Legislative schedule - week starting 6/15/2025 UPDATE

Like an infestation of athlete's foot fungus, THEY'RE BAAACK.

The lege isn't on hiatus any longer and the people of Arizona are back in jeopardy.

Well, as predicted, the committee schedule has changed.

On Tuesday, 6/17  

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Senate Appropriations meets at 9:30 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: 18 bills, including 16 budget bills.  There are two SCR bills on the agenda; SCR1041 would lift the aggregate expenditure limit for public schools in FY2026 and SCR1042 would do the same for FY2027.  Both have clauses requiring a 2/3 vote for passage.

House Rules meets at 1 p.m. in HHR4.  On the agenda: two bills, neither budget-related.

House Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1.  On the agenda: five bills, four with strikers. The striker to HCR2031 would change it to a proposal to submit to voters a pay raise for teachers, including those employed by charter schools; the one for HCR2058 would, conditioned on voter approval of the first measure and this measure, do many things, including increasing reporting requirements related to teacher salaries on schools; the one for SB1082 would bar a "foreign principal from a designated country" from owning or acquiring real property in AZ (without identifying the country); and the one for SB1470 would freeze enrollment in and reduce funding for AHCCCS.

On Wednesday, 6/18 

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Senate Director Nomination meets at 10 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills, one director nomination - Karen Peters for the Department of Environmental Quality.

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/15/2025

There's only one committee meeting on the schedule at this point, but the budget bills have dropped.  Things could be added to the schedule at any time.  And even if they're not, there will lots of glad handing/arm twisting going on behind the scenes.

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 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, 6/16 

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Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Family Court Orders meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills, no presentations.  Just some remarks and public testimony about orders from family court.

On Tuesday, 6/17, Wednesday, 6/18, and Thursday, 6/19 - Nada.  For now.

The House version of the budget is about a certain faction in the House membership getting their hate on for the "other."  I expect that the final budget will change,  Their hate won't.

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/8/2025 UPDATE

Well, the budget logjam seems to have been broken, though the original Senate and House versions of the budget may have some differences.

First, the Senate activity.

On Friday, 6/13 

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Senate Rules meets at 11:45 a.m. in (Senate) Caucus Room 1.  On the agenda: no bills, one item.

The House has introduced 15 budget-related bills, starting with HB2947.

Now the fun/popcorn eating begins. :)

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/8/2025

Not much is on the lege's schedule as yet, though the budget could drop at any time.

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 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 previo

On Monday, 6/9 - Nada.

On Tuesday, 6 10 

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Senate Education and Technology meets at 9 a.m.is SHR1.  On the agenda: no bills, two board nominations:

Dr. José Luis Cruz Rivera for the State Board of Education 

Felipe Jose Garcia for the Arizona Board of Regents

Senate Director Nominations meets (finally!) at 10:30 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills, one director nomination - 

Kimberly Ann O'Connor for the Arizona Department of Homeland Security

It's not yet on the schedule, but the legislature has been conducting floor activity on Wednesdays.  They did so last Wednesday and I expect that they will continue to do so, at least until a budget drops.

Then all hell will break loose.

One bill that may make a return is SB1230.  It failed last Wednesday on a roll call vote, but was approved for reconsideration by a voice vote.

The bill would mandate funding for clinical trials of marijuana, and as it would alter a voter-passed measure, it needs a 3/4 vote from each chamber of the legislature to pass into law.

It reached that threshold in the Senate (barely!) but didn't quite reach that threshold in the House.

My guess? 

Even if the supporters of the bill get the votes of every member who missed the original vote AND are are able to change the minds, and votes, of a few of the opponents, they still won't reach the needed threshold of 45 votes.

In other words, it may not actually return

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/1/2025 UPDATE

Tomorrow, 6/5, Senate Director Nominations was scheduled to meet, but that's been pulled from the schedule.  

Guess the nominee for the Arizona Department of Homeland Security doesn't have strong enough ties to neo-Nazi movement to suit the Rs on the committee.

On Friday, 6/6 -

Joint Legislative Audit Committee meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills; reviews and discussions of three audits.

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/1/2025

Right now, there's nothing on the official schedule, but Rs in the legislature and the Ds in Governor Hobbs' office are busily negotiating a budget deal, which could drop at any time.

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 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. 

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/25/2025

They're still (mostly) on vacation, though a few executive nominations will be considered by Senate committees this week.

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 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, 5/26 (Memorial Day) and Tuesday, 5/27 - nada.

On Wednesday, 5/28 

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Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: no bills; three commission/board appointments.

Xavier Carpio for the Arizona State Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Commission

Jeff Weintraub for the Arizona State Lottery Commission

Terressa DeHaven for the State Liquor Board

Senate Committee on Director Nominations meets at 10 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills; one director nomination.

Carlos Contreras for the Office of Economic Opportunity.

Senate Government meets at 2 p.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: no bills; one board/commission appointment.

Jenny Domingo for the Governor's Regulatory Review Council 

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/18/2025

There's nada scheduled for the week as the elected denizens of the state legislative buildings are on vacation.

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/11/2025

I would say that "'Hurry up and wait' time continues at the state Capitol...until a budget drops"...but they're going on vacation going back to their district to meet with constituents until after Memorial Day.

Nobody will be surprised when industry lobbyists list this period on their expense reports as "legislator outreach" or some such innocuous-sounding garbage.

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 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, 5/12 

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There's one meeting on the schedule for the week, and it's both early in the week and early in the day (Monday meetings are usually in the afternoon).

Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Family Court Orders meets at 9 a.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: no bills; two presentations on...wait for the surprise...*family court orders*.

After that, nada.

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/4/2025 UPDATE

There's been an addition to this week's schedule of committee meetings at the state legislature.

On Thursday, 5/1 -

Senate Director Nominations meets at 9:30 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills, one executive nomination - Robyn Sahid, Commissioner, State Land Department.

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/4/2025

"Hurry up and wait" time continues at the state Capitol...until a budget drops.

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 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. 

Almost nothing is officially scheduled for this week...almost nothing.

On Monday, 5/5 and Tuesday, 5/6 - nada.

On Wednesday, 5/7 

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Senate Education and Transportation meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: no bills; consideration of two nominations to state boards - Binky Jones, State Board for Charter Schools and Lee Stein, Arizona Board of Regents.

On Thursday, 5/8 - nada.

Candidate update time

Note: forming a committee and/or filing a Statement of Interest (SOI) with the AZSOS does NOT mean that will appear on a ballot going before voters.

Q: What do former politicos do when they lose a race?

A: Run for office again.

In 2022, legislator John Fillmore (R-Whackjob) lost his primary race for state house.  Now he's filed an SOI for a run at Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton. As of this writing, he has not formed a committee with the FEC.

In 2024, soon-to-be ex-legislator Anthony Kern (R-Another Whackjob) came in fifth in a seven-way primary race for Congress (actually, one was a write in candidate, so he was fifth of six ballot candidates).  Now he's looking to return to the legislature.

He hasn't formed a new committee with the AZSOS, but he may by using an old committee for this run.

It's not just former politicos, though.

Former placekicker (NFL and Arena Football League) Jay Feely (R-very Wide Right) has declared his candidacy to replace Andy Biggs in Congress.

His SOI, from the AZSOS -

His committee with the FEC -

All you need to know about him can be summed up in one pic -

From Sports Illustrated

This pic may help him in his primary race, but I don't care.

Legislative schedule - week starting 4/27/2025 UPDATE

There's been an addition to this week's schedule of committee meetings at the state legislature.

On Thursday, 5/1 -

Senate Director Nominations meets at 9:30 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills, one executive nomination -

Carmen Heredia as director of Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

Legislative schedule - week starting 4/20/2025 UPDATE

There's been an addition to this week's schedule of committee meetings at the state legislature.

Senate Director Nominations meets at 9:30 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills; one executive nomination - Kathryn Ptak as Director of the Department of Child Safety.

She seems to well liked by Rs in general...but none of them are on this committee.

One person who is?

State Sen. John Kavanagh, sponsor of SB1734, a bill that infamously reduces benefits/compensation for parents caring for their children with developmental disabilities.

While Ptak's nomination isn't for an agency  that covers that area, it may be close enough for Kavanagh et. al.

I expect some verbal fireworks from the Rs on the committee before they tank her nomination.

However, Ptak is a trained attorney.  Not only does she know how to fence with words, she may use words that are bigger than Kavanagh et. al. have heard.

Legislative schedule - week starting 4/20/2025

"Hurry up and wait time" continues at the Capitol while rank-and-file Rs and all Ds wait for the leadership in the lege and Governor Hobbs to work out a state budget.

Which may not happen until it hits 100 every day in Phoenix and the lege wants to get out of town before it hits 110 every day.

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 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 4/21 - No committees scheduled to meet, at this point.

On Tuesday, 4/22 

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Arizona Off Highway Vehicle Study Committee meets at 2 p.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills, four presentations.

On Wednesday 4/23 

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Joint Committee on Capital Review (JCCR) meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills; three items slated to he voted on en masse as part of the consent agenda.

Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: three executive nominations for the Arizona Racing Commission.

Normally, I'd see two meetings scheduled for the same place and time and speculate that one would have to be moved, but I expect the JCCR meeting will be *very* short.  The meetings may be piggy-backed.

On Thursday, 4/24 - nada.

Legislative schedule - week starting 4/13/2025

Hurry up and wait time regarding the budget will continue this week, but there will still be some fireworks over developmental disabilities.

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 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, 4/14 

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Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Family Court Orders meets at 10 a.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: no bills, three presentations about, surprisingly enough, orders from family courts. This committee is co-chaired by Mark Finchem and Rachel Keshel, so expect conspiracy theories to abound.

On Tuesday, 4/15 

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House Appropriations meets at 10 a.m.in HHR1.  On the agenda: one bill. HB2945, the Republicans' poison pill-laden bill to fund the parents as paid caregivers program for minors with developmental disabilities.  The bill will be subject to a striker proposed by Assistant Democratic Leader Nancy Gutierrez. I expect to fail for two reasons: 1. It was proposed by a Democratic member; and 2. It's not punitive enough to suit the Rs in the legislature.

Senate Appropriations meets at 10 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: one bill.  SB1734, the Senate's parallel to HB2945.  No proposed striker.

On Wednesday, 4/16 and Thursday, 4/17 - nada.

Legislative schedule - week starting 4/6/2025 UPDATE

There's been an addition to this week's schedule of committee meetings at the state legislature.

Senate Director Nominations meets at 8 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills; two agency director nominations.  Scheduled to be on the receiving end of Jake Hoffman's bile the committee's official questions - Barbara D. Richardson for Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions John Francis Scott II for Department of Veterans' Services.

Legislative schedule - week starting 4/6/2025

We've reached the "hurry up and wait" part of the legislative session - committee hearings have all but ceased but bills that have been heard in committee are still moving toward floor votes, and all members (at least those who aren't among the Republican leadership in the lege) are now waiting for the budget bills to be introduced on a date as yet unknown.

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 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, 4/7 -

House Rules meets at 1 p.m. in HHR4.  On the agenda: many bad bills.

On Tuesday, 4/8 -

Senate Rules meets at 9:45 a.m. in Senate Caucus Room 1.  On the agenda: many bad bills.

Both Rules committees may meet again later in the week, but these meetings are the only ones on the schedule as of this writing.

On Wednesday, 4/9 

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Senate Natural Resources meets at 9 a.m.in SHR1.  On the agenda: no bills; consideration of some board and commission appointments.

On Thursday, 4/10 - Nada.

Legislative schedule - week starting 3/30/2025 UPDATE

There's been an addition to this week's schedule of committee meetings at the state legislature.

On Thursday, 4/3 

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One committee meeting has been added.

Senate Director Nominations meets at 8 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills; two agency director nominations.  Scheduled to be on the receiving end of Jake Hoffman's bile the committee's official questions - Paul E. Brierley for the AZ Department of Agriculture and Gaetano Testini, Industrial Commission of AZ

Of course,  the real target of Hoffman's bile will be AZ governor Katie Hobbs

From the governor's website -

Hobbs

Of course2, Hoffman may reserve some of his bile output for Adrian Fontes, AZ Secretary of State.  Hoffman spent some of is time this week introducing Alexander Kolodin, a far right candidate to replace Fontes.

From the AZSOS' website -

Fontes

Legislative schedule - week starting 3/30/2025

This week runs the gamut of bad behavior from the legislature - some bad bills, some sneakiness, and putting out propaganda while using taxpayer-funded resources.

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, 3/3 

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House and Senate Rules meet at 1 p.m. in their respective rooms.  On the agendas: many bills.  They may meet more than once this week, but, as of now, they're on the schedule once.

House Appropriations meets at 10 a.m. in HHR1.  On the agenda: 30 proposals, 12 of which have strikers proposed for them.  Includes David Livingston's striker proposed for SB1061 that would raise pay for legislators from Maricopa County;  Matt Gress' striker to SB1299, creating the "Safe Community Enforcement Fund" from monies in the "Smart and Safe Arizona Fund," created by AZ voters when we approved recreational marijuana.  Also includes SB1369, appropriating $2M from the state's General Fund for enhancing the recruitment of law enforcement personnel...which may seem too bad, until you realize that the requirements listed for some of the money are so specific as to constitute a way to get around the fact that the legislature is barred from creating legislation to requires a state agency to enter into a single source contract.

The measure failed in House Public Safety and Law Enforcement, was withdrawn from that committee, and is now on an Appropriations agenda.  On that agenda, 13 proposals, including this one, may be subject to a mass motion.

Senate Military Affairs and Border Security meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills, one presentation.

On Tuesday, 4/1 

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Senate Appropriations meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: 15 bills.  Two bills have proposed strikers.  One is a proposal to appropriate $100K to train employees of group home to spot child sex trafficking. Also includes HB2918, which is about reducing state and local revenue; and HB2794, which is about redirecting tax money from the public to the Arizona Diamondbacks.  The fiscal note attached to the bill states the local governments wouldn't be harmed by the bill.  

Other people, not controlled by the legislature, including Phoenix mayor Kate Gallego, disagree.

On Wednesday, 3/2 - Nada.

On Thursday, 3/3 

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House Ad Hoc Committee on Blaming Governor Hobbs for All That Ails Arizona Executive Budget Mismanagement meets at 8:30 a.m. in HHR4.  On the agenda: no bills.  One presentation from JLBC on the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD).

Also on the agenda: inquisitions of questions for the directors of AHCCCS and DES.

There's been a lots of posturing from the legislature over their desire to cut funding that helps the underprivileged, perhaps to distract from their desire to protect funding for ESAs (school vouchers) for the wealthy.

Hobbs isn't having it.