appropriation; State Route 24; extension

Plain English Breakdown

The exact impact on people living near State Route 24 is not specified in the official summary and may be speculative.

State Route 24 Extension Funding

This bill gives $500,000 from the state's money to ADOT for studying and planning an extension of State Route 24 east of Ironwood Drive.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates $500,000 from the state General Fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to ADOT.
• The money is used for surveying, designing, and studying the extension of State Route 24 east of Ironwood Drive.

Who It Names or Affects

• Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)

Terms To Know

General Fund

The main account where the state keeps money to pay for different programs and projects.

ADOT

Arizona Department of Transportation, which is in charge of roads, highways, airports, and public transportation in Arizona.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify when the extension will be built or how much it will cost.
• It only provides funding for planning and studying the extension, not building it.

Official Summary Text

SB1455 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1455

appropriation;
State Route 24; extension

Purpose

Appropriates $500,000
from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona Department of
Transportation (ADOT) for surveying, designing and studying the extension of
State Route 24, east of Ironwood Drive.

Background

ADOT is tasked
with providing an integrated balanced state transportation system and has
exclusive control and jurisdiction over all: 1) state highways; 2) state roads;
3) state-owned airports; and 4) state-owned transportation systems or modes.
ADOT is responsible for the design and construction of transportation
facilities in accordance with a priority plan and to maintain and operate all
state-owned highways, airports and public transportation systems (A.R.S. ��
28-331

and
28-332
).

State Route 24
is a five-mile roadway between Loop 202 and Ironwood Drive. ADOT is in the
design phase to widen and make other improvements to State Route 24 (
ADOT
).

S.B. 1455
appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT.

Provisions

1.

Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT for
surveying, designing and studying the extension of State Route 24 east of
Ironwood Drive.

2.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by
Committee

1.

Inserts the $500,000 appropriation in the blank space provided for that
purpose. �

2.

Replaces construction with studying for allowable uses for the
appropriation.

Senate Action

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Prepared by Senate Research

February 11, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1455 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

appropriation; State
Route 24; extension

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1455

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
transportation.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section
1.
1.
Appropriation; department of transportation; State Route 24;
Ironwood Drive; extension

The sum of
$500,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in
fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of transportation for surveying,
designing and
studying the extension of State
Route 24 east of Ironwood Drive.