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HB2620 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2620
appropriation;
homeless veterans; shelter services
Purpose
Appropriates
$300,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FYs 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030
and 2031 to the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS) to distribute
grants to eligible emergency shelters that provide aid to homeless veterans and
prescribes related reporting requirements.
Background
����������� ADVS's
duties include: 1) assisting veterans, family members of veterans and
dependents of veterans in presenting, providing and establishing claims,
privileges, rights and benefits provided under federal, state or local law; 2)
cooperating with all government and private agencies receiving services for or
benefits to veterans, family members of veterans and dependents of veterans; 3)
entering into agreements with veterans' organizations in Arizona that hold a
charter granted by the U.S. Congress for the beneficial interest of veterans;
4) evaluating programs offered by educational institutions and training
establishments pursuant to federal and state law, so that veterans and
dependents of veterans may draw the educational allowance provided by federal
law while pursuing approved programs; and 5) establishing an application
process for the Arizona Gold Star Military Medal, verifying the eligibility of
recipients and, if funding is available, awarding the Medal to an eligible
individual (
A.R.S.
� 41-603
).
����������� H.B. 2620 appropriates
$300,000 from the state GF in FYs 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030 and 2031 to ADVS.
Provisions
1.
Appropriates $300,000 from the state GF in FYs 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030
and 2031 to ADVS to distribute as grants to emergency shelters.
2.
Requires grant monies be distributed to emergency shelters that do not
require a pre-scheduled intake appointment and that provide:
a)
low-barrier,
single adult, emergency shelter;
b)
100
or more beds; and
c)
aid
for homeless veterans in Arizona.
3.
Directs each organization that is a grant recipient to:
a)
inquire
with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs if additional federal services are
available for a veteran; and
b)
provide
that information to ADVS.
4.
Requires ADVS to submit, by June 30, 2026, and each year thereafter, a
report to the Governor, the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the Chairperson and
Vice-chairperson of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) containing the
following information for each organization that is a grant recipient:
a)
all
expenditures of granted monies to aid homeless veterans in Arizona;
b)
the
metrics used to analyze the success of those expenditures; and
c)
the
military discharge status of each veteran served by the organization.
5.
Requires ADVS to submit, by June 30, 2031, a final report to the
Governor, the Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
the Chairperson and
Vice-chairperson of JLAC that contains:
a)
activities
funded by the appropriation and associated expenditures by each grant recipient
organization;
b)
outcomes
of all expenditures from the appropriation;
c)
the
total number of persons aggregated by military discharge status who were served
by a grant funded by the appropriation by each grant recipient organization;
and
d)
any
recommendations by each grant recipient organization.
6.
Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.
7.
Repeals the appropriation and all related requirements on January 1,
2032.
8.
Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
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Prepared by Senate Research
March 18, 2026
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HB2620 - 572R - H Ver
House Engrossed
appropriation;
homeless veterans; shelter services
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HOUSE BILL 2620
AN
ACT
Appropriating monies to the department of
veterans' services.
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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1.
Appropriation; department of veterans'
services; emergency shelters; fiscal years 2026-2027, 2027-2028,
2028-2029, 2029-2030 and 2030-2031; reports; exemption;
delayed repeal
A. The sum of $300,000 is
appropriated from the state general fund in each of fiscal years 2026-2027,
2027-2028, 2028-2029, 2029-2030 and 2030-2031 to the department of
veterans' services to distribute as grants to emergency shelters.
B.
Grant monies shall be distributed to emergency shelters that
do not require a pre-scheduled intake appointment and that provide the
following:
1. Low-barrier, single
adult, emergency shelter.
2. One hundred or more
beds.
3. Aid for homeless
veterans in this state.
C. On or before June 30,
2026 and each year thereafter, the department of veterans' services shall
submit a report to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of
the house of representatives and the chairperson and the vice chairperson of
the joint legislative audit committee of all of the following information for
each organization that is a grant recipient pursuant to subsection A of this
section:
1. All expenditures of
monies granted to aid homeless veterans in this state.
2. The metrics used to
analyze the success of each expenditure of monies pursuant to paragraph 1 of
this subsection.
3. The military discharge
status of each veteran who is served by the organization. Each
organization shall inquire with the United States department of veterans
affairs if additional federal services are available for the veteran and shall
provide that information to the department of veterans' services.
D. On or before June 30,
2031, the department of veterans' services shall submit a final report to the
governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of
representatives and the chairperson and vice chairperson of the joint legislative
audit committee that contains all of the following information:
1. Activities funded by the
appropriation made pursuant to subsection A of this section and associated
expenditures by each grant recipient organization.
2. Outcomes of all
expenditures from the appropriation made pursuant to subsection A of this
section.
3. The total number of
persons aggregated by military discharge status who were served by a grant
funded by the appropriation made pursuant to subsection A of this section by
each grant recipient organization.
4. Any
recommendations by each grant recipient organization.
E.
The appropriation made in subsection A of this
section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised
Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
F. This section is repealed
from and after December 31, 2031.