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AZ HB2707

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/22/2026

Primary Sponsor

Aaron Marquez

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Authorizes private employers to adopt voluntary military spouse preference employment policies for hiring, promoting, or retaining military spouses over other qualified applicants
  • Allows Arizona state government and state agencies to adopt voluntary military spouse preference employment policies, applied uniformly to hiring, promotion, and retention during workforce reductions
  • Requires preference policies to be in writing and applied uniformly to all employment decisions
  • Permits employers to require documentation proving military spouse status as a condition of eligibility for the preference
  • Adds "military spouse preference employment policy" as a new defined term alongside the existing veterans' preference employment policy in Arizona law

Legislative Description

Military spouse; preference; employment

Last Action

House read second time

1/26/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/22/2026
Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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