Arizona transportation laws

What Arizona has enacted on transportation, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Arizona is one of 41 states that enacted a transportation law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
15bills in scope
Past committee
9past committee
Most recent action
19 June 2026most recent action

Transportation laws enacted in Arizona

3 transportation laws enacted in the Arizona Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • SB 1074railroad grade crossing; on-track equipmentEnacted 13 May 2025

    What it requires: Drivers of vehicles must stop 15 to 50 feet from railroad tracks when approaching grade crossings if warning signals, gates, flagmen, trains, or other on-track equipment are present or approaching. Operators of commercial motor vehicles must not enter crossings without sufficient space and undercarriage clearance. Persons moving heavy equipment must notify the railroad and stop before crossing.

    Freight rail

  • SB 1370commercial motor vehicles; civil penaltiesEnacted 2 May 2025

    What it requires: Motor carriers must not operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate or foreign commerce without registration pursuant to 49 United States Code sections 13901 and 13902, and must not operate beyond the scope of their registration. Drivers of overweight vehicles must comply with officer requests to shift loads to meet axle weight limitations.

    Motor carriers and commercial drivers

  • HB 2166commercial driver license examiners; noticeEnacted 8 April 2025

    What it requires: Beginning July 1, 2014, a person must be a separately authorized third party commercial driver license examiner to perform commercial driver license skills testing. Third party commercial driver license examiners must comply with all quality control requirements prescribed by the department.

    Motor carriers and commercial drivers

Transportation in Arizona, by topic

Transportation bills in Arizona

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

3Enacted

1Cleared both chambers

5Past committee

6Introduced or inactive

15 bills in scope

Cleared both chambers

1

SB 1511commercial vehicles; operator; lawful presenceVetoed

What it would do: Requires nondomiciled commercial driver license holders to provide evidence of lawful immigration status or lawful presence in the United States when operating commercial motor vehicles. Authorizes law enforcement to request such evidence, impose civil penalties, issue citations, and impound vehicles for failure to comply.

Past committee

5

HB 2446motor carriers; English proficiencyPassed chamber
SB 1272appropriation; Douglas port of entryPassed chamber

What it would do: Appropriates $5,000,000 from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the state treasurer for distribution to the city of Douglas as state match for the Douglas port of entry, contingent on the general services administration providing a $678,000,000 award.

HB 2443commercial driver license; English proficiencyPassed chamber

What it would do: Amends the commercial driver license requirements to add English proficiency as a required knowledge examination component, with testing in reading, speaking, writing, and listening.

HB 2669railroads; train lengthPassed committeeHB 2262railroads; train lengthPassed committee

Introduced or inactive

6

HB 4088commercial motor vehicle; liability insuranceDead

What it would do: Requires motor carriers transporting agricultural commodities in Arizona for intrastate commerce to maintain liability insurance covering emergency towing and recovery services. Creates a lien on the vehicle and commodity for unpaid towing services, perfected by recording with the secretary of state.

HB 2345unlawful presence; commercial vehicle; forfeitureIn committee

What it would do: Makes it unlawful for a person with unauthorized U.S. presence to possess a falsified commercial driver license, classifying the violation as a class 5 felony. Requires seizure and auction of the commercial motor vehicle and imposes civil penalties on employers who knowingly employed the violator.

SB 1417autonomous vehicles; safety; dataIn committee

What it would do: Establishes operational requirements for autonomous vehicles in Arizona, including approval of operational design domains, quarterly safety reporting, data retention for collisions and near-miss events, performance testing for vulnerable road users, and civil penalties up to $25,000 per violation.

HB 2488collective bargaining; warehouse employees; quotasIn committee

What it would do: Requires warehouse employers with 100+ employees at one location or 500+ statewide to disclose quotas to workers, maintain work speed records, establish joint labor-management safety committees, and prohibits retaliation for requesting quota information or filing complaints.

SB 1568Cameron weigh station; operational dateIn committee
HB 2361collective bargaining; warehouse employees; quotasIn committee

What it would do: Requires warehouse employers with 100+ employees at one location or 500+ statewide to disclose quotas in writing, provide work speed data on request, establish joint labor-management safety committees, and prohibits retaliation for requesting quota information.

Bill titles link to the Arizona Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as transportation legislation

In scope: Motor carriers and commercial drivers; truck size, weight and road use; truck and fleet emissions; hazardous materials transport; freight rail; ports, maritime and freight corridors; warehouses and delivery; and autonomous trucks and delivery devices.

Questions

Does Arizona have a transportation law?

Yes. Arizona enacted 3 transportation laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them SB 1074, SB 1370 and HB 2166. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

Which transportation bills are moving in Arizona?

6 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along SB 1511 (vetoed), HB 2446 (passed chamber) and SB 1272 (passed chamber).

What does Arizona legislate on most in transportation?

Motor carriers and commercial drivers (7 bills), Freight rail (3 bills) and Warehouses and delivery (2 bills).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Transportation bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Know when Arizona's transportation law changes

An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.