healthy Arizona study committee

HB2994 - healthy Arizona study committee

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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: Leo Biasiucci, Kevin Volk
Last action: 2026-02-10
Official status: House second read
Effective date: Not listed

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HB2994: Healthy Arizona Study Committee

This bill creates a temporary committee to study how sugary beverage consumption affects health and state finances in Arizona.

What This Bill Does

Establishes the Healthy Arizona Study Committee with eleven members appointed by various state leaders, departments, and organizations.
Requires the group to gather input from experts on how sugary beverage consumption impacts residents' health and state finances.
Directs the committee to review current policies that could lower sugary drink use and improve public health outcomes.
Asks the committee to find possible funding sources for new strategies aimed at reducing sugary beverage consumption.
Mandates a final report with findings and recommendations be sent to state leaders by December 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

State agencies including health services, agriculture, economic security, education, and parks boards that appoint committee members.
The governor's office on tribal relations and statewide organizations representing small businesses or rural development.
Arizona residents whose health is impacted by sugary beverage consumption.

Terms To Know

Sugary beverage: Drinks that the committee will study for their effect on public health and state finances.
Repealed: The law ends and is no longer in force after September 30, 2027.

Limits and Unknowns

This committee only studies the issue; it does not create new laws or taxes on its own.
The committee must end its work when the law expires on September 30, 2027.
Committee members do not receive a salary but can be reimbursed for expenses.

Bill History

2026-02-10 House
House second read
2026-02-09 House
House Rules: None
2026-02-09 House
House Government: None
2026-02-09 House
House Health & Human Services: W/D
2026-02-09 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2994 - healthy Arizona study committee

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healthy Arizona study committee

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2994

Introduced by

Representatives
Biasiucci: Volk

AN
ACT

Establishing the healthy Arizona study
committee.

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

Section 1.
Healthy
Arizona study committee; membership; duties; report; delayed repeal

A. The healthy Arizona
study committee is established consisting of the following members:

1. One member who is a
preventative health expert in this state and who is appointed by the director
of the department of health services.

2. One member who is a food
systems and agricultural expert in this state and who is appointed by the
director of the Arizona department of agriculture.

3. One member who is a
hunger relief expert in this state and who is appointed by the director of the
department of economic security.

4. One member who is a
child nutrition and health expert in this state and who is appointed by the
director of the department of education.

5. One member who is a
physical activity expert in this state and who is appointed by the director of
the Arizona state parks board.

6. One member who is a
local food and restaurant small business expert in this state and who is
appointed by a statewide organization representing small businesses.

7. One member who
represents the beverage industry in this state and who is appointed by the
governor.

8. One member who is a
tribal health and economy expert in this state and who is appointed by the
governor's office on tribal relations.

9. One member who is a
rural health and economy expert in this state and who is appointed by a
statewide organization representing rural health and economic development.

10. One member of the house
of representatives who is appointed by the majority leader of the house of
representatives.

11. One member of the house
of representatives who is appointed by the minority leader of the house of
representatives.

B. Appointed members serve
at the pleasure of the person who made the appointment.

C. Committee members are
not eligible to receive compensation but are eligible to receive reimbursement
of expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised
Statutes.

D. The committee shall:

1. Meet at least once or
more frequently as the committee deems necessary.

2. Solicit input and
testimony from subject matter experts, stakeholders and community members
regarding the effects of sugary beverage consumption on the health of the
residents of this state and any fiscal impacts to this state.

3. Assess
the state-level policies, strategies and resources that could reduce
sugary beverage consumption and improve health outcomes in this state.

4. Identify
potential sources of funding to implement state-level policies,
strategies and resources that could reduce sugary beverage consumption and
improve health outcomes in this state.

5. On or before December 1,
2026, submit a report regarding the committee's activities, findings and
recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of
the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary
of state.

E. This section is repealed
from and after September 30, 2027.