The Arizona Legislature suspended the Fifty Fourth Legislature – Second Regular Session on March 23 as a result of the general shutdown caused by the Covid-19 virus. The Senate returned on May 8 only to vote to end their 2020 session altogether for the year. The House decided to remain in session. It now appears […]
The Arizona Legislature recessed in March due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Senate came back on May 8 to adjourn sine die (which means, they really wanted to adjourn for the year), but since the House did not adjourn, then legally the Senate really did not either. Now, the House Rules Committee has decided to […]
Democratic Candidates Mark Kelly for U.S. Senate, Felicia French for AZ Senate in LD-6, and Coral Evans for AZ House in LD-6 are unopposed in the August primary. Like Joe Biden, these are our “presumptive nominees” and you’ll be seeing more and more about them from us. Each of them faces a tough contest in […]
Most of these bills are not available for Request to Speak since there are only a few committees meeting this week. The bills are transitioning from one house to the other this week so most of these are scheduled for floor votes this week. We recommend that folks e-mail or call the legislators to express […]
The biggest highlight of Environmental Day at the Capitol on Jan. 5 was the number of students who attended. They were mostly high schoolers from Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff and other places as well. They were there because they have an interest in how our state government works, and because they have questions for our lawmakers […]
Bob Thorpe withdrew his voter suppression bill thanks to quick action by many concerned citizens. Thanks for responding to yesterday’s Call to Action. Here’s what the RTS report looked like after your good work. And, many of you called and used Resistbot!
The Arizona Legislature will be in the red zone of its session this coming week — this is the time that critical budget decisions are made and “strike-everything” amendments rear up without notice. “Strike everything” means bills that don’t really matter to the Republican majority get amended to strike all of their original language and […]
SB 1188 – OPPOSE – Allows purging of Permanent Early Voting List, taking the “Permanent” out of what voters anticipate in their voter registration. Would decrease voter participation. SB 1485 – SUPPORT – Puts a cap the School Tuition Credits from Corporations. These credits take money out of the general fund which supports public schools. […]
Please contact your legislators regarding these bills. The legislature is behind — which should mean a busy week. And, they have yet to seriously start of the big enchilada — The Budget. Education Bills SB 1485 – SUPPORT – Bill would end the 20% annual automatic growth of corporate private school tax credits by gradually […]
Criminal Justice Bill Alerts The following are bills related to Criminal Justice in Arizona. They are out of committee so it is not possible to use the RTS system. Contact your Senators about these bills this week. CONTACT Senators – LD6 & LD7 Sylvia Allen (R) LD6 602-926-5409 Jamescita Peshlakai (D) LD7 […]