We've entered the time of the session when writing this post is easy because there's almost no committee activity at the state capitol (which is good for me personally), but legislators are bored, which is NOT good for Arizonans.
When legislators have too much time on their hands, their minds turn to red meat for their base issues, aka - culture war issues.
Many of those will be receiving Rules Committee and/or floor consideration this week, and that's just on Monday, as the calendars and agendas for later in the week haven't been posted as yet.
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 propagate 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 into the entirety of a bill. Those can be introduced at any time and can make a previously harmless bill into a very bad one.
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