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SB1541 • 2026

budget stabilization fund; public safety salaries

SB1541 - budget stabilization fund; public safety salaries

Budget Labor
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kevin Payne
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Senate second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Budget Stabilization Fund; Public Safety Salaries

This bill allows the state to use money from a special fund for salary increases for public safety workers if there is no surplus in the main budget.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the Department of Corrections to use up to an unspecified amount from the Budget Stabilization Fund for a ten percent salary increase for its employees and sworn officers when there's no surplus in the state general fund.
  • Allows the Department of Public Safety to use up to an unspecified amount from the same fund for a ten percent salary increase for its employees under similar conditions.
  • Repeals these provisions after June 30, 2029.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Employees and sworn officers of the Department of Corrections
  • Employees of the Department of Public Safety

Terms To Know

Budget Stabilization Fund
A special fund set aside to help manage financial stability during times when there is no surplus in the state's main budget.
Surplus
Extra money left over after all expenses have been paid from a budget.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The exact dollar amount that can be used from the Budget Stabilization Fund is not specified.
  • This bill only applies if there is no surplus in the state general fund.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate second read

  2. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: None

  4. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1541 - budget stabilization fund; public safety salaries

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REFERENCE TITLE:
budget stabilization fund; public safety salaries

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1541

Introduced by

Senator
Payne

AN
ACT

appropriating monies to the department of
corrections and the DEPARTMENT of public safety.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
State
department of corrections; department of public safety; salary increases;
delayed repeal

A. For any fiscal year that
the state general fund does not have a surplus, the state department of
corrections may use up to $_____ from the budget stabilization fund established
by section 35-144, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the purpose of providing a ten
percent salary increase for employees and sworn officers who are employed by
the state department of corrections.

B. For any fiscal year that
the state general fund does not have a surplus, the department of public safety
may use up to $_____ from the budget stabilization fund established by section
35-144, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the purpose of providing a ten percent
salary increase for employees of the department of public safety.

C. This section is repealed
from and after June 30, 2029.