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AZ HB4084

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/16/2026

Primary Sponsor

Alma Hernandez

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Expands the State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund to cover eviction cases in addition to criminal cases
  • Requires fund monies distributed to county public defenders, legal defenders, and contract indigent defense counsel to supplement (not replace) existing county funding levels from fiscal year 1997-1998
  • Maintains the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission as administrator of the fund, with allocations distributed to counties under existing statutory formulas
  • Preserves existing fund provisions including exemption from appropriation lapsing rules and investment authority through the state treasurer

Legislative Description

Indigent defense fund; eviction cases

Last Action

House read second time

2/17/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules2/16/2026
Judiciary2/16/2026

Full Bill Text

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