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Legislative Alerts ~ Week of April 22, 2019
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 […]
Continue readingLegislative Alerts ~ Week of April 15, 2019
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 […]
Continue readingLegislative Alerts ~ Week of April 7, 2019
USE RTS: (Most of the RTS input needs to be done no later than noon on Monday, 4/8) SB 1173 – SUPPORT – Bill would continue to provide supplemental child care assistance to parents who go back to school to further their employment goals. SB 1291 – OPPOSE – Incredibly this bill would legalize nunchuku, […]
Continue readingLEGISLATIVE ALERTS ~ Week of March 25, 2019
Things are heating up in Phoenix and it’s not just the temperature. This is a long list, but it’s filled with important stuff from top to bottom. Use Request to Speak (RTS): SB 1149 – SUPPORT – Slow down the use of Tax Credits by requiring a review by a bipartisan commission HB 2125 – […]
Continue readingSylvia Allen Says She Won’t Run!
Jeremy Duda, Arizona Mirror reporter, tweeted this morning that LD-6 State Senator Sylvia Allen says she won’t run for another term, even though she’s not termed out in until 2022. This is good news for Democrat Felicia French, who has announced she’ll run for the seat after losing her AZ House bid by just a […]
Continue readingLEGISLATIVE ALERT ~ Week of March 11, 2019
It’s a busy week in the legislature. Lots of bills will be on the floor of each House and there are important committee hearings, too. Make your voice heard by using Request to Speak or call or write your representatives whose contact info we provide below. USE RTS: HB 2125 – & SB 1242 – […]
Continue readingEnvironmental/Water Alerts – Week of March 3, 2019
CONTACT AZ HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES: Bob Thorpe – 602-926-5219 Walt Blackman – 602-926-3043 HB 2609 – OPPOSE – Harquahala Non-Expansion Area: Groundwater Transfer. It allows landowners (private water investment companies) to extract water to a depth of 1500’ rather than the current limit of 1000’ and transport it to an active […]
Continue readingLegislative Alerts -Week of March 3, 2019
USE RTS (Request to Speak): HB 2186 – SUPPORT – Would outlaw actions that bring attention to students who are unable to pay for a school meal. HCR2005 – OPPOSE – Would ask voters to restrict initiative and referendum processes by requiring ballot measures to collect signatures from a percentage of voters in each of […]
Continue readingWhat Democrats Tried to Do in the Legislature
With the deadline to move bills from their assigned committee gone, we thought we’d share a sample of what Republicans refused to hear in committee so far this year. A repeal of the “no promo homo” law, which would have allowed health education to be taught appropriately and stopped shaming LGBTQ youth. The Equal Rights […]
Continue readingLEGISLATIVE ALERT – WEEK OF 2/18/19
by Darrell Boomgaarden, Legislative Chair Lots going on so this will have to be brief. Use RTS (Request To Speak) Updates: SB 1320 – Oppose – transfer of ESA oversight to Treasury from Education – sponsored by D Livingston who’s wife ran unsuccessfully for superintendent of schools – a position now held by a […]
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