This week, I relearned a lesson - ignore the "fact sheets" generated by the legislature. I haven't found any (yet!) that completely ignore a significant clause but they will minimize, even gloss over, sneaky bad language slipped into a bill.
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 become a very bad one.
On Monday, 1/27
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House and Senate Rules meet in their respective rooms. On the agendas: many bills.
House Health & Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: wo presentations and six bills, including HB2179, an attempt by committee chair Selena Bliss to restrict advertising for marijuana and its products. Because of that pesky Voter Protection Act, this will need a 3/4 vote of each chamber of the legislature in order to pass.
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: five bills. All proposed by Rep. Gail Griffin and most/all read as if they were written by an industry lobbyist.
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement meets at 2 p.m.in NNR1. On the agenda: two bills. Includes HB2102, barring the transfer of monies from the anti-racketeering slush (my word) revolving (their word) fund to the state's general fund and restricting the actions of the state's AG; HB2221, barring municipalities from reducing funding for police agencies
Senate Federalism meets at 2 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: two bills. SB1066 and SB1068, both pertaining to requiring legislative approval for acquisitions of land by foreign entities/governments (1066) or the U.S. federal government (1068). Both bills are from the fetid mind of committee chair Mark Finchem and so will probably be passed by the committee on a party-line vote.
Senate Finance meets at 2 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 12 bills, including some pro-crypto ones.
Senate Finance Committee of Reference meets at 2:05 p.m. or upon the end of the meeting of the regular committee. On the agenda: no bills, two sunset reviews.
On Tuesday, 1/28
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House Commerce meets at 2 p.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: six bills, including HB2450, reducing AZ's already low unemployment benefits.
House Education meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: eight bills, including HB2063 and HB2058, a couple of anti-vaxxer proposals.
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: 10 bills, eight of which were sponsored, and the other two were co-sponsored, by the same person. And most of the bill read as is they were written by an industry lobbyist. Coincidence?
House Regulatory Oversight meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: three bills, all bad.
Senate Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: four bills, including SB1021, Wendy Rogers' scheme to grant ROTC cadets status as in-state students.
Senate Natural Resources meets at 2 p.m.in SHR1. On the agenda: six bills, including SB1128, an anti-climate change measure that seeks to shift blame for any changes to air quality in AZ on the Sun and on out-of-state causes.
On Wednesday, 1/29
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House Government meets at 9 a.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: three bills. Includes HB2099, a Republican scheme to mandate that state's governor and attorney general embrace the hate of aid and abet Cheeto's nativism. The others look bad, but more conventionally bad, and the Arizona League of Cities of Towns will almost certainly weigh in on them.
House International Trade meets at 9 a.m. in HHR1. On the agenda; one bill.
House Judiciary meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: nine proposals, most bad.
Senate Government meets at 9 a.m.in SHR1. On the agenda: seven proposals. All sponsored by committee chair Jake Hoffman, all bad, and all will probably pass committee consideration on party line votes.
Senate Health and Human Services meets at 9 a.m.in SHR2. On the agenda: six bills
Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: three bills.
House Ways & Means meets at 10 a.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: three bills.
House Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: three bills.
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: nine bills. Mostly bad (what a shock! :) ), but one that may be worthy of support - HB2390, adding candidates for Justice of the Peace to the list of candidates who can collect nominating signatures online.
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections meets again upon adjournment of the regular meeting. On the agenda: one bill. HB2030, criminalizing the act of stolen valor. Not a bad idea in and of itself, though the penalties may be inappropriate. If passed and signed by Governor Hobbs, Arizona wouldn't be the first state to criminalize stolen valor.
House Transportation & Infrastructure meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: six bills.
Senate Education meets at 2 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: six bills, all bad.
Senate Judiciary and Elections meets at 2 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: 15 bills. Approximately half are very bad, including SB1014, Wendy Rogers' scheme to legalize silencers.
Senate Public Safety meets at 2 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 15 bills, including SB1143, Rogers' scheme to bar retailers/payment servicers from creating/using categories related to firearms and government entities from creating a list of privately-owned firearms.
On Thursday, 1/30 - Nada.
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