SB 1657 Arizona Senate · 57th Legislature - First Regular Session

municipalities; emergency measures; vote

SB 1657 amends Arizona law to change how cities and towns can pass emergency measures. It requires emergency ordinances to be approved by a three-fourths vote of the full council (recorded by ayes/noes) and include a clear statement explaining why immediate action is needed for public safety. The bill also clarifies that emergency measures remain subject to the same 30-day voter petition process and referendum rules as regular local laws. If voters reject an emergency measure through referendum, it is no longer in effect.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Mar 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → Senate Engrossed Version · 3 edits · Mar 6, 2025

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from an introduced version to a Senate engrossed version, with minor text corrections and formatting adjustments. The substantive policy content regarding municipal emergency measures and referendum petitions remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout changes from introduced draft to Senate engrossed version, including removal of introductory headers and addition of standard legislative formatting.

Minor text corrections in Section D, where 'thirty day' was changed to 'thirty-day' for consistency.

Added START_STATUTE and END_STATUTE markers around the statutory text, which are technical formatting elements for legislative databases.

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How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Mar 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

PASSED

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Mar 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors