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AZ HB2904
Bill
Status
1/22/2026
Primary Sponsor
Steve Montenegro
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AI Summary
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Declares it is Arizona's public policy to protect the state from drug cartels that threaten public safety, health, or general welfare, citing both federal and state constitutional provisions
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Asserts that the federal government's failure to secure Arizona's border with Mexico constitutes a dangerous and unprecedented situation allowing "unlawful invasion"
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Defines "drug cartel" as any formal or informal association engaged in human smuggling, trafficking fentanyl or other lethal drugs for profit, or acts of terrorism
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Declares fentanyl trafficking across the border a public health crisis and attributes synthetic opioid overdose deaths primarily to illicitly manufactured fentanyl
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Directs the Arizona Department of Health Services to use all authority within its power to address the fentanyl crisis
Legislative Description
Sovereign authority; border; health crisis
Last Action
House Committee of the Whole action: Retained on the Calendar
2/25/2026