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FIZZLED BILLS: Fireworks, marijuana and flex loans all went down in smoke
Lawmakers introduced 1,361 bills, memorials and resolutions in the 2016 legislative session, but in the end, most of those measures were left on the cutting room floor.
Mesnard offers new plan to create lieutenant governor position
Saying Arizona needs a better method of gubernatorial succession, a House panel voted on Jan. 28 to ask voters to create the position of lieutenant governor.
Farley refugee tuition bill is already on the books
Tucson Democrat Steve Farley wanted to help an Iraqi refugee get in-state tuition as soon as possible, so he decided to run a bill this year. But, it turned out, the bill was unnecessary.
Arizona Democrat introduces death-with-dignity measure
A Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill granting terminally ill patients the right to take their own lives with prescription life-ending drugs.
Lawmakers are introducing bills aimed at more than 1,000 things they want to change
The Legislature is back in session, and lawmakers have already filed more than 350 bills. That number will swell to more than 1,000 in the coming weeks, as members of the House and Senate begin the rush to push their bills through both chambers, and up to the governor’s desk.
House set to vote on bill outlawing ‘revenge porn’
The House of Representatives is fast-tracking legislation designed to outlaw “revenge porn” after an identical bill fell just short of passing in 2015.
Kavanagh bill would ban videos within 20 feet of a police officer
A state lawmaker wants to make criminals out of some people who take videos of cops questioning or arresting someone.
Year in Review: A sampling of notable bills passed by the Legislature
Of the hundreds of bills introduced by Arizona legislators in 2015, a few stood out above the rest – as odder, more controversial, resoundingly supported or panned by seemingly the entire state.
Livingston proposes accelerated tax breaks for insurance industry
A top state House Republican is moving to have the state speed up tax breaks for the insurance industry.
You got it done, but it wasn’t fun
The Senate got tired of waiting for the House and unilaterally adjourned, sending the House into chaos, as the chamber scrambled to figure out what the Senate’s action meant for its remaining work.
On second thought: playing the reconsideration game
Democrats were smitten when the House voted down Democratic Sen. Carlyle Begay’s bill to expand Empowerment Scholarship Accounts to all students on Native American reservations.
Arizona House again sets debate on abortion restrictions
The Arizona House has again scheduled debate on a bill barring women from buying any health care plan through the federal marketplace that includes abortion coverage after two previous delays.
