Arizona HB 2931: convention of states; delegation; oath

Bill Text

HB2931 - 572R - H Ver 

 House Engrossed

 civil rights advisory 
 board; continuation

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HOUSE BILL 2931

AN 
ACT

amending section 
41-1401, Arizona Revised Statutes; AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 1, 
ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1401.01; REPEALING SECTION 
41-3026.11, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 27, 
ARTICLE 2, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41-3030.27; 
RELATING TO THE arizona civil rights advisory board.

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Be it 
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 41-1401, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-1401. Civil rights division; definition

A. There is created The civil 
rights division within the department of law which shall include 
the Arizona civil rights advisory board is established. The board shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by 
the governor. Not more than four of the members shall at any one 
time be of the same political party. Each member shall serve for a 
term of three years. Of the members of the board first appointed, 
two shall be appointed for terms ending January 31, 1966, two for terms ending 
January 31, 1967, and three for terms ending January 31, 1968. Thereafter, the 
terms shall expire on the third Monday in January of the appropriate year.

B. An appointment to fill a vacancy 
shall be subject to the same limitation with respect to party affiliations as 
the original appointment.

C. The board shall elect from its 
membership a chairman and vice chairman. The vice chairman shall act 
as chairman in the absence or disability of the chairman, or in the event of a 
vacancy in that office.

D. Four members of the board shall 
constitute a quorum, except that if the chairman appoints a subcommittee of the 
board a majority of the members of the subcommittee shall constitute a 
quorum. The concurrence of four of the members when in session as a 
board shall be the act of the board.

E. Each member shall receive compensation 
as determined pursuant to section 38-611 for each day in which he 
participates in meetings, but not to exceed one thousand dollars in any fiscal 
year.

F. B. For 
the purposes of this chapter, "board" means the Arizona 
civil rights advisory board and "division" means the civil 
rights division within the department of law.END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 9, article 1, Arizona 
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1401.01, to read:

START_STATUTE41-1401.01. Arizona civil rights advisory board; terms; vacancies; 
organization; quorum; compensation; definition

A. The 
Arizona civil rights advisory board is established in the division. �The board 
shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the 
governor. Not more than four of the members shall at any one time be 
of the same political party. Each member shall serve for a term of 
three years. �The terms shall expire on the third Monday in January of the 
appropriate year.

B. An appointment to fill a vacancy 
shall be subject to the same limitation with respect to party affiliations as 
the original appointment.

C. The 
board shall elect from its membership a chairperson and vice 
chairperson. The vice chairperson shall act as chairperson in the 
absence or disability of the chairperson, or in the event of a vacancy in that 
office.

D. Four members of the board shall 
constitute a quorum, except that if the chairperson appoints a subcommittee of 
the board a majority of the members of the subcommittee shall constitute a 
quorum. The concurrence of four of the members when in session as a 
board shall be the act of the board.

E. Each member shall receive 
compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611 for each day in 
which the member participates in meetings, but not to exceed $1,000 in any 
fiscal year.

F. For the purposes of this chapter, 
"board" means the Arizona civil rights advisory board.END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Repeal

Section 41-3026.11, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 4. Title 41, chapter 27, article 2, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3030.27, to 
read:

START_STATUTE41-3030.27. Arizona civil rights advisory board; termination July 1, 2030

A. The Arizona civil rights advisory 
board terminates on July 1, 2030.

B. Section 41-1401.01 
and this section are repealed on January 1, 2031.END_STATUTE

Sec. 5. Purpose

Pursuant to section 41-2955, 
subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the Arizona 
civil rights advisory board to conduct hearings, 
obtain information and report on civil rights issues that impact Arizonans as 
prescribed by state law and to perform those other functions as prescribed by 
law.

Sec. 6. Retroactivity

Sections 3 and 4 of this act apply 
retroactively to from and after July 1, 2026.