During the budget negotiations, Governor Ducey vetoed 22 bills without regard to their worth, in an apparent attempt to teach the legislature a lesson. He apparently was emboldened by the lack of legislative resistance to his arbitrary executive orders dealing with the COVID state of emergency.
The legislature’s response has been to re-introduce all 22 bills under new bill numbers, and under a suspension of the rules.
Most of these bills cleared both chambers and were sent to the governor for his action. Some have been signed and some are still pending.
Under current rules, the governor must act within ten days after Sine Die. If he does not, the bills sent to him will automatically become law.
Those voters who have an interest in the bills pending the governor’s action may wish to contact him and express their opinion. This may be accomplished by using the contact information at the end of this article. Here is a list of those 22 bills.
| BILL # | SHORT TITLE | BILL SUMMARY | DISPOSITION |
| SB1830 | credit for donation. | Creates a corporate tax credit for the donation of real property to a school district or charter school. | Signed by governor |
| SB1831 | adoption; original birth certificate; release. | Outlines provisions for the State Registrar (Registrar) to provide an original copy of the birth certificate that has been sealed due to adoption. | Signed by governor |
| SB1832 | restricted license; DUI; suspension. | Modifies requirements relating to restricted driver licenses and certified reports issued for an arrest of driving under the influence (DUI). Requires traffic survival school instruction courses to include information related to aggressive driving and be offered and completed only in person unless the Governor declares a state of emergency. | Signed by governor |
| SB1833 | marijuana; laboratories; proficiency testing. | Requires the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS), beginning January 1, 2023, to conduct proficiency testing and remediate problems with independent third-party laboratories and marijuana testing facilities | Signed by governor |
| SB1834 | marijuana; inspections; licensing; financial ownership. | Allows the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) to perform unannounced inspections of a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary (dispensary). Establishes a license renewal date for dual licensees. | Signed by governor |
| SB1835 | party representative; resident; violation. | Stipulates that a challenger or party representative must be a resident of Arizona and registered to vote in this state and provides a penalty for impersonating such a person. | Signed by governor |
| SB1836 | sex offender registration; termination. | Modifies sex offender registration termination requirements and permits additional offenders to apply for termination. | Pending governor Action |
| SB1837 | early ballots; request required. | Specifies that a county recorder or other election officer may not deliver or mail an early ballot to a person who has not requested an early ballot for that election. | Killed in the House
(May have been passed as a budget amendment) |
| SB1838 | unborn child; statutory language. | Replaces references to product of human conception with unborn child. | Signed by governor |
| SB1839 | guilty except insane; court jurisdiction. | Makes various changes to Arizona Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) and adds additional statutory framework for the PSRB. Places the powers and duties of the Psychiatric Security Review Board (PSRB) under the jurisdiction of the superior court (Court) beginning July 1, 2023. | Signed by governor |
| SB1840 | governance; audits; training. | Requires the certified public accountant (CPA) or auditor to present audit results to certain members within 90 days after a statutory audit and outlines requirements for training of certain employees. | Killed in the House
(May have been passed as a budget amendment) |
| SB1841 | attorney general; federal executive orders. | Requires the Department of Law to review an executive order for its constitutionality and whether the state should seek an exemption, upon the request of the Legislature, either house of the Legislature or any member of the Legislature. | Signed by governor |
| SB1842 | marijuana; security. | Outlines requirements for security, packaging and labeling of marijuana and marijuana products. | Pending governor Action |
| SB1843 | vehicle speed limits. | Modifies the classifications for excessive speed and waste of finite resources. | Signed by governor |
| SB1844 | taxes; 529 contributions; ABLE contributions. | Changes the maximum Arizona adjusted gross income subtraction — for college savings plan contributions authorized by section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) — to be calculated by contributions made on behalf of each beneficiary. Allows Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) account contributions authorized by section 529A of the IRC made on behalf of a designated beneficiary to be subtracted from an individual’s Arizona adjusted gross income. | Pending governor Action |
| SB1845 | nutrition assistance; benefit match. | Requires the Department of Economic Security (DES) to implement a Produce Incentive Program (Program) | Pending governor Action |
| SB1846 | liquor; sales; delivery; identification information. | Exempts, under specified conditions, containers of spirituous liquor for delivery from prescribed labeling requirements. | Pending governor Action |
| SB1847 | medical marijuana; research; mental health. | Requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to provide grant monies from the Medical Marijuana Fund (Fund) for research on the correlation of marijuana use and mental illness. Transfers monies from the Fund in FY 22 for specified purposes. Requires DHS to develop a warning label to be affixed to the packaging of marijuana. Contains a proposition 105 clause. | Pending governor Action |
| SB1848 | emergency shelter beds; seniors. | Requires the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) to provide emergency shelter beds in western Maricopa County to shelter and service homeless seniors who are at least 55 years old. | Pending governor Action |
| SB1849 | prisoners; training; individual certificates. | Allows a prisoner is to receive a certificate when the prisoner successfully completes a training program to work in a specific field or trade. Makes changes to health and medical services offered to female inmates. | Pending governor Action |
| SB1850 | reviser’s technical corrections; 2021 | Contains technical corrections relating to multiple, defective and conflicting statutory text. | Pending governor Action |
| SB1851 | Arizona state hospital; admission; governance | Outlines information that must be included in the Arizona State Hospital (ASH) financial and programmatic report. Establishes the Joint Legislative Psychiatric Hospital Review Council (Council). | Pending governor Action |
| HB2905 | early ballots; request required. | Specifies that a county recorder or other election officer may not deliver or mail an early ballot to a person who has not requested an early ballot for that election. | Pending governor Action |
| HB2906 | governance; audits; training. | Requires the certified public accountant (CPA) or auditor to present audit results to certain members within 90 days after a statutory audit and outlines requirements for training of certain employees (prohibition of Critical Race Theory-based material/curriculum) | Pending governor Action |
Governor’s contact information:
CONTACTING AZ GOVERNOR VIA E-MAIL
https://azgovernor.gov/engage/form/contact-governor-ducey
CONTACTING AZ GOVERNOR VIA TELEPHONE
Phoenix: 602.542.4331 Tucson: 520.628.6580