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HB4065 • 2026

DES; continuation

HB4065 - DES; continuation

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Patty Contreras, Seth Blattman, Junelle Cavero, Janeen Connolly, Brian Garcia, Nancy Gutierrez, Sarah Liguori, Mariana Sandoval, Stephanie Simacek
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
House second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill applies retroactively starting July 1, 2026, but does not specify what happens if a new law is passed before then.

HB4065: Continuation and Future End Date for the Department of Economic Security

This bill continues the Arizona Department of Economic Security until it ends on July 1, 2034.

What This Bill Does

  • Repeals an older law about ending the department in a previous year.
  • Sets a new date for the department to stop existing on July 1, 2034.
  • States that laws related to this department will be removed from the books on January 1, 2035.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Arizona Department of Economic Security

Terms To Know

Repeal
To officially cancel a law so it is no longer in effect.
Retroactive
A rule that applies to events or dates before the bill was passed, starting from July 1, 2026 for this act.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The text does not say what will happen to current employees after July 1, 2034.
  • The source does not explain which new agency might take over these services in the future.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-02-11 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-02-11 House

    House Health & Human Services: None

  4. 2026-02-11 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB4065 - DES; continuation

Current Bill Text

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DES; continuation

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 4065

Introduced by

Representatives
Contreras P: Blattman, Cavero, Connolly, Garcia, Gutierrez, Liguori,
Sandoval, Simacek

AN
ACT

Repealing section 41-3026.21, Arizona
Revised Statutes; amending title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona Revised
Statutes, by adding section 41-3034.21; relating to the department of
economic security.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
Repeal

Section 41-3026.21, Arizona Revised Statutes,
is repealed.

Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 27, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3034.21, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-3034.21.

Department of economic security; termination July 1, 2034

A. The department of economic
security terminates on July 1, 2034.

B. Title 41, chapter 14 and this
section are repealed on January 1, 2035.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.
Purpose

Pursuant to section 41-2955,
subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the
department of economic security to provide social services, welfare programs,
vocational rehabilitation and employment services and developmental disability
programs.

Sec. 4.
Retroactivity

Sections 1
and 2 of this act apply retroactively to from and after July 1, 2026.