SB1056 • 2026

budget unit; vacant positions; reporting

SB1056 - budget unit; vacant positions; reporting

Budget

Vetoed

The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.

Sponsor: Mark Finchem
Last action: 2026-02-20
Official status: Governor vetoed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official status indicates the bill was vetoed; its legal effect depends on whether lawmakers override that veto.

SB1056: Rules for Reporting Empty Jobs in State Agencies

This bill requires state agencies to report empty jobs open for at least 150 days and mandates the removal of those positions from their budgets.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Administration to collect data on full-time equivalent positions and salaries from each budget unit by October 1 annually.
Mandates that agencies report a list of all vacant jobs that have been empty for at least 150 days in their annual submission.
Orders state agencies to eliminate any job position that has remained vacant for more than 150 days during the fiscal year.
Adjusts an agency's budget allocation to remove funding for positions eliminated under this rule.

Who It Names or Affects

State departments, commissions, boards, and agencies that spend state money or owe state funds.
The Department of Administration, which must collect the reports from other agencies.
Excludes universities, community colleges, the Arizona Board of Regents, the Department of Corrections, and the Department of Public Safety.

Terms To Know

Budget unit: A state agency or department that receives, spends, or owes money to the state government.
Full-time equivalent positions: The total number of full-time jobs an agency is allowed to have based on its budget.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill was vetoed by the governor and did not become law unless lawmakers later overrode that decision.
The text does not explain what happens if an agency cannot fill a job within the required time frame other than eliminating it.

Bill History

2026-02-17 V
Governor vetoed
2026-02-16 Senate
Transmitted to Senate
2026-02-16 House
House third read passed
2026-02-16 House
Transmitted to House
2026-02-16 Senate
Senate third read passed
2026-02-16 Senate
Senate committee of the whole
2026-02-10 Senate
Senate minority caucus
2026-02-10 Senate
Senate majority caucus
2026-02-09 Senate
Senate consent calendar
2026-01-14 Senate
Senate second read
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate Rules: PFC
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: DP
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1056 - budget unit; vacant positions; reporting

Current Bill Text

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SB1056 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

budget unit; vacant
positions; reporting

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1056

AN
ACT

Amending section 41-708, Arizona Revised Statutes;
Amending title 41, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding
section 41-710.04; relating to the department of administration.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 41-708, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
41-708.

Annual report; state employee salaries; full-time equivalent
positions; vacant positions; applicability; definitions

A. On or before October 1 of each year, the
department shall collect from each budget unit and shall submit to the joint
legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning
and budgeting a report containing the number of full-time equivalent positions

and the total amount of salaries for each budget unit for the
prior fiscal year, delineated by:

1. Retirement system.

2. Employee tier.

3. Fund source.

B. the department shall also collect
a list from each budget unit of all vacant, full-time EQUIVALENT positions that
have been vacant for at least one hundred fifty days to include in the report
submitted PURSUANT to subsection A of this section.

B.

C.
For
the purposes of this section:

1. "Budget unit":

(a) Means a department, commission, board,
institution or other agency of this state that receives, expends or disburses
state monies or incurs obligations of this state.

(b) Does not include the Arizona board of regents,
universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents and
community college districts.

2. "Employee tier" means a class of
employees in a retirement system in which each employee is subject to the same
employer contribution rate pursuant to title 38, chapter 5.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-710.04, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-710.04.

Agency vacancies; elimination; full-time equivalent
positions; adjustment; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other law,
each fiscal year A budget unit shall eliminate any positions within the budget
unit that have been vacant for more than one hundred fifty days. The budget
unit's allocated
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS
shall
be adjusted to reflect the elimination of any vacant positions.

B. For
the purposes of this section, "Budget unit":

1. Means
a department, commission, board, institution or other agency of this state that
receives, spends or disburses state monies or incurs obligations of this state.

2. Does
not include THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, the Arizona board of regents, universities under the jurisdiction of
the Arizona board of regents and community college districts.
END_STATUTE