# Arizona SB 1540: personal property exemptions; vehicles

Arizona SB 1540, personal property exemptions; vehicles, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Frank Carroll (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-29 (Final Reading: Passed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1540-57th-1st-regular
- As of: 2026-10-27
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1540
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: personal property exemptions; vehicles
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-10
- Last action: 2025-04-29, Final Reading: Passed
- Sponsor: Frank Carroll (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: annual adjustment, applicability (h), exemption (h), homestead (h), homestead and personal property exemption, homestead exemptions, personal property (h), personal property exemption (h), personal property exemptions, persons entitled to hold homesteads, property - title 33, repeal, repealing, strike everything amendment (h), vehicles
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (135 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More home types get homestead protection: benefit, medium. Arizona residents age 18 or older can claim protection for one home where they live. Eligible homes include houses, condos or co-ops, and listed shelters such as mobile homes, trailers, motor homes, or houseboats, along with the land where the shelter is located. The exemption covers up to $400,000…
- Less protection for refinance cash: mixed, medium. Identifiable cash from refinancing a homestead is not protected by the exemption. Identifiable cash from a voluntary or involuntary sale stays protected for 18 months, or until you establish a new homestead with the money, whichever comes first. For a sale or refinance, the parties may use the valu…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Frank Carroll (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-29 | Senate | CONCUR: Passed | fail |   |   |   |
| 2025-04-29 | Senate | FINAL: Passed | pass | 26 | 3 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 55 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | C&P | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | DPA/SE | pass | 10 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-27 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 29 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-10 | Senate | DP | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (9)

- 2025-04-29: Final Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Concurrence: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: undefined: C&P (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: undefined: DPA/SE (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: undefined: DP (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0111.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530112)
- House Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1540H.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528694)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1540P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522691)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1540S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525669)

## Related bills

- SB 1496: tax credit; qualifying charitable organizations (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0111.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530112)
- [House Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1540H.htm)
- [House Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/528694)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1540P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/522691)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1540S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/525669)

## Related
- [SB 1496: tax credit; qualifying charitable organizations](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1496-57th-1st-regular)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1540-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).