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Arizona Proposition 142: Government preferences and required statements

Arizona · Constitutional amendment · Civil rights · Statewide decision

Explanation reviewed 2026-10-27. AI-written and checked against linked official evidence; not an election-office summary.

AI-written summary

Would expand those restrictions, including limits on required race-related statements, publicly funded education positions promoting racial preferences, differential school discipline and some admissions or hiring requests. The text includes legal-compliance and health-related exceptions.

What applies now

Arizona already has a constitutional ban on certain government discrimination and preferential treatment.

If yes / for

Add the expanded restrictions and exceptions.

If no / against

Keep the existing constitutional restrictions.

Costs and funding

No verified fiscal estimate recorded in this baseline. This does not mean there is no cost.

Timing

Implementation date not independently established in this baseline.

Passage rule

Threshold not independently established here; consult the official text.

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Official wording and evidence

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