Committee rejects SB1391, a $950,000 AZ POST stress‑management pilot for officers

Senator Kavanaugh presented SB1391 to the House Public Safety Committee, describing it as a pilot program administered by the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training (AZ POST) Board to test proactive stress‑management and family‑support strategies for peace officers.

Adele, committee staff, described the bill’s core provisions: it directs AZ POST to establish and operate a law‑enforcement stress‑management pilot, allows AZ POST to select one Arizona nonprofit to administer the program, and appropriates $950,000 from the state general fund for implementation. The measure repeals on July 1, 2029.

Kavanaugh said the pilot emphasizes prevention, peer support and family outreach, and that he would try to secure funding in the budget. Members questioned whether SB1391 would duplicate SB1216’s counseling programs and criticized its prescriptive language, with one member calling it a “vendor bill.” Several members said the bill was too narrow for the available budget.

The committee failed to give SB1391 a due‑pass recommendation on a roll call vote (5 ayes, 7 nays).