HCR 2048

Senate Engrossed
elected
  officials; salary; prohibition
(now:  military
  families; scholarship accounts)
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2048
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the
constitution of Arizona; amending article XI, constitution of Arizona, by
adding section 12; relating to education scholarships.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
Arizona, the Senate concurring:
1. Article XI, Constitution of Arizona, is
proposed to be amended by adding section 12 as follows if approved by the
voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
12. Scholarship accounts; confiscation of monies prohibited;
voidability of future bills or measures; definitions 
section
12. A. This state may not confiscate monies from any
scholarship account of any student who is a child of a military family if both
of the following apply:
1. The
scholarship account is established and maintained by this state pursuant to a
program that designates any student who is a child of a military family AND WHO
SATISFIES ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS as eligible to receive scholarship monies. This
paragraph does not limit this subsection to scholarship account programs that
are established and maintained by this state for only children of military
families.
2. THe
student may use monies in the scholarship account for tuition or fees at
eligible postsecondary educational institutions.
B. Notwithstanding
article IV, if a bill enacted into law or a measure approved by the voters on
or after November 1, 2026 violates subsection A of this section, the entire
bill or measure is void. A court may not sever any portion of a bill or measure
that violates subsection A of this section.
C. For
the purposes of this section:
1. "child
of a military family" means a student who is a child of a person who meets
any of the following:
(a) Is
serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States.
(b) Was
serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States
when the student's eligibility was initially determined.
(c) Was
a member of the armed forces of the United States who was killed in the line of
duty.
2. "Confiscate":
(a) Includes
seizing, transferring or otherwise taking monies from a scholarship account.
(b) Does
not include acts related to the closure of a scholarship account if any of the
following applies:
(i) The
student or account holder is found personally responsible for illegal activity
or wrongdoing in a proceeding in which the student or account holder receives
individualized due process of law.
(ii) The
student or account holder voluntarily closes or fails to renew a scholarship
account.
(iii) The
student graduates from an eligible postsecondary educational institution.
(iv) The
student is ineligible to maintain a scholarship account under a scholarship
program because the student did not enroll in an eligible postsecondary
educational institution for a period of at least four consecutive years after
graduating from high school.
3. "Eligible
postsecondary educational institution" means:
(a) A
university that is established pursuant to section 1 of this article.
(b) A
community college district in this state.
(c) an
accredited private postsecondary educational institution.
2. Short title
This act may be cited as the
"Military Families College Savings and Scholarship Protection Act".
3. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the
voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of
Arizona.
PASSED BY THE HOUSE MARCH 2, 2026.
PASSED BY THE SENATE JUNE 13, 2026.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 15, 2026.