*Many* bills are on agendas this week (over 200, and that's not even counting the measures on the respective chambers Rules Committee agendas.)
Some attempts at subtlety this week.
I'd say they failed...but certain legislators may consider jackhammers to be subtle.
Read bills carefully - bills that look (relatively) harmless may contain a VERY bad provision in them that may be easy to miss.
Schedules can, and frequently do, change at any moment when the legislature is in session. So pay attention.
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 b, ad (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, 1/26
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The chambers' respective Rules committees, House and Senate, will meet to consider proposals approved by other committees.
Senate Federalism meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: four bills, all bad.
Senate Finance meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 11 bills, some mundane, some problematical. Those tend to be pro-crypto measures from Wendy Rogers. One very bad bill that was not introduced by Rogers is SB1142. It's Shawnna Bolick's budget-busting pro-STO measure.
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security meets at 1:30 p.m in SHR109. On the agenda: two bills, both from the fetid imagination of Wendy Rogers. Her SB1055 would require the state's law enforcement agencies to report the arrest of an undocumented immigrant to violent feds for summary execution.
House Health & Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: three presentations (at least one of which is from an anti-society group) and nine bills. At least three of which are very bad. For example, HB2689 would require hospitals to file reports detailing care to undocumented immigrants.
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs (LARA) meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: a meeting as the LARA Committee of Reference (COR) to consider a sunset review of the Arizona Beef Council. I won't that the fix is in, but there are five bills on the agenda, with one providing for the Council's continuation.
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: four bills.
On Tuesday, 1/27
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Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: seven measures, including the one to name AZ260 after Cheeto. Also, SB1138, from the fetid imagination of Mark Finchem, relating to automated license plate readers. It purports to place limits on law enforcement use of such, but doesn't really.
Senate Natural Resources meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: six measures, including SCM1004, anti-clean air missive from the Rs in the AZ legislature to the Rs in the US Congress
House Education meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: eight bills. Includes HB2266, which would mandate that school governing boards adopt policies to excuse students who miss school for religious reasons.
House Commerce meets at 2 p.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: 10 bills, including HB2690, a proposal to increase placed on recipients of unemployment benefits.
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: One presentation and 10 bills. including HB2042, an anti-solar radiation management measure. Solar radiation management is a technique to combat global warming. So the measure in question is actually pro-global warming.
House Regulatory Oversight meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: three bills, all very bad. My personal (least) favorite is HB2248. It's a ploy to prohibit a business or governmental entity from requiring anyone to receive a "medical intervention" in order to access services. There's a lot of chaff here, but it read like a backdoor way of outlawing vaccine requirements in schools.
On Wednesday, 1/28
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House Government meets at 9 a.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: nine bills, many bad. Includes HB2060, barring state universities and employees thereof from even discussing abortion in a way that "encourages" them.
House International Trade meets at 9 a.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: no bills, four presentations.
House Judiciary meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: 11 bills, with lots of propaganda on it. Includes HB2763, a move to give the legislature absolute power to block the closure of publicly-owned shooting range. I'm not kidding.
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Senate Government meets at 9 a.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: nine measures, most bad. Maybe the committee's name should be changed to the "Anti-Government Committee." Includes SCR1006, from the fetid imagination of John Kavanagh. It purports to ask the voters of Arizona to adopt some anti-LGBTQ provisions into state law.
Senate Health and Human Services meets at 9 a.m. is SHR2. On the agenda: 19 bills. Most are bad, but conventionally so. Some aren't simply conventionally bad. Includes SB1368, requiring DES to seek federal permission to restrict the purchases made by SNAP recipients.
Senate Regulatory Affair and Government Efficiency meets at 9:30 a.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: seven bills. Most seem conventional, but at least one is a direct shot at the governor. SB1186 definitely falls into this category.
House Ways & Means meets at 10 a.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: five bills
Senate Education meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: five bills, many/most sneaky bad.
Senate Judiciary and Elections meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: 12 bills. Most bad. Includes SB1283, a move from the fetid imagination of Mark Finchem to get rid of one of the state's two Courts of Appeals. He wishes to close the Pima County division.
Senate Public Safety meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: six bills.
House Appropriations meets at 2 p.m.in HHR1. On the agenda: nine bills.
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: eight bills, with lots of propaganda here. Includes HCR2016, a move to evade the governor's veto stamp and have the voters directly approve getting rid of non-precinct-based voting centers and early voting at the same.
House Science & Technology meets at 2 p.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: four bills.
House Transportation & Infrastructure meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda. one presentation and 14 bills. Includes HB2112, creating a special license plate for a "conservative grassroots network."
On Thursday, 1/29
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House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation meets at 9 a.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: two bills. The agenda may short, but it isn't sweet. HB2592 is a proposal to require state agencies to use AI and to not regulate AI.
House Rural Economic Development meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: six bills.
Joint Committee on Capital Review (JCCR) meets at 1:30 p.m. is SHR109. On the agenda: no bills; five items four which will be considered en masse as part of the consent agenda.
Joint Legislative Budget Committee meets at 1:35 p.m. (or whenever the JCCR meeting ends) in SHR109. On the agenda: no bills; one executive session and three items.
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Senate Health and Human Services and House Health & Human Services Committees of Reference hold a joint meeting at 10 a.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: no bills; five sunset reviews.
