jail facilities excise tax; extension
This bill allows Arizona counties to extend funding for jail facilities by seeking voter approval for a new tax on certain business transactions, capped at 4% of existing transaction tax rates. Counties must provide detailed budget plans showing how revenue will fund jail construction, maintenance, or related programs (e.g., reducing facility costs), and must maintain previous funding levels adjusted for inflation. If approved by voters, the tax would last up to 20 years but automatically expire if not voted on by December 31, 2027. It replaces an expiring county-level jail tax and requires transparency in how funds are allocated.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 22, 2025
Signed May 12, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a Senate Engrossed version to a Chaptered version, with the main substantive content remaining unchanged. The formatting differences include removal of page headers and footers, addition of chapter number 155, and insertion of START_STATUTE/END_STATUTE markers for statutory text. No policy changes were made to the jail facilities excise tax provisions.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; only formatting and structural markup differences between Senate passage and final chaptered version.
TECHNICAL
Removed page numbering headers and footers that were present in the Senate Engrossed version
Added chapter number 155 and official filing dates (May 12, 2025) to indicate the bill became law
Replaced line-numbered text with START_STATUTE and END_STATUTE markers for easier statutory text identification
Removed the 'AN ACT' header that appeared between the chapter number and bill text in the original format
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2025 · House May 5, 2025
How they voted
23–5
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 30
Feb 27, 2025
D
Democratic13
76% Yea
R
Republican17
76% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
5
Committee
2
May 12, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor
executive
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kevin Payne
RRepublican
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