This coming Friday (2/20) will be the last day when measures can heard in committees in their chambers of origin*. Committee agendas will be long this week; also some committees will meet more than once this week.
* = Except the Appropriations committees in each chamber - they have slightly longer deadline.
This one took a while - there are ~400 measures on committee agendas this week; that number should be far lower next week.
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, 2/16 -
House Health & Human Services meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda:.23 measures Includes HCR2013, wherein the legislature decries the voters putting the right to an abortion in the state constitution and creating a "celebrate life month". It seems to be an ode to hypocrisy - the members who support this are also probably support the torture and murder or civilians by ICE.
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement meets at 9 a.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: 12 measures, Includes a proposed striker for HB4018, specifying that county sheriffs have exclusive and executive authority over reserve units/sheriff's posses. Also includes HCR2059, which is about the legislature expressing support for county sheriffs, which sounds harmless...until one realizes they put in a poison pill clause, a pro-"constitutional sheriff movement" clause.
The chambers' respective Rules committees, House and Senate, will meet to consider proposals approved by other committees.
Senate Federalism meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: a propaganda-fest, with one presentation and one bill. The presentation is titled "Influence of Federal Money on Arizona Universities" and the bill is SB1683, which is about barring a "foreign adversary" from acquiring real property in Arizona.
Senate Finance meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 10 bills.
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: five bills. Includes a striker for SB1365, agenda subject "property tax; exemption; veterans; disabilities".
House Health & Human Services meets (again) at 2 p.m. in HHR4. 22 measures. Same agenda as the morning session, with one exception - HB2307, and its striker, are not on the afternoon agenda. Subject (from the A.M. agenda): "dangerous incompetent defendants; outof-state facilities".
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: seven measures, at least five of which seem to be bad, Includes HB2334, mandating that no livestock or produce used for food in AZ receive an mRNA vaccine.
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement meets (again) at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: nine bills. The p.m. agenda does not have a proposed striker for HB2675, HB4129, and HCR2059 (which I've already discussed).
On Tuesday, 2/17
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Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 17 bills. Includes SB1332, a ploy to bar the expansion of light rail in Maricopa County.
Senate Natural Resources meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: two executive nomination and 12 measures.
House Commerce meets at 2 p.m.in HHR5. On the agenda: 21 measures. Includes a striker to HB2991 (a proposal to impose age verification requirements on technology companies).
House Education meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: 21 measures. Includes a striker to HB4056, exempting state legislators from fees for public records requests.
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: 18 measures, most read as if they were written by industry lobbyists.
On Wednesday, 2/18
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Senate Government meets at 7 a.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 16 measures. Lots of bad here. Includes a striker for SB1571. Also includes SCR1023, a proposal to have the voters 1. increase the number of members of the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC), increase the number of members from Maricopa County, and decrease the influence of minority political parties in determining the membership of the IRC. Oh, and add "Fair" to the name of the IRC.
House Government meets at 8 a.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: 22 measures. Lot of ugly here.
House International Trade meets at 8:30 a.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: one presentation and four bills.
House Judiciary meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: 14 bills. Includes HB4117, a proposal to criminalize "disturbing a religious service."
Senate Health and Human Services meets at 9 a.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: 26 bills.. Some bad, some propaganda. Includes SB1214, a propaganda bill to bar the use of stem cells from abortions.
Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 14 bills.
House Ways & Means meets at 10 a.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: seven bills. Includes proposed strikers for HB2273 (agenda subject as the text isn't available as yet - "income tax credit; net revenues") and HB2784 ("school district tax levy")
Senate Education meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 25 measures. Lots of ugly on this one. There are three proposed strikers: for SB1004 (agenda subject: "school attendance"), for SB1497 ("school insurance"), and for SB1798 ("high school FAFSA"). Includes SB1684, limiting school liability in bullying matters to only case where the victim suffered "serious physical injury", if certain reports were filed, and the school failed to follow up on those reports.
Senate Judiciary and Elections meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: 54 measures. With that number, one should expect LOTS of ugly here and those expectations are fulfilled. Includes proposed strikers for: SB1285 (agenda subject - "narcotic drugs; kratom"), SB1413 ("moving violation; restitution cap removal"), SB1568 "elections systems; software; timekeeping; requirements"), and SB1570 ("security; polling places; citizenship").
Senate Public Safety meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 14 measures. Lots of bad here. Includes SB1751 and SCR1049, bringing back the (potential) use of firing squads for administering capital punishment and mandating its use when the murder victim is a law enforcement officer.
House Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: 10 bills.
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: eight measures. What this agenda lacks in volume of ugly, it makes up for in percentage of it - at least seven of the measures qualify.
House Transportation & Infrastructure meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: three presentations and 28 measures. Includes HB4027, a proposal to name Loop 202 (a Phoenix-area highway) after Charlie Kirk.
On Thursday, 2/19
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Senate Government meets (again) at 8 a.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 17 measures. Pretty much a rerun of Wednesday's agenda, but this one includes a striker to SCR1032 (agenda subject - "teacher pay; protection; highest priority")
Senate Health and Human Services meets (again) at 8:30 a.m. in SHR2. On the agenda:26 bills. A rerun of Wednesday's agenda.
House Rural Economic Development meets at 9 a.m. On the agenda: one presentation and four bills. Includes HB2107, an anti-poor people/SNAP recipients bill.
House Health & Human Services meets at 10 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: nine bills.
House Government meets (again) at 10:30 a.m.(per the agenda) or 5 p.m. (per the online calendar {see the above pic]). On the agenda: six bills. Different agenda than Wednesday's.
On Friday, 2/20
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Senate Judiciary and Elections meets (again) at 8 a.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: 56 measures. Similar to the agenda for Wednesday's meeting, but adds strikers for SB1012 (agenda subject: "defamations; functions") and SB1099 ("defamations; factors").
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