SB1356 • 2026

community land trusts; study committee

SB1356 - community land trusts; study committee

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Lauren Kuby, Theresa Hatathlie, Catherine Miranda, Analise Ortiz, Brian Garcia, Nancy Gutierrez, Mariana Sandoval, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton
Last action: 2026-01-27
Official status: Senate second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide details on how the study committee will be funded or what actions may follow after the report.

Community Land Trusts Study Committee

This bill establishes a study committee for community land trusts in Arizona.

What This Bill Does

Creates a study committee to examine economic and developmental barriers to developing community land trusts.
Appoints members from the state legislature and other groups, including community land trust practitioners and representatives of higher education institutions.
Requires the committee to submit a report by December 31, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

Members of the Arizona state legislature
Community land trust practitioners in Arizona
Institutions of higher education in Arizona

Terms To Know

community land trusts: A type of organization that helps people buy and keep affordable homes.
study committee: A group formed to look at a specific topic or issue.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how the study committee will be funded.
It is unclear what actions, if any, will follow after the report is submitted.

Bill History

2026-01-27 Senate
Senate second read
2026-01-26 Senate
Senate Rules: None
2026-01-26 Senate
Senate Natural Resources: None
2026-01-26 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1356 - community land trusts; study committee

Current Bill Text

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REFERENCE TITLE:
community land trusts; study committee

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1356

Introduced by

Senators
Kuby: Hatathlie, Miranda, Ortiz;� Representatives Garcia, Gutierrez,
Sandoval, Stahl Hamilton

AN
ACT

establishing the community land trusts
study committee.

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

Section 1.
Community land trusts study committee;
membership; duties; report; delayed repeal

A. The community land
trusts study committee is established consisting of the following members:

1. One member who is
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

2. One member who is
appointed by the president of the senate.

3. One member who is
appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.

4. One member who is
appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

5. Two additional members
who are appointed by the four members appointed pursuant to paragraphs 1
through 4 of this subsection as follows:

(
a
) One
member who is a community land trust practitioner.

(
b
) One
member who represents an institution of higher education in this state.

B. The members of the study
committee shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among the study
committee's membership.

C. The members of the study
committee are not eligible to receive reimbursement of expenses pursuant to
title 38, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes.

D. The study committee
shall study the economic and developmental barriers to developing community
land trusts and shall determine potential solutions to these economic and
developmental barriers.

E. On or before December
31, 2026, the study committee shall submit a report regarding the study
committee's activities and recommendations on solutions to the economic and
developmental barriers to developing community land trusts.� The study
committee shall submit the report to the governor, the president of the senate
and the speaker of the house of representatives and shall provide a copy of the
report to the secretary of state.

F. This section is repealed
from and after June 20, 2027.