public offices; holidays; technical correction

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about which holidays will be affected by this amendment, nor does it specify how daily operations might change as a result of these amendments.

Public Offices; Holidays; Technical Correction

This bill amends Arizona's law to clarify when public offices and courts must close on legal holidays, allowing certain judicial business to continue.

What This Bill Does

• Amends section 1-302 of the Arizona Revised Statutes to specify that public offices and courts are closed on legal holidays except for specific purposes related to judicial business.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public offices in Arizona
• Courts in Arizona

Terms To Know

legal holiday

A special day when government offices are closed by law, such as Independence Day or Christmas.

judicial business

Work related to the courts and legal matters.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify which holidays will be affected.
• It is unclear how this change will impact daily operations of public offices and courts.

Official Summary Text

SB1091 - public offices; holidays; technical correction

Current Bill Text

SB1091 - 572R - I Ver

PREFILED��� JAN 05 2026

REFERENCE TITLE:
public offices; holidays; technical correction

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1091

Introduced by

Senator
Finchem

AN
ACT

amending section 1-302, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to holidays.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 1-302, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
1-302.

Closing of offices and courts; transaction of certain judicial
business

A. Public offices shall not be open, and no court of
justice shall be open or any judicial business transacted on a legal holiday,
except for the following purposes:

1. To give
upon

on

its request, instructions to a jury deliberating on
its

the jury's
verdict.

2. To receive a verdict or discharge a jury.

3. For the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in
a criminal action or in a proceeding of a criminal nature.

B. Injunctions, attachments, process for claim and
delivery and writs of prohibition may be issued and served on any day.
END_STATUTE