# Arizona SB 1287: PSPRS; part-time employment

Arizona SB 1287, PSPRS; part-time employment, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by David Gowan (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-07 (Final Reading: Passed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1287
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: PSPRS; part-time employment
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-17
- Last action: 2025-05-07, Final Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: David Gowan (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: amount of retirement benefit, deferred annuity, definition, definitions, early retirement, exception, part-time employees, part-time employment, participant, prohibition, psprs (see also: public safety personnel retirement system), public officers and employees - title 38, public safety personnel retirement system (psprs), public safety retirement systems, requirements, system, trustee-to-trustee transfers
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (127 yes, 69 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Beneficiaries can access deceased members' retirement funds: benefit, low. When a part-time PSPRS member dies while participating in the deferred retirement option plan, a designated beneficiary may withdraw some or all of the transferred money. The beneficiary may instead transfer some or all of it directly to an eligible retirement plan.
- Part-time earnings excluded from disability pay: cost, medium. For part-time PSPRS members, the system excludes part-time earnings when calculating accidental, ordinary, or catastrophic disability pensions. This can lower the earnings counted in the pension calculation and reduce the payment.
- Part-time officers face outside-work limits: cost, low. Part-time employees covered by the PSPRS rule cannot do off-duty police, highway patrol, sheriff, or deputy work for another employer under the article. This limits their ability to earn money from that kind of outside work.
- Part-time officers gain retirement access: mixed, medium. Starting July 1, 2026, a public employer may let some part-time officers join PSPRS. Eligible patrol officers need at least three years of prior credited service and a consistent schedule of 20 to 30 hours per week. Employees working part time for a child's birth or adoption, or to care for an imme…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: David Gowan (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-05-07 | Senate | FINAL: Passed | pass | 21 | 5 |   |
| 2025-05-07 | Senate | CONCUR: Passed | fail |   |   |   |
| 2025-05-05 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 35 | 22 |   |
| 2025-05-01 | Senate | MOTION: failed to pass | fail | 21 | 37 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | Senate | C&P | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | DPA | pass | 12 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-13 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 24 | 3 |   |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | DPA | pass | 6 | 1 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-05-07: Final Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-05-07: Concurrence: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-05-05: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: COW Motion to Amend: failed to pass (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Committee of the Whole: Retained on the Calendar (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: undefined: C&P (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: undefined: DPA (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Committee of the Whole: retained (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Committee of the Whole: retained (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: undefined: DPA (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0183.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530419)
- House Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1287H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529904)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1287P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521886)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1287S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527096)

## Related bills

- SB 1281: adjutant general; duties (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0183.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530419)
- [House Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1287H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/529904)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1287P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/521886)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1287S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/527096)

## Related
- [SB 1281: adjutant general; duties](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1281-57th-1st-regular)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1287-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).