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HB2609 • 2026

appropriation; ADOT; roundabout; SR 89A

HB2609 - appropriation; ADOT; roundabout; SR 89A

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Walt Blackman
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is not listed in the provided official material, only that it passed the legislature and reached final enrollment.

Funding a Roundabout in Sedona

This bill sets aside $5,016,000 from the state General Fund for fiscal year 2027 to give to ADOT so it can pay the City of Sedona to build and improve a roundabout at State Route 89A.

What This Bill Does

  • Sets aside $5,016,000 from the state General Fund for fiscal year 2027.
  • Gives this money to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
  • Requires ADOT to give the funds to the City of Sedona.
  • Pays for building and improving a roundabout at State Route 89A, Forest Road, and Ranger Road.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
  • The City of Sedona

Terms To Know

Appropriation
An official act that sets aside money from a government fund for a specific use.
General Fund (GF)
The main account where the state keeps most of its tax revenue to pay for services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not say when construction will start or finish.
  • The text does not explain how ADOT decides if other projects get money instead.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-01-20 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-20 House

    House Appropriations: None

  4. 2026-01-20 House

    House Transportation & Infrastructure: DP

  5. 2026-01-20 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2609 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB
2609
: appropriation; ADOT; roundabout; SR 89A

Sponsor:
Representative Blackman, LD 7

Committee
on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Appropriates
$5,016,000 from the state General Fund (GF) to the Arizona Department of
Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to the City of Sedona for roundabout
construction and improvements at the intersection of State Route 89A, Forest
Road and Ranger Road.

History

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.S. � 28-331
). ADOT has exclusive control
and jurisdiction over state highways, state routes, state-owned airports and
all state-owned transportation systems or modes.

The duties of ADOT
are as follows: 1) register motor vehicles and aircraft, license drivers,
collect revenues, enforce motor vehicle and aviation statutes and perform
related functions; 2) do multimodal state transportation planning, cooperate
and coordinate transportation planning with local governments and establish an
annually updated priority program of capital improvements for all
transportation modes; 3) design and construct transportation facilities in
accordance with a priority plan and maintain and operate state highways, state
owned airports and state public transportation systems; 4) investigate new
transportation systems and cooperate with and advise local governments
concerning the development and operation of public transit systems; 5) have administrative
jurisdiction of transportation safety programs and implement them following
applicable law; and 6) operate a state motor vehicle fleet for all motor
vehicles that are owned, leased or rented by this state (
A.R.S. � 28- 332
).

Provisions

1.

Appropriates
$5,016,000 from the GF in FY 2027 to ADOT to distribute the City of Sedona for
roundabout construction and improvements at the intersection of State Route
89A, Forest Road and Ranger Road. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
HB2609 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; ADOT; roundabout; SR 89A

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2609

Introduced by

Representative
Blackman

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
transportation.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.
Appropriation;
department of transportation; roundabout; State Route 89A, Forest Road and
Ranger Road

The sum of $5,016,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
transportation to distribute to the city of Sedona for roundabout construction
and improvements at the intersection of State Route 89A, Forest Road and Ranger
Road.