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AZ SB1222

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/20/2026

Primary Sponsor

Javan Mesnard

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • 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)

  • Expands the existing prohibition zone by changing boundaries from the previous Seventeenth Avenue/Adams Street/Eighteenth Avenue/Jefferson Street limits

  • Bans public funding for light rail on any area or property within 50 linear yards of the prohibited zone, including the boundary streets themselves

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules1/20/2026
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology1/20/2026

Full Bill Text

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