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AZ HB2688

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2026

Primary Sponsor

Ralph Heap

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Requires the Department of Administration to collect and report annually (by October 1) a list of all vacant full-time equivalent positions that have been vacant for at least 150 days from each state budget unit

  • Mandates that budget units eliminate any positions vacant for more than 150 days each fiscal year, with automatic adjustment to the agency's allocated full-time equivalent positions

  • Exempts the Department of Corrections, Department of Public Safety, Arizona Board of Regents, state universities, and community college districts from the mandatory position elimination requirement

  • Adds vacant position data to the existing annual report on state employee salaries, full-time equivalent positions, retirement systems, employee tiers, and fund sources submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting

Legislative Description

Budget unit; vacant positions; reporting.

Reporting

Last Action

House Committee of the Whole action: Do Pass

2/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/21/2026
Regulatory Oversight1/21/2026

Full Bill Text

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