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2026 Legislation Tracking
Industry & Trade
HB 2023: Land divisions; disclosure affidavit; recording
Amends AZ law to strengthen disclosure, recording, and buyer rescission requirements for sales of undeveloped land in unincorporated areas, improving transparency while limiting seller waivers and escrow agent liability. View updates >>
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HM 2002: USMCA; withdrawal; urging Congress
Urges the President and Congress to withdraw the United States from the USMCA, citing concerns about sovereignty and the creation of a regional governing structure. View updates >>
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HB 2119: Computer data center; application; deadline
Shortens the application window for Arizona’s computer data center tax incentive program by moving the deadline from 2033 to 2026. View updates >>
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HB 2259: TPT; distribution; HURF
Directs 10 percent of transaction privilege tax revenue from leasing or renting customer-facing electric vehicle charging stations to the Highway User Revenue Fund for transportation purposes. View updates >>
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HB 2261: Property tax; agricultural real property
Updates Arizona law to clarify and standardize the classification and valuation of agricultural real property, requiring use of the income approach and clearer criteria for assessment and owner reporting. View updates >>
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HB 2299: Price tags; unfair pricing; penalties
Amends Arizona consumer fraud law to require all mandatory fees be included in advertised prices, limit price increases before emergencies, ban digital shelf labels, and authorize enforcement and penalties for violations. View updates >>
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HB 2452: Comprehensive plans; data centers; nuclear
Expands county comprehensive plan requirements to address electric power generation and data center development, including designated land use areas, and requires certain counties to update their plans accordingly. View updates >>
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HB 2467: Data centers; incentives repeal; requirements
Repeals Arizona’s existing computer data center tax certification framework and establishes new requirements mandating renewable energy use, water restrictions, and regulatory oversight for data centers beginning in 2026. View updates >>
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HB 2496: Revitalization districts; construction contracts
Updates revitalization district law to add payment protection, suspension, termination, and dispute rights for contractors and subcontractors on district infrastructure projects. View updates >>
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HB 2629: Corporate income tax; minimum
Standardizes corporate income tax language and establishes a $1,000 minimum tax for corporations with 50 or more employees starting in tax year 2027. View updates >>
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HB 2631: Data centers; tax relief; repeal
Repeals Arizona’s computer data center tax certification and exemption statutes and updates related tax code references, eliminating data center-specific tax benefits subject to supermajority approval. View updates >>
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HB 2746: Trade offices study committee
Creates a legislative study committee to review and make recommendations on Arizona Commerce Authority trade offices, with a report due by December 31, 2028, and a sunset in 2029. View updates >>
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HB 2747: Income tax; subtraction; small businesses
Allows taxpayers to exclude income from qualifying small businesses in operation for five years or less beginning in 2027, expanding eligibility across business types to support new enterprises. View updates >>
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HB 2750: Arizona-Sonora trade commission
Establishes the Arizona–Sonora Trade Commission to promote cross-border trade, investment, and collaboration, with reporting requirements and a sunset in 2031–2032. View updates >>
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HB 2751: Arizona competes fund; repeal
Amends Arizona Commerce Authority statutes to limit use of funds to legislatively appropriated purposes and repeals an existing funding provision retroactively to June 30, 2026. View updates >>

HB 2752: Commerce authority; trade offices
Updates Arizona Commerce Authority board terminology and requires an annual trade office activity report to the legislature, while streamlining existing reporting requirements. View updates >>
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HB 2753: Board of directors; commerce authority
Revises the membership of the Arizona Commerce Authority by adding legislative designees and committee chairs while removing university and advisory council representatives. View updates >>
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HB 2754: Commerce authority; board of directors
Updates Arizona Commerce Authority governance, requires legislative reporting and appropriations for trade offices, and repeals an existing authority statute retroactively. View updates >>
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HB 2765: International trade commission
Establishes an International Trade Commission to promote trade and investment, with appointed members, reporting requirements, and a sunset in 2034–2035. View updates >>
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HB 2820: Data centers; incentives; repeal; requirements
Repeals existing computer data center tax incentives and establishes new sustainability requirements, including renewable energy use and water restrictions, enforced by the Corporation Commission. View updates >>
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HCM 2008: Gas tax elimination
If this bill were to become law, it would introduce a new provision urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to waive the federal gas tax specifically in Arizona. View updates >>
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Infrastructure
HB 2106: Transportation tax; deposit; county board
Amends Arizona’s county transportation excise tax law to clarify revenue distribution and direct certain undistributed funds to ADOT for transportation projects, with immediate effect. View updates >>
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HB 2150: Continuation; state land department
Repeals and replaces statutes governing the State Land Department to establish future termination and repeal dates for the department and related land laws while preserving its existing authority in the interim. View updates >>
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HB 2164: Appropriation; transportation project; Reay Lane
Appropriates $3.73 million to ADOT for FY 2026–2027 to fund transportation improvements to Reay Lane in Graham County. View updates >>
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HB 2200: Appropriation; State Route 89 widening
Appropriates $36 million to ADOT for a State Route 89 widening design project in Chino Valley, contingent on the town securing at least $1 million in non-state matching funds. View updates >>
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HB 2201: Appropriation; State Route 89A projects
Appropriates $8.03 million to ADOT for FY 2026–2027 to fund construction and improvements on State Route 89A, Forest Road, and Ranger Road in Sedona. View updates >>
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HB 2242: Appropriation; State Route 260; improvements
Appropriates $175 million to ADOT for safety and capacity improvements on State Route 260, with project prioritization criteria, reporting requirements, and extended funding availability. View updates >>
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HB 2268: State trust land; subleases; approval
Amends state land statutes to allow leases and subleases of state lands for up to 10 years, standardize application and use requirements, and establish rules and surcharges for grazing subleases. View updates >>
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HB 2273: Distributions; transportation projects; Pinal county
Updates county transportation excise tax law to allocate FY 2026–2027 revenues to specified transportation projects, with proportional adjustments based on total collections. View updates >>
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HB 2304: Appropriations; transportation projects
Appropriates state general fund dollars for FY 2026–2027 to finance a wide range of specified transportation infrastructure projects across Arizona communities. View updates >>
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HB 2337: Zoning; use permits; votes; requirements
Requires unanimous approval by a fully seated county commission for zoning permits related to wind and solar projects in counties with populations under 500,000. View updates >>
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HB 2351: State land; commissioner-initiated sales
Requires the State Land Department to adopt rules establishing clear procedures and criteria for the commissioner to initiate sales of state lands. View updates >>
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HB 2425: Auditor general; state lands; audit
Requires the Auditor General to conduct a special audit of the State Land Department focused on land sales, solar leases, and related oversight practices. View updates >>
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HB 2426: State land department; disposition plan
Requires the State Land Commissioner to complete and regularly update a five-year disposition plan for state trust lands, report it to legislative leaders, and sunsets the requirement in 2029. View updates >>
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HB 2427: Land department; audit; recommendations; checklist
Requires the State Land Commissioner to implement all recommendations from the 2025 Auditor General audit within two years, with ongoing oversight, reporting, and enforcement authority, and sunsets in 2028. View updates >>
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HB 2456: Small modular reactors; zoning; co-location
Amends county zoning law to limit local regulation of small modular reactors colocated with large industrial energy users, clarify related definitions, and update procedures and protections affecting zoning and land use decisions. View updates >>
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HB 2534: Light rail extension; public monies
Repeals Arizona’s existing statute governing light rail service, eliminating all current state-level provisions related to light rail without replacing them. View updates >>
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HB 2601: Interstate 11; environmental; engineering; study
Requires ADOT to seek federal segmentation of the Interstate 11 project and proceed with environmental and engineering studies to advance the corridor despite ongoing litigation. View updates >>
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HB 2609: Appropriation; ADOT; roundabout; SR 89A
Appropriates $5.02 million to ADOT for FY 2026–2027 to fund roundabout construction and improvements at the State Route 89A, Forest Road, and Ranger Road intersection in Sedona. View updates >>
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HB 2668: Appropriation; broadband infrastructure
Appropriates $5 million to fund broadband infrastructure grants for cities and towns with populations under 100,000 in FY 2026–2027. View updates >>
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HB 2702: Data centers; TPT distribution; solar
Establishes the Arizona Solar for All Program to fund distributed solar projects for households and disadvantaged communities, creates oversight within the governor’s office, removes certain data center tax provisions, and requires supermajority approval to take effect. View updates >>
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HB 2755: State land use; highest; best
Amends state land law to presume mineral extraction as the highest and best use when mining conflicts with other proposed commercial uses, subject to auction and existing statutory processes. View updates >>
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HB 2756: Utilities; high load factor customers
Requires large electric utilities and public power entities to report, plan for, and regulate service to extra high load factor customers, including new reporting, planning, contracting, and cost-of-service requirements, while exempting electric cooperatives. View updates >>
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HB 2760: Appropriation; rural transportation fund
Appropriates $15 million to support the state match advantage for Arizona’s rural transportation fund in FY 2026–2027. View updates >>
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HB 2761: Appropriation; ADOT; Cornville Road study
Appropriates $300,000 to ADOT for FY 2026–2027 to conduct a traffic and infrastructure improvement study for Cornville Road. View updates >>
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HB 2795: Small modular reactors; zoning; approval
Limits county zoning authority over small modular reactors that meet federal approval requirements and updates related zoning, nonconforming use, and regulatory procedures. View updates >>
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HB 2827: Groundwater withdrawal fee; Pinal AMA
Updates groundwater fee statutes by extending fee exemptions and funding provisions for the Pinal AMA through 2030, adjusting fee authority in other AMAs, and revising timelines for fund distribution and repeal. View updates >>
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HB 2859: Appropriation; ADOT; Rodeo Road
Appropriates $2.46 million to ADOT for FY 2026–2027 to fund the Rodeo Road pavement replacement and trail connector project in the city of Williams. View updates >>
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HB 2893: Appropriation; Navajo Nation; transportation projects
Appropriates state general fund dollars to ADOT for FY 2026–2027 to improve Navajo Nation routes 8090, 8070, and 8009. View updates >>
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SB 1059: Appropriation; ADOT; turn lane
Appropriates $9.2 million to the Arizona Department of Transportation for transportation planning and construction projects in FY 2026–2027. View updates >>
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SB 1062: Appropriation; Route 60; intersection improvements
Authorizes state funding for safety and traffic flow improvements at intersections along Arizona’s Route 60. View updates >>
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SB 1063: Appropriation; Route 70; safety improvements
Authorizes a state appropriation to fund safety-related design and construction improvements along Arizona’s Route 70. View updates >>
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SB 1064: Appropriation; U.S. Route 66; improvements
Appropriates $3 million to ADOT to fund Route 66 design and construction improvements in Flagstaff, contingent on an intergovernmental agreement with the city. View updates >>
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Water
HB 2024: Water supply development; definition; snowpack
Updates and clarifies definitions in Arizona’s Water Infrastructure Finance Program to expand and refine eligibility for water supply, wastewater, and related infrastructure projects, potentially affecting project financing statewide. View updates >>
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HB 2027: Physical availability; review; designated providers
Bars the Department of Water Resources from imposing certain assured water supply rules on Phoenix AMA cities with existing designations and requires a timely review of their groundwater and stored water availability. View Updates >>
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HB 2029: Water conservation grant fund; disclosure
Amends Arizona’s water conservation grant program to add disclosure requirements on projected water savings and use, expand eligibility to certain partner organizations, and require prompt rulemaking by the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority. View updates >>
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HB 2031: Grandfathered right; Willcox AMA; extension
Temporarily extends and retroactively applies the deadline to file for grandfathered groundwater rights in the Willcox AMA, preventing unintended loss of rights during the transition to Active Management Area status. View updates >>
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HB 2053: Appropriation; stormwater recharge mapping; sites
Directs the Arizona Department of Water Resources to map and identify potential stormwater recharge sites to support long-term groundwater sustainability and water planning. View updates >>
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HB 2055: Brackish groundwater recovery program
Creates a new Brackish Groundwater Recovery Program Fund within the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority to support desalination and recovery projects and strengthen Arizona’s long-term water supply. View updates >>
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HB 2077: Multifamily developments; assured water supply
Updates building permit requirements in the Prescott Active Management Area to require assured or committed water supplies for multifamily residential developments before permits may be issued. View updates >>
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HB 2097: Irrigation non-expansion areas; withdrawal; maximum
Updates groundwater law in irrigation non-expansion areas by setting pumping limits, measurement and reporting requirements, and allowing limited substitution of irrigated acres without increasing overall groundwater use. View updates >>
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HB 2101: Supply and demand; assessment; groundwater
Expands and clarifies the authority of the Arizona Department of Water Resources Director to manage, plan, conserve, and coordinate statewide surface water, groundwater, and watershed resources. View updates >>
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HB 2103: Water improvements program; water hauling
Allows counties to create a donation-funded water improvements program to help low- and fixed-income homeowners pay for essential water system upgrades. View updates >>
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HB 2026: Assured water supply; commingling
Amends Arizona’s assured water supply laws to clarify that water availability determinations for subdivisions in Active Management Areas must consider only the water sources dedicated to a proposed development, potentially streamlining review of new projects. View updates >>
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HB 2028: DWR; application; administrative completeness
Clarifies and standardizes state agency review of license applications by requiring timely written completeness determinations, allowing appeals of incompleteness findings, and applying these rules to the Department of Water Resources. View updates >>
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HB 2030: Water conservation grant fund; education
Updates the Water Conservation Grant Fund statute to clarify eligible voluntary conservation programs and prioritize projects that promote long-term water efficiency, reliability, and reduced water use. View updates >>
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HB 2052: Management plan; water loss; percent
Updates groundwater management statutes for Arizona’s fifth management period by clarifying management plan language and requiring municipal water providers to limit system water loss to eight percent while preserving existing regulatory authority. View updates >>
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HB 2054: Water provider; definition; conservation district
Amends the Water Infrastructure Finance Program to update definitions and expand the types of entities eligible to receive funding for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. View updates >>
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HB 2056: Appropriation; brackish groundwater; feasibility study
Requires the Arizona Department of Water Resources to study the feasibility and costs of brackish groundwater desalination at specified sites and appropriates $100,000 to support evaluation of alternative long-term water supplies. View updates >>
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HB 2094: Assured water supply; certificate; model
Directs ADWR to reprocess certain pending assured water supply certificates in the Phoenix AMA under specified conditions, with retroactive effect and a sunset date. View updates >>
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HB 2099: Long-term storage credits; shortage; prohibition
Amends Arizona water storage and credit laws to prohibit municipal providers from earning storage credits for CAP or Colorado River water during shortages and to tighten oversight of storage and contracting practices. View updates >>
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HB 2102: Domestic water improvement districts; hauling
Amends Arizona law to expand the authority of domestic water improvement districts to provide water delivery, hauling, and related infrastructure services in rural and unincorporated areas. View updates >>
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HB 2116: Appropriation; Colorado River litigation fund
Appropriates $1 million to Arizona’s Colorado River litigation fund to support legal efforts protecting the state’s water rights and allocations. View updates >>
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HB 2514: Adequate water supply; statewide requirements
Repeals certain subdivision water exemptions and strengthens requirements that municipalities verify and disclose adequate water supplies before approving subdivision plats. View updates >>
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HB 2515: State lands; leases; groundwater use
Creates an annual groundwater withdrawal fee and reporting requirements for lessees of state agricultural land outside AMAs and INAs, with revenues benefiting the state land trust. View updates >>
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HB 2516: Watershed health; use; survey
Updates Arizona water law definitions, establishes watershed health uses and ecological water measures, shifts water supply reporting to a three-year cycle, and directs ADWR to publish a statewide watershed health survey by 2028 with a sunset in 2029. View updates >>
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HB 2518: Subsequent active management area; designation
Requires the Director of the Department of Water Resources to designate subsequent Active Management Areas when statutory conditions are met, rather than making such designations discretionary. View updates >>
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HB 2519: Appropriation; water conservation grant fund
Appropriates $100 million to Arizona’s Water Conservation Grant Fund for FY 2026–2027 to support statewide water conservation initiatives. View updates >>
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HB 2545: Multifamily property; water; certificate
Requires certain residential developments in Active Management Areas to secure assured or committed water supplies before building permits are issued and establishes new fees and definitions to support water replenishment obligations. View updates >>
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HB 2549: Groundwater replenishment; qualification; subbasins
Updates Arizona’s groundwater replenishment laws to require subbasin-level replenishment starting in 2029 and clarifies municipal provider and member land obligations to improve groundwater sustainability. View updates >>
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HB 2550: Rural water sustainability fund; appropriation
Establishes a Rural Watershed Sustainability Initiative Fund, appropriates $500,000 for FY 2026–2027, and directs ADWR to provide grants to rural watershed groups to support water conservation and drought resilience. View updates >>
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HB 2723: Big Chino; groundwater withdrawal; mitigation
Updates groundwater law in the Big Chino subbasin by standardizing terminology and requiring cities and towns to obtain mitigation certificates and report impacts before transporting groundwater to the Prescott AMA. View updates >>
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Workforce
HB 2004: Income tax credit; family support
Creates a new income tax credit that provides up to $2,000 per child for single filers or $4,000 for married couples, with income-based phaseouts and eligibility requirements, to support families and encourage full-term pregnancies. View updates >>
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HB 2293: Public policy; wage contracts; repeal
Repeals a statute related to project labor agreements and amends energy facility siting law to clarify committee review standards, compliance requirements, and definitions related to labor neutrality. View updates >>
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HB 2295: Minimum wage increase
Raises Arizona’s minimum wage to $18 per hour starting in 2027, updates cost-of-living adjustment timing, clarifies tipped wage rules, and requires a three-fourths legislative vote for the changes to take effect. View updates >>
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HB 2461: Employer surcharge; workforce development
Creates a community college apprenticeship and workforce development fund financed by a new payroll tax surcharge on large employers, subject to supermajority legislative approval. View updates >>
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HB 2464: Repeal; right to work; liability
Repeals Arizona’s statutory right-to-work provisions and related language, renames the chapter, revises liability and employment relationship provisions, and makes the changes contingent on voter approval of a constitutional amendment. View updates >>
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HB 2849: Minimum wage; definitions; increase
Raises Arizona’s minimum wage to $18 in 2027, mandates additional annual increases and cost-of-living adjustments, eliminates the tipped wage by 2030, and requires a three-fourths legislative vote to take effect. View updates >>
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HB 2891: Appropriation; tribal housing; workforce development
Appropriates $15 million from the Housing Trust Fund to the Arizona Department of Housing for tribal housing infrastructure and workforce development grants in FY 2026–2027. View updates >>
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Education
HB 2637: School districts; aggregate expenditure limitation.
Updates Arizona’s expenditure limitation statutes by modernizing base years and reporting requirements for local governments and schools, contingent on voter approval of a constitutional amendment. View updates >>
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