There are some strikers this week, but more can be added at any time.
Also, an agenda for the Senate committee on Giving Jake Hoffman a Platform for Criticizing Governor Hobbs on the Taxpayer Dime on Director Nominations is not on the schedule, but given recent history, it wouldn't be a surprise to see one added.
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, 3/17
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Senate Federalism meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: one proposal. HCR2049. proclaiming the sovereignty of Arizona over matters not specifically delegated to others in the U.S. Constitution.
Senate Finance meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 10 proposals. Includes HB2450, reducing the amount of Unemployment Insurance a recipient can be paid.
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: four bills. Includes HB2606, giving $50 million to DPS for "border support".
House Health & Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: 16 bills. Includes a striker to SB1081 from Selina Bliss that would implement a timeline on complaints sent to a health profession regulatory board.
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: four bills. Includes SB1066 and SB1109, MAGA propaganda bills relating to foreign entities owning land here.
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: six bills. Includes a striker to SB1231, regarding the voluntary prohibited possessor list; a striker to SB1461 regarding military veteran status and prosecuting agencies; and a striker to SB1610 regarding a home buyer assistance program.
All three seem good and all three have been proposed by Democrat Aaron Marquez. Which are two reasons why it will be something of a surprise if any of them actually pass.
On Tuesday, 3/18
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Senate Appropriations meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 11 proposals. Includes HB2389, seeking to reduce state General Fund revenue (the fiscal note attached to the bill says $73.8 million in FY2033): and HB2814 and HCR2015, which are about the legislature giving itself the authority to allocate federal Community Development Block Grants.
Senate Natural Resources meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 13 proposals. Most read as if the were written by industry lobbyists.
House Commerce meets at 2 p.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: nine bills. Three are MAGA propaganda, one is very bad, and I'm not sure about the others.
House Education meets at 1:30 p.m. On the agenda: 10 bills. Includes SB1301, John Kavanagh's bill bill to include Asian American history in school curricula and SB1694, withholding state funding from higher ed schools that offers courses on DEI.
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water meets at 2 p.m. in HH3. On the agenda: 11 bills, most of which read as if they were written by industry lobbyists.
House Regulatory Oversight meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: four bills. Includes SB1096, a MAGA propaganda bill mandating the creation of an "Arizona Bullion Depository"; and SB1237, barring state employees, with certain exceptions, from doing telework.
House Regulatory Oversight meets at 3 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: one bill. SB1432 purports to bar geoengineering related to climate control, but it seems so broadly written that it would bar the use of sunscreen in Arizona (I am NOT a lawyer, so if I've misread and misinterpreted this, I expect that a reader who is one will correct me)
On Wednesday, 3/19
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House Government meets at 9 a.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: 10 bills.
House Judiciary meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: nine bills, many bad. Includes SB1013, barring municipalities and counties from implementing any kind of revenue increase unless the council of a municipality or county does so by a 2/3 vote.
House Ways & Means meets at 9 a.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: seven proposals, at least five bad ones.
Senate Government meets at 9 a.m.in SHR1. On the agenda: 15 proposals. 13 bad and/or propaganda.
Senate Health and Human Services meet at 9 a.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 12 bills, at least 6 bad and/or propaganda. Includes HB2438, barring changes to birth certificates resulting from a sex change.
Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 11 proposals, eight bad and/or propaganda. Includes HB2121 and HB2122, which are about imposing work requirements on SNAP recipients.
Senate Education meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: eight bills, seven bad and/or propaganda, plus there's a presentation from the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools, which I presume will be about how lucrative the grift is how wonderful taking money from public schools and putting it into private pockets is. Agenda includes HB2640, about the transfer of properties owned by a public school district to private hands.
Senate Judiciary and Elections meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: 16 proposals. Includes HCR2057, the ploy by the legislative Rs to make things more difficult for voter-based initiatives to become ballot eligible.
Senate Public Safety meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 13 proposals.
House Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: four bills.
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4.. On the agenda: 10 bills. Eight bad and/or propaganda,
House Science & Technology meets at 2 p.m.in HHR5. On the agenda: no bills; three industry-given presentations.
House Transportation & Infrastructure meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: six proposals. Includes SCR1002, Wendy Rogers' scheme to get rid of photo radar traffic enforcement in AZ.
On Thursday, 3/20
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Senate Government meets at 9 a.m.in SHR1. On the agenda: one bill. HB2722 would add a new chapter to AZ law allowing any taxpayer to sue when that taxpayer believes that a public entity makes an expenditure of a public resource that isn't for a public purpose.
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