022, Chapter 104 made it illegal for a physician to perform irreversible gender reassignment surgery on minors. Irreversible gender reassignment surgery is a medical procedure performed for the purpose of assist...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Currently, statute defines foreign law as any law, rule or legal code or system other than the Constitution, laws and ratified treaties of the U. S.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Secretary of State (SOS) is required to appoint a committee to investigate and test various types of vote recording or tabulating machines or devices that can be used in elections. The committee must submit recomm...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A person may not perform the duties or exercise the authority of an election officer or the clerk of a county board of supervisors (BOS) or a county recorder in performance of election duties on behalf of any county,...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Supreme Court of Arizona is responsible for and establishes rules regarding the regulation of the practice of law in Arizona. This includes establishing the State Bar of Arizona, regulating its members and, if nee...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
By the 10th day preceding primary and general elections, a county recorder must prepare from the original registration forms or from electronic media at least four lists that are printed or typed on paper, or at least...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) maintains jurisdiction over most local telephone service, including quality of service. The scope of services the telecommunications industry provides includes local and long-d...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute governs the issuance, suspension, revocation and recognition of CCWs. DPS must issue a permit to applicants who meet specific eligibility criteria, including age, citizenship, lack of disqualifying criminal or...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute prohibits a law enforcement official or agency of Arizona or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of Arizona, from limiting or restricting the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less tha...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current statute outlines that general election ballots must be printed with black ink on white paper of sufficient thickness to prevent printing from being discernable from the back. The same type must be used for the...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A person who is qualified to vote and is temporarily absent from the state can register by filling out an affidavit of registration which must be furnished on request of the registrant by their county recorder. The re...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Under A.R.S. 13-3408, if a person possesses or uses a narcotic drug, he is guilty of a class 4 felony. If a person possesses or transports a narcotic drug for sale, he is guilty of a class 2 felony. If a person posses...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current law requires the governing board of every educational institution to adopt and enforce rules pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 6, for the purpose of maintaining order and public safety. Any weapon, dangerous instr...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
In the Arizona Criminal Code, a prohibited weapon is defined to include: 1) bombs, grenades, landmines and rockets with more than four ounces of propellant; 2) suppressors made to muffle the sound of a firearm; 3) ful...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
ADRE regulates real estate, cemetery and membership camping brokers and salespersons. ADRE also regulates the sale of subdivisions, unsubdivided lands, timeshares, condominiums, membership campgrounds and cemeteries (...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Under current law, a physician may not provide irreversible gender reassignment surgery to an individual who is under 18 years of age, subject to limited exceptions for certain disorders of sex development, treatment...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Physicians may not provide irreversible gender reassignment surgery to any individual who is under 18 years old. Irreversible gender reassignment surgery is a medical procedure performed for the purpose of assisting a...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A health profession regulatory board is any board that regulates one or more health professionals in Arizona. The primary purpose of a health profession regulatory board is to protect the public from unlawful, incompe...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
FPCCs are issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) for persons and applicants who are seeking licenses that require fingerprint background checks. In order to receive an FPCC, a person must: 1) complete an appl...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current law conforms Arizona's income tax calculation to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) of 1986, as amended, in effect on January 1, 2025, including those
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Procurement Code and procurement process is overseen by the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) whose Director serves as the central procurement officer of Arizona. The Director is required to: 1)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Director of ADWR (Director) is required, not later than the first of December each year, to prepare and issue a water supply and demand assessment for at least six of the 51 groundwater basins in the state. The Di...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Title 20 regulates health insurers and the issuance of health coverage, including requirements for compliance with federal law. The Director of the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions, appointed by the...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that can develop into many different cell types in the body and have the ability to self-renew and recreate functional tissues. Pluripotent stem cells, including human embryonic s...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
DOR cannot retroactively apply any newly enacted law retroactively or in a way which would penalize a taxpayer in compliance with previous law unless it is authorized by law.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
DHS serves as the agency responsible for licensing and oversight of all health care institutions in Arizona, including enforcement of statutes, rules and regulations governing health care institutions. DHS may review...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Commission establishes the rules and regulations for managing, conserving and protecting wildlife. The Commission is comprised of five members appointed by the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation, who serve f...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Currently, the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD) is required to maintain a catalog of each existing or newly created national monument in Arizona. For each national monument, ASLD must request from the federal gove...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Administration must distribute School Safety Interoperability Fund (Fund) monies to a county, city or town sheriff that establishes a school safety program. Fund monies may only be used for a...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution enumerates a list of rights that are enjoyed by victims of crimes to preserve and protect victims' rights to justice and due process. Examples of these include the right: 1) to be treated with...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Beginning in 2010 and every fifth year thereafter, the AG must conduct a performance audit, of the plan and projects scheduled for funding during the next five years. With respect to light rail systems, the audit must...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
An Arizona agency that administers any state or local public benefit must require each natural person who applies for benefits to submit at least one of the following documents demonstrating lawful presence in the Uni...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
SMRs are nuclear fission reactors that produce electrical energy output and are smaller in both size and output from more traditional, larger nuclear reactors. SMRs vary in footprint, technology, capabilities, deploym...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) ensures public confidence by protecting the interest of depositors, borrowers and consumers through the enforcement of state laws. DIFI has the aut...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Currently, statute outlines that an initiative petition circulator must declare whether they are a paid or a volunteering circulator by checking the appropriate line on the petition prior to circulating the petition f...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
ADEQ is designated as the state agency for all purposes of the federal Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. ADEQ is authorized to take all actions necessary to admin...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Laws 2025, Chapter 248 established the Fund consisting of monies appropriated by the legislature and any nonfederal gifts, grants, donations or other monies received by the State Treasurer from any public or private s...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A governing board must: 1) hold students to strict account for disorderly conduct on school property; 2) discipline students for disorderly conduct on the way to and from school; and 3) prescribe and enforce policies...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute defines neglect to mean any of the following: 1) the inability or unwillingness of a parent, guardian or custodian of a child to provide that child with supervision, food, clothing, shelter or medical care; 2)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Under current law, a nondomiciled commercial driver license is a CDL issued to a person domiciled in a foreign country, or to a person domiciled in another state, that is prohibited from issuing CDLs. The Arizona Depa...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Established in 1972, the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) is responsible for providing support to the operation of state government. ADOA provides centralized support services that enable agencies to focus...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Advanced air mobility means an air transportation system that primarily uses an electric aircraft, including electric conventional takeoff, electric vertical takeoff and landing and powered lift aircraft, to carry pas...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The State Board of Education (SBE) must: 1) prescribe high school social studies academic standards that include American civics education and a comparative discussion of ideologies that conflict with the principles o...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Courts in Arizona are restricted from enforcing any foreign law if doing so would violate a right guaranteed by the Constitution of Arizona or of the United States or conflict with the laws of the United States or of...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A person who receives a notice of a traffic violation for excessive speed or failure to obey a traffic control device that is obtained using a photo enforcement system does not have to identify who is in the photo or...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The ROC licenses and regulates residential and commercial contractors. The ROC is required to: 1) classify and qualify applicants for a license; 2) change the license classification in the case of a title reclassifica...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Each governing board and governing body must adopt a policy governing the excuse of students for religious purposes that may allow a student to be excused from school attendance for religious purposes, including parti...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
MCCs are four-digit numbers used by credit card companies and payment processors to classify businesses based on the goods or services they provide; MCCs are used for purposes like fraud detection, rewards program cat...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Currently, statute outlines that the SOS must consult with each county board of supervisors or other officers in charge of elections before prescribing rules to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness f...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2, Constitution of Arizona, requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill) to c...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona, requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2, Constitution of Arizona, requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill) to c...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal program that provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget and help the family afford nutritious food. It is adminis...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current law conforms Arizona's income tax calculation to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) of 1986, as amended, in effect on January 1, 2025, including those
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The State Board of Education (SBE) must adopt and implement the statewide assessment to measure student achievement of the academic standards in reading, writing and math. SBE may also administer achievement assessmen...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Laws 2021, Chapter 445 directs SBE, when adopting course of study and competency requirements for common schools and high schools, to require that all health education instruction include mental health instruction. Me...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A school district governing board may, or on petition of 15% of the school district electors must, call an election to decide whether school district bonds should be issued and sold for specified capital purposes or t...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A certificate of assured water supply acknowledges that there is sufficient groundwater, surface water or effluent of adequate quality that will continue to be available for at least 100 years; the water will be physi...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
On December 19, 2024, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) Director issued a findings, decision and order to designate the Willcox Groundwater Basin as a subsequent AMA. The date of designation was January...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Laws 1989, Chapter 280 established the Wastewater Management Authority of Arizona (WMA) and allowed cities, town, counties and sanitary districts to borrow money or receive financial assistance from the WMA. Laws 1998...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A domestic water improvement district is a county improvement district that is formed for the purpose of constructing or improving a domestic water delivery system or purchasing an existing domestic water delivery sys...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Currently, a county board of supervisors (BOS) may establish a program to allow persons to make gifts, grants or donations for the purpose of providing financial assistance, to qualified owners of residential real pro...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current law allows the county attorney, the Attorney General or the city attorney to bring an action in superior court to abate, enjoin and prevent public nuisance. It is a public nuisance for anything: 1) to be injur...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Real property and improvements used for agricultural purposes are Class Two property. A.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Established in 1915, ASLD currently manages approximately 9. 2 million acres of state trust lands.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute details the responsibilities of SFOB, which include: 1) reviewing and approving student population projections submitted by school districts for the purposes of New School Facilities (NSF) Fund distributions;...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Public monies include bonds, evidence of indebtedness and money belonging to, received or held by, state, county, district, city or town officers in their official capacity ( A. R.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Each school district governing board, in consultation with parents, teachers and administrators must develop and adopt a policy to promote parental involvement, including procedures by which parents may learn about th...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Program is a cooperative effort between five co-lead agencies: 1) the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD); 2) White Mountain Apache Tribe; 3) U. S.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A.R.S. 13-2402 defines the offense of obstructing governmental operations as knowingly using or threatening to use violence or physical force to obstruct, impair, or hinder either a public servant s performance of a g...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Established in 1915, the ASLD manages more than 9 million acres of State Trust lands. These lands are held in trust and are managed for the sole purpose of generating revenue for the 13 beneficiaries.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute outlines application requirements for registering a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer on forms authorized by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) ( A. R.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Public records and other matters in any officer's custody must be open to inspection by any individual at all times during office hours. An individual who has requested to examine or copy public records according to t...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Internal Revenue Code provides a new credit for an individual s qualified contribution to a SGO that provides qualified elementary and secondary scholarships ( Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code ). H.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Arizona attorney licensing and regulation, including admission and discipline, are controlled by the Arizona Supreme Court. Admissions are handled through the Court s Attorney Admissions Unit, which processes applicat...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
On or before February 15 each year, the county treasurer is required to submit a report to the Department of Revenue (DOR) and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of all returns and payments received for the preced...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Administrative Register (Register) is Arizona's official publication of rulemaking notices filed with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State is required to electronically publish the Register at le...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A school district governing board (governing board) may establish and control libraries. A governing board is responsible for the care of the libraries but may appoint district librarians or put the libraries under th...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Before a school district or charter school offers sex education instruction, the school district governing board or charter school governing body must review and approve the sex education course of study, subject to p...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A governing board is tasked with employing and fixing the salaries and benefits of school district employees. Statute authorizes a governing board to employ a business manager who has expertise in finance as prescribed.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
When school districts or municipalities hold elections to issue bonds or override their statutory budget limits, they must send out informational pamphlets that contain statutorily specified data and information. Amon...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A bank may lend up to 20% of its capital to a single borrow. A bank may lend an additional 10% of its capital if the additional amounts are fully secured by readily marketable collateral that has a market value at lea...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A property owner may appeal the requirement by a local government of a dedication or exaction as a condition of granting approval for the use, improvement or development of real property. The local government must not...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona State Board of Geographic and Historic Names ( ASBGHN ) is required to receive and evaluate all proposals to establish or designate a highway or area as a parkway, historic road or scenic road that is of g...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A.R.S. Title 45 Chapter 9 (Weather Control and Cloud Modification) outlines the regulation of weather control and cloud modification in Arizona. Currently, any person or corporation, other than the U.S. and its admini...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Attorney General (AG) is statutorily responsible for governing the Department of Law and serving as the State's chief legal officer. In fulfilling these responsibilities, the AG acts as the legal advisor of the de...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Currently, statute outlines that an initiative petition circulator must declare whether they are a paid or a volunteering circulator by checking the appropriate line on the petition prior to circulating the petition f...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is required to provide every vehicle owner one license plate for every vehicle registered upon application and payment of fees ( A. R.
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal program that provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget and help the family afford nutritious food. It is adminis...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
SNAP is a federal program that provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget and help the family afford nutritious food. To be eligible for SNAP benefits, an applicant must meet spec...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Established in 1981, AHCCCS is Arizona's Medicaid program that oversees contracted health plans for the delivery of health care to individuals and families who qualify for Medicaid and other medical assistance program...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
SNAP is a federal program that provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget and help a family afford nutritious food. To be eligible for SNAP benefits, an applicant must meet specif...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
DES administers the UI benefit program, which provides temporary financial relief to eligible unemployed individuals who separate from their previous employers at no fault of their own. To be eligible for UI benefits,...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
For information that is received and kept by DHS is available to the public except for information that: 1) is obtained for the review of health care utilization or certain health care practices; 2) is medical informa...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
By October 1 annually, statute requires ADOA to submit a report to JLBC and OSPB containing information for each budget unit's full-time equivalent (FTE) positions and the total amount of salaries for each budget unit...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) is a federal program that provides nutrition benefits to low-income individuals and families that are used at stores to purchase food. Individuals must apply in t...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) is a federal program that provides nutrition benefits to low-income individuals and families that are used at stores to purchase food. Individuals must apply in t...
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current law conforms Arizona's income tax calculation to the IRC of 1986, as amended, in effect on January 1, 2025, including those
2026 · 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature periodically updates the statutory definition of the U. S.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently, a person who plans to sell or lease subdivided lands in an active management area (AMA) must apply for and obtain a Certificate from the Director of ADWR before presenting the plat for approval to the city,...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Except as provided in statute, all property, including all interests in such property, described in a statute providing for its forfeiture is subject to forfeiture if: 1) the owner is convicted of an offense to which...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
When an elector is required to present a valid form of identification, the elector must present: 1) a valid form of identification bearing the photograph, name and address of the elector that is the same to the inform...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A photo enforcement system is a device consisting of a radar sensor linked to a camera that produces recorded images of a vehicle's license plate for the purpose of identifying violators of state traffic laws or speed...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Arizona adopted the Uniform Arbitration Act (Act) in 1962 to govern an agreement to arbitrate. Beginning January 1, 2011, the Act must not apply to an agreement to arbitrate any existing or subsequent controversy: 1)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) was established to support the operation of state government including the purchase of goods and services necessary to conduct business. The director of ADOA supervises...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statuto...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2, Constitution of Arizona, requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill) to c...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statuto...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statuto...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statuto...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statuto...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Pipes and valves four inches in diameter or larger are nontaxable if they are used to transport oil, natural gas, artificial gas, water or coal slurry. The deduction also includes compressor units, regulators, machine...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2, Constitution of Arizona, requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill) to c...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statuto...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statuto...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statuto...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
ADOT must register motor vehicles and aircraft, license drivers, collect revenues, enforce motor vehicle and aviation statutes and perform related functions, among other duties. To carry out responsibilities, ADOT is...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The State Board of Education (SBE) has jurisdiction over all petitions requesting that a school district be placed in receivership or that a fiscal crisis team be appointed due to the school district's alleged insolve...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
On May 26, 2016, the 31 member states of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) adopted a non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism. Under the IHRA working definition, antisemitism means...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Section 108B of the National Security Act of 1947 requires the U. S.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) is a non-profit organization that aims to assist states in improving the accuracy of their voter rolls and increasing access to voter registration. Arizona joined...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Pursuant to A.R.S. 13-3411, it is unlawful for a person to intentionally be present in a drug-free school zone to transfer marijuana, peyote, prescription-only drugs, dangerous drugs or narcotic drugs. An individual w...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
SBE must prescribe competency requirements for the graduation of students from high school that incorporate the academic standards in at least the areas of reading, writing, math, science and social studies. The SBE-p...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) establishes certain voter registration requirements with respect to elections for federal office. NVRA requires states to provide individuals with the opportunity to...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Statute prescribes certain zoning regulations for municipalities and counties. Such entities, for instance, can establish ordinances to regulate the use of buildings, establish requirements for off-street parking and...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The owner or operator of a hotel in Arizona is prohibited from posting or maintaining outdoor advertisements that falsely or fraudulently represent the establishment's rates. Violation of this law is a class 2 misdeme...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits the state from granting preferential treatment or discriminating on the basis of sex, race, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, education or co...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
All state contracts are required to be awarded through competitive sealed bidding unless otherwise specified by law ( A. R.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Arizona's public meeting laws require meetings of public bodies to be conducted openly and notices and agendas be provided for such meetings that contain information that is reasonably necessary to inform the public o...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Statute prohibits this state and its political subdivisions, including cities, towns, counties, agencies, special taxing districts and persons acting on behalf of a school district, from spending or using the entities...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Public Schools as Polling Places Public schools are required to serve as polling places when requested to do so by the officer in charge of elections unless the principal provides a written statement indicating a reas...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Under the rules of the Department of Health Services, health care patients have the right: 1) not to be discriminated against based on race, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, mari...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) consists of 5 senators appointed by the Senate President and 5 representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House. One senator and one representative must be from their...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Governing boards are tasked with numerous statutory powers, including: 1) prescribing policies that are consistent with State Board of Education (SBE) rules; 2) managing school property; 3) prescribing curricula and c...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law requires a seller of five or fewer parcels of non-subdivided land, located in an unincorporated area of a county, and any subsequent seller, to furnish an affidavit of disclosure to the buyer at least seve...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Urban Revenue Sharing (URS) program provides that a percentage of state individual and corporate income tax revenues are to be shared with municipalities in Arizona. Through FY 2023, the amount distributed to muni...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 1966, Chapter 96 established the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), a statutory committee of fourteen (now sixteen) members made up of House and Senate leadership and additional designated Members. The en...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Corporation Commission has the power to prescribe just and reasonable rates and charges for services provided by public service corporations within the state. The Commission may prescribe rules, regulation...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Legal decision-making is the legal right and responsibility to make all nonemergency legal decisions for a child. Parenting time refers to the amount of time during which each parent has access to a child.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently the process to establish a domestic water improvement district can begin after a petition is filed with the Clerk of the County BOS that is signed by a majority of real property owners within the proposed di...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law states that an agreement entered into by an owner with another person if the primary purpose of that agreement is to locate, deliver, recover or assist in the recovery of property that is presumed abandone...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
There are two ways communities can actively regulate and manage groundwater usage: 1) local landowners can petition the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) Director to designate an irrigation non-expansion ar...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Kinship Foster Care The Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) established kinship foster care services to promote placement of a child in the custody of DCS with the child's relative. Kinship foster care parents ma...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A person enrolling a pupil for the first time in a particular school district or private school must provide a certified copy of the pupil's birth certificate or other reliable proof of the pupil's identity and age. T...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Title 15, Chapter 1 (General Education
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
In the Arizona Criminal Code, a prohibited weapon is defined to include: 1) bombs, grenades, landmines and rockets with more than four ounces of propellant; 2) suppressors made to muffle the sound of a firearm; 3) ful...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law requires the governing board of every educational institution to adopt and enforce rules pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 6, for the purpose of maintaining order and public safety. Any weapon, dangerous instr...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Transaction privilege tax (TPT) is a gross receipts tax levied for the privilege of conducting business in Arizona and is imposed under 16 business classifications. Statute requires businesses to pay TPT to ADOR by th...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A person temporarily absent from this state may be eligible to vote in several circumstances including: 1) submittal of an affidavit of registration by a qualified registrant; 2) submittal of a federal postcard applic...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Secretary of State is required to appoint a three-member committee consisting of an engineer, a member of the Arizona's State Bar and a person familiar with voting processes in the state. This committee investigat...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
At the request of one or more members of the Legislature, the Attorney General must investigate any ordinance adopted or other official action taken by the governing body of a county or municipality. These Legislative...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A school district governing board seeking to exceed its aggregate budget limit must call an election for a budget override. If an election is called to continue to exceed the school district's budget and the proposed...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A financial institution is a bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, consumer lender, international banking facility or financial institution holding company under the jurisdiction of the Depa...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
According to the Federal Reserve, a CBDC is generally defined as a digital liability of a central bank that is widely available to the public. In the United States, Federal Reserve notes are the only type of central b...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
For the purposes of voting, valid identification includes the following: 1) a valid form of identification bearing the photograph, name and address of the elector that reasonably appear to be the same as the name and...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Demonstration of Assured Water Supply An applicant for a certificate of assured water supply is required to provide a copy of a hydrological study if groundwater resources are intended to be used as a part of the supp...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
MCCs are four-digit numbers used by credit card companies and payment processors to classify businesses based on the goods or services they provide; MCCs are used for purposes like fraud detection, rewards program cat...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
For information that is received and kept by DHS is available to the public except for information that: 1) is obtained for the review of health care utilization or certain health care practices; 2) is medical informa...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Irrigation Non-Expansion Area (INA) Arizona s Groundwater Code, enacted in 1980, prescribed uses of groundwater "to conserve, protect and allocate its use" and provide a framework for the comprehensive management and...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A.R.S. 33-420 imposes civil and criminal liability on individuals who knowingly cause to be recorded false or invalid documents asserting an interest in or a lien against real property. Those who do so are liable to t...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
ACA is responsible for expanding broadband access in the state of Arizona. ACA is responsible for programs and initiatives such as the Statewide Middle-Mile Program, the Broadband Development Grant Program and the Dig...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Statute authorizes and provides guidelines for the State Treasurer to manage investments of public monies including for the beneficiaries of the State Land Trust, Local Governments and Political Subdivisions of the St...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A.R.S. 12-353 mandates that in attorney discipline proceedings, if the attorney who is the subject of the charges prevails, the State Bar of Arizona must reimburse the attorney for attorney fees and all court costs in...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
An initiative is the method by which voters may propose or amend laws by gathering signatures from registered voters to place an issue on the ballot ( SOS Website ).
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Irrigation Grandfathered Right (IGFR) An IGFR is associated with land within an AMA that was legally irrigated with groundwater between January 1, 1975 and January 1, 1980, or the five years prior to the designation o...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Contests of Municipal Elections Any elector of the municipality may contest the results of an election provided the elector has grounds to do so. The grounds to contest an election include misconduct of the officials...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 2022, Chapter 104 made it illegal for a physician to perform irreversible gender reassignment surgery on minors. Irreversible gender reassignment surgery is a medical procedure performed for the purpose of assist...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A.R.S. 13-3112 governs the issuance, suspension, revocation and recognition of CCWs. DPS must issue a permit to applicants who meet specific eligibility criteria, including age, citizenship, lack of disqualifying crim...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Under A.R.S. 13-3408, if a person possesses or uses a narcotic drug, he is guilty of a class 4 felony. If a person possesses or transports a narcotic drug for sale, he is guilty of a class 2 felony. If a person posses...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
If a witness fails to comply with a legislative subpoena or refuses to testify, the Senate or House may hold them in contempt through a resolution recorded in the journal. The Sergeant at Arms may arrest a non-complia...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Election Precincts Election precincts are the smallest units of electoral districts. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for establishing the geographic boundaries of election precincts and ensuring that a conveni...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Voting Centers Voting centers are utilized in place of or in addition to specifically designated polling places. Voters are permitted to vote at any voting center within their county, regardless of which precinct they...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 2024, Chapter 1 requires the County Recorder, starting with the Wednesday immediately following the election through the end of the signature cure period, to submit a daily, updated list of all voters who voted a...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) is a federal program that provides nutrition benefits to low-income individuals and families that are used at stores to purchase food. Individuals must apply in t...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) is a federal program that provides nutrition benefits to low-income individuals and families that are used at stores to purchase food. Individuals must apply in t...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
County Recorders send official mail via nonforwardable first-class mail. This mail can include a 90-day AEVL notice, notice for a change of address, a voter registration card and other official election mail.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The official instructions and procedures manual for elections often referred to as the Elections Procedures Manual (EPM), must be issued by December 31 of each odd-numbered year preceding the general election. The EPM...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Established in 1981, AHCCCS is Arizona's Medicaid program that oversees contracted health plans for the delivery of health care to individuals and families who qualify for Medicaid and other medical assistance program...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The governing board of a county must meet and canvass the results of a primary election no later than the second Monday after the election or the third Thursday after the general election. The secretary of state must...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 1965, Ch. 102 established the Board to regulate the psychology profession, license psychologists, investigate complaints of unprofessional conduct, discipline violators and provide consumer information to the pub...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Department of Economic Security administers the UI Benefit Program which provides unemployment benefits to individuals who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Individuals awarded unemployment insurance b...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Secretary of State is charged with appointing a committee to investigate and test the various types of vote recording and vote tabulating machines that can be certified for use in federal, state and county electio...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The statutory powers and duties of the Governor include acting as the sole official means of communicating between other governments and the State of Arizona, directing the Attorney General to appear on behalf of the...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
After the initiation of the procedures for designating a subsequent AMA or for the call of an election to establish an AMA an irrigation user is only permitted to irrigate on land that was irrigated at any time during...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Judges pro tempore are temporary judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. Their terms are limited to 12 months.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Established in 1981, AHCCCS is Arizona's Medicaid program that oversees contracted health plans for the delivery of health care to individuals and families who qualify for Medicaid and other medical assistance program...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Assured & Adequate Water Supply for Subdivided Lands The Groundwater Management Code of 1980's Assured and Adequate Water Supply Program requires a developer who plans to sell or lease subdivided lands in an AMA to ob...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Health care insurers include disability insurers, group disability insurers, blanket disability insurers, health care services organizations, hospital service corporations and medical service corporations (insurers) (...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Statute authorizes and provides guidelines for the State Treasurer to manage investments of public monies including for the beneficiaries of the State Land Trust, Local Governments and political subdivisions of Arizon...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
To carry out responsibilities in its jurisdictions, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is organized into divisions, including the Transportation Planning Division (A. R.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 1973, Chapter 146 established ADOT to provide for an integrated and balanced state transportation system with a director responsible for the Department's administration ( A. R.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits the state from granting preferential treatment or discriminating on the basis of sex, race, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, education or co...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
An Arizona registrant's information may be disclosed through a public records request which can include information like the registrant's address. An eligible person can request the public be prohibited from accessing...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Department of Economic Security (DES) administers the unemployment insurance benefit program, which provides temporary financial relief to eligible unemployed individuals who separate from their previous employers...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Upon request for an authorized use, an officer in charge of elections must prepare additional copies of an official precinct list and provide them to the requestor on payment of the prescribed fee. Authorized uses inc...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Parents' Bill of Rights asserts that parents have exclusive and fundamental rights over the upbringing, education, health care and general welfare of their minor children without government interference. I...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
DOR cannot retroactively apply any newly enacted law retroactively or in a way which would penalize a taxpayer in compliance with previous law unless it is authorized by law.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) and Auditor General (OAG) must prescribe a budget format that allows school districts to plan and detail the use of available monies. The budget format must contain disti...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
By October 1 annually, statute requires ADOA to submit a report to JLBC and OSPB containing information for each budget unit's full-time equivalent (FTE) positions and the total amount of salaries for each budget unit...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Specifications regarding the form, manner and order of proposed constitutional amendments, initiatives and referendums (measures) on the ballot are prescribed in statute.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) oversees utility services in the state of Arizona, including the supervision of electric generating plants and transmission lines. The Powerplant and Transmission Line Siting C...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws relating to the enforcement of immigration must be implemented in a manner consistent with federal laws regulating immigration, protecting the civil rights of all persons and respecting the privileges and immunit...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Procurement Code and procurement process is overseen by the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) whose Director serves as the central procurement officer of Arizona. The Director is required to: 1)...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Statute directs the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) to establish curricula and designate courses at the three public universities that, in ABOR's judgement, will best serve the interests of the state. ABOR must also s...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A.R.S. 13-3108 establishes that the regulation of firearms and ammunition is reserved to the state, prohibiting political subdivisions from enacting laws, ordinances or rules related to the possession, sale, transport...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A person or Political Action Committee (PAC) that makes an expenditure for an advertisement or fundraising solicitation must include specified disclosures. If the advertisement is delivered by hand or mail, the disclo...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The County Recorder must distribute mail-in voter registration forms at public locations throughout the county. The County Recorder can provide voter registration forms to groups and individuals that request forms for...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Governing board meetings must be held at the most convenient public facility in the school district or, if such a facility is not available, at any available public facility that is convenient to all governing board m...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Office of Licensing and Regulation, a subdivision of DCS, is responsible for the licensing and regulation of foster homes, congregate care agencies, child placing agencies and adoption agencies ( DCS Website ). Cu...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) is required, not later than the first of December each year, to prepare and issue a water supply and demand assessment for at least six of the 51 ground...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Before a child who is suspected of having a disability is placed in a special education program, the child must be evaluated in accordance with the IDEA. An initial evaluation is used to determine whether a child has...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently for override elections the county school superintendent is required to include information regarding the tax rate associated with the proposed capital improvements and the estimated cost for owners of single...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Commission has supervisory and regulatory jurisdiction over public service corporations, including but not limited to electric utilities and electric generation facilities ( A. R.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
In Arizona DCS or another interested party, such as a relative, may initiate proceedings to protect a child who is being abused or poorly cared for. These proceedings can include dependency petitions and petitions to...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Persons seeking to use groundwater are required to apply for a certificate of grandfathered right no later than 15 months after the date of the designation of the AMA with the Arizona Department of Water Resources (AD...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The right to withdraw or receive and use groundwater in an AMA is known as a grandfathered right. There are three categories of grandfathered rights: a) non-irrigation grandfathered rights associated with retired irri...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A BOS in its given county regulates the subdivision of all lands within its corporation limits, except any subdivisions that are regulated by municipalities ( A. R.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law describes the process and procedure for inspectors, auditors and regulators for agencies. If an inspector, auditor or regulator enters a premises and it is found that there are alleged deficiencies, the ag...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Division of School Facilities (Division) is required to annually publish a list of both vacant and partially used buildings that are owned by the state or school districts and that may be suitable for the operatio...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The number of presidential electors is equal to the number of Senators and Representatives in Congress from this state. After the Secretary of State issues the canvass containing the results of a presidential election...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
SBE must prescribe minimum course of study requirements that incorporate the academic standards to be taught in common schools and that are required for the graduation of students from high school. SBE is also require...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Certificates of Environmental Compatibility The Arizona Corporation Commission (Commission)'s Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee (Committee) was created to provide a single forum for the resolution of...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Every three years a study is conducted to identify how much energy customers will use over the next 15 years in the state of Arizona. This study includes data relating to potential growth, weather and events such as u...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
All monies received by this state are credited to the state General Fund unless they meet statutorily outlined exceptions. All federal monies granted to Arizona must be accounted for in detail as required by federal l...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Attorney General (AG) administers and oversees the Program, which enables persons to obtain limited access to Arizona's market to test innovative financial products or services or other innovations without obtaini...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law provides that each property tax statement must separately state and identify by name each school district's primary tax rate and the secondary property tax rate associated with overrides, Class A bonds and...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) maintains jurisdiction over most local telephone service, including quality of service. The scope of services the telecommunications industry provides includes local and long-d...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
State lands means any land owned or held in trust by Arizona, including leased school or university land. The Arizona State Land Department manages state lands, which includes state trust lands and lands otherwise own...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
SNAP is a federal program that provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget and help a family afford nutritious food. To be eligible for SNAP benefits, an applicant must meet specif...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The primary duty of the AMB is to protect the public from unlawful, incompetent, unqualified, impaired or unprofessional practitioners of allopathic medicine through licensure, regulation and rehabilitation of the pro...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The ROC licenses and regulates residential and commercial contractors, investigates complaints against contractors and is authorized to suspend or revoke licenses, conduct hearings, issue citations and assess civil pe...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
In 2022 the Arizona Supreme Court struck down the entire FY 2022 Budget Procedures BRB for violating the Arizona Constitution's title requirement ( Arizona School Boards Association Inc. et al.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The United States Attorney General can enter into a written agreement with a state or its political subdivisions to allow qualified officers or individuals of the State to carry out functions of an immigration officer...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Commission is a statewide agency and public utility commission that is responsible for ensuring safe, reliable and affordable utility services. The Commission has five elected committee members who oversee executi...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
For governing board elections, a county school superintendent may cause separate ballots to be prepared, or the names of the governing board candidates may be included as part of the regular ballot. Regardless, the ba...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Commission is a statewide agency and public utility commission that is responsible for ensuring safe, reliable and affordable utility services. The Commission regulates investor-owned or privately-owned utilities...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution prohibits the state from granting preferential treatment or discriminating on the basis of sex, race, color, ethnicity or national origin in the operation of public employment, education or co...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Administrative Code (ACC) requires, beginning January 1, 2025, all egg-laying hens in Arizona to be housed in a cage-free manner and that all eggs and egg products sold in Arizona be produced from hens hou...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
As established by The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), federal law allows absent uniformed voters and overseas voters to vote even when they are not currently residing in the United States...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Statute defines documentary proof as written evidence that a pupil has been immunized or has laboratory evidence of immunity that conforms with the standards set by the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) dire...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution allows the state to exercise its sovereign authority to restrict the actions of its personnel and financial resources by initiative, referendum, bill or by pursuing legal remedy. Using this au...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The rules and definitions set forth in the Arizona Revised Statutes' rules of statutory construction must be observed in the construction of laws in the state unless such construction would be inconsistent with the ma...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) director must adopt rules prescribing the required immunizations for school attendance, as well as standards for documentary proof of immunization or immunity. Unless ex...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently a BOS may establish a program to allow gifts, grants and donations for the purpose of providing financial assistance to qualified owners of residential real property for making improvements to an existing dr...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Director can designate an area that is not originally included in an AMA as a subsequent AMA. The Director must periodically review all areas that are included within the AMA to determine whether the areas meet an...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently, a groundwater basin that was not included within an initial AMA may be designated an AMA on petition by 10 percent of the registered voters who reside in the boundaries of the proposed AMA. The Director of...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently, a county board of supervisors (BOS) may adopt land division ordinances to split a parcel of land into five or fewer lots, parcels or fractional interests, each of which is ten acres or smaller. A land divis...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Contiguous, as it relates to real estate laws, is defined as any lot, parcel or fractional interest that shares a common boundary or point. Contiguous does not include lots, parcels or fractional interests that are se...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
As outlined in the parents' bill of rights, all parental rights are exclusively reserved to a parent or a minor child without obstruction or interference from this state, any political subdivision, any other governmen...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The county chairman of each political party represented on the ballot may submit a written appointment addressed to the election board that designates party representatives and alternates that may act as early ballot...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
SNAP is a federal program that provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget and help the family afford nutritious food. To be eligible for SNAP benefits, an applicant must meet spec...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A person who owns land which was irrigated in whole or in part with groundwater at any time during the five years preceding the date of the notice of the initiation of designation procedures or the call for the electi...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
ADWR uses hydrologic models to simulate and predict groundwater conditions. Models incorporate various assumptions to make long-term management decisions and predict potential future impacts.
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services (Secretary) may authorize the introduction into interstate commerce, during the effective period of a declaration, of a drug, device or biological product intended for use...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Within 30 days of entering a lease for the occupancy of a government property improvement, the government lessor must record a memorandum of the lease in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the go...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Arizona Corporation Commission The Arizona Corporation Commission (Commission) has supervisory and regulatory jurisdiction over public service corporations, including but not limited to electric utilities and electric...
2025 · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
'Late Early' Ballots The term late early refers to instances where a voter returns their mailed early ballot on election day. Late early ballots are often processed last by counties since they are subject to signature...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute reflects the constitutional authority for Arizona to consent to the acquisition of privately owned real property in Arizona by the federal government only through the joint resolution process. The joint resolu...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Use Fuel Tax applies to all gases and liquids used to propel motor vehicles that are not subject to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax, including diesel. The Use Fuel Tax rate for vehicles weighing less than 26,000 pounds...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution establishes ABOR to act as the governing body of Arizona's public university system and ABOR exercises the powers necessary for the effective governance and administration of the institutions...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The criminal code includes several
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Someone who plans to sell or lease subdivided lands in an active management area (AMA) must obtain a certificate of assured water supply from ADWR or obtain a commitment for water service from a city, town or private...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Long-term storage credits are earned when permitted facilities in an AMA store water underground through direct or indirect recharge. This stored water is eligible for credits when it: 1) is stored underground for at...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Currently, a person who plans to sell or lease subdivided lands in an AMA must apply for and obtain a Certificate from the ADWR Director before presenting the plat for approval to the city, town or county in which the...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Groundwater Management Code (Code), enacted in 1980, established the statutory framework to regulate and control the use of groundwater. As part of the management framework, the Code designated five AMAs: Phoenix,...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Groundwater Management Code (Code) was enacted in 1980 and established the statutory framework to regulate and control the use of groundwater. Determining who may pump groundwater and how much they may pump is a v...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Currently, a county board of supervisors (BOS) may adopt land division ordinances to split a parcel of land into five or fewer lots, parcels or fractional interests, each of which is 10 acres or smaller. A land divisi...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current statute prohibits a public school from referring students to or using sexually explicit materials in any manner. A public school may be exempt from this prohibition if the following requirements are met: 1) th...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A.R.S. title 12, chapter 7, article 2 governs actions against public entities or employees. Among other
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Health care insurer is a disability insurer, group disability insurer, blanket disability insurer, health care services organization, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or hospital, medical, den...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Laws 2023, Chapter 139 appropriated $5 million in FY 2024 to DHS to provide competitive research grants for whole mushroom psilocybin phase one, phase two and phase three clinical trials that are capable of being appr...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
It is unlawful for a person to intentionally disclose an image of another person who is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed in connection with the image if all the following apply: 1) the...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current statute outlines the powers and duties of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) consisting of 16 members. JLBC has numerous powers and duties outlined in statute including to ascertain facts and make r...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
An STO is a nonprofit organization certified by the Arizona Department of Revenue that receives income tax contributions to fund scholarships for students to attend qualified private schools in Arizona ( A. R.
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Single Audit Act of 1984 establishes requirements for audits of states, local governments and Indian tribal governments that expend over $750,000 in federal awards during one fiscal year. As part of a single audit...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Groundwater Management Code (Code) was enacted in 1980 and established the statutory framework to regulate and control the use of groundwater. Accordingly, ADWR regulates all groundwater wells in Arizona.
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current law describes what constitutes a public nuisance, who may bring an action in superior court to abate, enjoin or prevent the activity, and classifies knowingly committing or failing to remove a public nuisance...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Laws 2022, Chapter 295 prohibits a public entity from entering into or renewing a contract with a company for the acquisition or disposition of goods, information technology, construction, services or supplies unless...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
To build a transmission line, a utility is required to apply for and obtain a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (Certificate) from the ACC and the Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee (Committee...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute allows a city or town, by resolution or ordinance, to restrict mobile food vendors from operating at public airports, public transit facilities, areas zoned for residential use or within 250 feet of properties...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Administrative Procedures Act (APA) is a group of statutes that governs how state agencies do rulemaking ( A. R.
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current statute establishes various residency requirements in order to qualify for different programs or licenses. In order to be a qualified elector in the state of Arizona an individual must be a resident of this st...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is composed of five elected Commissioners that governs the offer and sale of securities and investments in or from Arizona, licenses investment advisers and their representativ...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
All proceedings at the counting center are under the direction of the county board of supervisors or other officer in charge of elections and are conducted in accordance with the instructions and procedures manual. Th...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The criminal code includes multiple forms of criminal trespass offenses, some of which might involve residential property. For example, a person can commit criminal trespass in the third degree, a class 3 misdemeanor,...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A public school is any public institution that offers instruction to students in preschool programs for children with disabilities, kindergarten programs or any combination of the 1st-12th grades ( A. R.
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The State Board of Investment (Board) consists of five members and is chaired by the State Treasurer. The Board must hold regular monthly meetings and keep an accurate record of its proceedings.
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A person commits organized retail theft under A. R.
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A COR is responsible for holding a public hearing for determining the actual need of an agency, determining the extent to which statutory requirements of the agency are necessary and being met, receiving testimony fro...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute prohibits partisan local elections, including city and town elections, school district elections and special district elections. These political subdivisions cannot include any indication on the ballot of the...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Vaccines containing mRNA rely on genetic information, instead of a weakened virus, to create an immune response. The State Veterinarian is located within the Animal Services Division of ADA and is responsible for prot...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A school district governing board must exclude all books, publications, papers or audiovisual materials of a sectarian, partisan or denominational character from schools. Statute permits a school administrator or teac...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The mission of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) is to expand economic opportunities for people in Arizona by leading the analysis and evaluation of Arizona's population and economy and investing in communities...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current statute prohibits Subdivisions from enacting any ordinance, rule or tax relating to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, acquisition, gift, devise, storage, licensing, registrati...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Groundwater Management Code (Code) was enacted in 1980 and established the statutory framework to regulate and control the use of groundwater ( SOS ). As part of the management framework, the Code designated five...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Statute outlines requirements that a driver must follow when approaching an intersection with a lighted traffic control signal. When vehicular traffic faces a steady red signal, all traffic must stop before entering t...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Laws 2022, Ch. 271, 4 establishes procedures and requirements for the on-site tabulation of voted early ballots.
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Attorney General (AG) administers and oversees the Program, which enables persons to obtain limited access to Arizona's market to test innovative financial products or services or other innovations without obtaini...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Under A.R.S. 13-1805, a person commits shoplifting if, while in an establishment in which merchandise is displayed for sale, the person knowingly obtains such goods of another with the intent to deprive that person of...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A physician is a Doctor of Medicine who is licensed under the Arizona Medical Board ( A. R.
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of certain characteristics, including sex-based discrimination. For example, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on rac...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A presidential preference election (PPE) gives qualified electors the opportunity to express the elector's preference for the presidential candidate of the political party as indicated on the elector's voter registrat...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A voter registration form requires an elector to provide the complete address of the elector's actual place of residence. If the elector's mailing address is different from the residence address, then the elector must...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A health care institution is every place, institution, building or agency, whether organized for profit or not, that provides facilities with medical services, nursing services, behavioral health services, health scre...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Laws 2016, Chapter 5 establishes the crime of knowingly collecting voted or unvoted early ballots and classifies this offense as a class 6 felony. For first time felony offenders, the presumptive sentence for this cri...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A person commits obstructing a highway or other public thoroughfare if the person, alone or with others: 1) having no legal privilege to do so, recklessly interferes with the passage of any highway or public thoroughf...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current statute outlines the requirements for extending and increasing the corporate limits of a city or town by annexation. In order to annex territory, the city or town must file in the office of the county recorder...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The criminal code includes several
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A.R.S. Title 18 regulates information technology, including chapters on government information technology; governmental reporting of information; the property technology sandbox; and network access, services and secur...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
In 2015 the member states of the United Nations adopted the following goals as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: 1) no poverty; 2) zero hunger; 3) good health and well-being; 4) quality education; 5) gender...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A local education agency must adopt policies regarding the use of technology and the internet while at school that include: 1) notifying a parent of the adopted policies; and 2) the parent's ability to prohibit their...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
A.R.S. title 13, chapter 4 contains multiple sections of statute relating to justification defenses in criminal prosecutions. These defenses describe conduct that, if not justified, would constitute an offense but, if...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Currently, a county board of supervisors (BOS) can establish a Program to allow persons to make gifts, grants or donations for the purpose of providing financial assistance to qualified owners of residential real prop...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Groundwater Code s Assured and Adequate Water Supply Program requires a developer to provide information on a proposed subdivision s water supplies to ADWR before the property can be marketed. Specific requirement...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Groundwater Management Code (Code) was enacted in 1980 and established the statutory framework to regulate and control the use of groundwater. As part of the management framework, the Code designated five AMAs (Ph...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The powers of a county must be exercised only by the county BOS or by agents and officers acting under its authority and authority of law. The county BOS has the power to: 1) sue and be sued; 2) purchase and hold land...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current law requires a person who withdraws groundwater from a nonexempt well in an active management area (AMA) and irrigation non-expansion area (INA) or a person who withdraws groundwater for transportation to an i...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
As outlined in the parents' bill of rights, all parental rights are exclusively reserved to a parent of a minor child without obstruction or interference from this state, any political subdivision, any other governmen...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Brackish groundwater is groundwater with concentrations of total dissolved solids (TDS) of 1,000 to 10,000 milligrams per liter (mg/L). As background, TDS measures the combined content of all contaminants contained in...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is required to provide every vehicle owner one license plate for every vehicle registered upon application and payment of fees ( A. R.
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Within 30 days of entering a lease for the occupancy of a government property improvement, the government lessor must record a memorandum of the lease in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the go...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Counties have the power to sue, purchase and hold land, make contracts and hold land necessary to exercise its powers, make orders for the use or disposition of its land, levy and collect taxes and determine the budge...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) is a federal program that provides nutrition benefits to low-income individuals and families that are used at stores to purchase food. Individuals must apply in t...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ) is a federal program that provides nutrition benefits to low-income individuals and families that are used at stores to purchase food. Individuals must apply in t...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Current statute establishes certain days as non-legal holidays, including Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Celebration Day ( A. R.
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Under current law, a person commits obstructing a highway or other public thoroughfare if the person, alone or with other persons, does any of the following: 1) having no legal privilege to do so, recklessly interfere...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), the established Governor's Regulatory Review Council (GRRC) retains the authority to approve or disapprove any agency's proposed rule, the preamble to the rule and the ec...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
An agency that issues licenses must have in place final rules establishing an overall time frame during which the license will either be granted or denied by the agency. If a statutory licensing time frame already exi...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Pursuant to A.R.S. 9-462.01, the legislative body of any municipality by ordinance, to conserve and promote the public health, safety and general welfare, may: 1) regulate the use of buildings, structures and land bet...
2024 · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Any unlawful immigrant must be fined and imprisoned for not more than six months, or for not more than 2 years for a subsequent offense involving: 1) entering or attempting to enter the United States at any time or pl...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law outlines certain criminal offenses and sentencing classifications specific to different types of drugs. One of these categories is that for narcotic drugs, which is defined to encompass a detailed list of...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The County Recorder or other officer in charge of elections may begin distributing the early ballots 27 days before the election. The County Recorder is charged with processing early ballot requests in order to provid...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A social media platform is an organization that provides a service for public users to disseminate speech, expression, information or other content to other users or the public and includes both the organization and a...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Arizona is what is commonly referred to as a community property state. This means that all property acquired by either spouse during a marriage, with some exceptions, is considered to be the community property of both...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Precinct registers and other lists and information derived from voter registration forms may only be used for: 1) purposes relating to a political or political party activity, political campaign or election; 2) revisi...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
In 2004, Maricopa County voters approved a countywide transportation tax levied at a rate up to 10% of the state transaction privilege tax (one-half-cent transaction tax). Revenues from the half-cent transportation ta...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
In 2022, the Fifty-fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session, passed Laws 2022, Chapter 378 (law enforcement; misconduct investigations; extension) (HB 2347). HB 2347 revised A.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The officer in charge of elections must ensure that digital ballot images are protected from physical and electronic access, including unauthorized copying or transferring ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
It is a criminal offense under current statute for a person to intentionally engage in the smuggling of human beings for profit or commercial purposes. This offense is generally classified as a class 4 felony, except...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A governing board, in consultation with parents, teachers and administrators, must develop a policy to promote the involvement of parents of children enrolled in the school district's schools. This policy must include...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Court rule provides that the Court has jurisdiction over any person or entity engaged in the authorized or unauthorized practice of law in Arizona. The practice of law is defined as providing legal advice or services...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The county officer in charge of elections is required to conduct a hand count of a sample of ballots to test the accuracy of the vote tabulation equipment provided there is participation from the county political part...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
DCACs are a category of criminal offenses that may be treated differently when they involve a defendant who is at least 18 years old (or tried as an adult) and a victim who is below 15 years old (or an unborn child).
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
ACJC was established in 1982 and consists of 19 members who serve by virtue of their office or after being appointed by the Governor ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
For an early ballot to be counted and valid, the voted ballot along with the ballot affidavit must be: 1) received by the County Recorder or other officer in charge of elections; or 2) deposited at any polling place i...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A county board of supervisors (county BOS) must establish a convenient number of election precincts in the county on or before October 1 each year preceding the general election. At least 20 days before an election th...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Party Challengers The county chair of each political party represented on the ballot may designate party representatives and alternatives to act as challengers during the processing of ballots by early election boards...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Critical infrastructure are systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, that are so vital to this state and the United States (U. S.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Each school district is governed by a governing board that is composed of three or five elected members. To run for election as a governing board member, a person must be registered to vote in Arizona and have been a...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A non-resident who purchases an unregistered vehicle in this state for removal from this state to the purchaser's state of residence must obtain a special 90-day non-resident registration permit for the vehicle. The n...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
An STO is a nonprofit organization that receives income tax contributions to fund scholarships for students to attend qualified private schools in Arizona. STOs must be certified by the Arizona Department of Revenue ( A.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Counties may form planning and zoning commissions to plan for land uses within the county. Districts may be zoned for various classes of residential, business and industrial uses.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law states that agreements are void and unenforceable if the primary purpose is to locate, deliver, recover or assist in the recovery of unclaimed property unless the agreement is with an attorney to file a cl...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
As the chief legal officer of the State, the Attorney General is the legal advisor to state agencies and additionally provides any necessary legal services for these agencies. For example, the Attorney General serves...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
For each countywide primary, special, general and presidential preference election, the county officer in charge of the election must conduct a hand count audit at a minimum of one secure facility. The hand count audi...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A governing board, in consultation with parents, teachers and administrators, must adopt a policy to promote the involvement of parents of children enrolled in the school district. This policy must contain procedures...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The state General Fund (GF) consists of all monies received into the state treasury except for money designated by law for other statutory funds. Expenses paid from the state GF must be authorized in an appropriation...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
An Adult Cabaret excludes establishments with a liquor license and includes any nightclub, bar, restaurant or another similar commercial establishment that regularly features: 1) Persons who appear in a state of nudit...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently, a county BOS may adopt zoning ordinances to conserve and promote public health, safety, convenience and general welfare. Additionally, statute outlines zoning guidelines and requirements including the BOS m...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Office of the State Treasurer is responsible for the banking and investment management duties for the State of Arizona, provides investment services to local governments and exclusively manages the Permanent Land...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Under current law, a public entity is prohibited from entering into a contract with a company to acquire or dispose of services, supplies, information technology, goods or construction unless the contract includes a w...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
An adult oriented business means adult arcades, adult bookstores or video stores, cabarets, adult live entertainment establishments, adult motion picture theaters, adult theaters, massage establishments that offer adu...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A public school is any public institution that offers instruction to students in preschool programs for children with disabilities, kindergarten programs or any combination of the 1st-12th grades ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Statute directs the Secretary of State to consult with the County Recorders and prescribe procedures to maintain correctness and impartiality in Arizona's elections. These rules are drafted into an official instructio...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Under current statute, the amount of credit taxpayers can receive due to voluntary cash contributions to a school tuition organization is as follows: 1) $500 in any taxable year for a single individual or head of hous...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
In order for an individual to assume the duties of an election officer, they must obtain an election officer's certificate issued by the Secretary of State before January 1 of each election year ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 2022, Chapter 271 provides counties the option to provide for the on-site tabulation of voted early ballots on election day. Statute outlines procedures for counties that authorize the on-site tabulation of voted...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently, BOI, the ASRS board and the PSPRS board of trustees must each adopt a policy regarding countries identified as state sponsors of terrorism, and divest from companies that violate the Export Administration A...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Signature rosters or e-pollbooks serve as official lists of eligible voters for each voting location or election. Provided the individual is physically able to, the elector must sign their name in the e-pollbook or pa...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
In all Arizona elections, the candidate that receives the highest number of votes is declared elected ( Art. VII 7, Const.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Under current law, to annex adjoining lands, a municipality must file a blank petition with the appropriate county recorder that contains a description and map of the proposed annexation. After this petition is filed,...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
It is unlawful for a person to operate a model aircraft or a civil unmanned aircraft if the operation: 1) is prohibited by a federal law or regulation that governs aeronautics, including Federal Aviation Administratio...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Criminal trespass in the third degree is a class 3 misdemeanor and is committed knowingly: 1) Entering or remaining unlawfully on any real property after a reasonable request to leave by a law enforcement officer, the...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently, it is unlawful for any person to knowingly place explicit sexual material on public display, or knowingly fail to take prompt action to remove a display from property in his possession or under his control....
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A person or Political Action Committee (PAC) that makes an expenditure for an advertisement or fundraising solicitation must include specified disclosures. If the advertisement is delivered by hand or mail, the disclo...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 2022, Chapter 271 provides counties the option to provide for the on-site tabulation of voted early ballots on election day. Statute outlines procedures for counties that authorize the on-site tabulation of voted...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Spoiled ballots A qualified elector who appears on election day and surrenders their early ballot to the precinct inspector is permitted to vote a provisional ballot. If the county conducts elections using electronic...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The County Recorders may appoint deputy registrars to assist in the distribution of voter registration forms, the registering of voters and to accept completed voter registration forms. Additionally, the County Record...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A photo enforcement system is a device consisting of a radar sensor linked to a camera that produces recorded images of a vehicle's license plate for the purpose of identifying violators of state traffic laws or speed...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A city or town, by ordinance or resolution, may prohibit or restrict a mobile food vendor from operating in an area zoned for residential use or within 250 feet of an area zoned for residential use. A city or town may...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Department of Economic Security (DES) administers the unemployment insurance benefit program, which provides temporary financial relief to eligible unemployed individuals who separate from their previous employers...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Administrative Procedures Act provides agency rulemaking procedures and appeals agency decisions. Specifically, Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 3 outlines the statutory requirements for state agencies regarding rulem...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Signature verification is the process of comparing the signature on a voter s ballot affidavit with the voter s signature in the voter registration database. Signature verification is intended to ensure that only thos...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
An Assistant Secretary of State must be appointed to perform official duties in the Secretary of State's absence or when the Secretary of State is acting as Governor ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution stipulates that the United States Constitution is the supreme law of the land to which all government, state and federal, is subject. Additionally, the Arizona Constitution asserts that Arizon...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A public officer includes all elected and appointed officers of a public agency established by charter, ordinance, resolution, state constitution or statute ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
ADOA is responsible for government IT functions ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
In response to a declared shortage on the Colorado River, the City of Scottsdale ceased providing water for hauling to Rio Verde Foothills in 2023. This unincorporated community borders the City of Scottsdale and cont...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
DHS aims to promote, protect and improve the health and wellness of individuals and communities in Arizona. The agency strives to set the standard for personal and community health through direct care, science, public...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A court is authorized to order either or both parents owing a duty of support to a child to pay an amount reasonable and necessary to support the child in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, ma...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
DCS must operate and maintain a centralized intake hotline to protect children by receiving at all times communications concerning suspected abuse or neglect. If a person communicates suspected abuse or neglect to a D...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
As added by Laws 2021, Chapter 404, the State Board of Education (SBE), subject to the availability of appropriated monies, is required to design a public awareness effort to distribute school choice and enrollment ma...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
During a state of emergency or state of war emergency, the governor has complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise, within the area designated, all police power vested in th...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Arizona Voter Identification Database As of 2019, the State of Arizona has operated a voter registration and election management system called the Arizona Voter Information Database (AVID). 13 counties directly use AV...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current statute provides that a peace officer may not be prohibited from carrying a firearm except in specifically delineated circumstances. Peace officers who are employed as law enforcement officers in Arizona must...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court of record, established by Laws 1964, Chapter 102, 1 as the first level of appeal from the superior court. It is comprised of two divisions, desi...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A person enrolling a pupil for the first time in a particular school district or private school must provide a certified copy of the pupil's birth certificate or other reliable proof of the pupil's identity and age. T...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
City and town elections are conducted in the same manner as county officer elections, except that the returns shall be made to the clerk of the city or town, and the governing body of the city or town shall canvass th...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Political Sign-Free Zones Municipalities and counties are prohibited from removing political signs in certain circumstances. However, commercial tourism, commercial resort and hotel sign-free zones are exempt from thi...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Candidate committees, political action committees and political parties are required to file campaign finance reports that include the following: 1) the amount of cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period;...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
An all-terrain vehicle is either: 1) A motor vehicle that: a) is designed primarily for recreational nonhighway all-terrain travel; b) is 50 or fewer inches in width; c) has an unladen weight of 1,200 pounds or less;...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
It is an unlawful employment practice for an employer to do the following because of an individual's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or on the basis of disability: 1) to fail or refuse to hire, discha...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Eligible postsecondary institutions must implement an Academy to incentivize students to enter the teaching profession and to commit to teach in Arizona public schools. The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) must consult...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers can establish Natural Resource Conservation Districts (NRCDs) to restore, conserve and protect natural resources, including lands, water and wildlife (A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current statute asserts that a personal firearm, a firearm accessory or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Arizona and that remains within the borders of Arizona is not subject to federal law...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Secretary of State is charged with appointing a committee to investigate and test the various types of vote recording and vote tabulating machines that can be certified for use in federal, state and county electio...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Educational institutions in Arizona are required to adopt rules to maintain public order on all institution property that is used for educational purposes and provide a program for enforcing such rules. Students, facu...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The State Child Fatality Review Team ( State CFR Team ) is established within the Department of Health Services (DHS) for the purposes of: 1) developing a child fatalities data collection system; 2) providing training...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Administrative Procedures Act provides procedures for agency rulemaking and for appealing agency decisions. Specifically, Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 3 outlines the statutory requirements for state agencies regar...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current statute makes a person who engages in the trafficking of a person, or who intentionally or knowingly benefits from participating in a venture that traffics another person, civilly liable to the person that was...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The housing voucher program is the federal government's major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly and persons with disabilities to afford decent, safe and sanitary housing in the private market...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Constitution permits the state to exercise its sovereign authority to restrict the use of state personnel and resources to purposes consistent with the Constitution, including through legislation or any ot...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) must adopt rules that include: 1) prescribing required immunizations for school attendance; 2) approving means of immunization and indicating reinforcing...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Statute requires the Director of the Department of Health Services (DHS) to adopt rules to provide for the oversight of food and drinks sold at the retail level, including minimum standards for related facilities and...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The County Recorder or other officer in charge of elections must designate two ballot retrievers from two differing political parties to retrieve voted ballots from a ballot drop-off location or drop-box. Upon arrival...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The AG oversees and directs the Department of Law (DOL) and serves as chief legal officer of Arizona. The Attorney General is the legal advisor of the departments of Arizona and renders legal services as the departmen...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Pursuant to A.R.S. 31-281, DOC provides a transition program for eligible inmates. This transition program is to train mentors and offer at least psychoeducational counseling and case management services. It may addit...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
An authorized third-party driver license provider must perform both of the following: 1) driver license skills and written testing; and 2) driver license processing. A person who is a third-party driver license provid...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law authorizes a court to suspend a convicted person's sentence and place the person on a period of probation if the convicted person is eligible. A court must place the person on probation subject to whatever...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Under current law, an office held by an elected, appointed or contracted officer, before the expiration of a term of office, is considered vacant from and after: 1) the officer's death; 2) the officer is judicially de...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence refers to any machine-based system that can make predictions, recommendations or decisions that influence real or virtual environments when given a set of human-defined...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Fraudulent schemes and artifices, a class 2 felony, involves a person who, pursuant to a scheme or artifice to defraud, knowingly obtains any benefit by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, promise...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The general rules of construction for Arizona laws require liberal interpretation of the object of the law and to promote justice unless the manifest intent of the Legislature is inconsistent with such construction (...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Statute currently states that the Arizona Game and Fish Department may provide training in the safe handling and use of bows or firearms for schools that request this instruction ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law requires the governing board of every educational institution to adopt and enforce rules pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 6, for the purpose of maintaining public order and safety. Any weapon, dangerous instr...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
I n all Arizona elections, the candidate that receives the highest number of votes is declared elected ( Art. VII 7, Const.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 2006, Chapter 317 established AZDOHS with the primary directive of deterring and mitigating acts of terrorism and other domestic security concerns. Current law requires AZDOHS to: 1) Formulate policies, plans and...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
An enterprise, currently defined in A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Blockchain technology is a type of distributed ledger technology that uses a distributed, decentralized, shared and replicated ledger, which may be public or private, permissioned or permissionless, or driven by token...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Every city and town's legislative body must adopt a comprehensive general plan that includes goals, policies and land use and circulation elements ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A person can commit aggravated criminal damage by intentionally or recklessly defacing, damaging or tampering with any utility infrastructure or property, construction site or existing structure for the purpose of obt...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
There are two ways communities can actively regulate and manage groundwater usage: 1) Local landowners can petition the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) Director to designate an irrigation non-expansion ar...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 2010, Ch. 307, 1 enacted the original version of A.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The criminal code defines narcotic drugs to encompass a detailed list of materials, compounds, mixtures or preparations containing various substances or derivatives. Heroin, carfentanil, fentanyl and fentanyl memetic...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law defines prohibited weapons to include a number of different items, including a device that is designed, made or adapted to muffle the report of a firearm. A firearm is defined as any loaded or unloaded han...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona State Personnel Board hears and reviews disciplinary appeals and whistleblower complaints filed by covered state employees, former state employees, and other individuals referenced in statute ( Arizona Per...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
In July 2020, the Arizona Secretary of State's Office released a Signature Verification Guide to be used as a reference in combination with the County Recorder's specific procedures for early ballot processing. The gu...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Any voter may request to be included on the AEVL, which is a list of voters who automatically receive an early ballot by mail for all elections. The request must specifically state that the voter's name be added to th...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The criminal code currently prescribes multiple forms of aggravated criminal damage. One such form is intentionally or recklessly, and without the express permission of the owner, defacing, damaging or tampering with...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Secretary of State is charged with appointing a committee to investigate and test the various types of vote tabulating machines. The committee submits its recommendations to the Secretary of State who will then de...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law requires person convicted of certain offenses outlined in statute to register as a sex offender. Examples include sexual conduct with a minor, sexual abuse of a victim under the age of 18, sexual exploitat...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
ADWR ADWR was established in 1980 to be responsible for water planning and regulation of all state waters ( Laws 1980, 4th Special Session, Chapter 1 ). The ADWR Director has general control and supervision of surface...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current statute prohibits Subdivisions from enacting any ordinance, rule or tax relating to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, acquisition, gift, devise, storage, licensing, registrati...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 1975, Ch. 141, 30 added the initial version of A.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Corporation Commission's Powerplant and Transmission Line Siting Committee was created to provide a single public forum for resolving issues related to where electric generating plants and transmission lin...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The number of presidential electors is equal to the number of Senators and Representatives in Congress from this state. After the Secretary of State issues the canvass containing the results of a presidential election...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Annexation Process To annex adjoining lands, a municipality must file a blank petition with the appropriate county recorder that contains a description and map of the proposed annexation. After this petition is filed,...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 1973, Chapter 146 established ADOT to provide for an integrated and balanced state transportation system with a director responsible for the department's administration ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current statute prohibits any county ordinance from restricting or otherwise regulating the owner of a home-based business that holds a valid license from: 1) making residential property improvements to add doors, she...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Regulating Water Quality The term water of the state means all waters within Arizona's jurisdiction including all "perennial or intermittent streams, lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, marshes, watercourses, waterwa...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A person is criminally liable for assault if the person: 1) Intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes physical injury to another person, which is a class 1 misdemeanor if committed intentionally or knowingly and a...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Public service corporations are private, investor-owned utilities that provide a variety of services to customers such as telephone, water, electricity and sewer service ( Constitution of Arizona, Article 15, 2 ). The...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A bank may lend up to 20% of its capital to a single borrow. A bank may lend an additional 10% of its capital if the additional amounts are fully secured by readily marketable collateral that has a market value at lea...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
A person commits loitering by: 1) soliciting another person to engage in any sexual offense in public; 2) soliciting or engaging in any business involving sale of merchandise or services in a transportation facility a...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently, if an employer receives notice from an employee that their sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances prevent the employee from taking the COVID-19 vaccination, the employer must provide a r...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
If a city, town or other taxing jurisdiction imposes a TPT, sales, use, franchise or other similar tax on the sale of food items intended for human consumption or on ready-to-drink, nonalcoholic beverages contained in...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Current law prohibits the state, a political subdivision of the state or an agency, board, commission or department (public entity) from entering into or renewing a contract under specific circumstances. For example,...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Statute prohibits a school district or charter school from including in its program of instruction any courses that: 1) promote the overthrow of the U. S.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Currently, statute provides that a health profession must be regulated by this state only if: 1) there is credible evidence that the unregulated practice of that health profession can clearly harm or endanger the publ...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
TPT on the business of residential rentals is imposed at the city-level and TPT rates vary by municipality. The Model City Tax Code (MCTC) is a uniform sales and use tax act that has been adopted by most Arizona citie...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Pursuant to A.R.S. 5-104, the Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) Division of Racing establishes and collects a regulatory assessment from each commercial racing permittee, payable from amounts deducted from pari-mutue...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
In addition to the annual General Appropriations Act (feed bill) that makes most operating appropriations for the state departments and public schools, the Arizona Legislature annually adopts a capital outlay bill tha...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Arizona Water Protection Fund The Arizona Water Protection Fund provides grants for projects that protect water quality and quantity and maintain, enhance and restore rivers, streams and riparian habitats ( A. R.
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2, Constitution of Arizona, requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill) to c...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Arizona Financial Aid Trust Fund (AFAT) The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) may establish AFAT to provide immediate aid to students with verifiable financial need and create an endowment for future financial aid. AFAT...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant is used to: 1) provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in homes of relatives; 2) end the dependence o...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill)...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The county Board of Supervisors (BOS) is tasked with various duties that are outlined in statute. The BOS is required to supervise the official conduct of all county officers charged with collecting, assessing, managi...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Budget Stabilization Fund (Fund) consists of monies transferred from the state General Fund (GF) according to statute. The annual budget recommendations from the Governor and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Capital Outlay Stabilization Fund (COSF) is a non-lapsing, appropriated fund that consists of rental rates charged by the Arizona Department of Administration for the costs of services provided to agencies that oc...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
Laws 2022, Chapter 321 established the Department of Revenue Integrated Tax System Project Fund (ITSPF) to implement a multi-year integrated tax system modernization project. The fund consists of fees assessed from lo...
2023 · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) was established in 1973 to provide for an integrated and balanced state transportation system with a director responsible for the department's administration ( A. R.