AZ SB1694

Prohibits public entities from requiring employees to participate in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs or spending public monies on such programs.

Bans public entities from making DEI program participation a condition of contracts or purchasing services and supplies related to DEI programs.

Prohibits public entities from establishing offices or employing staff whose duties include coordinating, creating, or promoting DEI programs, except where required by federal law.

Forbids public entities from adopting policies designed to influence workforce composition based on race, sex, or color, and from promoting theories including unconscious bias, systemic racism, social justice, intersectionality, and gender identity theory as official positions.

Allows employees required to participate in DEI programs to bring legal action for injunctive relief; exempts sexual harassment training and legal compliance offices from the prohibition.