Sunday, March 02, 2025

Legislative schedule - week starting 3/3/2025

There aren't any strikers listed on agendas at this point, but that is something that is subject to change at a moment's notice.


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, 3/3 


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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.

Senate Finance meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: 13 bills.

House Health & Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4.  On the agenda: five bills.  Includes SB1072, capping the time limit for certain complaints to the medical board at one year (if the board hasn't handed down a judgement after having the complaint for year, then the matter in considered to be closed). .


On Tuesday, 3/4 


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Senate Natural Resource meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: five proposals and three presentations.  The presentations are slated to be from industry bigwigs, which is fair, because all of the proposals read as if they were written by industry lobbyists.

House Education meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1.  On the agenda: four bills.


On Wednesday, 3/5 


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House Government meets at 9 a.m. in HHR5.  On the agenda: three bills, all propaganda.  SB1013 would require all counties and municipalities to have a 2/3 vote of their supervising council/board in order to raise a fee or tax; SB1015 would bar a municipality or county from regulating blockchain technology; and SB1023, which would bar, with certain exceptions, all businesses and governmental entities in AZ from contracting with a company for "critical infrastructure" if that company it controlled by, or by citizens of, China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia.

Since Russia is included, I'm guessing that this isn't an idea that Cheeto wants to see take hold.

Senate Health and Human Services meets at 9 a.m.in SHR2.  On the agenda: six bills, four House bills to be voted on and two Senate bills to be discussed.

Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: seven bills, including a couple that read as if they were written by industry lobbyists.

House Ways & Means meets at 10 a.m.in HHR3.  On the agenda: one bill.

Senate Government meets at 10 a.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: three bills.  All ugly. HB2062 is an anti-trans bill; HB2113 would bar the flying of rainbow flags et. al. over public land; and HB2221 would bar municipalities from reducing police budgets.

Senate Education meets at 1:30 p.m.in SHR1.  On the agenda: four presentations touting private education and four bills.  Includes HB2018, which would give public money to private companies who operate "degree granting private postsecondary" institutions.

Senate Judiciary and Elections meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2.  On the agenda: 23 proposals. Includes HB2546, placing Justin Heap and other county recorders in charge of school board elections.

Mandating that someone like Heap, who is notorious for his hatred for his hatred of democracy, be in charge of ANY elections, is a bad idea that does nothing to benefit the public interest.

Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference (COR) meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: one presentation.

Senate Public Safety meets at 2:10 p.m. (or upon adjournment of COR) in SHR109.  On the agenda: 12 bills.  Includes HB2684, an anti-homeless people pedestrians in roadway medians bill

House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4.  On the agenda: three bills.


On Thursday, 3/6 - Nada.


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