# Arizona SB 1036: public resources; influencing elections; penalties

Arizona SB 1036, public resources; influencing elections; penalties, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by John Kavanagh (Republican); status vetoed, last action 2025-05-07 (Final Reading: Passed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1036
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: public resources; influencing elections; penalties
- Status: vetoed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2025-05-07, Final Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: John Kavanagh (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: attorney general (h), charter school, cities and towns - title 9, city or town, civil penalties, civil penalty, counties - title 11, county, definitions, education - title 15, elections and electors - title 16, employees, influence elections, influencing elections, penalties, prohibition, public resources, resources, school district, special taxing district, state, use
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (81 yes, 53 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Kavanagh (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-07 | Senate | FINAL: Passed | pass | 17 | 9 |   |
| 2025-05-07 | Senate | CONCUR: Passed | fail |   |   |   |
| 2025-05-01 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 31 | 27 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | C&P | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | DP | pass | 4 | 2 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 17 | 12 |   |
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | DPA | pass | 4 | 3 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-05-07: Final Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: Concurrence: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Additional Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Miscellaneous Motion: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: undefined: C&P (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: undefined: DP (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: undefined: DPA (Senate)

## Bill text

- House Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1036H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529423)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1036P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/520564)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1036S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525296)

## Related bills

- SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act (signed)
- SB 1744: 2025-2026; K-12 education (signed)
- SB 1743: 2025-2026; human services (signed)
- SB 1742: 2025-2026; higher education (signed)
- SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care (signed)
- SB 1738: 2025-2026; commerce (signed)

## Sources
- [House Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1036H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529423)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1036P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/520564)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1036S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525296)

## Related
- [SB 1735: 2025-2026; general appropriations act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1735-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1744: 2025-2026; K-12 education](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1744-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1743: 2025-2026; human services](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1743-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1742: 2025-2026; higher education](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1742-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1741-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1738: 2025-2026; commerce](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1738-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1036-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-19).