appropriations; criminal justice; salary increases

Plain English Breakdown

The specific dollar amounts for the salary increases are left blank ($_________) in the official bill text provided.

SB1314: Salary Increases for Criminal Justice Workers

This bill sets aside an unspecified amount from the Arizona State General Fund in fiscal year 2027 to give salary raises of 10, 14, or 15 percent to specific workers in criminal justice agencies.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside an unspecified amount of money from the State General Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Gives a 14 percent salary increase to correctional officers employed by the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR).
• Gives a 14 percent salary increase to investigators employed by ADCRR.
• Provides a 14 percent salary increase to correctional officers at the Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC).
• Grants a 10 percent salary increase to all employees at the Department of Public Safety (DPS).
• Funds a 15 percent salary increase for state-funded probation officers and staff at the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Who It Names or Affects

• Correctional officers working in adult prisons.
• Investigators employed by the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR).
• Correctional officers working with youth offenders.
• All employees of the Department of Public Safety.
• State-funded probation officers and their support staff.

Terms To Know

Appropriates

Sets aside a specific amount of money from the government budget for a certain use.

State General Fund

The main account where Arizona keeps most of its tax revenue to pay for state services.

Fiscal Year 2026-2027

The government's budget year that runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not state the exact dollar amount of money being set aside for these raises.
• The text uses a blank line where the total cost should be written in the official law document.
• The effective date is listed as the general effective date, which depends on when other laws take effect.

Official Summary Text

SB1314 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
s.b. 1314

appropriations;
criminal justice; salary increase

Purpose

Appropriates an
unspecified amount from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2027 to outlined
agencies for employee salary increases of 15, 14 and 10 percent.

Background

The Arizona
Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) encompasses the
various institutions, facilities and programs that comprise the correctional
program of Arizona and provides supervisory staff and administrative functions
at the state level on all matters relating to the institutionalization,
rehabilitation and community supervision of adult offenders (
A.R.S.
� 41-1602
).

The Arizona
Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) is responsible for the care and
treatment of youth offenders adjudicated to be delinquent and remanded to the
custody of the department. ADJC has jurisdiction over minors until the minors
are released from custody or turn 18 years old. ADJC is tasked with the purpose
of supervision, rehabilitation, treatment and education of all committed youth
(
A.R.S.
� 41-2802
).

The Department
of Public Safety (DPS) is responsible for the enforcement of state criminal
laws and traffic regulations. DPS: 1) operates highway patrol; 2) operates and
maintains statewide communications systems, state crime laboratories and an
automated fingerprint identification network; 3) performs aviation missions and
special investigations; and 4) is designated as the state's receipt of federal
Victims of Crime Act grants (
A.R.S.
� 41-1711
).

S.B. 1314
appropriates an unspecified amount in FY 2027 from the state GF to ADCRR, ADJC,
DPS and the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC).

Provisions

1.

Appropriates an unspecified amount from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADCRR
for a salary increase of 14 percent for correctional officers employed by ADCRR.

2.

Appropriates an unspecified amount from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADCRR
for a salary increase of 14 percent for investigators employed by ADCRR.

3.

Appropriates an unspecified amount from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADJC
for a salary increase of 14 percent for correctional officers employed by ADJC.

4.

Appropriates an unspecified amount from the state GF in FY 2027 to DPS
for a salary increase of 10 percent for all DPS employees.

5.

Appropriates an unspecified amount from the state GF in FY 2027 to the AOC
for a salary increase of 15 percent for all state-funded probation officers and
staff.

6.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

January 29, 2026

KJA/SDR/hk

Current Bill Text

SB1314 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriations; criminal justice; salary increases

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1314

Introduced by

Senator
Payne

AN
ACT

appropriating
monies to the state department of corrections, the department of juvenile
corrections, the department of public safety and the administrative office of
the courts.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
Appropriations;
state department of corrections; department of juvenile corrections; department
of public safety; administrative office of the courts; salary increases

A. The sum of
$_________ is appropriated from the state general fund in
fiscal year 2026-2027 to the state department of corrections for a salary
increase of four
teen percent for correctional
officers employed by the department.

B. The sum of
$_________ is appropriated from the state general fund in
fiscal year 2026-2027 to the state department of corrections for a salary
increase of four
teen percent for investigators
employed by the department.

C. The sum of
$_________ is appropriated from the state general fund in
fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of juvenile corrections for a salary
increase of
fourteen percent for correctional
officers employed by the department.

D. The sum of
$_________ is appropriated from the state general fund in
fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of public safety for a salary increase
of
ten percent for all employees of the
department.

E. The sum of $_________ is
appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the
administrative office of the courts for a salary increase of fifteen percent
for all state-funded probation officers and staff.