Assigned to APPROP AS PASSED BY COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
REVISED
AMENDED
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1510
budget unit; vacant positions; reporting
Purpose
Requires the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) to collect a list of all vacant
full-time equivalent positions (FTEs) that have been vacant for at least 150 days and requires each
budget unit to eliminate the vacant positions each fiscal year, with outlined exceptions.
Background
By October 1, ADOA must collect from each budget unit and submit to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee and Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting a report
containing the number of FTEs and the total amount of salaries for each budget unit for the prior
fiscal year (A.R.S. § 41-708).
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee fiscal note on S.B. 1510 estimates a significant
reduction in FTEs but S.B. 1510 would not reduce an agency's ongoing spending authority. The
spending reduction would only occur through further legislative action in the annual General
Appropriations Act (JLBC fiscal note).
Provisions
1. Requires ADOA to collect a list from each budget unit of all vacant FTEs that have been vacant
for at least 150 days and include the information in the annual FTEs report.
2. Requires a budget unit, each fiscal year, to eliminate any positions within the budget unit that
have been vacant for more than 150 days.
3. Requires the budget unit's allocated FTEs to be adjusted to reflect the elimination of any vacant
positions.
4. Defines budget unit as a department, commission, board, institution or other agency of the state
that receives, spends or disburses state monies or incurs obligations of the state, excluding the
Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR), DPS, Arizona
Board of Regents (ABOR), universities under the jurisdiction of ABOR and community
college districts.
5. Makes conforming changes.
6. Becomes effective on the general effective date. FACT SHEET – Amended/Revised
S.B. 1510
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Amendments Adopted by Committee
• Removes the exemption for ADCRR and DPS to report to ADOA on the vacant FTEs.
Revisions
• Updates the fiscal impact statement.
Senate Action
APPROP 2/25/25 DPA 7-3-0
Prepared by Senate Research
March 6, 2025
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