At-a-glance: How the Senate Finance Committee voted March 20, 2026
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Summary
A compact list of roll-call outcomes from the Senate Finance Committee on March 20, showing which bills passed or failed, with recorded tallies and brief notes on key amendments or issues raised during debate.
The Arizona Senate Finance Committee concluded its March 20 session with roll-call votes on multiple bills. Below are the bills acted on in committee, each with vote tallies and succinct notes drawn from the hearing record.
- HB 2502 (ASRS: elected official retirement without resignation) — Passed, 5 yes, 2 no. Explanation: committee approved a due-pass recommendation after ASRS and pro bono testimony describing parity with non-elected employees.
- HB 2780 (Tax-lien foreclosure conforming changes) — Passed, 6 yes, 1 no. Notes: Technical conformity to prior foreclosure statute changes; testimony emphasized limiting third-party litigation and clarifying credit-bid language.
- HB 2950 (Tourism Improvement Areas, TIAs) — Passed, 5 yes, 2 no. Notes: Adopted; proponents stressed voluntary nature and DOR collection mechanics; DOR implementation costs to be covered by TIAs per testimony.
- HB 2939 (Qualified Facilities Tax Credit increase for rural projects) — Passed, 5 yes, 2 no. Notes: Raised credit to $25,000 per job for qualifying rural projects; senators expressed fiscal concerns about scoring and program caps.
- HB 2140 (State treasurer permitted investments — gold/silver, striker adopted) — Passed as amended, 4 yes, 2 no, 1 not voting. Notes: Striker allows treasurer discretion to hold up to 10% in bullion; opponents worried about liquidity and transaction/storage costs.
- HB 2398 (Commercial boat liability and peer-to-peer watercraft sharing; amendment adopted) — Passed, 6 yes, 1 no. Notes: Amended to allow personal policies to be written to meet commercial requirements; establishes certification and verification steps with AGFC.
- HB 2999 (State Affordability Infrastructure Districts; amendment adopted) — Passed, 6 yes, 1 no. Notes: 62-page amendment added 10-year formation sunset, contractor protections, fee clarifications; bill aims to lower housing up-front costs via bond financing.
- HB 4026 (Public infrastructure reimbursement modernization) — Passed as amended. Notes: Adjusts caps and funding mechanics for advanced manufacturing infrastructure reimbursements; proponents argued for competitiveness.
- HB 2091 (DIFI assessment adjustments) — Passed, recorded; includes amendment removing automatic inflationary indexing. Notes: Insurers supported an increase to sustain agency staffing.
- HB 2320 (School district financial-advisor requirement) — Passed, recorded with opposition. Notes: Sponsor offered to amend payment to back-end to avoid up-front costs; opponents warned of captive-market risks.
- HB 2384 (Limits on school-lease and spending of lease proceeds) — Passed, recorded with opposition. Notes: Sponsor cited abusive out-of-district leasing practices as rationale; some members opposed on local-control grounds.
- HB 4020 (DIFI fraud-unit assessment increase) — Passed, recorded 4–1 with 2 not voting. Notes: Industry supported modest increase for fraud investigations.
- HB 2918 (Renewable energy and storage equipment property tax treatment) — Passed, 4–2. Notes: Changes valuation treatment for certain energy equipment built before 2030; two witnesses registered opposition but absent from hearing.
This roll-up reflects committee-recorded roll-call tallies reported during the March 20 hearing. For each bill, committee amendments and sponsor-explain-my-vote comments are summarized from the hearing record.