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AZ HB2688
Bill
Status
1/21/2026
Primary Sponsor
Ralph Heap
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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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
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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