Legislative schedule - week starting 6/19/2022

Not much on the public schedule at the legislature (missing items include a budget).

There are two committee meetings on tap this week, and neither is of a standing committee.

On Tuesday 6/21, a conference committee for SB1412 meets at 11:30 a.m. in SHR1.  SB1412 is an anti-CRT bill proposed by the Republicans.  The Senate members of the conference committee are Republicans J.D. Mesnard (the bill sponsor) and Paul Boyer, while the Democratic member is Martin Quezada.  The House members are Republicans Michelle Udall and Beverly Pingerelli while the Democratic member is Jennifer Pawlik.

I don't know which version of the bill, House or Senate, will ultimately be approved, but I expect it to be the least good/most oppressive one.

On Thursday 6/23, the House Ad Hoc Committee on Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Adults meets at 1 p.m. in HHR1.  They're scheduled to hear both a report from the Arizona Auditor General about the Arizona Department of Health Services and a response to that report from DHS.

I don't expect it to go well for DHS.  To put it mildly.

However, R proposed "solutions" never change.

From the linked story from the AZMirror, written by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy -

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“This report is pretty horrific,” Rep. Steve Kaiser, R-Phoenix, said. “Why shouldn’t we privatize this and take away this function?”

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“You already have too much bureaucracy,” Kaiser shot back, saying that the Department should implement the federally recommended practices that the auditor general suggested. “You’re creating a mess.” 

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.