ARIZONA STATE SENATE
RESEARCH STAFF
TO: MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
DATE: February 18, 2022
SUBJECT: Strike everything amendment to S.B. 1180, relating to American Rescue Plan Act;
reporting
Purpose
Outlines reporting requirements relating to monies allocated in the American Rescue Plan
Act of 2021 (ARPA).
Background
The federal ARPA was enacted on March 11, 2021, and the executive branch has discretion
in allocating ARPA monies. Arizona will receive a total of $4,200,000,000 from the Coronavirus
State Fiscal Recover Fund and has received $2,100,000,000 as of December 23, 2021. Monies in
the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recover Fund are available through December 31, 2024 (JLBC).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires the following offices and agencies to report to the Senate President, the Speaker of
the House of Representatives (House), the chairpersons of the Senate and House appropriations
committees and the Director of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) on intended
expenditures from specified funds as appropriated by ARPA:
a) the Office of the Governor, before spending $10,000,000 or more for one designated
purpose from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the Coronavirus Capitol
Projects Fund;
b) the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI), before spending $10,000,000 or more for
one designated purpose from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief
Fund; and
c) the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR), before spending $10,000,000 or more for one
designated purpose from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.
2. Requires the Office of the Governor, SPI and ABOR, within 30 days after the last day of each
calendar quarter through June 30, 2024, to report to the following on the actual expenditures
of monies from the specified funds as appropriated by ARPA:
a) the President of the Senate;
b) the Speaker of the House;
c) the chairpersons of the Senate and House appropriations committees; and
d) the Director of JLBC.
3. Requires the reports of intended and actual use of ARPA of 2021 monies to delineate
expenditures by agency and program and include descriptions of expenditure purposes.
LIAM M. MAHER
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH ANALYST
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Telephone: (602) 926-3171 STRIKER MEMO
S.B. 1180
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4. Asserts that the:
a) Legislature intends that the executive branch report on its planned and actual use of any
major additional federal aid to Arizona through federal legislation enacted by the end of
FY 2022; and
b) timing and frequency of the reports should be the same as required for ARPA expenditures.
5. Allows the Chair and Vice-Chair of JLBC to provide recommendations to the executive branch
concerning federal legislation qualifying as providing major federal aid to Arizona.
6. Becomes effective on the general effective date.