There are actually more bills on agendas this week than last. That should change as the session proceeds. The key word here being "should."
Also, Wednesdays look to be the busiest day of the week at the legislature - if someone plans to make a day of it down at the Capitol, that may be the best day for it, what with committee sessions in both the morning and afternoon, and a floor session in between.
Read bills carefully - bills that look (relatively) harmless may contain a VERY bad provision in them that may be easy to miss.
Schedules can, and frequently do, change at any moment when the legislature is in session. So pay attention.
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 b, ad (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, 2/2
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The chambers' respective Rules committees, House and Senate, will meet to consider proposals approved by other committees.
Senate Finance meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: eight measures. Includes SB1290, proposing that owners of agricultural properties be forewarned when a property is to be inspected by the state department of revenue or a county assessor's office.
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: six bills, at least four of which are exercises in open bigotry.
House Health & Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: Two presentations and 12 bills, including HB2797, requiring DES to impose certain more stringent verification standards on SNAP (and other public welfare) recipients. There are other anti poor people proposals here.
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: seven bills, at least three are direct swipes at AZAG Kris Mayes and three other look to be pure "fear the other" propaganda.
House Public Safety and Law Enforcement meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: five bills, four bad. Includes HB2811, outlawing political protests by making interfering with a "lawful arrest" a class 5 felony.
On Tuesday, 2/3
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Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 14 measures. Includes a same-subject striker from Mark Finchem for SB1138, mandating that law enforcement agencies use license plate readers and conceal any data collected from the public.
Senate Natural Resources meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: eight bills, many of which read as if they were written by industry lobbyists.
House Commerce meets at 2 p.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: 14 bills. Includes HB2875, a move to outlaw local regulation of unmanned aircraft and HB2903, a move to outlaw the use of a social credit score to determine creditworthiness for loans.
House Education meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: 11 bills, many bad, even "sneaky" bad. Includes HB2312, telling schools that they have to allow the Hitler Youth "patriotic youth groups" access to students.
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water meets at 2 p.m.in HHR3. On the agenda: 15 bills.
House Regulatory Oversight meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: two bills, both R propaganda related to gold bullion.
On Wednesday, 2/4
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House Government meets at 9 a.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: 12 measures. Lots of bad here, including HCR2044, asking the voters to get rid of affirmative action; and HB2745, making failure to comply with a legislative subpoena a criminal act solely at the discretion of the chair of the committee somebody was subpoenaed to appear before; also, all testimony given under such a subpoena would be considered to be under oath (subject to the penalties for perjury).
House International Trade meets at 9 a.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: one presentation and one bill. HB2754 puts the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) under the direct control of the legislature and continues it indefinitely (the bill repeals the repeal of the ACA).
House Judiciary meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: 12 bills. Lots of bad here. My personal (least) favorite - HB2589, making it a class 4 felony for a person to allow a minor to see a drag show or to even be in the same building as a drag show.
House Ways & Means meets at 9 a.m.in HHR3. On the agenda: six bills, including HB2477, which seeks to expand Arizona's ESA program. Maybe this committee should be renamed as "House Budget Busting Committee."
Senate Government meets at 9 a.m.in SHR1. On the agenda: 11 measures, all bad. Includes a striker to SB1439 (language not yet available), subject "Charlie Kirk memorial; special plate". I guess that all of AZ's problems are solved.
Senate Health and Human Services meets at 9 a.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: nine bills, three of which are anti poor people bills that seem to be duplicates of some of those on the agenda for House's counterpart to this committee.
Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 10 measures. Includes SB1241, Shawnna Bolick's ploy to supplant municipal project permitting processes by replacing them with private permitting providers.
Senate Education meets at 1:30 p.m.in SHR1. On the agenda: four bills. One of which looks to be a duplicate of the "Hitler Youth" bill to be heard in the House's counterpart to this committee. Also includes SB1210, Bolick's move to give legal protection to out-of-state degree mill colleges.
Senate Judiciary and Elections meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: one executive nomination and 11 measures. Mostly bad. Includes SB1326, a proposal to allow crime victims to collect attorney's fees.
Senate Public Safety meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: nine bills.
House Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: seven measures. Includes HB2584, a proposal public money from being used to pay for genetic sequencing test by a company from, or controlled by a person or entity from, a "foreign adversary". Venezuela has been added to list countries designated as a foreign adversary.
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: six bills.
House Transportation & Infrastructure meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda:11 measures. Includes HB2369, proposing to nullify all traffic tickets that aren't signed by the judge presiding over the court that the ticket is written in to.
On Thursday, 2/5
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House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation meets at 9 a.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: three bills, including HB2452, which is so bad it seems to defy description. It has something to do with barring municipalities and counties from adopting comprehensive plans that serve to restrict the placement of facilities for mining or energy production, data centers, or small nuclear reactors.
House Rural Economic Development meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: three bills.
Senate Finance meets as 9 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: one bill.
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