We've reached the penultimate week of committee consideration for this year's edition of the Arizona legislative session (all bills have to go before a committee by 3/27* or they're dead) (* = except for the Appropriations committees of the respective chamber, which have a slightly longer schedule).
The next couple of weeks may get chaotic at the lege, so check committee agendas regularly - they may change.
From the House (the Senate has the same deadline) -
For a couple of weeks after 3/27, the chairs of the Appropriations committees will become the most popular people at the Capitol as members of the legislature desperately try to get their pet proposals on to one of their agendas.
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,3/16
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The chambers' respective Rules committees, House and Senate, will meet to consider proposals approved by other committees.
Senate Federalism and Family Law meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2 (This committee used to be Senate Federalism, but the name changed mid-session). On the agenda: seven measures, at least six of which are propaganda. Includes HCM2001 and HCM2002, urging Congress and POTUS to designate the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as terrorist organizations. HCM2002 also directs some bile in the direction of the leadership of Iran.
Senate Finance meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 12 bills. Includes HB4103, a proposal to limit a school district's ability to call for a bond election.
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: four bills, at least two of which are propaganda. Includes
House Health & Human Services meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: 18 bills. Includes SB1095. an anti trans bill that proposes to bar any and all gender transition medical procedures for minors.
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: three bills, two of which are propaganda.
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: four bills. A striker will be offered to alter SB1520, but as it will be offered by a Democratic member and seeks to change a Republican "fear the other" bill, I don't expect it to pass.
On Tuesday, 3/17
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Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: 16 bills, many bad.
Senate Natural Resources meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: one presentation and 24 measures. The presentation will be from private industry and many of the measures read as if they were written by someone who believes that the legislature's primary purpose is to maximize the amount of profit accrued by private interests. Hmmm...
House Commerce meets at 2 p.m. in HHR5, On the agenda: six bills. Some bad.
House Education meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: four bills.
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: six measures. A striker will be offered for SB1200 that would allow a user/landscaper to transport water across a body of water filled or refilled with effluent under certain circumstances (caveat: I don't understand this one completely and may have gotten it wrong; I may have missed some of the nuances. As the striker is from Rep. Gail Griffin, it probably is NOT intended to benefit the people of Arizona).
On Wednesday, 3/18
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House Government meets at 9 a.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: seven bills. Some pure propaganda, but my (least) favorite may be SB1686, a ploy by Sen. Jake Hoffman to include Charlie Kirk's name on Wesley Bolin Plaza ("Wesley Bolin and Charlie Kirk Freedom Plaza") and to build a memorial to Kirk. The bill is almost made palatable by including a memorial to murdered journalist Don Bolles.
Except for two bits of reality:
1. Bolles made Arizona a better place to live.
2. Bolles was actually killed in Arizona.
Neither is true for Kirk.
House Judiciary meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: 14 bills, including a striker to SB1616, proposing to bar the feeding of wild pigeons, with certain exceptions.
Senate Health and Human Services meets at 9 a.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: 10 measures, including a striker to HB2048 (text not available as yet). The agenda lists the subject as "AHCCCS; coverage; non-opioid prescription drugs".
Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: nine bills. A couple of which are about negating the ability of counties and municipalities to issue regulations of certain activities within their jurisdictions.
Senate Education meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1. On the agenda: 10 measures. Includes HB4033, a proposal to mandate that school districts use certain language in the ballots for bonding questions and informational pamphlets for the same.
Senate Judiciary and Elections meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR2. On the agenda: 18 measures. Lots of propaganda here. Includes HB2168, a proposal to force the state's AG to obtain the permission of a county's supervisors to bring a legal action related to a public nuisance (obscenity), Currently, the AG, a county's attorney, or city attorney may do so without obtaining the permission of a partisan elected body.
Senate Public Safety meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR109. On the agenda: four presentations and and seven bills. At least three of the presentations look to be propaganda-fests to conflate securing the border with protecting America's children. However, there's no HCM on the agenda that calls on Congress and Cheeto to release the Epstein files and to stop giving a free pass to wealthy pedophiles..
House Appropriations meets at 2 p.m. in HHR1. On the agenda: two bills.
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections meets at 2 p.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: seven measures. 100% bad. Includes SCR1001, asking the voters to impose some harsh restrictions on voting/democracy, including doing away with the Active Early Ballot List.
House Science & Technology meets at 2 p.m. in HHR5. On the agenda: three presentations, no bills. The presentations will be from people representing private companies.
House Transportation & Infrastructure meets at 2 p.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: 10 measures. Includes SB1010, a proposal to name Phoenix-area highway Loop 202 after Charlie Kirk.
On Thursday, 3/19
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House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation meets at 9 a.m. in HHR3. On the agenda: one bill and two presentations/sales pitches.
House Rural Economic Development meets at 9 a.m. in HHR4. On the agenda: one bill and two presentations. The agenda does not indicate who will be making the presentations.
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