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Looming end to legislative session to see major bill action
The Arizona Legislature's annual session is drawing to a close and leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives are aiming to adjourn before Easter.
Elections committee kills ballot harvesting ban revival
Lawmakers attempted to revive one of the most controversial portions of a repealed election law from 2013 via a last-minute strike-everything amendment to a bill in a special meeting of House Elections Committee Thursday. But they were rebuffed by one of the original opponents of the wide-reaching election bill from 2013.
Challenges face new versions of Mesnard’s revenge porn law
Rep. J.D. Mesnard is struggling between a narrower revenge porn law that wouldn’t be tied up in court, or a broader version that would better protect victims.
Bill keeping cops’ names secret nears final passage; opponents cite racial overtones
Opponents of a Senate bill that will keep the names of police officers who kill a secret for two months are calling on Gov. Doug Ducey to veto it.
Voters, possibly Congress, will determine fate of Land Dept. funding
Now that lawmakers have voted in favor of a proposal allowing the Arizona State Land Department to fund itself through the sale of state trust land, two more votes may be needed before the plan can go into effect – one from the state’s voters and one from Congress.
Phoenix VA hospital boss to testify at state Legislature
The new director of the Veterans Administration's Phoenix health system is set to brief members of the Arizona Legislature on problems at local VA hospital and clinics.
It’s time to stop legislating women’s health care
Once again, the Arizona Legislature has taken up the mantle of limiting women’s access to safe and legal abortion. Senate Bill 1318 is the latest example of this.
Bills move lifting city powers to dictate vegetation and restricting marijuana grow ops
Action from yesterday’s legislative session included passage of bills disallowing cities to dictate to developers what kind of plants they have to install; restricting marijuana cultivation facilities from neighborhoods and allowing businesses to publish public notices on a a website.
All eyes on Arizona at the US Supreme Court
Former US Solicitor General Paul Clement, who represents the Legislature in Arizona Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, kicked things off today (March 2) at the US Supreme Court.
Dead bills: Once-promising measures get nowhere
Last week’s deadline to hear bills in chamber-of-origin committees was the single biggest hurdle for the 1,138 bills introduced in the Legislature this year.
Measures move forward on livestock abuse; schools chief powers
Action from yesterday’s legislative session included passage of bills creating a separate set of animal cruelty laws for livestock and poultry; defining the powers of the superintendent of public instruction and allowing police to pull over motorists driving vehicles where both brake or tail lights are not working.
Poll: Arizonans want education, water to be top issues for lawmakers
A poll released Tuesday by the Morrison Institute for Public Policy and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University suggests that education and water are the top concerns on the minds of Arizonans as state lawmakers meet.
