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This tax package raises Arizona's standard deduction starting with 2025 tax years, lets taxpayers subtract federally deducted tips and overtime, raises the child credit, widens property tax exemptions for some disabled veterans and their surviving spouses, and changes many business, insurer and local-government tax rules.

VeteransWorkersBusiness ownersSmall business ownersInsurersLocal governmentsProperty taxVeterans' benefitsEmployment HB4168Applies to tax years starting in 2025 (and 8 more dates)

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Professional firefighters who are hurt or killed while traveling directly to or from work as a firefighter are now considered on the job for workers' compensation eligibility, as long as they are not engaged in criminal activity.

WorkersState government employeesLocal governmentsInsurersWorkers' compensationEmployment HB2138In effect since September 12, 2026

The Arizona State Board of Pharmacy's nondisciplinary civil penalties are capped at $25,000 in any 6-month period, some permit holders' disciplinary civil penalties get the same cap, and people holding a board registration are now named alongside licensees and permit holders in the board's enforcement rules.

Business ownersWorkersEmployment HB2953In effect since September 12, 2026

The state board that licenses barbers and cosmetologists is continued until July 1, 2034, and the maximum fees it may charge for many licenses and renewals are lowered.

WorkersBusiness ownersSmall business ownersEmployment SB1563Applies retroactively from July 1, 2026 (and 3 more dates)

Arizona adopts the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, which, once 7 states have enacted it, lets qualifying physician assistants licensed in one member state get a "compact privilege" to practice in other member states, including Arizona, under that state's laws.

WorkersEmployment HB2190In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 1 more date)

Arizona residents who work as salaried employees of an insurer or managing general agent and held another state's home-state adjuster license before January 1, 2026 may get an Arizona adjuster license without taking Arizona's exam if they apply by June 30, 2027, but the license is limited to adjusting claims as that kind of employee.

InsurersWorkersEmployment SB1415In effect since Out-of-state license must have been held before January 1, 2026 (and 2 more dates)

Starting after December 31, 2026, first-time applicants can earn an Arizona CPA certificate through one of 3 paths: a bachelor's degree plus 2 years of experience, a bachelor's degree plus 30 more semester hours and 1 year of experience, or a graduate degree plus 1 year of experience, instead of always needing 150 semester hours.

WorkersEmployment SB1181Starts Takes effect after December 31, 2026

Crime scene technicians and digital forensics technicians are now included as public safety employees who can get up to 12 employer-paid licensed counseling visits after certain traumatic events on the job.

WorkersState government employeesLocal governmentsEmployment SB1216In effect since September 12, 2026

Starting January 1, 2027, the Arizona peace officer standards and training board must offer an alternative certification pathway for honorably discharged military police veterans that credits their military training, allows a shorter Arizona training program, and requires the board to process completed applications within 60 days.

VeteransEmployment SB1107In effect since September 12, 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

People who may choose not to join the Arizona State Retirement System because they reach ASRS eligibility at age 65 or older now qualify based on when they become eligible to participate, not when they were hired, and their 30-day window to opt out starts then.

WorkersOlder adultsState government employeesEmployment HB2092In effect since September 12, 2026

People seeking Arizona registration as an engineer, architect, land surveyor or landscape architect based on a license from elsewhere must now hold that license in the same profession and a valid record from the national council, and engineers' 4 years of experience no longer must come after their other license.

WorkersEmployment HB2122In effect since September 12, 2026

Anyone serving as chief medical officer for an Arizona state agency must have an active license to practice medicine in Arizona, regardless of any other law.

State government employeesEmployment HB2178In effect since September 12, 2026

To keep app-based gig workers classified as independent contractors, a platform's written contract no longer has to let both sides end it without cause; it may instead give that right to the worker alone, for contracts or addenda entered into on or after the law's effective date.

WorkersBusiness ownersEmploymentWorkers' compensation HB2310In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 1 more date)

A pilot employed by a law enforcement agency now counts as a "first responder" under the state law on death benefits for first responders killed in the line of duty, and this applies back to December 31, 2025.

WorkersEmployment SB1503Applies retroactively from and after December 31, 2025 (and 1 more date)

The Arizona State Board of Nursing must adopt rules by October 1, 2026, covering training, conduct, discipline and data collection for licensed health aides, including requirements for routine ventilator care.

People with disabilitiesEmployment HB2189In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 1 more date)

Government agencies, employers and political subdivisions in Arizona may not stop or obstruct an employee, including a designated subject matter expert, from testifying in proceedings over a law enforcement officer's appeal of discipline, and may not retaliate against employees who testify in hearings over whether evidence should be disclosed.

WorkersLocal governmentsState government employeesEmploymentCourts HB2253In effect since September 12, 2026

Job-protected leave for National Guard and reserve members now applies to any military training rather than only camps, drills and similar events, and public employees' leave covers active duty and other duty under orders, not just training, with the existing yearly pay limits unchanged.

WorkersState government employeesLocal governmentsBusiness ownersEmployment HB2663In effect since September 12, 2026

The law changes how a group can qualify as a "bona fide association" to offer health plans, lets self-funded multiple employer health plans run through certain statewide chambers of commerce and business leagues, and orders a state study of a different way to provide health coverage to state and school district employees.

Small business ownersBusiness ownersInsurersState government employeesWorkersHealth insuranceEmployment HB2693In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 2 more dates)

Agencies without legal authority can no longer require fingerprint clearance cards, some workers waiting on a card may get temporary permission to work, and traffic survival school instructors will need a card starting after December 31, 2026.

WorkersBusiness ownersEmployment HB2916In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 1 more date)

This law raises the maximum Arizona veterinary loan award from $100,000 to $200,000 and pays it in yearly installments, caps the money the Arizona Board of Regents may keep from universities at $5,000,000 a year unless the legislature expressly authorizes more, and sets some 2026-2027 college funding outside the usual formulas.

Local governmentsEmployment HB4161In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 1 more date)

Hospitals that perform cardiac catheterization with real-time x-ray imaging may not require health professionals to wear lead aprons when the room has a qualifying radiation protection system in use, though the hospital's radiation safety officer may still require protective gear in higher-exposure situations, and staff who go without an apron must wear a real-time dosimeter.

WorkersEmployment SB1121In effect since September 12, 2026

Behavioral health technicians at licensed behavioral health facilities and psychiatric hospitals must meet age, education, background check and training requirements, and the law lists services they may provide and what it does not authorize them to do, while the state health licensing department and AHCCCS must jointly review overlapping oversight of health care institutions.

WorkersEmployment SB1162In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 2 more dates)

The department may not sell personal identifying information about people it licenses or certifies under Titles 36 or 32, may not sell or disclose emergency medical care technicians' personal identifying information except as allowed, and treats this information as confidential and exempt from commercial public records requests.

WorkersEmployment SB1193In effect since September 12, 2026

Arizona enacts the EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact, which lets EMTs, advanced EMTs and paramedics licensed in another member state work in Arizona (and vice versa) under set conditions, and requires a fingerprint clearance card for certain initial certification applicants under the compact.

VeteransWorkersEmployment SB1235In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 2 more dates)

Employers of one group of members in the public safety defined contribution retirement plan (the bill's title refers to correctional officers) may now pay a one-time-per-interval bonus of up to $5,000 into a member's retirement account at set years of service, if they first adopt a policy for it.

State government employeesWorkersEmployment SB1270In effect since September 12, 2026

Arizona law enforcement and other agencies may create wellness and crisis response programs for their employees, and what is said or recorded in these programs is kept confidential except in certain situations, such as a clear danger, a criminal investigation or a waiver.

WorkersState government employeesLocal governmentsEmploymentCourts SB1400In effect since September 12, 2026

The department may not require social workers at outpatient dialysis centers to document a dialysis patient's progress in the medical record more often than every quarter, unless the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires it to meet the patient's needs.

WorkersEmployment SB1446In effect since September 12, 2026

Assaulting an employee of a public utility, a licensed telecommunications provider, a licensed video service provider or certain other utilities while the employee is doing work duties, when the attacker knows or has reason to know who the victim is, can now be charged as aggravated assault, a class 6 felony.

WorkersCourtsEmployment SB1448In effect since September 12, 2026

If a hearing officer, judge or appeals board finds a law enforcement officer was fired without just cause, the employer does not reinstate the officer, and a superior court also finds the firing was without just cause, the employer must pay the officer's taxable costs, reasonable attorney fees and expert fees for both the appeal hearing and the court case.

WorkersLocal governmentsEmploymentCourtsLawsuits SB1493In effect since September 12, 2026

Arizona State Retirement System members who are elected officials and reach normal retirement can now start collecting retirement benefits while staying in office, and retirees of normal retirement age may now return to work in any elected office, not just term-limited state offices.

State government employeesLocal governmentsEmployment HB2502In effect since September 12, 2026

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians may now finish required continuing education after applying to renew, pharmacies and other permit holders that change owners may keep operating under the old permit while the new owner's application is reviewed if conditions are met, and pharmacies may deliver prescriptions to more kinds of places.

Business ownersWorkersEmployment HB2733In effect since September 12, 2026

Genetic counselors in Arizona will need a state license from a new Board of Genetic Counselors, with exceptions, and those already practicing must apply by January 1, 2028; practicing without a license becomes a class 6 felony.

WorkersEmployment HB4010In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 6 more dates)

Beginning August 1, 2027, every school district and charter school must make sure each school campus has at least 1 employee there during regular school hours who has completed CPR and first aid training, plus AED training if the campus has an AED.

WorkersEmployment HB4043In effect since September 12, 2026 (and 1 more date)

Starting after June 30, 2027, Arizona has a separate timeshare salesperson license for people who sell or exchange timeshares under a licensed real estate broker's supervision, with a timeshare-focused exam and an optional 30-day temporary certificate.

WorkersBusiness ownersEmployment SB1274Starts Effective from and after June 30, 2027

The Arizona State Board of Nursing must follow new rules for handling complaints against nurses and other license or certificate holders, and it can now expunge certain past disciplinary actions once per person, with some types of discipline never eligible.

WorkersEmployment HB2408In effect since September 12, 2026

Covered Arizona executive branch employees may not use or share nonpublic information from their state jobs to profit, avoid losses, or help others do so on prediction markets, and violations may lead to dismissal, other sanctions or referral to law enforcement.

State government employeesGovernment ethicsEmployment Executive Order 2026-02In effect since Took effect July 8, 2026, upon signature, and remains in effect until repealed, replaced or rescinded

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This law mostly updates titles and wording at the Industrial Commission of Arizona, but it also removes the commission's power to license private employment offices, renames its benefits ombudsman a resource officer with a wider role, places boiler and elevator oversight under separate divisions, and requires the commission to post a fee schedule online.

WorkersBusiness ownersWorkers' compensationEmployment SB1254In effect since September 12, 2026

Starting after December 31, 2026, the state board of psychologist examiners must hand certain authority over licensing and regulating behavior analysts to its committee on behavior analysts, and the board shrinks from 10 to 8 members with no seats set aside for behavior analysts.

State government employeesEmployment SB1145Starts Takes effect after December 31, 2026

The state board of nursing, board of occupational therapy examiners, regulatory board of physician assistants and Department of Economic Security are continued until July 1, 2030, and the state board of pharmacy until July 1, 2032, with this applying back to July 1, 2026.

State government employeesEmployment HB2729Applies retroactively from July 1, 2026 (and 3 more dates)

This executive order directs 4 state agencies to share non-confidential information on whether businesses wrongly classify employees as contractors, and asks for reports by October 1, 2026, on state contractor labor-law compliance and worker retention; it creates no new rules or penalties for the public.

WorkersBusiness ownersContractorsEmploymentConstruction Executive Order 2026-01In effect since May 20, 2026 (effective immediately upon signature) (and 2 more dates)