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REFERENCE TITLE: document retention; proposals; donations

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1186

Introduced by

Senators
Shope: Carroll, Farnsworth, Kavanagh, Petersen

AN
ACT

AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE 1,
ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41-2505; AMENDING SECTION 41-2550,
ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA
REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41-2707; RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATION.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Title
41, chapter 23, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 41-2505, to read:

START_STATUTE41-2505. Request for proposals; governor; donations; disclosure

Notwithstanding any other law, a company that
responds to a request for proposals shall disclose anything of value that the
company, its officers or directors or any of their family members have
PROVIDED, DIRECTLY or indirectly, during the preceding five years to any of the
following:

1. The governor.

2. any entity that is established,
financed, maintained or controlled by the Governor or an agent of the Governor,
including a campaign committee, a joint fundraising committee or an inaugural
fund.

3. an entity that advocates for the
election of the Governor or for the defeat of an electoral opponent of the
Governor, including a political committee or other nonprofit organization that
makes any independent expenditures. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 41-2550, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-2550. Retention of procurement records; resolicitation of contracts

A. All procurement records
shall be retained and disposed of in accordance with records retention
guidelines and schedules approved by the Arizona state library, archives and
public records.

B. A state
agency or state employee may not destroy any notes taken during the evaluation
of a company that responds to a request for proposals. If a state
agency or state employee destroys any notes pursuant to this subsection, All
contracts that were related to the destroyed notes and that were agreed to FROM
AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THIS SECTION MAY be
resolicited. END_STATUTE

Sec. 3. Title 41, chapter 24, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-2707, to read:

START_STATUTE41-2707. Grants; governor; donations; disclosure

Notwithstanding any other law, a company that
applies for a grant shall disclose anything of value that the company, its officers
or directors or any of their family members have PROVIDED, DIRECTLY or
indirectly, during the preceding five years to any of the following:

1. The governor.

2. any entity that is established,
financed, maintained or controlled by the Governor or an agent of the Governor,
including a campaign committee, a joint fundraising committee or an inaugural
fund.

3. an entity that advocates for the
election of the Governor or for the defeat of an electoral opponent of the
Governor, including a political committee or other nonprofit organization that
makes any independent expenditures. END_STATUTE
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