2025 Legislative Scorecard
Last summer, despite a strong state economy, state policymakers had to resolve a nearly $1.6 billion deficit for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. Driven by the flat individual income tax hollowing state revenues, as well as the ballooning costs of a private school voucher program, lawmakers delayed critical investments, shifted funds, and implemented a series of partial and full cuts to resolve the deficits.
The 2024 legislative session should have been a stress test, an alarm bell, a call to action for lawmakers to address Arizona’s lower tax revenues and re-examine the state’s spending priorities. Yet, the 2025 legislative session offered more of the same.
This year’s AZCenter Legislative Scorecard looks at these and other key issues based on our 2025 Legislative Agenda. While it does not encompass all of the AZCenter’s policy priorities and advocacy efforts, the scorecard aims to shed light on decisions made this session in the areas of education funding, economic well-being, and state budget and tax.
Click here to view our 2025 Legislative Scorecard.
