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AZ SB1222
Bill
Status
1/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Javan Mesnard
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AI Summary
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Prohibits the use of public monies to extend light rail service in Phoenix to a specific downtown area bounded by Ninth Avenue (east), Van Buren Street (north), Nineteenth Avenue (west), and Jackson Street (south)
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Expands the existing prohibition zone by changing boundaries from the previous Seventeenth Avenue/Adams Street/Eighteenth Avenue/Jefferson Street limits
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Bans public funding for light rail on any area or property within 50 linear yards of the prohibited zone, including the boundary streets themselves
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 28-9204, which already contained restrictions on light rail funding in Phoenix
Legislative Description
Light rail; public monies; prohibition
Prohibition
Last Action
Senate read second time
1/21/2026