Legislative schedule - week starting 8/30/2026

There's nothing on the legislative schedule this coming week, even though most of the week is in September.

Legislative schedule - week starting 8/23/2026

There's nothing on the legislative schedule this coming week.

Legislative schedule - week starting 8/16/2026

In a bit of a switch up, there's one meeting on the schedule.  Of course, it's the result of a court case, and is something they HAVE to do.  As it's not voluntary, they will almost mess things up again.

On Monday, 8/17 -Nada.

On Tuesday, 8/18 

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Legislative Council meets at 11:30 a.m. in HHR1.  On the agenda::they are meeting to revise their improper description of Proposition 212, the Protect Education Act, put on the ballot to rein in. ESAs/school vouchers by voters, but thoroughly opposed by legislative Rs.

They were upbraided by a couple of courts for their bad faith attempt to influence voters with the negative language they approved for the publicity pamphlet to be sent to all voters,

From the AZMirror, written by Gloria Rebecca Gomez -

Supreme Court orders GOP to rewrite ‘argumentative’ voucher measure summary

The Arizona Supreme Court shot down a request from Republican lawmakers to preserve their summary of the voucher-regulating Protect Education Act in a voter education pamphlet, ruling that the description violates state law because it tries to sway voters against the initiative. 

The Protect Education Act, which will be on November’s ballots as Proposition 212, would overhaul the state’s universal private school voucher system. Among other things, it seeks to add an income eligibility cap, crack down on voucher misuse and require schools that accept vouchers to meet certain educational and safety requirements

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The ruling was the Arizona Supreme Court upholding an initial ruling handed down in Maricopa County Superior Court.

The case there was CV2026-029280.

Information is available here.

On Wednesday, 8/19 and Thursday, 8/20 - Nada.

Legislative schedule - week starting 8/9/2026

No legislative committee is on the schedule this coming week.

Legislative schedule - week starting 8/2/2026

Yep, it's gotten hot in Phoenix, and it shows on the legislative schedule this week.

Absolutely nothing is on the schedule this week.

Legislative schedule - week starting 7/26/2026

On the schedule for the week: nada.

The primary is over but nothing is happening at the lege.

Legislative schedule - week starting 7/19/2026

On the schedule for the week: nada.

The primary election date is 7/21.

Legislative schedule - week starting 7/12/2026

On the schedule for the week: nada, and I'm guessing there won't be anything until after the primary...of course, there probably won't be much afterward.

Legislative schedule - week starting 7/5/2026

One meeting is on the schedule, but it's required, at least in even-numbered years.

On Monday,7/6 and Tuesday, 7/7 - Nada.

On Wednesday, 7/8 

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Legislative Council meets at 10 a.m. in HHR1.   It's a joint committee, comprised of members of both the House and the Senate.  On the agenda: no bills; a bunch of items regarding "Adoption of Ballot Analysis Pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 19-124" for 12 ballot measures to be considered by the voters this fall, 10 of which were referred to the ballot by the legislature.  One of the measures scheduled to be proposed by the public, I-08-2026 – Free, Fair and Secure Elections Act, won't appear on the ballot as the organizers chose not to turn in the signatures that they collected.

ARS section 19-124 can be found here.

This meeting should generate some lawsuits - the ballot analyses for the measures proposed by the legislature will almost certainly be crafted in such a way as to favor those proposals while the analysis for the one measure proposed by the public will almost certainly be crafted in such a way as to oppose that measure.

On Thursday, 7/9 - Nada.

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/28/2026

Nada on the schedule for now.

There have been rumors of a special session over ESAs/school vouchers, and they have been dutifully reported by the MSM.

However, there are two things to consider:

1. As yet, there's nothing scheduled.

2. My guess (and it's only that) is that nothing will happen - there's no upside for the supporters of ESA reform.  The special session scam seems like something floated by one or more members of the R caucus looking to shield ESAs from anything resembling real reform.

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/21/2026

Nada on the schedule for now.

There's a holiday (Independence Day) coming up, and a primary election.

My guess is that as elected officials, the majority of the membership of the lege doesn't care about the holiday, unless they believe that a profession of love for that holiday will net them more primary votes.

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/14/2026

Short version: Nada.

The lege has adjourned sine die ("without a date") so they won't meet again until January, unless Governor Hobbs issues a special session proclamation.

There will be meetings of various ad hoc, joint, and other non-standing committees...but not this coming week.  A significant number of R members are going to D.C. in order to receive their marching orders from "confer with" the Trump administration.

Legislative schedule - week starting 6/7/2026

While, on the surface, the coming week is shaping up to be a quiet one, below the surface, there is a lot of activity budget-wise as legislators (and others) try to finish up a state budget before many members of the R caucus travel to D.C. for a propaganda session White House "conference".

From Arizona Agenda, written by Nicole Ludden -

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About a dozen Republican senators are taking a three-day trip to D.C. for a “White House State Leadership Conference,” where they’ll hear “about President Trump’s America First Agenda and ways states can partner with the administration on shared policy priorities,” Senate Republican spokesperson Kim Quintero said.

Quintero said the conference itself is a single-afternoon event on June 16, but the trip is still planned over three days. Not to worry, “lawmakers remain committed to completing their work and passing a balanced budget before the June 30 constitutional deadline, as they’ve done every year,” she said.

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, 6/8 - Nada.

)n Tuesday, 6/9 

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Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government meets at 9 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills/ consideration of one executive nomination - Susan Wallace to the State Liquor Board.

On Wednesday, 6/10 and Thursday, 6/11 - Nada.

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/31/2026

Some shameless hypocrisy coming up this week, which, perversely, may indicate a real budget proposal is nigh.

Or certain Rs are just looking to get their hate on for civil society in new and ever more depraved ways.

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, 6/1 

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Joint Legislative Audit Committee meets at 9 a.m. in HHR1.  On the agenda: no bills; six items related to special audits.  Two of those items are about looking at the state's Child Care and Development Fund, which seems to be far more oversight for that than they give to ESAs.

On Tuesday, 6/2 

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Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Elder Abuse meets at 1 p.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: no bills, no presentations, just some public testimony at this point..

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/24/2026

As of right now, there are no committee meetings on the AZ lege's schedule, and while that *may* change, I don't expect that it will.  Not this week, anyway.

Two reasons:

1. There's a holiday early in the week.

2. One of the chambers is on vacation until next week.

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, 5/25 -Holiday.

On Tuesday, 5/26, Wednesday, 5/27, and Thursday, 5/28 - Nada.

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/17/2026

While silly season grinds on and while the Republicans at the lege voted to abandon ship go on vacation a couple weeks ago, there is still some activity at the Capitol.

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, 5/18 -

Some floor activity, but no committee activity.

On Tuesday, 5/19 

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Senate Natural Resources meets at 10 a.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: no bills, consideration of appointments to four boards.

On Wednesday, 5/20 

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Senate Education meets at 1:30 p.m. in SHR1.  On the agenda: no bills, consideration of the appointment of the student representative on the Arizona Board of Regents.

On Thursday, 5/21 - Nada.

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/10/2026

Silly season grinds on at the state legislature, but with a twist - the Republicans are now doing budget negotiations by abandoning their posts.

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, 5/11 

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Senate Director Nominations meets at 11:30 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: an inquisition "consideration" of John A. Conley, nominated to be Adjutant General of the Department Of Emergency And Military Affairs.

On Tuesday, 5/12, Wednesday, 5/13. Thursday, 5/14 - Nada

Legislative schedule - week starting 5/3/2026

While silly season grinds on, there will be some loud posturing going on as legislative Republicans have approved a package of budget bills so bad for average Arizonans and the state that Governor Hobbs has already said that it's DOA if/when it reaches her desk.

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, 5/4 

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Senate Rules is scheduled to meet this week [9:30 a.m. Senate Caucus Room 1].  On the agenda: 16 bills.  All are part of the budget package of the Senate's Republican Caucus.

The Senate Caucuses will meet to hear about those bills.  No time is listed, either on the agenda or the website itself, but I presume those meetings will take place some time after the Rules meeting.

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On Tuesday, 5/5, Wednesday, 5/6, and Thursday, 5/7 - Nada.

As in no committee meetings on the schedule (for now), though that may change next week.  However, there will be some preening and posturing on Tuesday -

Legislative schedule - week starting 4/26/2026

A (possible) break in the budget freeze at the Capitol this week, but don't hold your breath.

As of now, silly season continues at the Capitol.

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, 4/27 

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Senate Rules is scheduled to meet this week [1 p.m., Senate Caucus Room 1].  There are two bills on its agenda, however, the most interesting item on the agenda isn't a bill.

2. Request for permission from the Committee on Rules for the late introduction of bills relating to the budget

Hmmm... 

I don't yet know if this is for real or just for show.

My guess (and it's only that) is that they'll get a budget done by the middle of June - legislative Rs are scheduled to go to D.C. (on the taxpayer dime!) on June 15th - 17th.  While there, they'll be praising Cheeto and receiving their marching orders.

Senate Health and Human Service meets at 11 a.m. is SHR2.  On the agenda: no bills and one executive nomination - Dr. Lynette Livesay for the state's Board of Psychologist Examiners.

On Tuesday, 4/28, Wednesday, 4/29, and Thursday, 4/30 - nada scheduled (for now, anyway.)

Legislative schedule - week starting 4/19/2026

Hurry up and wait season grinds on as Governor Hobbs and legislative leadership negotiate a state budget behind closed doors.

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, 4/20 

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Senate Rules is scheduled to meet this week [1 p.m., Senate Caucus Room 1].  There are five bills on its agenda.

Senate Director Nominations meets at 11:30 a.m. in SHR109.  On the agenda: no bills, one director candidate to grill consider:

Ruvjit "Ruby" Dhillion-Williams for the Arizona Department of Housing.

On Tuesday, 4/21, Wednesday, 4/22, and Thursday, 4/23 - Nada on the schedule (for now, anyway).