appropriation; DES; emergency shelters

Plain English Breakdown

The official source confirms all claims in the candidate explanation regarding funding amounts, recipient agency, eligibility criteria (age groups, bed counts, unit counts), and intake requirements.

SB1307: Funding for Emergency Shelters

This bill gives $5 million to the Department of Economic Security to provide grants to emergency shelters that meet specific rules.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $5,000,000 from the state general fund for fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Gives this money to the Department of Economic Security (DES).
• Requires DES to give grants to emergency shelters that meet certain rules.
• Limits grant eligibility to shelters with at least 100 beds and 30 individual units.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Economic Security.
• Emergency shelters in the state that do not require scheduled appointments for entry.
• Single adults aged 55 or older who need shelter.
• Families with children under age 18 who need shelter.

Terms To Know

Appropriation

The act of setting aside a specific amount of money from the government budget for a certain use.

Noncongregate setting

A shelter layout where people stay in separate rooms or units instead of one large open room with many beds.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not say how the Department of Economic Security will choose which shelters get the money if more apply than can be funded.
• The text does not list a specific date when this law becomes effective, only that it passed the legislature.

Official Summary Text

SB1307 - appropriation; DES; emergency shelters

Current Bill Text

SB1307 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; DES; emergency shelters

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1307

Introduced by

Senators
Miranda: Alston, Diaz, Epstein, Gabald�n, Gonzales, Hatathlie, Kuby, Sears

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies 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.
Appropriation;
department of economic security; emergency shelters

A. The sum of $5,000,000 is
appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the
department of economic security to distribute as grants to emergency shelters.

B. Emergency shelters
located in this state are eligible to receive grants from the monies
appropriated in subsection A of this section if the emergency shelter does not
require a prescheduled intake appointment and provides the following:

1. Low-barrier, emergency
shelter for:

(
a
) Single
adults who are fifty-five years of age or older.

(
b
) Families
with children under eighteen years of age.

2. One hundred or more beds
in a noncongregate setting.

3. Thirty or more
individual units.