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SB1832 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet
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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session
VETOED
FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 4139/S.B. 1832
2026-2027;
amusements.
Purpose
Makes statutory and session law changes relating to amusements necessary
to implement the FY 2027 state budget.
Background
The Arizona Constitution prohibits substantive law from being included in
the general appropriations, capital outlay appropriations and supplemental
appropriations bills. However, it is often necessary to make statutory and
session law changes to effectuate the budget. Thus, separate bills called
budget reconciliation bills (BRBs) are introduced to enact these provisions.
Because BRBs contain substantive law changes, the Arizona Constitution provides
that they become effective on the general effective date, unless an emergency
clause is enacted.
H.B. 4139 contains the budget reconciliation provisions for changes
relating to amusements.
Provisions
1.
Continues
to require the Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG), in FY 2027, to establish and
collect, in addition to the amounts already authorized, a regulatory assessment
from each commercial racing permittee in the amount of 0.5 percent of the
amounts wagered, payable from pari-mutuel pools from in-state and out-of-state
live and simulcast races.
2.
Continues to authorize the ADG, for race meetings in the years 2026 and
2027, to allow a
first-time
starter horse to race as long as the horse has gate approval and at least two
timed
workouts.
3.
Continues
to require one of the timed workouts to be an out-of-the-gate workout that is
conducted within 60 days of the race in which the horse is entered.
4.
Repeals the authorization for the ADG to allow gate approval for a
first-time starter horse to race within 60 days of the race in which the horse
is entered if the horse has gate approval and
at least two timed workouts on
January 1, 2028.
5.
Becomes
effective on the general effective date.
Governor's Veto Message
The Governor
indicates in her
veto
message
that H.B. 4139, and this version of
the FY 2027 state budget as a whole, would cause Arizona to default on its debt
obligations, endanger vulnerable children, cut public safety funding and
provide tax breaks for billionaires, data centers and special interests. The
Governor outlines her specific concerns, including cuts to funding for
specified agencies and programs, and invites the Legislature to return to the
negotiating table.
House Action
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Senate
Action
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Vetoed
by the Governor 5/5/26
Prepared by Senate Research
May 7, 2026
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Current Bill Text
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SB1832 - 572R - S Ver
Senate Engrossed
2026-2027; amusements
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1832
AN
ACT
relating to amusements.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1.
Department of
gaming; regulatory assessment; pari-mutuel pool
Notwithstanding any other law, in
fiscal year 2026-2027, the department of gaming shall establish and
collect a regulatory assessment from each commercial racing permittee, payable
from amounts deducted from pari-mutuel pools by the permittee, in
addition to the amounts the permittee is authorized to deduct pursuant to
section 5-111, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, from amounts
wagered on live and simulcast races from in-state and out-of-state
wagering handled by the permittee, in the amount of 0.5 percent of the amounts
wagered.
Sec. 2.
Department of
gaming; horse racing; gate approval; timed workouts; delayed repeal
A. Notwithstanding any
other law, for race meetings in the years 2026 and 2027, the department of
gaming may allow a first-time starter horse to race as long as the horse has
gate approval and at least two timed workouts. One of the timed
workouts shall be an out-of-the-gate workout that is
conducted within sixty days of the race in which the horse is entered.
B. This section is repealed
from and after December 31, 2027.