COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT
March 5, 2023
LD 7/LD-1 REPRESENTATIVE SPONSORS
SB 1109 – ROGERS – OPPOSE – Would legalize gun silencers!! USE RTS!
SB 1182 – BENNETT – OPPOSE – Would allocate state tax dollars to private, religious and for-profit universities at the expense of Arizona’s three public state universities! USE RTS!
SB 1234 – ROGERS – OPPOSE – Would ban the use of photo radar! Would lead to more dangerous roads and more collisions. USE RTS!
SB 1236 – ROGERS – OPPOSE – Would ban cities and counties from charging taxes or fees on blockchain technology, a form of crypto. USE RTS
VOTING SUPPRESSION
HB 2305 – OPPOSE – Would force election officials to allow political party representatives to observe ballot signature verification. USE RTS!
SB 1095 – OPPOSE – Would require early ballot envelopes to include a written warning about delayed results – an attempt to further confuse voters. USE RTS!
SB 1142 – OPPOSE – Would require public lists of state voter registration events – designed to open elections officials to legal complaints. USE RTS!
SB 1201 – OPPOSE – Would ban electronic polling place signatures from use in ballot verification – calling them “inherently fraudulent”. USE RTS!
HB 2308 – OPPOSE – Would ban the Secretary of State from overseeing an election in which s/he is a candidate. USE RTS!
HB 2415 – OPPOSE – Would further restrict the state’s early voting list (AEVL) by stripping voters if they fail to vote their early ballots in all elections within a given election cycle. USE RTS!
HB 2477 – OPPOSE – Affirms the importance of the electoral college system for presidential elections. This system is an artifact that has outlived its usefulness and adversely affects minorities by diluting their political power. USE RTS!
SB 1141 – OPPOSE – Would require anyone who turns in an early ballot at the polls to show ID and if they turn in more than one ballot (say for a spouse or other relative) to sign an affidavit. Clearly an attempt to intimidate voters! USE RTS!
SB 1144 – OPPOSE – Would ban “electronic vote adjudication”, – the process to resolve ballots with some errors – a process that is used today only sparingly. No good reason to ban such a practice. USE RTS
SB 1213 – OPPOSE – Would mandate the Legislative Council, not the Secretary of State, create the official elections procedure manual. Can you imagine what that would do to our elections!! USE RTSs
SCR 1015 – OPPOSE – Would ask voters to restrict Arizona’s initiative and referendum process by requiring that ballot measures collect signatures from a percentage of voters in each of Arizona’s 30 legislative districts. USE RTS!
GOVERNANCE
SB 1435 – OPPOSE – Would move attorney licensing in Arizona from the State Bar to the Arizona Supreme Court – neither group supports this. USE RTS!
SB 1011 – Kavanagh (R-3) – OPPOSE – Would make municipal elections, mayors and city council, partisan starting in 2024. Clearly a partisan attempt to sway local elections. Use RTS.
HOMELESSNESS
SB 1024 – OPPOSE – Would ban tents, tarps, boxes or “any full or partial enclosure for habitation” on streets, sidewalks or other public rights of way. USE RTS!
PUBLIC SAFETY
SB 1254 – OPPOSE – Would remove the current requirement that prescribed opioids must have a red cap on the pill container. Such a requirement is meant to warn people that the prescription use should be used with caution. USE RTS
HB 2474 – OPPOSE – Would ban immunizations that have been approved by the FDA emergency use authorization process from being required for school attendance. No scientific ground to justify this bill! USE RTS!!
SB 1331 – OPPOSE – Would ban school governing boards from restricting or prohibiting the parent of a student from carrying or transporting a firearm on school property if the parent possesses a valid concealed weapons permit (something that is ridiculously easy to get). USE RTS
WOMEN’S RIGHTS
SB 1600 – OPPOSE – Would broaden a controversial anti-abortion bill from 2017 that requires clinic,hospitals and physicians to “care for a baby delivered alive”. This bill forces unnecessary procedures on babies with no chance of survival instead of allowing those babies to die in the arms of their parents. USE RTS!
ABILITY OF CITES/COUNTIES TO MANAGE FUNDS
HB 2472 – OPPOSE – Would ban the state from requiring banks to use a “social credit score” when evaluating loan worthiness. USE RTS!
SB 1096 – OPPOSE – This bill would prohibit any public entity from entering into a contract of over $100,000 with a company that “discriminates’ against the firearm industry. Also would prohibit public entities from adopting policies that have the “effect of inducing discrimination” against the firearms industry. USE RTS!
HB 2394 – OPPOSE – Would ban Arizona and its cities and counties from enforcing any tax on firearms or ammo since it “might create a chilling effect on the purchase or ownership of those items by law- abiding citizens.” Too bad!! USE RTS!
SB 1611 – OPPOSE – Would ban government from contracting with any company unless the contract specifies the company will not “discriminate” based on political affiliation or social or environmental values. USE RTS!
EDUCATION
SB 1013 – OPPOSE – Would eliminate “free speech” zones on college campuses – allowing anyone who is present to protest anywhere on campus. This could result in protests in the classrooms and other sensitive areas – crating safety issues. Being pushed by the Goldwater Institute – enough said. Use RTS
SB 1564 – OPPOSE – Would mandate that students at small private schools or who use the ESA vouchers must be allowed to try out for interscholastic activities at PUBLIC schools! Clearly a terrible bill. U1657 – USE RTS
SB 1599 – OPPOSE – Would impose penalties of up to $5,000 per day for school districts that don’t post teacher salary information – something that is already required by law. Of course it doesn’t apply to taxpayer-funded, private voucher schools nor does it require a comparison of salaries in other states. USE RTS!
SB 1546 – SUPPORT – Would set up a $100,000 grant program for district and charter school community gardens. Such gardens offer many benefits to the school students and the community. USE RTS!
SB 1694 – OPPOSE – Would ban the state, including schools, from requiring “diversity, equity, and inclusion programs” for its employees, spending public funds on such programs, or setting policies to influence the composition of the workforce on the basis of sex, race or color. USE RTS!
SB 1700 – OPPOSE – Would double down on last year’s measures to ban many books from schools and institute public review of such books. Any parent would be able to ask a school to remove a book. Ridiculous! USE RTS!
TAXATION
HB 2003 – OPPOSE – Would slash corporate income taxes nearly in half by 2025. USE RTS!
SB 1276 – OPPOSE – Would accelerate tax cuts on class 1 property – golf courses, shopping centers, utilities. Another attempt to reduce state revenue. USE RTS
SB 1577 & SCR 1035 – OPPOSE – Would mandate that If Arizona had a budget surplus in any given year, then the state would have to automatically cut income taxes by 50% for the next year! USE RTS!
SB 1559 – OPPOSE – Would exempt from state taxes all of the first-year profits for a corporation in its first year of business, half the profits in year two and a quarter of the profits in year three. It would waive all fees as well. This is no time to further grant tax breaks to business! USE RTS!
ENVIRONMENTAL
SB 1501 – OPPOSE – Would ban public utility companies like APS, SRP and TEP from using their revenues to build or operate EV charging stations! USE RTS!
SB 1224 – SUPPORT – Would restore the $10 million allocation from lottery dollars for the State Parks Heritage Fund for trails, protecting cultural sites, education ,etc. USE RTS.
SB 1257 – OPPOSE – Would put more resources into augmentation of water resources and not into conservation of water. USE RTS!
HB 2437 – OPPOSE – Would exempt power transmission lines on private land to have an environmental review. USE RTS!
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SB 1544 – SUPPORT – Would raise the monthly stipend for kinship foster care parents (those related to the child) to the same $600 per month that every other foster care parent gets. USE RTS!
Here is the contact information for our Legislators:
AZ SENATE:
LD 1 – Ken Bennett 602-926-5874
LD 7 – Wendy Rogers 602-926-3042
LD 6 – Theresa Hatathlie 602-926-5160
President Warren Petersen 602-926-4136
Majority Ldr Sonny Borrelli 602-926-5031
Minority Ldr Raquel Teran 602-926-3308
AZ HOUSE:
LD 1 – Selina Bliss 602-926-4018
LD 1 – Quang Nguyen 602-926-3258
LD 7 – David Cook 602-926-5162
LD 7 – David Marshall 602-926-3579
LD 6 – Mae Peshlakai 602-926-3708
LD 6 – Myron Tsosie 602-926-3157
Speaker Ben Toma 602-926-3298
Majority Ldr Leo Biasiucci 602-926-3018
Minority Ldr Andres Cano 602-926-3027
E-Mail Contact for Governor Katie Hobbs:
https://azgovernor.gov/contact/form/contact-governor-hobbs