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Proposition 143

Prohibit School District Payroll Deductions for Labor Organization Dues and Collective Bargaining Agreements Amendment

Did not qualify

Arizona · November 2026 general election · Legislative referral · Election day November 3, 2026
Topics: Labor and wages, Education

In plain language

Proposition 143 would have amended the Arizona Constitution to bar school districts and their employees from using public money, resources, or work time to support labor-organization activity, including payroll deductions for union dues, and would have separately barred the state and other political subdivisions from entering collective-bargaining or exclusive-representation agreements with any labor organization. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled on July 24, 2026 that combining those two subjects in one amendment violated the Arizona Constitution's separate-amendment rule, and ordered the Secretary of State not to place it on the ballot. It will not appear on the November 3, 2026 ballot.

Fiscal impact

No official fiscal note has been issued for this measure yet.

When the state publishes a fiscal analysis, it will appear here and be listed in the sources below.

What supporters and opponents say

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What supporters say

  • Sponsors in the Legislature, who referred the measure as House Concurrent Resolution 2040, said it would stop school districts from using public payroll systems and work time to support union activity.

Attributed to the sources cited below.

What opponents say

  • The Arizona Education Association argued in its lawsuit that the ballot title was misleading and that the measure improperly combined two unrelated subjects — school districts' funding of union activity, and a separate ban on the state or any political subdivision negotiating with a labor union.
  • Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Gregory Como ruled the measure violated the Arizona Constitution's separate-amendment rule, writing that it would have been constitutional if limited to barring public schools from using taxpayer funds to support labor organizations, but that the broader ban on state and political-subdivision bargaining made it an impermissible bundling of unrelated changes.

Attributed to Arizona Education Association.

Official ballot language

The certified ballot text is not yet available for this measure. Once the state certifies it, the verbatim wording will appear here.

Sources

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