Arizona HB 2675: drug cartels; terrorist organizations

Bill Text

HB2675 - 572R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: constables; AZPOST certification

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HB 2675

 Introduced by 

 Representatives 
 Hernandez C: Biasiucci, Contreras P, Hernandez A, Hernandez L, Luna-N�jera, 
 Volk

AN 
ACT

amending sections 22-131, 22-137 
and 41-1822, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to constables.

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

Section 1. Section 22-131, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE22-131. Constables; powers and duties; prohibited acts

A. Constables shall attend the courts of justices of 
the peace within their precincts when required, and within their counties shall 
execute, serve and return all processes, warrants and notices directed or 
delivered to them by a justice of the peace of the county or by competent 
authority. In addition to any other provision of law these duties 
may be enforced by the presiding judge of the superior court in the county, 
including the use of the power of contempt.

B. Constables shall attend the training prescribed 
in section 22-137.

C. Constables, with the consent of and at salaries 
fixed by the board of supervisors, may appoint deputies who are certified 
pursuant to section 41-1822, subsection A, paragraph 3, stenographers, 
clerks and assistants necessary to conduct the affairs of their 
offices. The appointments shall be in writing.

D. The provisions of law relating to sheriffs, as 
far as applicable, govern the powers, duties and liabilities of constables.

E. A constable who is duly elected or who is 
appointed by the board of supervisors and who is certified by 
the arizona peace officer standards and training board has the authority 
of a peace officer only in the performance of the constable's 
official duties. 

F. A constable may execute, serve and return 
processes and notices as prescribed in subsection A of this section within any 
precinct in another county if that precinct adjoins the precinct in which the 
constable was elected or appointed.

G. A constable is prohibited from engaging in any 
act as a private process server outside of the constable's elected or appointed 
duties. A constable shall not own an interest in any entity that 
operates a private process serving business.

H. An elected or appointed constable may request 
training from the constable ethics standards and training board.� If approved 
by the board, the training shall be paid for with board monies and provided by 
a constable who is selected by the board and who has completed the mandatory 
basic training course prescribed in section 22-137.� The constable who is 
selected to provide the training may provide that training in any county of 
this state. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 22-137, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE22-137. Constable ethics standards and training board; powers and duties; 
judicial review; constable training; definition

A. The constable ethics standards and training board 
shall:

1. Adopt rules for the administration and conduct of 
the board, including meeting times, meeting places and matters to be placed on 
the agenda of each meeting, and for the distribution of monies in the constable 
ethics standards and training fund pursuant to section 22-138.

2. Adopt a code of conduct for constables and adopt 
rules to enforce the code of conduct.

3. Establish procedures for conducting confidential 
investigations and holding hearings.

4. Hear and investigate written complaints from any 
person involving a constable's ethical conduct.

5. Remedy a constable's inappropriate behavior by:

(a) Mediating.

(b) Issuing warnings, reprimands or admonishments.

(c) Instructing constables to take a particular 
action or to take educational classes.

(d) Urging a constable to resign from office.

(e) Placing a constable on probation for up to 
thirty days, except that after the initial thirty days of probation if the 
constable is making progress on probation but the constable's behavior is not 
yet compliant, the board may extend probation in additional thirty-day 
increments up to a total length of probation of one hundred eighty days.

(f) Recommending to the board of supervisors that a 
constable who has previously been placed on probation be suspended from 
performing the constable's duties without pay for any specified length of time 
not to exceed the remainder of the constable's term.

6. Adopt a standardized daily activity log for 
constables that is approved by the director of the Arizona peace officer 
standards and training board and that complies with section 11-445, 
subsections I and J.

B. The board may:

1. Employ an executive director and other staff 
necessary to fulfill the powers and duties of the board.

2. Enter into contracts and interagency agreements 
to carry out its powers and duties.

3. Certify or