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AZ HB2904

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2026

Primary Sponsor

Steve Montenegro

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • 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

  • Asserts that the federal government's failure to secure Arizona's border with Mexico constitutes a dangerous and unprecedented situation allowing "unlawful invasion"

  • 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

  • Declares fentanyl trafficking across the border a public health crisis and attributes synthetic opioid overdose deaths primarily to illicitly manufactured fentanyl

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules1/22/2026
Public Safety & Law Enforcement1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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