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SB1584 • 2026
appropriation; DOC; recruitment; retention
SB1584 - appropriation; DOC; recruitment; retention
Budget
Taxes
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
- 2026-03-17
- Official status
- House second read
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
The effective date is listed in the bill metadata as blank, though the fact sheet states it becomes effective on the general effective date. The exact calendar date remains unknown from this text.
Funding for Corrections Recruitment and Training
This bill gives $1,000,000 from the state budget in fiscal year 2026-2027 to help hire and train staff at Arizona correctional facilities.
What This Bill Does
- Sets aside $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2026-2027.
- Takes money from the state General Fund.
- Sends funds to the State Department of Corrections.
- Requires that the money be used only for recruitment and training.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Arizona State Department of Corrections
Terms To Know
- Appropriation
- An official act that sets aside money for a specific purpose.
- General Fund
- The main account where the state keeps most of its tax revenue.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not say exactly how the department must spend each dollar.
- The text does not list specific training programs or hiring goals.
- No information is given about whether this money replaces other funding sources.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: This amendment changes where the $1 million for corrections recruitment and training comes from by removing it from the state general fund.
- The money source is changed to come from the peace officer training equipment fund instead of the state general fund.
Plain English: Proposed 1
- The official amendment file could not be read automatically during the last sync, so only the official amendment metadata is shown right now.
Plain English: This amendment changes where $1 million for corrections recruitment and training will come from by switching it from the state general fund to a specific peace officer equipment fund.
- The money source is changed from the 'state general fund' to the 'peace officer training equipment fund.'
- This change applies to $1,000,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2026-2027.
- The text does not explain how much money is currently in the peace officer training equipment fund or if it has enough to cover this cost.
- The amendment only changes the funding source and does not alter the amount of money given for recruitment and training.
Plain English: This amendment changes where the $1 million for corrections recruitment and training comes from by removing it from the general fund.
- The money source is changed to come specifically from the peace officer training equipment fund instead of the state general fund.
Bill History
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2026-03-17
House
House second read
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2026-03-16
House
House Rules: None
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2026-03-16
House
House Appropriations: DPA
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2026-03-16
House
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement: DPA
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2026-03-16
House
House first read
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2026-03-10
House
Transmitted to House
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2026-03-10
Senate
Senate third read passed
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2026-03-09
Senate
Senate committee of the whole
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2026-03-03
Senate
Senate minority caucus
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2026-03-03
Senate
Senate majority caucus
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2026-03-02
Senate
Senate consent calendar
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2026-02-04
Senate
Senate second read
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2026-02-03
Senate
Senate Rules: PFC
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2026-02-03
Senate
Senate Public Safety: DP
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2026-02-03
Senate
Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: DP
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2026-02-03
Senate
Senate first read
Official Summary Text
SB1584 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
Assigned to
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COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1584
appropriation; DOC;
recruitment; retention
Purpose
����������� Appropriates
$1,000,000 in FY 2027 from the state General Fund (state GF) to the Arizona Department
of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) for recruitment and
training.
Background
����������� ADCRR encompasses the
various institutions, facilities and programs that comprise the correctional
program of Arizona and provides supervisory staff and administrative functions
at the state level on all matters relating to the institutionalization, rehabilitation
and community supervision of adult offenders (
A.R.S.
� 41-1602
).
����������� The
Joint Legislative Budget Committee Baseline includes $818,975,900 and 9,385
full-time equivalent positions in FY 2027 for ADCRR's operating budget (
JLBC
).
����������� S.B. 1584
appropriates $1,000,000 in FY 2027 from the state GF to ADCRR.
Provisions
1.
Appropriates $1,000,000 in FY 2027 from the state GF to ADCRR for
recruitment and training.
2.
Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 9, 2026
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Current Bill Text
Read the full stored bill text
SB1584 - 572R - S Ver
Senate Engrossed
appropriation; DOC;
recruitment; retention
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1584
AN
ACT
Appropriating monies to the state
department of corrections.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1.
Appropriation;
state department of corrections; recruitment and training
The sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the state department of
corrections for recruitment and training.