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Senate caucus reviews emergency appropriation for Nuclear Emergency Management Fund
Summary
Staff said an emergency measure would appropriate funds to the Nuclear Emergency Management Fund and levy assessments against utilities; members heard specific dollar figures and that funds would support the Division of Emergency Management and local agencies under the response plan.
Senate staff described an emergency measure that would appropriate funds to Arizona’s Nuclear Emergency Management Fund and levy assessments on public service or municipal corporations involved in constructing or operating a commercial nuclear generating station.
Why it matters: The bill establishes funding for nuclear emergency planning and distributes money to the Division of Emergency Management in the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs as well as to municipal and county agencies assigned responsibilities in Arizona’s nuclear emergency response plan.
According to the caucus summary, the bill is an emergency measure that appropriates amounts described in the committee summary for the fund: staff read the figures as $2,617,991 in fiscal year 2026 and $2,711,390.39 in fiscal year 2027 (presented in the caucus with a brief verbal correction). Staff said the assessment would be levied against the relevant corporations, with interest as applicable, and the funds deposited to the Nuclear Emergency Management Fund for distribution to agencies with response duties.
Chairwoman Griffin voiced support in the caucus, calling it a “good bill.” The measure was placed on the third-read consent calendar; no formal floor vote or appropriation enactment was recorded in the transcript.
