Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona HB2502: ASRS; retirement; elected officials
Status: Chaptered, June 19, 2026
HB2502 - ASRS; retirement; elected officials
What the bill says
An act amending sections 38-764, 38-766.01 and 38-766.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state retirement system.
From the chaptered text, June 29, 2026:
AN ACT amending sections 38-764, 38-766.01 and 38-766.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state retirement system. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Section 38-764, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to payment of retirement benefits; lump sum payments A. Retirement is deemed to commence on a date elected by the member. That date shall not be earlier than the day following the date of termination of employment, the date ASRS receives the member's completed retirement application or the date specified by the member pursuant to subsection I or J of this section. B. All retirement benefits: 1. Are normally payable in monthly installments beginning on the commencement of retirement as prescribed in subsection A of this section. 2. Continue to and include the first day of the month in which death occurs or continue until the date of their cessation in accordance with any optional method of payment that may have been elected. C. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, at the request of a retired member, a retired member's guardian or a court appointed conservator, the board may pay any increase in retirement benefits or the entire retirement benefit in a lump sum payment based on the actuarial present value of the benefit or the increase in the benefit if the payment …
Sponsors
- David Livingston (R, HD-028) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 201
- : Governor Signed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Senate third reading passed (22 votes)
- : Transmitted to House
- : Passed
- : Senate read second time
- : Senate read first time
- : Rules: proper for consideration
- : Assigned to Rules
Votes
- THIRD Passed (June 9, 2026): 22 yea, 7 nay, passed
- FIN DP (March 23, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (March 17, 2026): 37 yea, 16 nay, passed
- THIRD failed to pass (March 9, 2026): 19 yea, 33 nay, failed
- RULES C&P (March 2, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- APPROP DP (February 23, 2026): 15 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB2502?
- HB2502 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): ASRS; retirement; elected officials.
- What does HB2502 do?
- In its own words: An act amending sections 38-764, 38-766.01 and 38-766.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona state retirement system.
- What is the status of HB2502?
- Chaptered as of June 19, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 201 (June 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2502?
- David Livingston (R, HD-028).
- Where is the official record for HB2502?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84283/?SessionId=130
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