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Lawmaker keeps bill alive in Senate by promising it will die in House
Sen. Don Shooter persuaded his fellow senators to advance a bill out of the Senate on March 7 by promising them the bill as written is essentially dead on arrival in the House.
House panel OKs bill allowing pot destruction
An Arizona House panel has approved a bill allowing police to destroy medical marijuana seized during a criminal investigation.
Brewer pitches compromise in sales tax simplification plan
The outlines of a potential compromise between municipalities and supporters of a bill that seeks to simplify the state’s sales tax system emerged this month, a few days after the governor’s office pitched the idea to mayors.
House limits service times for photo tickets
The Arizona House is making it harder for process servers to find people who are avoiding photo enforcement tickets.
AZ House approves new biz, self-employed tax cuts
A sharply divided Arizona House has given final approval to a bill lowering the property tax rate assessed on fixtures and other so-called "personal property" businesses own if they expand and add jobs.
Legislation takes on medical marijuana labeling, cultivation in Arizona
For Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, some edible medical marijuana products are too easy to mistake for candy and should be labeled clearly by law.
Bill allowing struggling schools to implement 200-day school year passes House
Arguing that struggling schools and students need more class time and less summer vacation, state representatives approved a bill to allow such schools to increase their calendar year to 200 days, and pull in some extra state money in the process.
Senate panel approves bill to make petition drives more efficient
An Arizona Senate panel cleared legislation that would require political organizations to better organize signatures they collect and reward those that conduct background checks of their own paid circulators.
House OKs bill changing judicial selection choices
The Arizona House has passed a bill expanding from three to five the number of judicial nominees a commission sends to the governor for her to choose from.
Brewer, Medicaid expansion backers rally at AZ Capitol
Gov. Jan Brewer brought supporters Tuesday to the state Capitol to rally behind her plan to expand Medicaid to about 300,000 more Arizonans, ramping up pressure on lawmakers to vote for the expansion that she fought tooth and nail up until last year's Supreme Court decision upholding the federal health care overhaul.
Senate advances state sovereignty ballot measure
Almost four months after voters rejected a similar measure, the Arizona Senate approved a resolution Monday that could send another state sovereignty measure to voters in November 2014.
House approves collateral source rule on civil cases
With no debate, the House on Monday approved a controversial tort reform bill that would require plaintiffs in civil action cases involving personal injury, wrongful death or destruction of property to disclose other benefits paid through their insurance.
