On Tuesday, Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed the budget package sent to her desk by the Arizona Legislature.
“This budget is unbalanced and reckless. With it, Arizona would default on our debt obligations, endanger vulnerable children, slash critical public safety funding, and pay for tax breaks to billionaires, data centers and special interests by kicking Arizonans off their healthcare and taking food off their tables,” said Hobbs in a press release. “Arizonans cannot afford chaotic and dysfunctional Washington-style budgeting in our state government.”
Republican legislators say it is quite the opposite; Arizona families need the tax relief they provided for in the budget.
The Legislature’s budget package included nearly $1.5 billion in tax relief over the next three years, and funds core state services. The budget spends about $800 million less than Governor Katie Hobbs’ proposal.
The package was developed over months of work by House and Senate Republicans and keeps spending well below the Governor’s plan. Republicans continued working after Governor Hobbs walked away from negotiations in March and later imposed a moratorium on unrelated legislation.
Republicans argue that the budget plan would have delivered “targeted relief for workers, families, and retirees facing high costs and continued pressure on household budgets.”
Republicans say that the governor had a “clear choice: sign a balanced plan that cuts taxes, funds core services, and includes priorities both sides have raised, or reject it in favor of higher taxes, bigger government, and more political delay.”
Because of the governor’s intransigence, the House adjourned until June 1, or whatever date the governor is willing to end her moratorium on legislation.
With Hobbs’ continued bill moratorium & since we’ve already sent her a responsible budget there’s no realistic reason for all of us to be down her wasting taxpayer dollars on our per diem & gas.
When @GovernorHobbs decides she’s ready to start doing her job again we’ll be here. https://t.co/LUQQZ1Ybyw
— Nick Kupper (@realnickkupper) May 5, 2026
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