# Arizona SB 1739: 2025-2026; criminal justice

Arizona SB 1739, 2025-2026; criminal justice, is a Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-06-26 (Third Reading: Passed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arizona SB 1739
- State: Arizona
- Session: Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session
- Title: 2025-2026; criminal justice
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-06-17
- Last action: 2025-06-26, Third Reading: Passed
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: 2025-2026, administration, annual report, anti-human trafficking grant fund, anti-racketeering revolving fund, attorney general (h), audit, budget bills, budget reconciliation, child and family representation, consumer protection-consumer fraud revolving fund, consumer restitution and remediation revolving fund, contributions, coordinated reentry planning services programs, counties - title 11, criminal code - title 13, criminal justice, cross-system recidivism tracking database, dcs (see also: department of child safety) (h), definitions, delayed repeal, department of child safety (dcs) (h), department of health services (dhs) (h), department of public safety (dps), dhs (see also: department of health services) (h), doc (see also: state department of corrections) (h), dps (see also: department of public safety), duties, effective date, employer, exemption, expenses of prosecution, fees, fentanyl prosecution, diversion and testing fund, legislative intent, member, pickup, planning committee, prisons and prisoners - title 31 (h), public officers and employees - title 38, reimbursement of counties, repealing, report, reports, retroactivity, rulemaking, sex offender management board, sexual assault kit evidence tracking system, state aid, state department of corrections (doc) (h), state government - title 41, subaccounts, termination, trade and commerce - title 44, transfer of monies, transferring and renumbering, use of fund, use of monies
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 6 (89 yes, 95 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 9

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More retirement funding for public employees: benefit, medium. For participants in one covered class, the employer contribution rises from 5% to 5.5% of gross pensionable pay. The increase adds 0.5% of that pay to retirement-plan funding.
- Fentanyl enforcement fund lasts longer: benefit, low. The fentanyl prosecution, testing, and diversion fund remains available until after June 30, 2027. It reimburses certain costs on a first-come, first-served basis. Testing and diversion reimbursements go to Arizona law enforcement agencies. One specified offense qualifies only when it does not invo…
- More funding for child crime investigations: benefit, low. The Attorney General may use up to $335,000 each year from a consumer fraud fund to continue a task force. The task force helps law enforcement investigate, examine evidence, and prosecute internet crimes against children.
- State aid for county dependency cases: benefit, low. The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission distributes aid to counties based on each county’s share of juvenile dependency filings. A county may receive no more than $250,000 per fiscal year. Any amount above that cap is redistributed among other counties.
- State reimburses counties for corrections cases: benefit, low. For qualifying cases, the Department of Corrections pays approved county claims from its appropriation. The costs must involve a person arrested in Arizona for a crime linked to a corrections facility, escape, or department custody. Claims must follow an existing agreement and include itemized cost…
- Arizona public safety department ends: cost, high. The Arizona Department of Public Safety ends on July 1, 2030. Related laws are repealed on January 1, 2031. The law does not say how the department’s services will continue.
- Legal support in child dependency cases: mixed, low. The court administration office establishes a program to review training, recommend legal practice standards and compensation, audit lawyers, and measure their work. The program reports each year by June 30. The law repeals the program section after June 29, 2028.
- Anti-racketeering money stays dedicated: mixed, low. Anti-racketeering fund money does not lapse or move to the state general fund. The Attorney General must use it only for purposes allowed by law. The Attorney General’s Office can keep using the fund for staff salaries until the restriction begins after August 27, 2027; that restriction was delayed…
- Prior law reaches back to June 2025: mixed, low. The law applies a prior enactment, as amended, to the period beginning June 30, 2025. The supplied text does not explain what that law requires or who it affects.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: John Kavanagh (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-26 | Senate | MOTION: failed to pass | fail | 9 | 42 |   |
| 2025-06-26 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 40 | 16 |   |
| 2025-06-26 | Senate | DP/C&P | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-06-19 | Senate | MOTION: failed to pass | fail | 7 | 22 |   |
| 2025-06-19 | Senate | THIRD: Passed | pass | 17 | 13 |   |
| 2025-06-17 | Senate | DP | pass | 8 | 2 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-06-26: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-06-26: COW Motion to Amend: failed to pass (Senate)
- 2025-06-26: Committee of the Whole: do pass (Senate)
- 2025-06-26: Miscellaneous Motion: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-06-26: undefined: DP/C&P (Senate)
- 2025-06-19: Third Reading: Passed (Senate)
- 2025-06-19: COW Motion to Amend: failed to pass (Senate)
- 2025-06-19: COW Motion to Amend: failed to pass (Senate)
- 2025-06-19: COW Motion to Amend: failed to pass (Senate)
- 2025-06-19: COW Motion to Amend: failed to pass (Senate)
- 2025-06-19: Committee of the Whole: do pass amended (Senate)
- 2025-06-19: Committee of the Whole: retained (Senate)
- 2025-06-17: undefined: PFC (Senate)
- 2025-06-17: undefined: DP (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0237.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/531410)
- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1739P.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530864)
- Senate Engrossed Version: [HTML](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1739S.htm), [PDF](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/531020)

## Related bills

- SB 1741: 2025-2026; health care (signed)
- SB 1738: 2025-2026; commerce (signed)
- SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure (signed)
- SB 1529: municipal housing; preapproved design (signed)
- SB 1496: tax credit; qualifying charitable organizations (signed)
- SB 1281: adjutant general; duties (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0237.htm)
- [Chaptered Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/531410)
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1739P.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/530864)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (HTML)](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/bills/SB1739S.htm)
- [Senate Engrossed Version (PDF)](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/531020)

## Related
- [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)
- [SB 1537: transitional housing; reentry programs; licensure](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1537-57th-1st-regular)
- [SB 1529: municipal housing; preapproved design](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1529-57th-1st-regular)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AZ-SB1739-57th-1st-regular (as of 2026-10-27).