All committee agendas have propaganda bills on them. Apparently, they think that doing one semi-decent thing while in office (addressing the AEL looming over public education...for one year) has to be made up for.
Pushing propaganda (and fear) this week to the point of Arizona overdosing on it is their preferred remedy for their semi-decency.
There are some bad bills under consideration this week that aren't propaganda, but there's a LOT of pure propaganda this week.
They're also running up against the deadline for the originating chamber to hear 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 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 that replaces the entirety of a bill. Those can be introduced at any time and can make a previously harmless bill into a very bad one.
On Monday, February 13
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Senate Transportation and Technology meets at 9 a.m. in in SHR2. 20 bills on the agenda, at least two of which are propaganda. However, the one bill that I don't understand is SB1327, which appropriates money to the AZ Secretary of State's office for a Chief Information Security Officer. I cannot find such a request in the AZSOS' proposed FY2024 budget proposal. The bill is from Ken Bennett, a former SOS, but I expect that with this one he's channeling his inner treason enabler.
House Military Affairs & Public Safety meets at 9:30 a.m. in HHR1. 25 bills on the agenda, many propaganda. HB2756 would bar cities and towns for reducing law enforcement agency budgets below the previous year's level.
House Health & Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. 16 bills on the agenda, some propaganda.
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. 13 bills on the agenda. Some propaganda bills, some just bad. HB2750 would raise the expiration date on the best quality eggs to 45 days after inspection (current: 24 days).
Senate Elections meets at 2 p.m. in SHR1. 17 bills on the agenda, most propaganda. They should just rename this committee as the Senate Pravda Committee.
Senate Finance meets at 2 p.m. in SHR109. 15 bills on the agenda; approximately 1/2 are propaganda.
On Tuesday, February 14
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House Commerce meets twice, starting at 2 p.m., in HHR3. On the first agenda, there is only one bill, and it's anti-vaxxer propaganda. The second agenda has 19 bills on the agenda. Some propaganda, some strikers, lots of demonization of unemployed people.
House Education meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. In the interest of "truth-in-advertising," this committee should be renamed as the "House Anti-Public Education Committee." 12 bills on the agenda, lots of propaganda, including a striker to HB2620 to specify that homeschool operations receive public monies.
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. 16 bills on the agenda, lots of strikers. Light on propaganda, heavy on bad bills.
Senate Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in SHR109. 22 bills on the agenda. Some propaganda, some bad.
Senate Health and Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in SHR1. 21 bills on the agenda; much propaganda. Includes an anti-choice striker to SB1366.
On Wednesday, February 15
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Senate Commerce meets at 8:30 a.m. in SHR1. 17 bills on the agenda. Some propaganda, including a striker to SB1131 (text not available as of this writing). Some demonization of unemployed persons.
House Government meets at 9 a.m. in HHR3. 13 bills on the agenda, some propaganda.
House Judiciary meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. 11 bills on the agenda, some propaganda, including HB2759, criminalizing nonprofits that "facilitate" undocumented immigration (the bill's word is in quotes)
House Ways & Means meets at 9 a.m. in HHR1. Five bills on the agenda. Light on propaganda, but heavy on grift. HB2014 would expand corporate tax credits for contributions to school vouchers.
Senate Government meets at 9:30 a.m. in SHR2. 20 bills on the agenda, most are propaganda.
House Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. 15 bills on the agenda; seems to be light on propaganda, but has an "insider baseball" measure on it.
House Municipal Oversight and Elections meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. 15 bills on the agenda, all propaganda. Just rename this committee as "The House We Hate Municipalities and Elections Committee" already.
House Regulatory Affairs meets at 2 p.m. in HHR5. Nine bills on the agenda.
House Transportation meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. 13 bills on the agenda; light on propaganda, but HB2411 constitutes an ode to pettiness.
Senate Education meets at 2 p.m. in SHR1. 20 bills on the agenda, lots of propaganda here, but not exclusively so. Does include SB1700, an advocating censorship in schools bill.
Senate Military Affairs, Public Safety and Border Security meets at 2 p.m. in SHR2. 16 bills on the agenda. Short on propaganda, long on problem bills. Many strikers will be proposed, and while the text of those isn't yet available for those, most look to be problems too.
On Thursday, February 16
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Senate Judiciary meets at 9 a.m. in SHR1. 26 bills on the agenda, many propaganda, but the bad bills aren't exclusively propaganda. SB1413 seeks to criminalize living in homeless encampments.
Senate Natural Resources, Energy and Water meets at 9:30 a.m. in SHR2. Nine bills on the agenda.
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Budgetary Funding Formulas meets at 10:30 a.m. in HHR4, No bills on the agenda.
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Fiscal Accountability meets at 10:30 a.m. in HHR3, No bills on the agenda.
Senate Government meets at 2 p.m. in SHR2. 25 bills on the agenda. Most bills are propaganda; all are bad.
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