HB 2931

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.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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.