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 exact enforcement mechanisms and penalties for those making less than $500 are not detailed.

Price Regulation During Emergencies

This bill makes it illegal to sell essential goods at excessively high prices during emergencies in Arizona.

What This Bill Does

Defines what a 'commodity' is, which includes items like food, water, medical supplies, and other necessary goods or services.
Makes it against the law to sell commodities at prices that are more than ten percent higher than their price thirty days before an emergency was declared.
Sets fines for people who break this rule during emergencies: felony charges if they make over $500 in sales of these goods within a day, and class 6 felony if less than $500.

Who It Names or Affects

People selling essential items like food, water, medical supplies, and other necessary commodities during emergencies.
The Arizona Attorney General's office.

Terms To Know

Commodity: Essential goods or services needed to protect people’s health and safety during an emergency.
State of Emergency: A situation declared by the government where normal rules are suspended due to a crisis, like a natural disaster.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if someone breaks this rule but makes less than $500 in sales.
It is unclear how exactly the Attorney General will enforce these new rules.

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