international organizations; government resources; prohibition

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on the enforcement mechanisms or potential impacts on state finances.

Prohibiting State Resources for International Organizations

This bill stops Arizona's state agencies, political subdivisions, and employees from using resources to enforce or implement rules set by certain international organizations.

What This Bill Does

• Forbids Arizona’s government entities from enforcing or implementing any rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy, or mandate of listed international organizations unless required by a court order.
• Prohibits the use of state resources to help these international organizations enforce their rules in Arizona.
• Bans public higher education institutions from collaborating with specific foreign entities and requires approval from the Arizona Board of Regents before accepting any funds or support from them.

Who It Names or Affects

• Arizona's government agencies and political subdivisions
• Employees working in Arizona’s state agencies or political subdivisions
• Public institutions of higher education in Arizona

Terms To Know

International Organization

A group that operates across national boundaries, such as the World Health Organization or the United Nations.

Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR)

The governing body for Arizona’s public universities and community colleges.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if a court order requires enforcement or implementation of an international organization's rules.
• It is unclear how the penalties will be enforced and whether they will have a significant impact on state finances.

Official Summary Text

HB2775 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House:
FMAE DPA 4-3-0-0

HB
2775
: international organizations; government resources; prohibition

Sponsor:
Representative Powell, LD 14

House
Engrossed

Overview

Prohibits
the state's agencies, political subdivisions and employees from enforcing or
implementing international organization mandates or using state resources to
assist in their enforcement or implementation. Prohibits institutions of higher
education from collaborating with outlined entities.

History

Currently, several areas of statute require
compliance with or refer to the standards or frameworks outlined by various international
organizations, including but not limited to:

1)

the
Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation is required to adopt the
current sound measurement standard of the Society of Automotive Engineers'
international
organization
for standardization for certain off-highway vehicles (
A.R.S. � 28-1179
);

2)

in
order for certain educators and administrators to receive continuing education
credits for dyslexia training activities, the training must include the
knowledge and practice standards of an
international organization
on
dyslexia that is designated by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) (
A.R.S. � 15-219
);

3)

ADE
is required to develop a dyslexia screening plan that meets outlined
requirements, one of which states that the plan must be developed
collaboratively with state representatives of an
international organization

on dyslexia (
A.R.S. � 15-704
);
and

4)

a municipality
or county may adopt a wildlife-urban interface code, which may be adapted from
a model code adopted by a national or
international organization
for
mitigating the hazard to life and property (A.R.S. ��
9-806
,
11-861
).

Provisions

1.

Prohibits an
agency or political subdivision of Arizona or an employee thereof, except as
required by a court order, from doing any of the following in their official
capacity:

a.

knowingly
and willfully participating in the enforcement or implementation of any rule, regulation,
fee, tax or policy or mandate of an international organization; or

b.

using any
assets, state monies or monies allocated by the state to its political
subdivisions to engage in any activity that aids an international organization
in enforcing or implementing any rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy or mandate
in the state. (Sec. 2)

2.

Includes as
an
international organization,
for the purposes of the act, all of the
following:

a.

the World
Health Organization

b.

the United
Nations and any United Nations agency;

c.

the World
Economic Forum;

d.

the Bank for
International Settlements;

e.

the
International Criminal Court;

f.

the
International Monetary Fund; and

g.

the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization. (Sec. 2)

3.

Prohibits a
public institution of higher education from knowingly soliciting, accepting,
entering into or continuing any loan, gift, grant, contract, agreement,
research partnership, memorandum of understanding or sponsored project that
originates from, is funded by or if affiliated with outlined entities. (Sec. 3)

4.

Requires any
proposed acceptance of monies, support or collaboration with outlined entities
to be submitted to the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) for review and approval
before the acceptance of monies, support or collaboration may occur. (Sec. 3)

5.

Designates
ABOR as the sole reviewing and decision-making authority for determining
whether the acceptance of monies, support or collaboration is consistent with
state and federal law and national and state security interests. (Sec. 3)

6.

Prohibits a
public institution of higher education from delegating, bypassing or presuming
approval authority as prescribed by the previous provisions and classifies any
agreement entered into without approval by ABOR as void and unenforceable.
(Sec. 3)

7.

States that
if ABOR approves an acceptance of monies or agreement and the acceptance or
agreement is later determined to not comply with the prohibition or
ABOR-review, the applicable public institution of higher education is required
to forfeit an amount equal to 150% of the total value of the monies, gift or
agreement. (Sec. 3)

8.

Specifies
from which part of an institution's operating budget the forfeited amount must be
reduced and where the monies are deposited after the forfeiture. (Sec. 3)

9.

Directs ABOR
to establish a subcommittee, advisory board or similar entity to review any
proposed monies, support or collaboration between an ABOR university and outlined
entities. (Sec. 3)

10.

Requires
ABOR to adopt reporting requirements for universities under its jurisdiction
and specifies the formatting and examinability of the reports. (Sec. 3)

11.

Makes
technical changes. (Sec. 1)

12.

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Current Bill Text

HB2775 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

international
organizations; government resources; prohibition

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2775

AN
ACT

AMENDING TITLE 1, chapter 8, Arizona
Revised Statutes, BY ADDING article 2; amending title 15, chapter 13, article
2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-1650.07; RELATING TO
government resources.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
Heading change

A. The chapter heading of
title 1, chapter 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is changed from "
governmental maintenance operations and capital projects
" to "
government operations
and resources
".

B. The article heading of
title 1, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is changed from
"GENERAL PROVISIONS" to "
governmental
maintenance operations and capital projects
".

Sec. 2. Title 1, chapter 8, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding article 2, to read:

ARTICLE
2. GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

START_STATUTE
1-821.

Prohibited use of government resources; international
organizations; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other law and
except as required by a court order, an agency of this state, a political
subdivision of this state or an employee of an agency or political subdivision
of this state acting in the employee's official capacity may not do any of the
following:

1. Knowingly and wilfully participate
in any way in the Enforcement or implementation of any rule, regulation, fee,
tax, policy or mandate of any kind of an international Organization.

2. Use any assets, state monies or
monies allocated by this state to political subdivisions of this state on or
after the effective date of this section, in whole or in part, to engage in any
activity that aids an international Organization in enforcing or implementing
any rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy or mandate of any kind in this state.

B. For the purposes of this section,
"international organization" includes all of the following:

1. The world health organization.

2. The United Nations and any United
Nations agency.

3. The world economic forum.

4. The bank for international
settlements.

5. The international criminal court.

6. The international monetary fund.

7. The North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Title 15, chapter 13, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-1650.07, to read:

START_STATUTE
15-1650.07.

Foreign
adversary monies, support and collaboration; higher educational institutions;
prohibition; review; university reporting requirements

A. Notwithstanding any other law, a
public institution of higher education in this state, including any university
under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents, may not knowingly
solicit, accept, enter into or continue any loan, gift, grant, contract,
agreement, research partnership, memorandum of understanding or sponsored
project that originates from, is funded by or is affiliated with any of the
following entities:

1. The government of the People's
Republic of China.

2. The Chinese Communist Party.

3. Any political subdivision,
instrumentality, state-owned enterprise, military-affiliated entity or agent
acting on behalf of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist
Party.

4. Beihang University, formerly known
as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

5. Beijing Institute of Technology.

6. Harbin Engineering University.

7. Harbin Institute of Technology.

8. Nanjing University of Aeronautics
and Astronautics.

9. Nanjing University of Science and
Technology.

10. Northwestern Polytechnical
University.

B. Any proposed acceptance of monies,
support or collaboration with an entity listed in subsection A of this section
must be submitted to the Arizona Board of Regents for review and written
approval before the ACCEPTANCE of monies, support or collaboration may occur.
The Arizona Board of Regents is the sole reviewing and decision-making
authority for determining whether the acceptance of any monies, support or
collaboration is consistent with the laws of this state, national security
interests and the public interest of this state.

C. A public institution of higher
education may not delegate, bypass or presume approval authority as prescribed
in this section, and any agreement entered into or executed without prior
approval by the Arizona Board of Regents is void and unenforceable as a matter
of law.

D. If the Arizona Board of Regents
approves the acceptance of monies or an agreement pursuant to this section and
the acceptance is later determined to not comply with this section, the public
institution of higher education shall FORFEIT an amount equal to one hundred
fifty percent of the total value of the monies, grant, loan, gift or agreement.
The forfeited amount shall be paid from the institution's general operating
budget to the state treasurer for deposit in the state general fund. The
legislature may not increase or decrease an appropriation to the institution to
offset the forfeiture.

E. The Arizona Board of Regents shall
establish a subcommittee, advisory board or similar entity to REVIEW and
approve, if appropriate pursuant to subsection B of this section, any proposed
monies, support or collaboration between a university under the jurisdiction of
the Arizona board of regents and an entity that is listed in subsection A of
this section.� The Arizona board of regents shall adopt reporting requirements
for universities that are under the jurisdiction of the arizona board of
regents regarding any monies, support or collaboration that is approved
pursuant to this section. the reporting requirements must ensure that any
report under this subsection comply with basic accounting guidelines as
prescribed by the Auditor General. Reports under this subsection may be
inspected by the Auditor General.
END_STATUTE