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AZ HB2790
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/22/2026
Primary Sponsor
Lupe Diaz
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AI Summary
- Establishes the State Historic Preservation Officer and Office as independent from Arizona State Parks Board control, requiring them to report only to the Board with no other oversight authority
- Requires the State Historic Preservation Office to submit budget requests directly to the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, prohibiting the Parks Board from reviewing, altering, or suppressing budget requests
- Limits the Parks Board's role to providing only administrative support services (fiscal processing, human resources, IT) without strategic or policymaking control over the preservation office
- Grants the State Historic Preservation Officer authority to communicate directly with the Governor, legislature, and federal preservation agencies without consent or review from any other entity
- Appropriates $1,000,000 from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 for database modernization, staffing restoration, tribal consultation, and rural preservation efforts, with the funds exempt from standard lapsing provisions
Legislative Description
State historic preservation office; duties
Last Action
House LARA Committee action: Do Pass, voting: (5-3-0-0-0-0)
2/2/2026
Committee Referrals
Rules1/22/2026
Appropriations1/22/2026
Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs1/22/2026
Full Bill Text
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