Expectations were not high for getting too many bills passed by Democrats this legislative session. Given the MAGA majority in both our State House and Senate the overwhelming majority of the 602 bills sponsored by Democrats* were not even granted a hearing.
The following bills are among the small number to pass out of their first chamber, are in process of being assigned to a committee in the second chamber and will hopefully be granted a hearing and a floor vote.
HB2380: Sponsored by Alma Hernandez (LD20) established the Arizona Rare Disease Advisory Council to educate the public. Legislature and other government agencies on the needs of Arizonans living with rare diseases. Chaplik and Kolodin voted NO
HB2559: Sponsored by Lupe Contreras (LD22) makes consistent across statutes where the justification defense can be used in criminal cases regardless.
HB2801: Sponsored by Janeen Connolly (LD8) establishes the Technology Study Committee to study and address specific issues related to assistive technology.
HB2944: Sponsored by Alma Hernandez (LD20) excludes any time a patient spent in a jail or prison when computing inpatient days available to a patient.
SB1182: Sponsored by Senator Analise Ortiz (LD24), provides necessary heat protections for construction workers.
SB1383: Sponsored by Mitzi Epstein (LD12 ) requires district and charter schools provide, upon parent request, the healthcare credentials of anyone acting as a healthcare provider and list their emergency training.
SB1632 Sponsored by Theresa Hatathlie (LD6) establishes a Hopi Tribe special license plate.
On schedule for a Monday Floor vote
HB2677: sponsored by Cesar Aguilar (LD26) permits a public school to offer career and technical education (CTE) courses to middle school students that count towards 8th grade promotion and high school graduation.
HB2779: sponsored by Consuelo Hernandez (LD21) requires immediate notification of a juvenile's parents, guardian or custodian if they are taken into temporary custody on school property
* 602 bills have been sponsored by Democrats compared to 1200 sponsored by Republicans
There was hope a bill by Nancy Gutierrez, HB2013, safeguarding school lunches to students would make it out of the House. It made it through Committees and the Committee of the Whole Floor vote but was not granted a final floor vote and looks to be dead. There is an extremely slight chance some procedural jockeying can be done to get this bill to the finish line.
Looking for a few bills to use RTS?
HB2018 allows private and religious colleges to use Teacher Academy public funds. Current use is for state colleges and universities. 👎
HB2022 establishes a program for arming classroom teachers and public school staff. 👎
HB2221 mandates that cities and towns will not be allowed to reduce their law enforcement budget below the previous year, regardless of revenue or need. 👎
SB1041 includes school board candidates on the list of candidates able to use the E-Qual electronic signature gathering system👍
If you are still not sure how a bill becomes law, this chart may help.
We are at the end of #6 for bills leaving their chamber of origin. The process for # 2-5 will be repeated in the second chamber.
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