civil rights advisory board; continuation

HB2931 - civil rights advisory board; continuation

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Stacey Travers, Lupe Contreras, Kevin Volk
Last action: 2026-06-12
Official status: Senate Rules: None
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date field was empty in metadata, but Section 6 explicitly states retroactivity to July 1, 2026.

HB2931: Continuing the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board

This bill continues the operation of the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board until July 1, 2030, and moves its rules into a separate section of state law.

What This Bill Does

Continues the operation of the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board for four years.
Sets an end date for the board on July 1, 2030.
Moves the legal rule creating the board into a new section separate from the Civil Rights Division rules.
Repeals the old law that created the board and sets up its replacement to be repealed in January 2031.
Makes these changes take effect starting from July 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

The Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board
Members appointed to serve on the advisory board

Terms To Know

Advisory Board: A group that gives advice and recommendations but does not make final laws or rules.
Quorum: The minimum number of members who must be present for the board to hold a meeting or vote, which is four members for this board.
Retroactive: A law that applies to events or dates in the past; this bill makes changes apply back to July 1, 2026.

Limits and Unknowns

The official summary notes a committee recommended an eight-year extension, but this law only continues the board for four years.
The text states when the board ends but does not list specific tasks it must finish before that date.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Biasiucci - passed (Adopted)

Adopted

Plain English: This amendment moves the rules for the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board into its own separate law and shortens how long the board is allowed to exist.

The laws that create and run the Civil Rights Advisory Board are separated from the main civil rights division within the Department of Law.
A new, specific section in state law is created just for the advisory board's rules about members, meetings, and pay.
The date when the board must end its work is changed to July 1, 2030.
All laws related to this board will be officially removed from the books on January 1, 2031.

This explanation relies only on the provided amendment text and does not include details about why these changes were made or how they affect current cases.
The specific duties of the board are mentioned generally as 'conducting hearings' but detailed rules for those activities are not included in this document.

Bill History

2026-06-12 Senate
Senate Rules: None
2026-06-12 Senate
Senate first read
2026-03-18 Senate
Transmitted to Senate
2026-03-18 House
House third read passed
2026-03-05 House
House committee of the whole
2026-03-05 House
House majority caucus
2026-03-03 House
House minority caucus
2026-03-02 House
House consent calendar
2026-02-03 House
House second read
2026-02-02 House
House Rules: C&P
2026-02-02 House
House Judiciary: DP
2026-02-02 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2931 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House:
JUD DP 5-3-0-1

HB
2931
: civil rights advisory board; continuation

Sponsor:
Representative Travers, LD 12

House
Engrossed

Overview

Continues
the Civil Rights Advisory Board (Board) for four years.

History

The Board is a statutory, seven-member advisory body housed
within the Civil Rights Division of the Arizona Department of Law; its members
are appointed by the Governor for three-year terms, and no more than four
members may be from the same political party. In operation, the Board serves as
an advisory body for the Civil Rights Division: the Division may employ an
executive director for the Board, considers the Board�s recommendations when
issuing or updating procedural rules to carry out Arizona�s civil rights laws,
and is authorized to conduct periodic statewide surveys on discrimination,
foster community efforts to eliminate discrimination, and publish results of
studies, investigations, and research (
A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 9, Article 1
).

The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee of Reference
conducted a review of the Board and recommended the Board be continued for
eight years.

Provisions

1.

Separates
the enabling statute for the Civil Rights Advisory Board from the Civil Rights
Division of the Department of Law. (Sec. 2)

2.

Continues
the Board until July 1, 2030. (Sec. 2)

3.

Repeals the
Board on January 1, 2031. (Sec. 2)

4.

Contains a
purpose statement. (Sec. 3)

5.

Makes the
legislation retroactive to July 1, 2026. (Sec. 4)

6.

Makes a
conforming change. (Sec. 1)

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HB2931 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

civil rights advisory
board; continuation

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2931

AN
ACT

amending section
41-1401, Arizona Revised Statutes; AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 1,
ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1401.01; REPEALING SECTION
41-3026.11, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 27,
ARTICLE 2, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41-3030.27;
RELATING TO THE arizona civil rights advisory board.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section
1. Section 41-1401, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
41-1401.

Civil rights division; definition

A.
There is created
The civil
rights division within the department of law
which shall include
the Arizona civil rights advisory board

is established
.
The board shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by
the governor. Not more than four of the members shall at any one
time be of the same political party. Each member shall serve for a
term of three years. Of the members of the board first appointed,
two shall be appointed for terms ending January 31, 1966, two for terms ending
January 31, 1967, and three for terms ending January 31, 1968. Thereafter, the
terms shall expire on the third Monday in January of the appropriate year.

B. An appointment to fill a vacancy
shall be subject to the same limitation with respect to party affiliations as
the original appointment.

C. The board shall elect from its
membership a chairman and vice chairman. The vice chairman shall act
as chairman in the absence or disability of the chairman, or in the event of a
vacancy in that office.

D. Four members of the board shall
constitute a quorum, except that if the chairman appoints a subcommittee of the
board a majority of the members of the subcommittee shall constitute a
quorum. The concurrence of four of the members when in session as a
board shall be the act of the board.

E. Each member shall receive compensation
as determined pursuant to section 38-611 for each day in which he
participates in meetings, but not to exceed one thousand dollars in any fiscal
year.

F.

B.
For
the purposes of this chapter,
"board" means the Arizona
civil rights advisory board and
"division" means the civil
rights division within the department of law.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 9, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1401.01, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-1401.01.

Arizona civil rights advisory board; terms; vacancies;
organization; quorum; compensation; definition

A.
The
Arizona civil rights advisory board is established in the division. �The board
shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the
governor. Not more than four of the members shall at any one time be
of the same political party. Each member shall serve for a term of
three years. �The terms shall expire on the third Monday in January of the
appropriate year.

B. An appointment to fill a vacancy
shall be subject to the same limitation with respect to party affiliations as
the original appointment.

C. The
board shall elect from its membership a chairperson and vice
chairperson. The vice chairperson shall act as chairperson in the
absence or disability of the chairperson, or in the event of a vacancy in that
office.

D. Four members of the board shall
constitute a quorum, except that if the chairperson appoints a subcommittee of
the board a majority of the members of the subcommittee shall constitute a
quorum. The concurrence of four of the members when in session as a
board shall be the act of the board.

E. Each member shall receive
compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611 for each day in
which the member participates in meetings, but not to exceed $1,000 in any
fiscal year.

F. For the purposes of this chapter,
"board" means the Arizona civil rights advisory board.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.
Repeal

Section 41-3026.11, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 4. Title 41, chapter 27, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3030.27, to
read:

START_STATUTE
41-3030.27.

Arizona civil rights advisory board; termination July 1, 2030

A. The Arizona civil rights advisory
board terminates on July 1,
2030.

B.
Section 41-1401.01
and this section are repealed on January 1,
2031.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 5.
Purpose

Pursuant to section 41-2955,
subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the Arizona
civil rights advisory board to conduct hearings
,
obtain information and report on civil rights issues that impact Arizonans as
prescribed by state law and to perform those other functions as prescribed by
law.

Sec. 6.
Retroactivity

Sections
3 and
4 of this act apply
retroactively to from and after July 1, 2026.