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AZ NOW Legislative Alert 3-17-17
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Dianne Post, Legislative Liaison NOW
If you only do a few, please consider doing SB1367, SB1355 and SB1422 as they focus on women’s right specifically.
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TITLE/CONTENT
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STATUS/ACTION
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HCR2002
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Repeal Prop 105, allowing legislature the right to repeal citizens initiative or referenda
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OPPOSE Passed in House, not scheduled in Senate
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him NOT to schedule. |
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HCR 2007
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Allow legislature to repeal referenda
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OPPOSE Passed in House, not scheduled in Senate.
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him NOT to schedule. |
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HCR 2010/SCR 1024
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Constitutional Convention - the last thing we need now is a constitutional convention run by the Alt Right to re- write the constitution
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PASSED both houses, sent to Secretary of State on 3/15/2017
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HCR2013
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Constitutional convention for balanced budget – no, the last thing we need now is a constitutional convention run by the Alt Right to re-write the constitution, probably don’t need since have the one above
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OPPOSE – Passed House, passed Senate committee 4-3, awaiting floor vote Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him NOT to schedule.
Contact your own Senator to vote against. |
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HCR2016
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Care enough to get in the way of bullying etc.
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SUPPORT, PASSED House, sent to Senate on 2/22 – no hearings set. Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him to schedule the bill for a hearing.
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HB 2054
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Foreign Corporations register to donate to or participate in initiative process
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SUPPORT - PASSED House, sent to Senate, passed Senate Judiciary on 3/16. Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him to schedule the bill for a floor vote.
Contact your own Senator to vote for. |
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HB2091
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Repeal required fingerprinting for TANF, SNAP
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SUPPORT - PASSED HOUSE, Passed Senate HHS on 3/15,.
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him to schedule the bill for a floor vote.
Contact your own Senator to vote for.
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HB 2208
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Inhalers, administration – allows teachers and school personnel to assist a child with an inhaler
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SUPPORT Passed House, Senate passed HHS on 3/8.
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him to schedule the bill for a floor vote. Contact your own Senator to vote for. |
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HB2226
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Request Article V convention to balance budget, probably don’t need due to SCR2014 above
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OPPOSE - PASSED House, Passed Senate appropriations,
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him NOT to schedule for a floor vote. Contact your own Senator to vote against. |
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HB2238
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Sex trafficking –WAS A STRIKE EVERYTHING – changed child prostitution to child sex trafficking, simply put sex trafficking in place of word prostitution,
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SUPPORT – Passed House, retained in Senate COW on 3/13
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him to schedule the bill for a hearing. |
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HB2268
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Must submit sexual assault evidence kits in 15 days, annual reporting on rape kits
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SUPPORT – PASSED House and Senate, went to Governor on 3/16.
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HB2302
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Electoral College – shall vote for candidate with highest # of votes in state
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PASSED HOUSE, SENT to Senate, passed Judiciary, awaiting floor, MIXED OPINIONS
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HB2320
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Ballot measures, put on disclosure about 105, Ugenti – thinks we are dumb?
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OPPOSE, Passed House, not heard in Senate
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him NOT to schedule. |
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HB2290
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Provisional licenses, criminal convictions
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SUPPORT, Passed House, hearing in Senate Commerce and Public Safety on 3/20/2017
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HB2372
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Extends TANF 12 months with conditions – Dems oppose conditions, but does extend time for some people.
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SUPPORT – Passed House, passed Senate HHS.
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him to schedule the bill for the floor. Contact your own Senator to vote in favor. |
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HB2403
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Clean elections, prohibited contributions – cannot pay a political
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OPPOSE Passed House, no action in Senate
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him NOT to schedule.
Contact your own Senator to oppose should it come to floor.
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HB2404
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Strict compliance for initiatives – trying to diminish voter power, guarantee signatures, file a bond, punish organization for individual violation, criminal background check, can’t pay based on number of signatures
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OPPOSE – Passed House, Passed Senate Jud.
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him NOT to schedule for floor. Contact your own Senator to oppose should it come to floor. |
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HB2408
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Making wheelchair only parking spaces and decals
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OPPOSE – Passed House, held in Senate Transportation and Technology committee.
Contact Committee Chair Bob Worsley and tell him NOT to hear it. bworsley@azleg.gov, 602 926 5760 |
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HB2444
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Sexual assault, victim advocate, privilege
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SUPPORT – Passed House, passed Senate Judiciary,
Contact Senate President Steve Yarbrough, syarbrough@azleg.gov, 602 926 5863 to encourage him to schedule for floor. Contact your own Senator to support. |
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SB1009
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Theft of flag is crime- Kavanagh
we already have a law prohibiting theft, we don’t need another one specially for the flag. It’s aimed at demonstrators. |
OPPOSE - Passed Senate, no action in House
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him NOT to schedule. |
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SB1069
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Greatly reduced to simply say that if your sentence is set aside, you can answer “no” on the employment question regarding conviction
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SUPPORT - Passed Senate, no action in House
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him to schedule it for a hearing. |
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SB1071
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Can get provisional licenses for vocations with criminal convictions (HB2290)
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SUPPORT Passed Senate, to be heard in House Military Veterans and Regulations committee on 3/20/2017
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SB1108
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Cash assistance to children allowed if living with unrelated adult and in DCS care
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SUPPORT - Passed Senate, Passed health committee in House.
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him to schedule for floor. |
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Contact your own two representatives to support it.
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SB1128
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Fetal death – (Lesko) not about abortion but if don’t make a category of exclusion for fetal death, the patient cannot be counted in survey
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OPPOSE - PASSED House 30-0. Passed House Health 9-0. In both cases both parties obviously voted for it.
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him NOT to schedule. Contact your own two representatives to oppose it should it come to floor. |
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SB1157
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Competency hearings – shorten TF from Task Force Jeremy and Post are on
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SIGNED by Gov. Ducey on 3/14
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SB1158
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Borrelli, TF – ending court debts in 20 years, fine mitigation, non payment does not mean revocation, can mitigate if hardship, pays money to person not probation officer, community restitution, time spent on other crimes counts, can waive interest and it’s down from 10% to 4%,
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SUPPORT - PASSED Senate, no hearings yet in House
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him to schedule it for a hearing. |
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SB1160
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Borrelli – TF – driving violation, restricted rather than suspended license, w/o glasses is misd, violation is civil not criminal, cop cannot take car unless driving on revoked not suspended license, and several other positive provisions.
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SUPPORT, Passed in Senate, No hearings yet in House
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him to schedule it for a hearing. |
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SB1163
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Borrelli – TF – hearing bonds, release procedures, replace bail with bond, replace bail schedule except for misd, hearing if keep in, conditions of release
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SUPPORT, Passed Senate, no hearings yet in House
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him to schedule it for a hearing. |
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SB1198
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Public accommodation, services, civil actions – Kavanagh, , to allow businesses an extra 90 days to comply with Americans with Disabilities Law – they have already had 26 years.
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OPPOSE – Passed Senate, to be heard in House Judiciary and Public Safety on 3/22/2017
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SB1239
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Making it a parking violation to be on access aisles for disabilities – Kavanagh - pits one part of the disability community against another.
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OPPOSE – Passed Senate, passed House Transportation and Rules.
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him NOT to schedule. Contact your own two representatives to |
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oppose.
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SB1253
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Cops can review the video tapes of a use of force incident before giving a statement – opposite of best practice
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OPPOSE – Passed Senate, passed House judiciary committee.
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him NOT to schedule for floor. Contact your own two representatives to oppose it. |
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SB1254
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Charter schools can refuse to admit kids from a school under desegregation order. Charter schools should have the same responsibilities as public schools. Both parties voted for it.
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OPPOSE – Passed Senate, passed House education.
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him NOT to schedule. Contact your own two representatives to oppose it should it come to floor. |
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SB1278
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Appropriation for felony pretrial intervention
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SUPPORT – passed Senate, held in House Jud, passed House rules,
Contact House Judiciary chair Eddie Farnsworth, efarnsworth@azleg.gov, 602 926 5735 to encourage him to schedule it for a hearing. |
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SB1315
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DR – amended to add “substantial” to the evaluation of which parent gives the other access to children. It harms battered women and those protecting abused and molested children because they are not willing to give “substantial” time as they are protecting the child so they are punished often by losing custody all together to the abuser.
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OPPOSE – passed Senate, no action in House
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him NOT to schedule. |
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SB1342
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Requiring search warrants for tracking devices and cell simulators (sting ray)
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SUPPORT - PASSED, Passed Senate, Passed House judiciary committee, ready for floor.
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him to schedule it for the floor. Contact your own two representatives to support it. |
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SB1355
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Rights of sexual assault survivor, testing of DNA and match etc.
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SUPPORT – passed Senate, no action in House
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him to schedule it for a hearing. |
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SB1366
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Police officer victim is an aggravating
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OPPOSE – PASSED Senate, passed
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factor – NO already have as a felony
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House Judiciary
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him NOT to schedule. Contact your own two representatives to oppose it should it come to floor. |
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SB1367
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Reporting a life birth from an abortion or punish doctor unless s/he tries to keep fetus alive,
This requires abortion clinics to have expensive equipment and file additional reports or a doctor could be criminally charged – attempt to make abortion more difficult. |
OPPOSE – Passed Senate, Passed House Judiciary
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him NOT to schedule. Contact your own two representatives to oppose it should it come to floor. |
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SB1406
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Establishes a juvenile justice reform committee study
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SUPPORT - Passed Senate, no action in House.
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him to schedule it for a hearing. |
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SB1422
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Vacate conviction of sex trafficking victim including for ordinance, cannot use as prior conviction for future punishment
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SUPPORT Passed Senate, Passed Judiciary and Rules in House
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him to schedule it for the floor. Contact your own two representatives to support it. |
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SB1439
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No discrimination against health care agencies that REFUSE end of life care decisions by patients. Could interfere with advance directives.
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OPPOSE – Passed Senate, passed Judiciary and Rules in House
Contact House Speaker, Jmesnard@azleg.gov, 602 926 4481 to encourage him NOT to schedule. Contact your own two representatives to oppose it should it come to floor. |
Below are the deadlines that are coming up. Things will speed up as they approach the end of the session. It is important to act right away or the time is gone.
3/24/17 Last day House can consider Senate bills and Senate can consider House bills.
4/14/17 Last day for conference committee
4/18/17 100th Day of the Session
4/29/17 Session can only be extended by House or Senate vote.
3/24/17 Last day House can consider Senate bills and Senate can consider House bills.
4/14/17 Last day for conference committee
4/18/17 100th Day of the Session
4/29/17 Session can only be extended by House or Senate vote.
What happens next now that HCR 2010/ SCR 1024 have been sent to the Secretary of State? I can’t seem to find the answer.
I’m sorry I couldn’t either…. YIKES!
HCR2010/SR1024 Section 5 states:
5. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit a copy of this Resolution to the President and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona and the presiding officers of each house of the several state legislatures, requesting their cooperation.
So now that it has gone to the Secretary of State, she is to mail it to the people named above.
Hi Judith, did you find what you needed?
Just checking in. <3 Kathryn