Senate President Warren Peterson and members of the House convened a joint session for the 2025 State of the State address where Governor Katie Hobbs summarized the administrations policy priorities.

The governor said the sessions agenda can be summed up as the "Arizona promise"—ensuring opportunity, security and freedom for residents—and listed housing affordability, water security, K-12 education, childcare, public safety and reproductive health as top priorities. "This, my friends, is our Arizona promise," Governor Katie Hobbs said.

Hobbs highlighted a mix of proposed budget items and executive actions: an executive budget proposal that includes pay increases for frontline law enforcement, firefighters and correctional officers; the creation of a Homes for Heroes fund to address veteran homelessness; and steps already taken on tribal water settlements and groundwater basins. She also framed several legislative asks, including extending the state low-income housing tax credit (Prop 123), strengthening oversight of the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program and making 12-month postpartum Medicaid coverage permanent.

The governor emphasized collaboration across parties and levels of government, while warning she would veto bills that she said would undermine Arizonas assured water supply program. At multiple points, she contrasted her administrations priorities with what she called political distractions and urged lawmakers to focus on outcomes for families.

The address included multiple individual examples to illustrate priorities: a recent homebuyer helped by the Arizona is Home program, an apprentice from Phoenix Electrical JATC recognized for workforce advancement, and members of law enforcement honored for fostering children.

Hobbs closed by urging the legislature to act on the items she described as essential to the states future and said, "Now let's get to work."