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Speaker gives bill to extend education sales tax new life
House Speaker J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, announced today on the House floor that he would be withdrawing HB2158 from the House Ways and Means Committee.
House committee passes watered-down version of teen marriage bill
The 8-1 vote came after Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, conceded she could not get the votes for her original plan to outlaw marriage entirely by anyone who is younger than 18.
Elimination of car registration decals can save state $1.8 million, lawmaker says
Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita is proposing to eliminate one of the things police can use as an excuse to stop and question motorists: those metallic tags affixed to license plates that show whether a vehicle's registration is expired.
Panel approves new approach to electing presidents
A House panel on Monday approved a measure, that, had it been in effect in 2000, would have meant Al Gore would have been president.
House committee OKs bill for voters to kill Clean Elections
A House committee has passed a measure asking voters to eliminate the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
Committee votes to move up primary election
The five members of the House Elections Committee agreed that Arizona’s late August primary election date should be earlier. Exactly when the primary election will be may have to be a discussion for another day.
SOS says political committee bill will apply to pending enforcement actions
A top official from the Secretary of State’s Office said the retroactivity clause in its bill to rewrite the definition of “political committee” should prevent the dismissal of any pending enforcement actions based on the old definition.
Bill would redefine ‘political committee’ in statute
The legal wilderness that Arizona’s campaign finance regulations have encountered since a federal judge struck down a key statute last year may soon come to an end.
House committee passes bill creating Arizona lieutenant governor position
A proposal approved by a House panel Monday would change what happens in Arizona when a governor dies, quits or is forcibly removed from office.
Committee passes bill taking away rent taxing ability from cities
State lawmakers took the first steps Monday to strip cities of their ability to tax rents on homes and apartments.
Candidates could keep addresses secret under Townsend proposal
A GOP lawmaker wants to allow candidates to keep their home addresses secret, an effort that could make it more difficult to verify that an elected official or candidate for office lives in the district they claim to represent.
With change in address, Ugenti may have broken election rules
The vast majority of voters cast their ballots by mail, but not Rep. Michelle Ugenti. She cast her Aug. 26 primary ballot the old-fashioned way, in a booth, at the neighborhood polling place. The only problem is that the unopposed Republican incumbent, who represents Scottsdale at the state Legislature, voted at the polling place associated with a house in which she no longer lived.
