Summary created by Dianne Post, JD
As expected, Governor Hobbs vetoed far more of the bills we opposed (33), versus the number of bills signed that we supported (16). Because of the makeup of the legislature, most of the bills we supported were never heard in committee, and thus never passed. It is difficult to even have a discussion on anything progressive or neutral.
We should thank Governor Hobbs for actively using her veto pen. We should thank ourselves and each other for registering to vote, campaigning, contributing, and voting so that we have a Governor who can veto the worst of the bills. Please work just as hard or harder in the 2024 election so we can turn over this legislature and get some decent government.
Signed Bills
HOUSE BILLS
Number |
Topic |
ISSUE |
CATEGORY – Reproductive Justice, economic justice, ending violence against women, racial justice, LGBTQIA rights, Constitutional equality |
ACTION |
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HB2055 Bliss |
Probation, worktime credits; reporting |
Can report remotely, take into consideration work schedule, family obligations and health before setting time and location requirements. work time credits to allow reduction of probation. |
Economic Justice: Humane response to allow those on probation especially in rural areas or without cars or transportation to report and if working to be released earlier. SUPPORT |
Governor signed on 4/13 |
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HB2339 Shah |
Prisoners; medical records; family access |
A prisoner can designate a person to get their medical record. |
Racism: often prisons refuse to give medical records which covers up their neglect. SUPPORT |
Governor, Signed 4/17 |
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HB2478 Payne |
Aggravated assault; LE employees |
Would apply the aggravated assault addition penalty to law enforcement in addition to a peace officer. |
Racial: the aggravated assault charge is used to increase penalties for BIPOC and for legal protesters to kick up from misdemeanor to felony. They add that to most every police report just for the fun of it. We already have some of the harshest laws in the U.S. We don’t need more OPPOSE |
Governor Signed 5/19 |
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HB2485 Payne |
Aggravated assault, ambush, police |
aggravated assault on peace officer adding 2 years with no release. |
Racism: We already have penalties for such attacks. AZ has some of the harshest penalties in the U.S. We don’t need more to feed our for-profit prison industry. OPPOSE |
Governor signed on 4/28 |
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HB2489 Payne |
DUI; public safety, technical correction NOW Prescriptions; approval; controlled substances |
PTSD treatment act of 2023. Approving FDA and allowing to be prescribed. |
Racism. Economic |
Governor signed 4/28 |
SENATE BILLS
|
Number |
Topic |
Issue |
Category |
ACTION |
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SB1013 Kavanagh |
Free speech zones on campus |
Limits to area where person lawfully allowed, and person is lawfully present i.e. not a non-student. |
Constitutional equality: The U.S. is a free speech zone. This is limiting free speech with intention of silencing protesters. OPPOSE |
Governor Signed on 6/20 |
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SB1036 Kavanagh |
Setting aside conviction; certificate eligibility |
Prohibits a second “Second Chance” certificate. |
Racism: one more barrier on the road to recidivism. Doesn’t really change anything – still can’t get if had one before. |
Governor signed on 3/28 |
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SB1049 Kavanagh |
HOA flags |
Including Betsy Ross but any historical one regardless of # of stars |
Racism: The goal is to be able to display the confederate flag and the appeal to heaven flag that was flown at the insurrection on Jan 6, 2021. OPPOSE |
Governor signed on 3/30 |
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SB1148 Kavanagh |
LE, video recordings, fee |
Urging an increase to public by “any other factor” that can be considered in fee |
Racist: trying to chill the public from finding out what the government is doing especially police. OPPOSE |
Governor Signed 6/20 |
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SB1186 Bennett |
Foster care; children; parents; rights |
Adds kinship care, and other protections for child. |
Constitutional: Restoring these constitutional rights would be positive. Our child protection services have been broken for decades. SUPPORT |
Governor Signed on 5/19 |
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SB1197 Gowan |
Juvenile offenders; monetary sanctions; repeal |
Revokes monetary sanctions against parents, |
Economic: most juveniles and parents cannot pay the existing sanctions. We treat minors as adults in the criminal system i.e. they are responsible for their behavior and as children in the educational system i.e. they have no voice and cannot decide what to read. SUPPORT |
Governor Signed 5/26 |
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SB1205 Kaiser |
Foster children; education; best interest |
Provides for best interest consideration for foster children. |
Economic: SUPPORT |
Governor signed on 5/8 |
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SB1273 |
Early ballot delivery; instructions requirements |
Put on the instructions for voters that it’s a felony to “harvest” ballots other than to help your family and a person you are the caregiver for to vote |
Racism: It is already a criminal law to help anyone other than family or person you care for. This puts that language on instructions. Could be voter suppression to scare people who otherwise would help people to vote or could be useful so people know they can help family without being arrested. |
Governor Signed 5/8 |
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SB1340 Mendez |
Toll roads, conversion, prohibited |
No approval if proposed toll road will be converted from a public one into a for-profit one |
Economic: We must stop turning public obligations into for-profit opportunities. It also harms the most vulnerable who cannot afford a toll road. |
Governor signed 5/8 |
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SB1582 Kerr |
Lifetime injunction; petition; procedures |
Victim can submit petition if did not do so at sentencing; set aside of a conviction does not invalidate an injunction |
Domestic Violence: in 40 years of working on domestic violence, I’ve not seen a perpetrator who really changed so yes, the injunction should remain. SUPPORT |
Governor signed 4/18 |
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SB1609 Kern |
Transitional housing; DOC, contracts |
Contract only with state licensed facilities |
Pros and Cons – not enough state licensed facilities but those without state licenses are unregulated leading to abuse and misappropriation of money. |
Governor signed 4/18 |
Vetoed Bills
HOUSE BILLS
|
Number |
Topic |
ISSUE |
CATEGORY – Reproductive Justice, economic justice, ending violence against women, racial justice, LGBTQIA rights, Constitutional equality |
ACTION |
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HB2312 |
Women’s shelters; male employees; liability |
“No males” policy is not discrimination when safety is concern |
Domestic Violence -women and children in shelters are there because of male violence and requiring them to interact with a male only harms them more. They need time to heal. |
Governor Vetoed 5/16 |
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HB2319 Kolodin |
Elections; rules of construction |
Need transparency so any conflicting statutes must yield to most transparent one and previous court rulings have no impact (the ones he lost). |
Constitutional Equality: This from the loser of many court battles over the previous election. Simply trying to sow doubt and create chaos. OPPOSE |
Governor. Vetoed 4/17 |
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HB2394 Smith |
Firearms, sovereign authority |
We have a law saying our gun laws are supreme to the federal (they are not) so they added that no tax, stamp, fee etc. put on guns or ammunition by the federal government shall be paid. |
Constitutional: |
Governor Vetoed 4/18 |
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HB2415 Biasiucci |
Active early voting lists; removal |
Removal now says if you don’t vote in two elections, this would reduce it to one! |
Racism: Voter suppression by removing people from early voting list. |
Governor Vetoed on 4/6 |
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HB2427 Gress |
DV; pregnant victim; sentencing |
Increases to aggravated assault if assailant knew victim was pregnant |
Domestic Violence: unlikely to achieve result of decreasing assaults; we already have harsh penalties; intent is to move toward “fetal personhood” which is the opposite of protecting women but making us third class citizens behind men and zygotes. OPPOSE |
Governor vetoed on 4/3 |
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HB2472 Monteneg ro |
Social credit; use; prohibition |
A financial institution cannot use a social credit score when determining a loan |
Equality: |
Governor vetoed on 4/3 |
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HB2544 Diaz |
Az manufactured; modified firearms |
Those manufactured here or modified here, fed govt. has no jurisdiction over |
Violation of federalism. Most importantly permits modification to become semi-or fully-automatic firing. Who needs that but mass shooters? OPPOSE |
Governor vetoed 5/16 |
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HB2552 Smith |
Voting, elections, tally, prohibition |
Prohibiting ranked choice voting |
Racism: voter suppression. OPPOSE |
Governor vetoed on 4-12 |
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HB2613 Monteneg ro |
Voting equipment; requirements; origin |
Additional requirements to certify vote and tabulation machines. Must be 100% made in U.S. |
Racism: voter suppression, impossible to make 100% in U.S. in these days of global trade. |
Governor Vetoed 5/16 |
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HB2691 Heap |
Elections; ballot chain of custody |
Specification re chain of custody, requires LE to help transfer box-based on false narrative that there is a problem. |
Racism: voter suppression, it would be nearly impossible to have a cop at every balloting place to transfer ballot boxes! |
Governor 4/18 Vetoed |
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HB2722 Griffin |
Elections; option; full hand count |
Option to hand count ballots |
Racism: She’s from Cochise County where they were prohibited from hand count which is impossible. OPPOSE |
Governor Vetoed 6/16 |
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HB2786 Heap |
Teacher training; parental notification; requirements |
Parents to be told of any training that teachers or administrators go to. amendment added to require charter schools to do same |
Absolute nonsense, micromanaging schools, OPPOSE |
Governor Vetoed 6/16 |
SENATE BILLS
|
Number |
Topic |
Issue |
Category |
ACTION |
|
SB1001 Kavanaugh |
pronouns; biological sex; school policies |
School employees must refer by biological sex unless written permission from parents, can’t require a person to do if contrary to religious or moral convictions |
LGBTQIA – aimed at discrimination against trans. |
Governor Vetoed 5/19 |
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SB1026 Kavanagh |
State monies, drag shows, minors |
No use state monies for drag show targeting minors, meaning schools and libraries, misdemeanor and 3-year penalty to get money |
LGTBIAQ+ |
Governor Vetoed 6/14 |
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SB1028 Kern |
Adult cabaret performances; prohibited locations |
None on public property or where minors can see, but must be sexually explicit |
LGTBIAQ+ |
Governor Vetoed 6/16 |
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SB1030 Kern |
Drag performers, shows, regulation |
Zoning shall require permits for drag shows and performers, “adult oriented” includes drag, regulates hours – not between 1 am and 8 am, M-Sat and 1 am and noon Sunday. |
LGBTIAQ+ |
Governor Vetoed 6/16 |
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SB1040 Kavanagh |
Public schools; restrooms; reasonable accommodations |
Must give note to public school for a person who can’t or won’t use bathroom for that person’s sex; refusal of an accommodation could lead to lawsuit |
LGBTQIAA+ discrimination |
Governor Vetoed 6/8 |
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SB1146 Hoffman |
Divestment; abortion; explicit material |
No investment by the state in any company that does any of these things |
Reproductive Justice: Clearly aimed to prohibit women from controlling their own lives and bodies. OPPOSE |
Governor Vetoed 6/05 |
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SB1180 Bennett |
Voter registrations; payment prohibited |
May not pay for obtaining voter registration |
ECONOMIC: It’s one party that has money and the other doesn’t. One party may have people who don’t need pay and can |
Governor Vetoed 5/26 |
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volunteer while another might now. OPPOSE |
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SB1234 Rogers |
Prohibition, photo radar |
Governor Vetoed 5/26 |
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SB1301 Kavanagh |
LE Misconduct investigations, time limit; applicability |
gives only 1 year to investigate LE misconduct, unless certain investigations or paused due to criminal case. |
Requires that if employer must finish investigation of misconduct within one year or foreclosed if notice of problem was before September 24, 2022. So this is written for a specific person or persons i.e. lengthy law enforcement investigations. It’s to get rid of old police investigations. OPPOSE |
Governor Vetoed 6/20 |
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SB1305 Mesnard HB 2458 |
Race; ethnicity; prohibited instruction |
Disguised as equality but prohibiting any learning or teaching of racism or sexism. |
Racism: Until the U.S. recognizes our original sin, we cannot recover and resolve the issues of racism that infect the entire society. Other countries have done so e.g. Germany and the Nazis but we seem incapable of facing our own history. OPPOSE |
Governor vetoed on 3/9 |
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SB1410 Wadsack |
Violations of state law; schools |
requires procedure for parents to file complaints (already can) and do an annual report. |
Racial: encourages the white supremacists in the legislature to make allegations against schools, chilling effect on schools. OPPOSE |
Governor Vetoed 6/20 |
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SB1413 Wadsack |
Homeless encampment; removal |
On notice of a homeless encampment, police must remove and destroy materials, and arrest person on trespassing |
Economic: not only inhumane but unconstitutional as already declared by 9th circuit. |
Governor Vetoed 6/05 |
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SB1471 Kavanagh |
Ballot tabulation; hand count comparison |
By Sept 1, 2023 hand count 4 selected precincts in counties over 2 million, including 2022 election, how many ballots/hour hand can do, recount if .01 different, how many would it take to count all of 2022 |
Racism: voter suppression, they are STILL trying to hand count 2022 and say it was not valid. |
Governor Vetoed 6/20 |
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SB 1588 |
Criminal justice data collection system |
Racism: We need data but R’s added a nongermane amendment at end and gave an unfunded mandate to ACJC |
Governor vetoed on 6/20 |
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SB1595 Mesnard |
Early ballots; identification; tabulation |
Early ballots received by 7 pm on Friday before election. If send agent to deliver ballots, have to personally show up within 5 days. |
Racism: voter suppression, prohibits dropping off early ballot at voting location, has to be in Friday before, cannot send “agent” to deposit because still have to show up in person within 5 days. |
Governor. Vetoed 6/20 |
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SB1597 Mesnard |
Early ballot on-site tabulation; requirement |
“May” changed to “shall” by 2024 to tabulate early ballots at polling place |
Racism: voter suppression, it is simply not feasible nor needed and shows the complete disconnect between these people and the real world. OPPOSE |
Governor vetoed 6/08 |
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SB1598 Mesnard |
Elections; observers; federal candidates |
outlines what a challenger can do, one rep for each candidate or office at a time, doesn’t solve problem. |
Racism: voter suppression, that could mean as many as 12 random people standing around in the voting place interfering and challenging voters. Includes set up and shut down. Trying to sow doubt about elections.OPPOSE |
Governor Vetoed 6/20 |
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SB1600 Wadsack |
Infants, born alive; requirements |
Changes language from fetus or embryo to infant to grant personhood, class 6 felony, and unprofessional conduct so license can be revoked, and lawsuit and civil penalty of $5K |
Reproductive Justice: attempt to impose personhood, prohibit abortions, and penalize medical personnel |
Governor vetoed 4/6 |
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SB1611 Kern |
Public entities; contracts; prohibition |
Company must agree they will not have a policy re environmental, social or governance standards policy |
Equality: Ludicrous. Companies who have such policies do better and are more sustainable. Will cause businesses to leave state. Who would not want a good governance standard? OPPOSE |
Governor vetoed 6/16 |
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SB1696 |
Sexually explicit materials; government; prohibition |
No govt. or govt. contractor can expose minors to sexual materials or film sex in the classroom as occurred in Lake Havasu City (the Red-ist county in the state) for a teacher’s porn site. |
Pretty vague definition. |
Governor Vetoed 6/5 |
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SB1698 Wadsack |
Unlawful exposure; minors; sentencing; reporting |
Unlawful exposure to an adult oriented performance or business is class 4 felony, would penalize parents who allow, is vague, aimed at drag shows |
LGB: Removes parental control and insists all agree with their point of view. OPPOSE |
Governor vetoed 6/16 |
This bill did not go to Governor Hobbs at all since it was a resolution, but rather to the Secretary of State.
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SCR1001 Kavanagh |
Called violent crime and evidence-based strategies but has nothing to do with that |
Bill is about supporting police, funding them, against “defund the police” |
Racism – While some of the provisions are reasonable and even positive, the overall thrust is not. It is support for law enforcement. OPPOSE |
To Sec. of State on 5/15 |
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