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Bowers backs bid to stop gay, transgender discrimination
House Speaker Rusty Bowers is throwing his weight behind a bill to ban discrimination against gay and transgender people. “It is the doctrine of my faith that we are all... […]
Speaker’s Gambit: Bowers nixes election bill
House Speaker Rusty Bowers nixes legislative override of elections by assigning bill to 12 House committees in a move unseen in recent history.
House moves critical race theory ban to Senate
Two controversial education bills, one banning “critical race theory” in Arizona schools and one that, supporters say, would keep sexually explicit materials out of schools, passed the House on party-line... […]
Bill sets 15-foot distance to film cops
Sponsor of House Bill 2319 says it will keep officers safe and result in better police videos while critics say it would be an unconstitutional restriction on free speech.
Anti-masker asks House minority leader why he wears a slave muzzle, gets banned
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1643324215517{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”]A Scottsdale anti-mask activist has been banned from the House and Senate buildings after asking a Black lawmaker why he was wearing a “slave muzzle.” ... […]
Legislators file bills to extend Maricopa County’s transportation tax
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Electric Dreams: After more than two decades, Legislature poised to end competition
A major rewrite of Arizona’s electric energy policy is making its way through the House. Supporters of House Bill 2101, which will repeal the 1998 law that tried to create... […]
Covid battles rankle legislators
The House chambers have felt a little emptier this year. A noticeable number of members have been absent forcing leadership at times to appoint new members to committees to replace... […]
Bowers seeks decorum, civility
House Speaker Rusty Bowers is entering his last year leading the chamber. And it’s not shaping up to be an easy one for the Mesa Republican, who is term-limited in... […]
Bolding fears a 2022 session like 2021
House Minority Leader Reginald Bolding thinks this year’s session could be a lot like last year’s. The Laveen Democrat discussed the upcoming session in a recent interview with the Arizona... […]
GOP glimpse into election law fights
Republican lawmakers who met December 13 to discuss allegations of voter fraud in Pima County during the 2020 presidential election provided a glimpse at what some of the policy battles in next year’s legislative session could look like.
Abortion ruling could lead to stricter laws
Supporters and opponents of legal abortion are bracing themselves for a court ruling next year that could give Arizona lawmakers far more power to regulate or ban abortion.
