appropriation; lapsing exemption; Yuma county

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify a new deadline for spending the exempted funds, leaving uncertainty on how long they can be retained.

Exemption for Yuma County Family Advocacy Center Funding

This bill allows $750,000 in state funds given to the Department of Public Safety for a family advocacy center in Yuma County to remain available even if not spent by the end of fiscal year 2026.

What This Bill Does

• Exempts $750,000 from rules that require unspent budget money to return to the state treasury at the end of a fiscal year.
• Applies this exemption specifically to funds given to the Department of Public Safety for the Yuma County Family Advocacy Center.
• References funding originally approved in Laws 2025, Chapter 233.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Public Safety
• An advocacy center in Yuma County that has provided support for domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and elderly abuse for at least 25 years

Terms To Know

Lapsing exemption

A rule change that lets an agency keep unspent money instead of losing it when the budget year ends.

Appropriation

Money officially set aside by the legislature for a specific purpose or program.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not state exactly when it becomes effective, only that it follows the general effective date.
• There is no information on how long the exempted money can be kept before it must eventually lapse.

Official Summary Text

SB1161 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1161

appropriation;
lapsing exemption; Yuma county

Purpose

Exempts the
$750,000 appropriation included in the FY 2026 General Appropriations Act to
the Department of Public Safety (DPS) for the Yuma County Family Advocacy Center
from lapsing.

Background

Laws 2025, Chapter
233
appropriated $750,000 to DPS for the Yuma County Family Advocacy Center.
The $750,000 appropriation must be allocated to an advocacy center in Yuma
County that has provided support for domestic violence, sexual assault, child
abuse and elderly abuse for at least 25 years. The funding was intended to
backfill federal funding cuts to the federal Victims of Crime Act of 1984.

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

Provisions

1.

Exempts the FY 2026 $750,000 appropriation to DPS for the Yuma County Family
Advocacy Center from lapsing.

2.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

January 29, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1161 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

appropriation;
lapsing exemption; Yuma county

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1161

AN
ACT

Providing for an exemption from lapsing
of appropriations for 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.
Department of
public safety; Yuma county family advocacy center; exemption

The $750,000 appropriated to the
department of public safety for the Yuma county family advocacy center
distribution in fiscal year 2025-2026 pursuant to Laws 2025, chapter 233,
section 77 is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona
Revised Statutes, relating to the lapsing of appropriations.