Toomey v. Arizona was a challenge to the State of Arizona’s employee health plan, which categorically excluded coverage for gender affirmation surgery, even when medically necessary.

Doe v. Horne, 115 F.4th 1083 (2024) addressed whether Arizona’s Save Women’s Sports Act, barring “students of the male sex,” including transgender girls, from participating in girls’ school sports, violated the Equal Protection Clause as applied to two transgender minor plaintiffs who had not undergone male puberty.

Executive Order 1 of 2023, issued by Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, amends Executive Orders 2003-22 and 2009-09 and affirms Arizona’s commitment to eliminating barriers to employment within the Arizona state government.

The Save Women’s Sports Act, codified at Arizona Revised Statutes section 15-120.02, requires that interscholastic and intramural athletic teams sponsored by public schools, and certain private schools competing against them, be designated as male, female, or coeducational based on students’ biological sex assigned at birth. The law prohibits transgender students and students assigned male at birth from participating on teams designated for females assigned at birth, while allowing unrestricted participation in both male or coeducational teams.

Arizona Revised Statutes § 25-403.03 governs how findings of domestic violence or child abuse impact parental rights and parenting time in family law proceedings. The statute prohibits joint legal decision-making when the court finds significant domestic violence or a significant history of domestic violence and directs courts to treat domestic violence as contrary to the child’s best interests, with the safety of the child and the victim as primary considerations.

Arizona Revised Statutes § 41-1612 establishes a community treatment program for women who give birth while incarcerated, allowing eligible mothers to live with their children in a nonprofit-operated community treatment center as an alternative to incarceration, subject to public safety and available funding. The statute requires the department of corrections to adopt rules governing eligibility and participation and limits eligibility to women scheduled for release within five years.

Arizona Revised Statutes § 15-112 regulates public school curriculum by prohibiting school districts and charter schools from offering courses or classes that promote the overthrow of the United States government, promote resentment toward a race or class of people, are designed primarily for students of a particular ethnic group, or advocate for ethnic solidarity rather than treating all students as individuals.

Arizona Revised Statutes § 13-701 establishes the general rules governing felony sentencing in Arizona, including the requirement that felony sentences be imposed for definite terms of imprisonment and served in the custody of the state department of corrections. The statute outlines the procedures for presentence investigation reports and specifies how courts may impose a minimum, presumptive, or aggravated sentences based on aggravating and mitigating circumstances.

Arizona Revised Statutes, Chapter 9 - Civil Rights - Article 4 - Discrimination in Employment - § 41-1461, defines the key terms used in Arizona’s employment discrimination law, and establishes the scope of protections related to sex, disability, religion, and workplace equality.

Arizona Revised Statutes § 13-3601 defines domestic violence as the commission of specified criminal offenses when committed within certain familial, household, or intimate relationships, including spouses or former spouses, persons with a child in common, pregnant partners, relatives, household members, or persons in a current or former romantic or sexual relationship.