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SB1468 • 2026

JLBC; income tax review; report

SB1468 - JLBC; income tax review; report

Budget Taxes
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Denise “Mitzi” Epstein, Lela Alston, Rosanna Gabaldón, Sally Ann Gonzales, Catherine Miranda, Priya Sundareshan, Mariana Sandoval
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Senate second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Annual Report on Arizona Income Tax Rates

This law requires Joint Legislative Budget Committee staff to submit a yearly report reviewing income tax rates, adjustments, and credits based on the 2022 tax brackets.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires JLBC staff to create an annual report by November 1 each year.
  • Reviews individual income tax rate brackets as prescribed for the 2022 taxable year.
  • Lists adjustments taxpayers made to their Arizona gross income in the prior year.
  • Includes information about deductions and credits taken by taxpayers in the prior year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Joint Legislative Budget Committee staff who must write the report
  • The president of the senate and speaker of the house who receive the report

Terms To Know

JLBC
Joint Legislative Budget Committee, a group that helps manage state budget matters.
Taxable year
The time period used to calculate how much tax someone owes for the government.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not say what must happen after leaders receive the report.
  • It uses 2022 tax brackets as a reference point but does not change current rates in this text.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Senate second read

  2. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Senate Finance: None

  4. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1468 - JLBC; income tax review; report

Current Bill Text

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SB1468 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
JLBC; income tax review; report

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1468

Introduced by

Senators
Epstein: Alston, Gabald�n, Gonzales, Miranda, Sundareshan;� Representative
Sandoval

AN
ACT

amending
title 41, chapter 7, article 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1275;
relating to the joint legislative budget committee.

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

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 7, article 10,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1275, to read:

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41-1275.

Annual income tax rate review; report

On or before November 1 of each year, the joint
legislative budget committee staff shall submit a report to the president of
the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives reviewing and
categorizing, based on the individual income tax rate brackets prescribed by
section 43-1011 for the 2022 taxable year, the following information:

1. The individual income tax rate
prescribed by section 43-1011.

2. The adjustments to Arizona gross
income made by taxpayers pursuant to title 43, chapter 10, article 3 for the
prior taxable year.

3. The deductions and credits taken
by taxpayers pursuant to title 43, chapter 10, articles 4 and 5 for the prior
taxable year.
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