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SB1828 • 2026

forfeiture of office; technical correction

SB1828 - forfeiture of office; technical correction

Crime
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Janae Shamp
Last action
2026-06-12
Official status
Senate Rules: None
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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SB1828: Technical Correction on Losing Office After a Felony

This bill makes small wording changes to the law that says legislators lose their jobs and cannot hold state office again if they are convicted of certain crimes.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends section 41-1225 of Arizona Revised Statutes to correct technical mistakes.
  • Removes an extra word 'shall' from the sentence about losing a job.
  • Changes the phrase 'his office' to 'the legislator's office'.
  • Keeps the rule that convicted legislators must give up their current position.
  • Maintains the ban on holding any future state office for those with these convictions.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Members of the Arizona Legislature who are convicted of specific felonies listed in section 41-1225.

Terms To Know

Forfeiture of office
Losing a government job and being removed from that position immediately.
Technical correction
A small change to fix spelling, grammar, or wording errors without changing the law's main meaning.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not list a specific effective date for when this rule starts.
  • The bill only changes section 41-1225 and does not explain other parts of state government law.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-12 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  2. 2026-06-12 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1828 - forfeiture of office; technical correction

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
SB1828 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
forfeiture of office; technical correction

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1828

Introduced by

Senator
Shamp

AN
ACT

amending section 41-1225, Arizona Revised
Statutes; relating to forfeiture of office of legislator.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 41-1225, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
41-1225.

Forfeiture of office of legislator

A member of the legislature who is convicted of any felony in
this article
or sections 41-1282 or 41-1283, shall
,
in addition to the punishment prescribed,
shall
forfeit
his

the legislator's
office and is forever
disqualified from holding any office in this state.
END_STATUTE