Disability

8 items, most far-reaching first.

Affects many Arizonans 1

This budget-related human services law raises the maximum payments to mobile home owners forced to move from $12,500 to $22,500 (single-section) and from $20,000 to $30,000 (multisection), replaces the 100-mile limit with a limit to moves within Arizona, extends the military family relief fund and its tax credit through 2031, widens an after-school grant program to children up to age 18, moves early speech and hearing services for deaf infants to the Department of Economic Security, and adds temporary food-aid and cash-aid eligibility checks.

Flagged for reviewVeteransOlder adultsPeople with disabilitiesHousingVeterans' benefitsDisabilityFraud HB4162In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 5 more dates)

Affects specific groups 6

The full property tax exemption for veterans with a 100% service-connected disability now covers their primary residence, a surviving spouse who does not remarry can claim it for the spouse's own primary residence, and a home owned with a spouse is treated as owned only by the veteran.

VeteransHomeownersPeople with disabilitiesProperty taxVeterans' benefitsDisability HB2792Applies to tax years beginning January 1, 2026 (and 1 more date)

For Arizona State Retirement System members on long-term disability, the stricter "unable to do any suitable work" test now applies once a member has received benefits for a total of 24 months, instead of 24 months within a 5-year period.

State government employeesWorkersPeople with disabilitiesDisabilityEmployment HB2090In effect since September 12, 2026

When the Department of Economic Security denies a vendor's application for credentialing or recredentialing to provide developmental disabilities services, the department must give the applicant 14 business days to correct the problems and must reevaluate the application if told in writing that they were fixed.

Business ownersPeople with disabilitiesDisability SB1172In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 1 more date)

A written determination letter from the U.S. Social Security Administration now counts as certification of a total and permanent disability for Arizona's disability property tax exemption, and the full exemption for veterans with a 100% service-connected disability rating is now written to cover their primary residence.

Flagged for reviewPeople with disabilitiesVeteransHomeownersProperty taxDisabilityVeterans' benefits HB2120In effect since September 12, 2026

Students who live outside any school district, children placed by courts or state agencies in foster or residential settings, and children of transferring military parents get new enrollment and special education rules, including set deadlines for school districts and county school superintendents.

Flagged for reviewPeople with disabilitiesLocal governmentsDisability HB2621In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 3 more dates)

Assisted living facilities must include a statement of the resident's rights in any discharge or eviction notice, and a temporary state committee is created to study and improve services for vulnerable adults through 2028.

Older adultsPeople with disabilitiesHousingDisability SB1561In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 2 more dates)

Mostly how government works 1

The law sets up a temporary 15-member Technology First Study Committee to study assistive technology for people with disabilities and report recommendations by October 1, 2027, after which the committee's law is repealed.

People with disabilitiesDisability HB2700In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 2 more dates)