HB 2015 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

budget procedures; late filing penalty

HB 2015 imposes financial penalties on state agencies that miss deadlines for submitting required financial reports. If agencies fail to submit final state financial statements by October 31 or federal expenditure reports by December 31, they face penalties of 1/12 of 1% of their state general fund appropriation for every 30 days late. The total penalty for any agency in a fiscal year cannot exceed $8 million or 1% of its state general fund appropriation, whichever is lower. This applies to all state organizations receiving state funds or handling federal monies that must meet financial reporting requirements.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Vetoed
Jun 2026
Introduced Nov 18, 2025 Vetoed Jun 19, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced Version House Engrossed Version (02/25/2026) · 6 edits · Jun 9, 2026
MODERATE
This bill adds new penalties for late financial reporting by state organizations. It requires organizations to submit accurate financial statements by October 31 and federal expenditure data by December 31, imposing a penalty of 0.083% of the organization's appropriation for every 30 days late, capped at $8 million or 1% of the appropriation.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of the existing accounting statute to include specific enforcement mechanisms and deadlines that were previously absent, applying to all organizations included in the state's reporting entity.
REQUIREMENT

Establishes a mandatory deadline of October 31 for organizations to submit accurate and complete final financial statements to the department of administration.

Establishes a mandatory deadline of December 31 for organizations receiving federal monies to submit final federal expenditure or program information.

ENFORCEMENT

Creates a late filing penalty of one-twelfth of one percent (0.083%) of the organization's state general fund appropriation for every 30 days the submission is late.

Limits the total annual penalty to a maximum of $8,000,000 or one percent of the organization's appropriation, whichever is less.

Authorizes the department of administration to withhold the assessed penalty amount directly from the organization's state general fund appropriation allotment schedule.

TECHNICAL

Removed formatting markers and page headers from the original introduced version to create the final engrossed text.

Floor votes · House Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
2
Jun 19, 2026
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Jun 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED
upper
Apr 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Lisa Fink
Lisa Fink
RRepublican
AZ
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