HB4091 • 2026

tribal government; law enforcement fund

HB4091 - tribal government; law enforcement fund

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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: Mae Peshlakai, Junelle Cavero, Janeen Connolly, Lupe Contreras, Sarah Liguori, Aaron Márquez, Betty J Villegas
Last action: 2026-02-12
Official status: House second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill appropriates $10 million specifically for fiscal year 2026-2027; the text does not specify funding amounts for future years beyond that initial appropriation.

Tribal Government Rural Law Enforcement Enhancement Grant Program

This bill creates a new fund and grant program to give money from the state general fund to tribal governments in rural Arizona counties for hiring officers, buying equipment, improving technology, and investigating turquoise alerts.

What This Bill Does

Establishes the Tribal Government Rural Law Enforcement Enhancement Fund with $10 million appropriated from the state general fund for fiscal year 2026-2027.
Provides grants to tribal governments in counties with fewer than 500,000 people for hiring new law enforcement officers and personnel.
Allows funds to be used for retaining current law enforcement officers.
Funds the purchase of communication equipment.
Supports information technology improvement projects.
Reimburses expenses related to investigating turquoise alerts under section 41-1728.01.
Requires the Department of Public Safety to administer the program and submit an annual report on its effectiveness by December 1, starting in 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

Tribal governmental entities with reservation land located primarily in a county with fewer than 500,000 residents
The Arizona Department of Public Safety

Terms To Know

Appropriation: Money set aside by the legislature for a specific purpose.
Turquoise Alert: A system used to help find missing Native American children or adults, referenced in section 41-1728.01.

Limits and Unknowns

Grants are only available if the tribal reservation is located primarily in a county with fewer than 500,000 residents.
No more than $100,000 annually may be used for administrative costs of implementing this section.

Bill History

2026-02-12 House
House second read
2026-02-11 House
House Rules: None
2026-02-11 House
House Appropriations: None
2026-02-11 House
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement: None
2026-02-11 House
House first read

Official Summary Text

HB4091 - tribal government; law enforcement fund

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HB4091 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
tribal government; law enforcement
fund

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 4091

Introduced by

Representatives
Peshlakai: Cavero, Connolly, Contreras L, Liguori, M�rquez, Villegas

AN
ACT

Amending Title 41, chapter 12, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1738; appropriating
monies; relating to the department of public safety.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 12, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1738, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-1738.

Tribal government rural law enforcement enhancement grant
program; administration; purposes; fund; annual report

A.
The Tribal
government rural law enforcement enhancement grant program is established to
provide grant monies to tribal governmental entities in this state with
reservation land that is located primarily in a county with a population of
less than five hundred thousand persons for any of the following:

1. Hiring new law enforcement
officers and personnel.

2. Retaining current law enforcement
officers.

3. Purchasing communication
equipment.

4. Funding information technology
improvement projects.

5. Reimbursing expenses related to
investigating turquoise alerts pursuant to section 41-1728.01.

B. The department shall administer
the grant program and may adopt rules, policies and procedures to carry out the
purposes of this section. applicants shall submit an application for a grant on
a form prescribed by the department.

C. The Tribal government rural law
enforcement enhancement fund is established consisting of legislative
appropriations. The department shall administer the fund. monies in
the fund are continuously appropriated and may be used to establish the Tribal
government rural law enforcement enhancement grant program pursuant to this
section. not more than $100,000 annually may be used to pay the administrative
costs of implementing this section.

D. On or before December 1, 2027 and
each year thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the president of
the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy
of the report to the secretary of state regarding the effectiveness of the
grant program and any recommendations on how to improve the grant program.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Appropriation;
tribal government rural law enforcement enhancement fund; exemption

A. The sum of $10,000,000
is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to
the tribal government rural law enforcement enhancement fund established by
section 41-1738, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.

B. The appropriation made
in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190,
Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.