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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

  1. 2026-03-17 House

    House second read

  2. 2026-03-16 House

    House Rules: None

  3. 2026-03-16 House

    House Appropriations: DPA

  4. 2026-03-16 House

    House Public Safety & Law Enforcement: DPA

  5. 2026-03-16 House

    House first read

  6. 2026-03-10 House

    Transmitted to House

  7. 2026-03-10 Senate

    Senate third read passed

  8. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Senate committee of the whole

  9. 2026-03-03 Senate

    Senate minority caucus

  10. 2026-03-03 Senate

    Senate majority caucus

  11. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Senate consent calendar

  12. 2026-02-04 Senate

    Senate second read

  13. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate Rules: PFC

  14. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate Public Safety: DP

  15. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: DP

  16. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1584 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

Assigned to
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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.