This is shaping up to be a (relatively) quiet week at the state legislature, though I expect the Rs in the lege to commemorate hordes of anti-choicers descending on the Capitol by passing some sort of anti-choice 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 20
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House Appropriations meets at 9:30 a.m. in HHR1. And on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the same place. Both agendas have the same bills on them. Guessing that one of those meetings won't happen, though there are 45 bills on the agenda, so the second meeting may be a necessary one. It looks to be light on propaganda, though HB2284 looks to be problematical. It relates to "homelessness; housing; facilities" and contains clauses that are bad. HB2633, relating to "Maricopa county transportation excise tax," has problem clauses, too. The bill's sponsor, Rep. David Livingston, apparently REALLY doesn't like Maricopa County and/or light rail. There are also unrelated clauses exempting religious organizations that operate a "pocket shelter" (homeless shelter) from a municipality barring that shelter.
Senate Inquisition Committee/Director Nominations meets at 9:30 a.m. in SHR109. I've written about this before.
On Wednesday, February 22
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On Thursday, February 23
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Senate Appropriations meets at 8:30 a.m. in SHR109. 22 bills on the agenda, including SCR1011, which contains many of the same problem clauses as HB2284, which is on the agenda for House Appropriations.
"Arizona March for Life" is another way of saying "Cathi Herrod won't need her leash leading to certain legislators" because she'll be there in person.
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