Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1566: malicious delay; enforcement; penalty
Status: Chaptered, May 29, 2026
SB1566 - malicious delay; enforcement; penalty
What the bill says
An act Amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-500.54; amending title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11-269.31; amending title 12, chapter 8, article 2.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, BY ADDING SECTION 12-1139; relating to residential construction.
From the chaptered text, June 1, 2026:
AN ACT Amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-500.54; amending title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11-269.31; amending title 12, chapter 8, article 2.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, BY ADDING SECTION 12-1139; relating to residential construction. (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 attorney general; violation; civil penalty; definitions A. NOTWITHSTANDING any other law, A city or town in this state may not maliciously delay adopted licensing time frames pursuant to section 9-835 for single-family residential construction or a response to an application for single-family residential construction. B. The attorney general, based on a written complaint by a property owner with an application before a city or town, may enforce this section. C. FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION AND FINDINGS BY the ATTORNEY GENERAL, A city or town in this state that is found to have violated this section BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE is subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 per violation REGARDLESS OF THE DURATION OF THE DELAY. D. This section does not modify the authority of a building code official to withhold a certificate of occupancy in accordance with a city's or town's adopted codes and ordinances. E. …
Sponsors
- Warren Petersen (R, SD-014) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 71
- : Governor Signed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Passed
- : House third reading passed (31 votes)
- : Transmitted to Senate
- : Passed
- : House Committee of the Whole
- : do pass amended
- : House read second time
Votes
- FINAL Passed (May 26, 2026): 17 yea, 9 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (May 5, 2026): 31 yea, 21 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (March 23, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- COM DP (March 17, 2026): 7 yea, 3 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (March 2, 2026): 17 yea, 12 nay, passed
- RULES PFC (February 23, 2026): 5 yea, 4 nay, passed
Subjects: PROPERTY RIGHT CLAIMS, VIOLATION, COUNTIES - TITLE 11, PENALTY, CIVIL PENALTY, DEFINITIONS, COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - TITLE 12, CITIES AND TOWNS - TITLE 9
Common questions
- What is SB1566?
- SB1566 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): malicious delay; enforcement; penalty.
- What does SB1566 do?
- In its own words: An act Amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-500.54; amending title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11-269.31; amending title 12, chapter 8, article 2.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, BY ADDING SECTION 12-1139; relating to residential construction.
- What is the status of SB1566?
- Chaptered as of May 29, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 71 (May 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1566?
- Warren Petersen (R, SD-014).
- Where is the official record for SB1566?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85181/?SessionId=130
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