House Engrossed homelessness; data; performance audit State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HOUSE BILL 2435 An Act providing for a special audit of the AMOUNT of MONIES SPENT on programs and services for individuals experiencing homelessness. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
House Engrossed homelessness; data; performance audit
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HOUSE BILL 2435
House Engrossed
homelessness; data; performance audit
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HOUSE BILL 2435
An Act
providing for a special audit of the AMOUNT of MONIES SPENT on programs and services for individuals experiencing homelessness.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Performance audit; report; delayed repeal A. The auditor general shall conduct a special audit, as defined in section 41-1278, Arizona Revised Statutes, of the amount of monies spent on programs and services for individuals experiencing homelessness in this state, including all of the following: 1. Expenditures by this state. 2. Expenditures by municipalities and counties with homeless populations higher than the per capita average of this state. 3. Expenditures of federal monies allocated to this state for homeless programs. 4. Expenditures by state and local law enforcement agencies to address homelessness, including transportation to emergency shelters, responding to crisis calls, providing overnight shelter in jail and enforcing camping bans. B. All state and local governmental entities of this state shall cooperate with the special audit and grant access, at no cost, to all financial records and any other information necessary to complete the special audit. C. The special audit shall examine all of the following: 1. The awarding of any contracts and grants relating to homeless services and support. 2. Any metrics used to examine the success of any expenditures. 3. The efficiency of the use of data management systems in relation to the programs. 4. The expenditure for each individual experiencing homelessness for each service provided. D. On or before December 31, 2026, the auditor general shall submit copies of the special audit report to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state. E. This section is repealed from and after June 30, 2027.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Performance audit; report; delayed repeal
A. The auditor general shall conduct a special audit, as defined in section 41-1278, Arizona Revised Statutes, of the amount of monies spent on programs and services for individuals experiencing homelessness in this state, including all of the following:
1. Expenditures by this state.
2. Expenditures by municipalities and counties with homeless populations higher than the per capita average of this state.
3. Expenditures of federal monies allocated to this state for homeless programs.
4. Expenditures by state and local law enforcement agencies to address homelessness, including transportation to emergency shelters, responding to crisis calls, providing overnight shelter in jail and enforcing camping bans.
B. All state and local governmental entities of this state shall cooperate with the special audit and grant access, at no cost, to all financial records and any other information necessary to complete the special audit.
C. The special audit shall examine all of the following:
1. The awarding of any contracts and grants relating to homeless services and support.
2. Any metrics used to examine the success of any expenditures.
3. The efficiency of the use of data management systems in relation to the programs.
4. The expenditure for each individual experiencing homelessness for each service provided.
D. On or before December 31, 2026, the auditor general shall submit copies of the special audit report to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
E. This section is repealed from and after June 30, 2027.