Legislative schedule - week starting 4/28/2024

There isn't much on the schedule at the legislature...as yet.  I expect that to change as the week goes on. 

The House, with all Democratic votes, and a few Republican votes, passed a bill to repeal Arizona's Civil War-era abortion ban.  Now, that repeal travels to the Senate.  Where they may consider the bill.  Or not.  

Where they may pass the bill.  Or not. 

Also, the House Ethics Committee may meet to railroad through the trumped up complaint against two Democrats for making Republicans feel uncomfortable during the debate on repealing the ban.

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, generally at 1 p.m. and the Senate's in Senate Caucus Room 1, generally 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 4/29 and Tuesday, 4/30 -

Nada.

On Wednesday, 5/1 -

Joint Legislative Budget Committee meets at 9 a.m. in SHR1.  No bills on the agenda, just an executive session for one item and where the other items will be considered with a single vote.

On Thursday, 5/2 -

Nada.

Actually, the most interesting events on the legislative schedule are non-legislative ones:

On Wednesday, 5/1 -

On Thursday, 5/2 -

Guessing that the only way that the Center for Arizona Policy shows up to the first event is to stamp their feet and protest the event.

If they can be bothered to take time away from twisting the arms of state senators.