SB1714 • 2026

pricing; emergency; enforcement; attorney general

SB1714 - pricing; emergency; enforcement; attorney general

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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: Priya Sundareshan, Lela Alston, Flavio Bravo, Eva Diaz, Brian Fernandez, Sally Ann Gonzales, Theresa Hatathlie, Lauren Kuby, Catherine Miranda, Analise Ortiz, Kiana Sears
Last action: 2026-02-09
Official status: Senate second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The definition of 'State of emergency' refers to section 26-301, but the text of that specific section is not provided here.

SB1714: Price Limits During Emergencies

This law makes it illegal to charge prices that are at least ten percent higher than the highest price charged in the month before a state of emergency for essential items.

What This Bill Does

Defines 'commodity' as goods, services, materials, merchandise, supplies, equipment, resources, food, water, ice, electricity, building materials, petroleum products, medical supplies, and rent.
Sets a price limit that prevents sellers from charging prices at least ten percent higher than the highest price charged in the 30 days before an emergency started for items needed to protect life or property.
Makes knowingly breaking these rules during an emergency a class 5 felony if sales total $500 or more in one day.
Makes knowingly breaking these rules during an emergency a class 6 felony if sales are less than $500 in one day.
Allows the Attorney General to investigate and take action against people who break this law.

Who It Names or Affects

Sellers of goods, services, or resources like food, water, electricity, building materials, medical supplies, petroleum products, ice, equipment, and rent.
The Arizona Attorney General's office for enforcement duties.
Individuals buying essential items during a declared state of emergency.

Terms To Know

Commodity: Any item used in trade, including goods, services, food, water, ice, electricity, building materials, petroleum products, medical supplies, and rent.
State of emergency: A formal declaration defined by state law (section 26-301) regarding urgent situations requiring special government action.
Class 5 felony: A serious crime applied here to sellers who knowingly charge excessive prices and make $500 or more from those sales in one day during an emergency.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not list specific dates when the state of emergency must be declared.
The text defines what counts as a commodity but does not explain how to calculate exact prices for complex services or rent agreements beyond the ten percent rule.
The effective date is not listed in the provided source material.

Bill History

2026-02-09 Senate
Senate second read
2026-02-05 Senate
Senate Rules: None
2026-02-05 Senate
Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency: None
2026-02-05 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1714 - pricing; emergency; enforcement; attorney general

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SB1714 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
pricing; emergency; enforcement; attorney general

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1714

Introduced by

Senators
Sundareshan: Alston, Bravo, Diaz, Fernandez, Gonzales, Hatathlie, Kuby,
Miranda, Ortiz, Sears

AN
ACT

amending title 44, chapter 9, arizona
revised statutes, by adding article 27; relating to trade practices.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Title 44, chapter 9, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding article 27, to read:

ARTICLE 27. PRICE REGULATION

START_STATUTE
44-1383.

Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:

1. "Commodity" includes any
of the following:

(
a
) Goods.

(
b
) services.

(
c
) Materials.

(
d
) Merchandise.

(
e
) Supplies.

(
f
) Equipment.

(
g
) Resources.

(
h
) Any other
commerce-related item that includes any of the following:

(
i
) Food.

(
ii
) Water.

(
iii
) Ice.

(
iv
) Electricity.

(
v
) Building
materials.

(
vi
) Petroleum
products.

(
vii
) Medical
supplies.

(
viii
) Rent.

2. "State of emergency" has
the same meaning prescribed in section 26-301.
END_STATUTE

START_STATUTE
44-1383.01.

Commodity pricing; state of emergency; enforcement; attorney
general; violation; classification

A. During a state of emergency, it is
unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any commodity that is
necessary to preserve, protect or sustain the life, health or safety of an
individual or the individual's property at a price that is excessively higher
than the price at which the commodity was sold or offered for sale thirty days
before the state of emergency was declared.
� For the
purposes of this subsection, prices are excessively higher when prices are at
least ten percent higher than the highest price the person charged for the
commodity during the thirty-day period immediately preceding the day on
which the state of emergency was declared.

B. A person who knowingly and
wilfully violates subsection A of this section and receives a total value of at
least $500 from the sale of commodities within a twenty-four-hour
period during a state of emergency is guilty of a class 5 felony.

C. A person who knowingly and
wilfully charges excessively high prices during a state of emergency and
receives a total value of not more than $500 from the sale of commodities
within a twenty-four-hour period during a state of emergency is
guilty of a class 6 felony.

D. any violation of this article
constitutes an unlawful practice under section 44-1522.� The attorney
general may investigate and take appropriate action as prescribed by chapter
10, article 7 of this title.
END_STATUTE