Friday, November 03, 2023

Legislative schedule - week starting 11/5/2023

This week is going to be a relatively busy one at the Capitol for an intersession week.

Note: HHR refers to a hearing room in the House building; SHR refers to one in the Senate building.

Note2: Generally, I'll only specify bills that look to spread propaganda.  Other bills may be more conventionally bad (think: corrupt or other misuses of public monies and/or authority).  My recommendation is that if an agenda covers an area of interest to you, read the entire agenda.

Note3: Each chamber's respective Rules Committee meets on Monday, the House's in HHR4 at 1 p.m. and the Senate's in Senate Caucus Room 1, also at 1 p.m.  Both committees serve as rubber stamps for bills leadership wants to be advanced and gatekeepers for measures that leadership wants stopped.

Note4: Meeting start times may be listed, but are flexible.  Before journeying to the Capitol or viewing the meeting online, verify the start time.

Note5: Watch for strikers, or strike everything amendments.  Those involve inserting language that replaces the entirety of a bill.  Those can be introduced at any time and can make a previously harmless bill into a very bad one.




On Monday, 11/6 


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House Ad Hoc Study Committee on San Tan Valley Fire Coverage meets at 10 a.m. in HHR1.  As San Tan Valley is unincorporated, the is no tax-supported firefighting organization there. The only firefighting coverage there is provided by Rural/Metro, a private, for profit, corporation.  The corporation has a representative on the committee who will be presenting to the committee as well.


On Wednesday, 11/8 


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House Ad Hoc Committee on Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Adults meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1.  This committee is actually chaired by a Democratic member, Rep. Jennifer Longdon,  As such, I expect that any recommendations put forward by this committee to be thoroughly ignored once the full legislature is back in session.


On Thursday, 11/9 


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Joint Legislative Budget Committee meets at 1 p.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: A review of inmate healthcare contract rates at the Department of Corrections.  As this committee is chaired by Sen. John Kavanagh, I expect the recommendation here to be "let 'em die...just in way that most profits a corporation."


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