In addition to many committee agendas this week, there will be an appearance by the Senate Inquisitions Committee...errr....Director Nominations Committee.
Also, according to an email from Civic Engagement Beyond Voting, legislative leadership may extend the deadline for committees to hear bills by one week, to next Friday. Which explains the (mostly) brief agendas this week.
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, 3/20
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Senate Committee on Director Nomination meets at 9:30 a.m. in SHR109. Scheduled for a grilling are Jeffery Glover, nominee for director of DPS, and Thomas Torres, nominee for State Forester.
House Health & Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. Five bills on the agenda.
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3, Seven bills on the agenda, including some propaganda and a simply bad bill.
House Military Affairs & Public Safety meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. Three bills on the agenda, including SB1148, John Kavanagh's scheme to charge money for video recordings of public employees (specifically, police officers).
Senate Elections meets at 2 p.m. in SHR1. Seven bills on the agenda, all propaganda
Senate Finance meets at 2 p.m. in SHR109. Four bills on the agenda, including HB2504, a move to expand school vouchers.
Senate Transportation and Technology meets at 2 p.m. in SHR2. Four bills on the agenda.
On Tuesday, 3/21
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House Commerce meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. Four bills on the agenda, including one striker, and SB1167, Steve Kaiser's scheme to reduce the benefit duration of Arizona's already-low paying unemployment insurance.
House Education meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. One bill on the agenda.
Senate Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in SHR109. 22 bills on the agenda. Includes HB2003, David Livingston's proposal to reduce corporate income tax rates.
Senate Health and Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in SHR1. Six bills on the agenda, including HB2624, Leo Biasucci's plan to throw a lot of folks off of AHCCCS, AZ's version of Medicaid. When went to ALIS to enter my opposition to the bill, it wasn't there. Hmm....
On Wednesday, 3/22
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Senate Government meets at 8:30 a.m. in SHR2. Seven bills on the agenda, including some propaganda.
House Government meets at 9 a.m. in HHR3. Nine bills on the agenda, including SB1026, John Kavanagh's anti-drag bill, and SCR1023, Justine Wadsack's proposal to remove charter city protections from the state's constitution. In spite of (alleged) promises made by the sponsor amend the bill so that it wouldn't affect smaller cities (read: those that elect Republicans), no amendments have been offered. So either the sponsor lied to colleagues or they lied to, well, US.
Hmmm...
If I were to speculate, I would guess that the colleagues have nothing to worry about.
House Judiciary meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. 11 bills on the agenda. Many bad, mostly about increasing criminal liability for various offenses
Senate Commerce meets at 9 a.m. in SHR1. Six bills on the agenda; two strikers will be offered, but the text for those is not yet available. The agenda includes HB2108, David Livingston's bid to reduce eligibility for unemployment insurance; and HB2750, Michele Pena's ploy to foist off spoiled eggs on Arizonans by simply extending the expiration date.
House Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. Three bills on the agenda.
House Municipal Oversight and Elections meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. 11 bills on the agenda; all propaganda.
House Regulatory Affairs meets at 2 p.m.in HHR5. Five bills on the agenda; some propaganda, at least one is simply BAD.
House Transportation & Infrastructure meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. Eight bills on the agenda.
Senate Education meets at 2 p.m. in SHR1. Four bills on the agenda; not all propaganda.
Senate Military Affairs, Public Safety and Border Security meets at 2 p.m. in SHR2. 14 bills on the agenda, including HB2754, a proposal to add NGOs for migrants to the list of terrorist organizations.
On Thursday, 3/23
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Senate Judiciary meets at 9 a.m. in SHR1. 10 bills on the agenda, many propaganda, many simply bad.
Senate Natural Resources, Energy and Water meets at 9:30 a.m. in SHR2. Some propaganda; some love letters to Congress that will be completely ignored. Also, a couple of proposals that read as if they were written by industry lobbyists so a member could slap their name on them.
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.
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