agencies; immigration; data sharing

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agencies; immigration; data sharing

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What This Bill Does

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• 1520 agencies; immigration; data sharing Purpose Mandates that the state and any state agency must share data requested by the U.S.
• government relating to unauthorized noncitizens, undocumented immigrants and visa overstays.
• Background The U.S.

Limits and Unknowns

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Official Summary Text

SB1520 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1520

agencies;
immigration; data sharing

Purpose

Mandates that
the state and any state agency must share data requested by the U.S. government
relating to unauthorized noncitizens, undocumented immigrants and visa
overstays.

Background

The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service must
provide an individual's citizen verification or immigration status information
to a federal, state or local government seeking to verify citizenship or
immigration status for any authorized purpose (
8
U.S.C. � 1373(c)
).

Officials or
agencies of the state and counties, cities, towns and other political
subdivisions of the state may not be prohibited or restricted in any way from
sending, receiving or maintaining information relating to the immigration
status, lawful or unlawful, of an individual or exchanging that information
with any other federal, state or local governmental entity to: 1) determine
eligibility for a public benefit, service or license provided by a federal,
state or local municipality; 2) verify a claim of residence or domicile if the
determination is required under state law or a judicial order for a civil or
criminal proceeding; 3) if the person is not a U.S. citizen, determine whether
the person is in compliance with the registration requirements prescribed by
the federal Immigration and Nationality Act; or 4) otherwise comply with
federal law (
A.R.S. � 11-1051
).

����������� There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.

Provisions

1.

Requires the state and any state agency to share any data requested by
the U.S. government regarding the status of or any information relating to an
unauthorized alien, an undocumented immigrant or any individual who overstays
the individual's visa in Arizona.

2.

Specifies that the mandate is notwithstanding any other law.

3.

Repeals the mandate on January 1, 2029.

4.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

February 5, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1520 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

agencies;
immigration; data sharing

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1520

AN
ACT

Amending Title 41, chapter 4, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-710.04; repealing section
41-710.04, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to immigration ENFORCEMENT.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 4, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-710.04, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-710.04.

State agencies; data sharing; federal government; undocumented
immigrants; visa overstays

Notwithstanding any other law, this state and
any agency of this state shall share any data requested by the United States
government regarding the status of or any information relating to an
unauthorized alien, an undocumented immigrant or any individual who overstays
the individual's visa in this state.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Delayed repeal

Section 41-710.04, Arizona
Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is repealed from and after December 31,
2028.