attorney general; policies; immigration.

SB1660 - attorney general; policies; immigration.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Catherine Miranda, Lela Alston, Flavio Bravo, Eva Diaz, Denise “Mitzi” Epstein, Brian Fernandez, Rosanna Gabaldón, Sally Ann Gonzales, Theresa Hatathlie, Lauren Kuby, Analise Ortiz, Kiana Sears, Priya Sundareshan, Lorena Austin, Janeen Connolly, Brian Garcia, Aaron Márquez, Mariana Sandoval, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, Stacey Travers
Last action: 2026-02-04
Official status: Senate second read
Effective date: Not listed

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Attorney General Policies on Immigration

The bill requires the Attorney General to establish policies within 60 days of its effective date that limit state assistance with immigration enforcement and protect certain public facilities from such activities.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Attorney General to establish policies within 60 days after the law takes effect, which limit cooperation between state agencies and federal immigration enforcement efforts.
Specifies that certain public places like schools, community colleges, universities, day care centers, libraries, government offices, courts, and healthcare facilities must remain safe zones where people are not asked about their citizenship or immigration status.
Removes any questions related to citizenship or immigration status from forms used by public schools, community colleges, universities, and state agencies within 60 days of the law taking effect.

Who It Names or Affects

The Attorney General
State agencies and governmental entities in Arizona
Residents using specified public facilities

Terms To Know

Immigration enforcement: Activities related to investigating, enforcing or assisting with federal civil immigration laws.
Safe zones: Public places where people are protected from questions about their citizenship or immigration status and where state agencies do not assist in immigration enforcement activities.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if the policies are not established within 60 days.
It is unclear how these policies will be enforced or monitored by the state.

Bill History

2026-02-04 Senate
Senate second read
2026-02-03 Senate
Senate Rules: None
2026-02-03 Senate
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security: None
2026-02-03 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1660 - attorney general; policies; immigration.

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attorney general; policies; immigration.

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1660

Introduced by

Senators
Miranda: Alston, Bravo, Diaz, Epstein, Fernandez, Gabald�n, Gonzales,
Hatathlie, Kuby, Ortiz, Sears, Sundareshan;� Representatives Austin,
Connolly, Garcia, M�rquez, Sandoval, Stahl Hamilton, Travers

AN
ACT

Amending title 41, chapter 1, article 5,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-200; relating to the attorney
general.

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

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 1, article 5,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-200, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-200.

Attorney general; policies; immigration enforcement;
applications, questionnaires and forms; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other law,
Within sixty days after the effective date of this section, the attorney
general shall establish policies that may be adopted by state agencies or other
governmental entities that limit assistance with immigration ENFORCEMENT and
that ensure that the following facilities located in this state remain safe and
accessible to all residents of this State, regardless of immigration status:

1. A public school as defined in
section 15-101.

2. A community college as defined in
section 15-1401.

3. a university under the
JURISDICTION of the arizona board of regents.

4. a licensed day care center,
preschool program or early learning program in this state that is PUBLICLY
funded.

5. A public library.

6. Any facility that is operated by
the secretary of state.

7. all Courts in this state.

8. A publicly funded medical
treatment center or health care FACILITy, including a hospital, health clinic,
emergency or urgent care FACILITy, nursing home, group home for persons with
developmental disabilities and mental health FACILITy.

B. The policies established by the
attorney general pursuant to subsection A of this section AND adopted by state
agencies OR other GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES must incorporate protections against
unreasonable searches and seizures and REQUIREMENTS for warrants based on
probable cause as guaranteed by the constitution of the united states.

C. Notwithstanding any other law, if
an application, QUESTIONNAIRE or interview FORM that is used in relation to
BENEFITS, OPPORTUNITIES or services provided by An agency in this state, A
PUBLIC SCHOOL AS DEFINED IN SECTION 15-101, a COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS DEFINED IN
SECTION 15-1401 OR A UNIVERSITY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARIZONA BOARD OF
REGENTS contains any questions regarding citizenship or immigration status, the
questions regarding citizenship or immigration status must be removed within
sixty days after the effective date of this section.

D. For the purposes of this section,
"Immigration enforcement" means any efforts to investigate, enforce
or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any civil immigration warrant,
detainer request or federal civil immigration law, including any efforts to
investigate, enforce or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any
federal criminal immigration law that penalizes a person's presence in, entry
or reentry to, or employment in, the united states.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Short title

This act may be cited as the
"Immigration Safe Zones Act".