Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona HB2745: legislative subpoena; perjury; refusal; contempt
Status: Vetoed, June 19, 2026
HB2745 - legislative subpoena; perjury; refusal; contempt
What the bill says
An act Amending section 41-1153, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the legislature.
From the engrossed text, April 15, 2026:
AN ACT Amending section 41-1153, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the legislature. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section [DELETED: 1.] 1. Section 41-1153, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE41-1153. Disobedience of subpoena as legislative contempt A. If a witness neglects or refuses to obey a legislative subpoena, or, appearing, neglects or refuses to testify, the senate or the house may, by resolution entered in the journal, commit him unless another procedure is provided by the rules of either house of the legislature, the witness may be committed for contempt by either of the following: 1. After the witness is given notice and an OPPORTUNITY for a hearing to present evidence, at the discretion of the chairperson, to show cause as to why the witness is not in contempt, an order of contempt by any committee chairperson or the president of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives that finds that the witness Had knowledge of the SUBPOENA, Had the ability to comply with the SUBPOENA and failed to comply with the subpoena. 2. A resolution entered in the journal by the senate or the house of representatives. B. A witness neglecting who NEGLECTs or refusing refuses to attend in obedience to a subpoena …
Sponsors
- Rivero, Tony (R, HD-027) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Governor Vetoed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Passed
- : Senate third reading passed (17 votes)
- : Transmitted to House
- : Passed
- : Senate Committee of the Whole
- : do pass amended
- : Senate read second time
- : Senate read first time
Votes
- FINAL Passed (June 9, 2026): 32 yea, 23 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (April 16, 2026): 17 yea, 10 nay, passed
- GOV DPA (March 25, 2026): 4 yea, 2 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (February 26, 2026): 32 yea, 20 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (February 23, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- GOV DPA (February 18, 2026): 4 yea, 3 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB2745?
- HB2745 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): legislative subpoena; perjury; refusal; contempt.
- What does HB2745 do?
- In its own words: An act Amending section 41-1153, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the legislature.
- What is the status of HB2745?
- Vetoed as of June 19, 2026. Latest action: Governor Vetoed (June 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2745?
- Rivero, Tony (R, HD-027).
- Where is the official record for HB2745?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84552/?SessionId=130
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