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HB2893 • 2026

appropriation; Navajo Nation; transportation projects

HB2893 - appropriation; Navajo Nation; transportation projects

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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
Myron Tsosie
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact timeline and duration of the projects are not specified in the official source material.

Transportation Funding for the Navajo Nation

This bill provides funding from Arizona's state budget in fiscal year 2026-2027 to improve roads in the Navajo Nation.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates $36,029,500 from the state General Fund for transportation projects in the Navajo Nation.
  • Uses this money for three specific road improvement projects: improving Navajo Route 8090 with $32,056,900, Route 8070 with $3,184,300, and Route 8009 with $788,300.
  • The Arizona Department of Transportation will distribute the funds to the Navajo Nation Division of Transportation.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who live in or travel through the Navajo Nation
  • The Arizona Department of Transportation and the Navajo Nation Division of Transportation

Terms To Know

Appropriation
Money given by a government for specific purposes.
Navajo Route
A road in the Navajo Nation, similar to state or federal highways.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how long these projects will take.
  • It is unclear if there are other transportation projects that might need funding but were not included in this bill.

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

HB2893 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB2893
:
appropriation; Navajo Nation; transportation projects

Sponsor:
Representative Tsosie, LD 6

Committee
on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Appropriates
$36,029,500 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona
Department of Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to the Navajo Division of
Transportation for various transportation projects.

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
amounts from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT to distribute to the Navajo Nation
Division of Transportation as follows:

a.

$32,056,900
for graveling and chip sealing and raising the roadway of and for drainage
improvements to Navajo Route 8090;

b.

$3,184,300
for grading, graveling and stabilizing and for drainage improvements to Navajo
Route 8070; and

c.

$788,300 for
grading, graveling and stabilizing and for drainage improvements to Navajo
Route 8009. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

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HB2893 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; Navajo Nation; transportation projects

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2893

Introduced by

Representative
Tsosie

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; Navajo Nation division of transportation;
transportation projects

The following amounts are appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
transportation to distribute to the Navajo Nation division of transportation
for the following projects:

1. $32,056,900 for
graveling and chip sealing and raising the roadway of and for drainage
improvements to Navajo Route 8090.

2. $3,184,300 for grading,
graveling and stabilizing and for drainage improvements to Navajo Route 8070.

3. $788,300 for grading,
graveling and stabilizing and for drainage improvements to Navajo Route 8009.