It's shaping up to be a relatively quiet week at the Capitol (there are some very bad bills under consideration this week, but only three committees meeting), but could change in a heartbeat. Committee meetings could be scheduled, and bad amendments could be proposed, at any time. As such, anything I write here comes with the caveat -
"As of this writing."
It's something that's true every week that the Arizona State Legislature is in session, but it's truer this week than most weeks.
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, generally at 1 p.m. and the Senate's in Senate Caucus Room 1, generally 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 become a very bad one.
On Monday, 2/24
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House and Senate Rules meet at 1 p.m. in their respective rooms. On the agendas: many bills. They may meet more than once this week, but, as of now, they're on the schedule once.
House Appropriations meets at 10 a.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: 22 bills, five with strikers scheduled to be offered. One, proposed by Republican Jeff Weninger, proposes to amend HB2325 to create a "pilot program" for the state's budget via blockchain technology (the requirements look to be so specific as to constitute a de facto single source contract ["de facto" means "in everything but name]); another, proposed by Republican Justin Olson, would amend HB2926 to both implement a work requirement for AHCCCS eligibility and to discontinue AHCCCS eligibility for people whose income is above the federal property level if the federal government doesn't subsidize AHCCCS to the tune of 90% (currently, it's 80%).
My guess is if that makes it the governor's desk, it'll be vetoed. One that I don't expect to make it to the governor's desk is a striker to to HB2496, proposed by Democratic member Nancy Gutierrez. It would turn the bill into one that would increase the penalty for leaving a firearm where it can be and/or is accessed by a minor.
On Tuesday, 2/25
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Senate Appropriations meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 32 bills, three with proposed strikers. Surprisingly enough, there are some bills worthy of support; not surprisingly, all were proposed by Democratic members. SB1571, from Theresa Hatathlie, would fund a study on the communities affected by the closure of the Navajo Generating Station; SB1575, also from Hatathlie, would fund the construction and operation of a dialysis unit in a certain hospital in Apache County; and SB1671, from Sally Gonzales, which would add Native American traditional healing services to things that are covered by AHCCCS.
On Wednesday, 2/26
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Senate Education meets at 9 a.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: nada (for now, anyway).
On Thursday, 2/27 - nada.
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