appropriation; senior facilities; tribal nations

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text does not provide specific details on how funds will be distributed among individual tribes.

Money for Senior Facilities on Tribal Lands

This bill gives $20 million to help tribal nations in Arizona build and run senior centers.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates $20,000,000 from the state general fund to the Department of Economic Security for fiscal year 2026-2027.
• The money is distributed as grants to tribal nations for surveying, designing, planning, constructing and operating senior citizen centers, senior assisted living centers and home care facilities.

Who It Names or Affects

• Department of Economic Security
• Navajo Nation
• Hopi Tribe
• Other federally recognized tribal nations in Arizona

Terms To Know

Appropriation

Money given by the government for a specific purpose.

Grant

A sum of money given to help pay for something, like building or running senior centers.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much each tribe will receive exactly.
• It is unclear if there are any restrictions on the use of funds once they are granted to tribal nations.

Official Summary Text

SB1733 - appropriation; senior facilities; tribal nations

Current Bill Text

SB1733 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; senior facilities; tribal nations

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1733

Introduced by

Senators
Hatathlie: Gonzales, Kuby

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
economic security.

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

Section 1.
Appropriation;
department of economic security; senior facilities; tribal nations; exemption

A. The sum of $20,000,000
is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the
department of economic security to distribute as grants to the following
entities for surveying, designing, planning, constructing and operating senior
citizen centers, senior assisted living centers and home care facilities:

1. Twenty-five
percent of the amount appropriated in this subsection to the Navajo Nation.

2. Twenty-five
percent of the amount appropriated in this subsection to the Hopi Tribe.

3. Fifty percent of the
amount appropriated in this subsection to the remaining twenty federally
recognized tribal nations in this state.

B. The appropriation made
in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section
35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.