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HB4027 • 2026

Charlie Kirk highway.

HB4027 - (NOW: Charlie Kirk Loop 202)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Michael Carbone, Leo Biasiucci, Selina Bliss, Pamela Carter, Joseph Chaplik, Lisa Fink, John Gillette, Matt Gress, Ralph Heap, Laurin Hendrix, Rachel Keshel, Alexander Kolodin, David Livingston, Chris Lopez, David Marshall, Sr., Teresa Martinez, Steve Montenegro, Quang H Nguyen, Justin Olson, Michele Peña, Beverly Pingerelli, Khyl Powell, Tony Rivero, James Taylor, Michael Way, Jeff Weninger, Julie Willoughby, David Gowan, Janae Shamp
Last action
2026-03-17
Official status
House amended committee of the whole
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill has been vetoed and may not become law.

Charlie Kirk Loop 202

This bill renames a section of Loop 202 in Arizona as the Charlie Kirk Loop 202 and requires official records to include this new name.

What This Bill Does

  • Designates Loop 202 as the Charlie Kirk Loop 202, notwithstanding the statutory requirements of ASBGHN (Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historical Names).
  • Updates all official acts, state records, documents, and papers relating to Loop 202 to include the new designation.
  • Directs ADOT (Arizona Department of Transportation) to erect a reasonable amount of signage throughout Loop 202 that includes the new designation.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The people who use Loop 202 in Arizona will see and use the new name on signs, documents, and maps.
  • ADOT is responsible for putting up the new signs along Loop 202.

Terms To Know

Loop 202
A major freeway in Phoenix, Arizona, also known as the South Mountain Freeway.
Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
The state agency responsible for managing and maintaining roads and highways in Arizona.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill was vetoed by the Governor, so it may not become law.
  • It does not change any other names or designations already given to parts of Loop 202.

Amendments

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

Plain English: LUCA MALDOVAN 3/16/2026 (602) 926-3848 ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session Majority Research Staff HB4027: Charlie Kirk highway.

  • LUCA MALDOVAN 3/16/2026 (602) 926-3848 ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session Majority Research Staff HB4027: Charlie Kirk highway.
  • CARBONE FLOOR AMENDMENT 1.
  • Changes the re-designation of the Loop 202 from the Charlie Kirk Highway to the Charlie Kirk Loop 202.
  • 2.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-17 House

    House amended committee of the whole

  2. 2026-03-17 House

    House passed

  3. 2026-03-17 House

    House passed

  4. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Senate passed

  5. 2026-03-16 House

    House passed

  6. 2026-03-04 Senate

    Transmitted to Senate

  7. 2026-03-03 House

    House third read passed

  8. 2026-03-03 House

    House passed

  9. 2026-02-25 House

    House committee of the whole

  10. 2026-02-24 House

    House minority caucus

  11. 2026-02-24 House

    House majority caucus

  12. 2026-02-23 House

    House consent calendar

  13. 2026-02-10 House

    House second read

  14. 2026-02-09 House

    House Rules: C&P

  15. 2026-02-09 House

    House Transportation & Infrastructure: DP

  16. 2026-02-09 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB4027 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

Assigned to
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VETOED

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

VETOED

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1010/ H.B. 4027

Charlie Kirk
highway

(
NOW:
Charlie Kirk Loop 202
)

Purpose

����������� Designates
Loop 202 as the
Charlie Kirk

Loop 202

and requires the designation to be included on official records, documentation
and signage.

Background

����������� The Arizona State Board on Geographic and
Historical Names (ASBGHN) is responsible for: 1) determining the most
appropriate names for geographic features and places of historical significance
in Arizona; and 2) establishing or designating a highway or area as a parkway,
historic road or scenic road that is of geographic or historical significance
in Arizona (
A.R.S.
� 41-835.03
).

����������� The
Loop 202, also known as the South Mountain Freeway, is an eight-lane freeway
located in the southwest portion of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area that
stretches 22 miles connecting with the Interstate 10 on each end (
ADOT
).

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund
associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.

States
that, notwithstanding the statutory requirements of ASBGHN, Loop 202 is
designated and also known as the
Charlie Kirk

Loop 202
.

2.

Updates
all official acts, state records, documents and papers relating to Loop 202 to
include the
Charlie Kirk Highway
designation.

3.

Directs
the Arizona Department of Transportation to erect a reasonable amount of
signage throughout Loop 202 that includes the new designation.

4.

Specifies
that the
Charlie Kirk Highway
designation does not supersede any current
designation assigned to Loop 202 by ASBGHN.

5.

Contains
a statement of legislative intent.

6.

Becomes
effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by
Committee of the Whole

1.

Renames the Loop 202 as the
Charlie Kirk Loop 202
, rather than
the
Charlie Kirk Highway
.

2.

Adds a statement of legislative intent.

3.

Makes conforming changes.

Governor's Veto Message

����������� The Governor
indicates in her
veto message

that she will continue working towards solutions that bring people together but
H.B. 4027 falls short of that standard by inserting politics into a nonpartisan
government function and that any highway renaming must follow the current
process through ASBGHN and may not be circumvented by the Legislature.

Senate Action
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House
Action

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on
reconsideration

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1010 was substituted for H.B. 4027 on 3
rd
Read)

Vetoed by the Governor 3/27/26

Prepared by
Senate Research

April 8, 2026

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Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
HB4027 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

Charlie
Kirk highway.

(now:� Charlie Kirk
Loop 202)

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 4027

AN
ACT

Amending title 41, chapter 4.1, article
3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-837.02; relating to historic
names.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 4.1, article 3,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-837.02, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-837.02.

Charlie Kirk loop 202

A. NOTWITHSTANDING this article, the
Loop 202 is designated and shall also be known as the "charlie kirk
Loop 202".

B. All official acts, state records,
documents and papers relating to the loop 202 after the effective date of this
section shall include the designation "Charlie Kirk
Loop
202".

C. The department of transportation
shall erect a reasonable amount of signage throughout loop 202 that includes
the new DESIGNATION.

D. This section is not intended to
supersede any current designation ASSIGNED to the loop 202 by the board.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Legislative intent

The legislature intends:

1. To rename the entire
Loop 202 as the Charlie Kirk Loop 202.

2. That the underlying
segments of the Charlie Kirk Loop 202 would retain their names and designations
and those underlying segments are the Red Mountain Freeway, the Santan Freeway
and the Congressman Ed Pastor Freeway.