# Arizona SB 1144: jail facilities excise tax; extension

Arizona SB 1144, jail facilities excise tax; extension, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Kevin Payne (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-05 (Third Reading: Passed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1144
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: jail facilities excise tax; extension
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2025-05-05, Third Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Kevin Payne (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: active registered voters, applicability, conditional repeal, county excise tax (h), county excise taxes, definitions, elections and electors - title 16, extension, jail facilities excise tax, maintenance of effort, taxation - title 42
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (90 yes, 17 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Voters can approve a new jail tax: cost, medium. A county that has the current jail facilities tax can ask voters to approve a replacement tax before that tax expires. The new tax cannot exceed 4% of the rate set under state law, and the county can lower it. Collections start the month after the current tax expires and can last up to 20 years. Vo…
- County jail funding stays in place: mixed, low. A county that levies the jail facilities tax must keep supporting adult and juvenile jails. In the first year, it must contribute the amount paid under the current tax in the prior year, adjusted for changes in the GDP price deflator. Later contributions are based on the prior year's amount, adjust…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kevin Payne (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-05 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 45 | 12 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | Senate | C&P | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | DP | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 23 | 5 |   |
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | DP | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (6)

- 2025-05-05: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: undefined: C&P (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: undefined: DP (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: undefined: DP (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0155.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530391)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1144P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521188)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1144S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/524500)

## Related bills

- HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio (signed)
- HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability (signed)
- HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan (signed)
- HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service (signed)
- HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs (signed)
- SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0155.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530391)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1144P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521188)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1144S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/524500)

## Related
- [HB 2015: EORP; CORP; funded ratio](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2015-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2077: ASRS; long-term disability](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2077-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2034: ASRS; supplemental employee deferral plan](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2034-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2036: ASRS; temporary personnel service](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2036-57th-1st-regular)
- [HB 2035: ASRS; termination incentive programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-HB2035-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1537-57th-1st-regular)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1144-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).