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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
VETOED
state buildings; management; 2025-2026
Purpose
Makes session law changes relating to the management of state buildings necessary to implement the FY 2026 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. 2958 contains the budget reconciliation provision for changes relating to state buildings.
Provisions
1. Continues
to set the Capital Outlay Stabilization Fund square-footage rental rates for
state-owned buildings at $17.87 for office space and $6.43 for storage space in
FY 2026.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
The Governor indicates in her veto message that H.B. 2958, and this version of the FY 2026 budget as a whole, does not provide adequate funding for health care coverage and K-12 education and inadequately addresses priorities such as childcare affordability, veteran homelessness and public safety. The Governor encourages working in a productive fashion to deliver a bipartisan solution for Arizonans.
House Action Senate Action
APPROP 6/12/25 DP 11-7-0-0 3rd Read 6/25/25 16-11-3
3rd Read 6/13/25 31-0-29
Vetoed by the Governor on 5/25/25
Prepared by Senate Research
June 26, 2025
AN/SDR/slp