HB 2753 Arizona House · 57th Legislature - Second Regular Session

board of directors; commerce authority

HB 2753 restructures Arizona's Commerce Authority board by establishing a new governance model with 17 private-sector business leaders (appointed by the governor, Senate president, and House speaker) alongside the governor as chair and ex-officio government representatives. It requires criminal background checks for appointed members, adds technical advisors from state agencies like environmental quality and transportation, and mandates public meeting records and conflict-of-interest policies. The bill does not change the Authority's economic development mission but alters who governs it and how decisions are made. This affects the Authority's internal operations and accountability, not direct business or resident policies.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced Version → House Engrossed Version (02/25/2026) · 5 edits · Feb 25, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted and renumbered as an engrossed version, but the core policy text remains largely the same with two significant substantive additions. The most important change is the addition of minority party representation to the board of directors, ensuring the Senate Finance and House International Trade committees include ranking minority members. Additionally, new sections were added to mandate public recording of meetings, establish conflict of interest rules, require written conduct policies, and set a strict limit of 100 full-time employees.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include new governance requirements for public transparency and accountability, specifically regarding meeting recordings, conflict of interest, and employee caps.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement for the board to keep accurate records and post public meeting recordings to the website within three business days.

Added new sections requiring the board to adopt written conduct policies and subjecting the board to conflict of interest laws.

Added a hard cap limiting the authority to no more than 100 full-time employees funded by state monies.

ELIGIBILITY

Added two new ex officio voting members representing the ranking minority party on the Senate Finance Committee and the House International Trade Committee.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from an introduced draft to an official engrossed version, with line numbers and headers updated.

Floor votes · House Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

54–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 60

Feb 25, 2026

D Democratic27

23 Yea 4

85% Yea

R Republican33

31 Yea 2

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED

lower

Feb 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

DPA

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors