Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1271: businesses; crime reporting; penalty; prohibition
Status: Chaptered, June 19, 2026
SB1271 - businesses; crime reporting; penalty; prohibition
What the bill says
An act amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 9-500.54; relating to municipal authority.
From the chaptered text, June 26, 2026:
AN ACT amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 9-500.54; relating to municipal authority. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.54, to crime reporting; municipal penalties; prohibition; exception A. A municipality may not enact, enforce or maintain an ordinance, rule, regulation, policy or practice that imposes a fine or any other penalty on a business or commercial entity that is based on the number of or frequency of requests for public safety assistance or emergency services made by the business or commercial entity at any location of the business or commercial entity or that is based on the monetary value of property that belongs to the business or commercial entity that has been damaged or stolen. B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a municipality may enforce or maintain an ordinance, rule, regulation, policy or practice that imposes a fine or any other penalty on a business or commercial entity that is based on the number of or frequency of requests for public safety assistance or emergency services made by the business or commercial entity at any location of the business or commercial entity or that is based on the monetary value of property that belongs to …
Sponsors
- David Gowan (R, SD-019) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 166
- : Governor Signed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : House third reading passed (53 votes)
- : Transmitted to Senate
- : Passed
- : House read second time
- : House read first time
- : Rules: constitutional and in proper form
- : Assigned to Rules
Votes
- THIRD Passed (June 2, 2026): 53 yea, 4 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (March 16, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- JUD DP (March 11, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (February 26, 2026): 23 yea, 5 nay, passed
- GOV DP (February 4, 2026): 6 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1271?
- SB1271 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): businesses; crime reporting; penalty; prohibition.
- What does SB1271 do?
- In its own words: An act amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 9-500.54; relating to municipal authority.
- What is the status of SB1271?
- Chaptered as of June 19, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 166 (June 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1271?
- David Gowan (R, SD-019).
- Where is the official record for SB1271?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84796/?SessionId=130
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