SB1728 • 2026

JCCR; members; designee

SB1728 - JCCR; members; designee

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Denise “Mitzi” Epstein
Last action: 2026-02-09
Official status: Senate second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The source text confirms the designee serves 'in place' but does not detail if they have full voting rights or limited attendance-only status, though standard legislative practice implies substitution of membership duties.

SB1728: Changes to Joint Committee on Capital Review Membership

This bill changes Arizona law to allow the Senate minority leader to appoint a substitute member to serve in their place on the Joint Committee on Capital Review.

What This Bill Does

Amends section 41-1251 of the Arizona Revised Statutes regarding committee membership rules.
Allows the Senate minority leader to appoint a designee to serve in their place.

Who It Names or Affects

The Senate minority leader
Members of the Joint Committee on Capital Review (JCCR)

Terms To Know

Joint Committee on Capital Review (JCCR): A committee made up of fourteen members, including leaders and appointed representatives from both chambers.
Designee: A person chosen by the Senate minority leader to serve in their place on the committee.

Limits and Unknowns

The official text does not specify an effective date for this change.
The bill only addresses the appointment of a designee for the Senate minority leader; it does not mention similar options for other members.

Bill History

2026-02-09 Senate
Senate second read
2026-02-05 Senate
Senate Rules: None
2026-02-05 Senate
Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: None
2026-02-05 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1728 - JCCR; members; designee

Current Bill Text

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JCCR; members; designee

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1728

Introduced by

Senator
Epstein

AN
ACT

amending section 41-1251, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to the joint committee on capital review.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 41-1251, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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41-1251.

Joint committee on capital review; members; chairperson; meetings

A. The joint committee on capital review is
established consisting of fourteen members, including the chairpersons of the
senate and house of representatives appropriations committees, the majority and
minority leaders of the senate and the house of representatives, four members
of the senate appropriations committee appointed by the president of the senate
and four members of the house of representatives appropriations committee
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
The
Senate minority leader may appoint a designee to serve in the senate minority
leader's place.

B. The chairperson of the senate appropriations
committee has a term as chairperson of the joint committee on capital review
from the first day of the first regular session to the first day of the second
regular session of each legislature, and the chairperson of the house of
representatives appropriations committee has a term from the first day of the
second regular session to the first day of the next legislature's first regular
session.

C. The joint committee on capital review shall meet
as often as the members deem necessary, and a majority of the members
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
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