Hobbs Signs Final Batch of 51 Bipartisan Bills as Arizona Session Ends

PHOENIX, Arizona — Governor Katie Hobbs signed the final 51 pieces of legislation of the 2026 session on Monday, closing out a legislative year that saw significant bipartisan accomplishments alongside a sharp partisan divide over dozens of Republican-backed measures.

The final batch of bills, all of which received bipartisan support, included measures establishing a Veterans Specialty Court Grant Program to fund county and municipal specialty courts, increasing the water supply revolving fund project loan cap from three million dollars to twenty million dollars, and making interference with a religious service a misdemeanor.

Other notable bills in the final group prohibit the release of images or X-rays of deceased children created by medical examiners except to parents, guardians, law enforcement, or attorneys, and allow K-12 schools to ban recreational drone use within 200 feet of school property.

Queen Creek, situated in the southeast Phoenix metro area and straddling the Maricopa-Pinal county line, has a population of approximately 70,000 and is one of the fastest-growing communities in Arizona.

The signing followed a busy final week of the session in which the legislature sent Hobbs more than 200 bills. On the prior Friday, the governor signed 72 bills and vetoed 88 others, all of which had only Republican support. The vetoed measures addressed issues including schools, wolf management, and elections.

The session, which ended June 13, was marked by a pattern of Hobbs rejecting purely partisan Republican legislation while signing measures that attracted Democratic votes. The governor had earlier in the session signed an $18.3 billion bipartisan budget that included $1.4 billion in tax cuts and a three-year moratorium on new data center tax breaks.

The water supply revolving fund loan cap increase to twenty million dollars could significantly expand water infrastructure financing options for communities across Arizona, a state where water resources remain a central policy concern.