Summary of legislative bill activity (Exclusive of budget bills):
| INTRODUCED HOUSE |
INTRODUCED SENATE |
INTRODUCED TOTAL |
TRACKING BY PEOPLES LOBBYISTS |
REACTED TO BY PEOPLES LOBBYISTS |
| 1,027 | 775 | 1,802 | 491 | 154 |
Our 6th year, 8th week. For an activity update on the bills we are tracking, go to https://rb.gy/c9uff3
We have passed the midpoint of what is intended to be a 100-day session. With few exceptions, all active bills are bills that survived their chamber of origin and are now going through the same process in their second chamber.
We are also in the season of the STRIKE EVERYTHING amendments to bills. We should always pay attention to what is going on with important bills to spot amendments that could change some aspect of the bills. It is even more important that we are alert regarding strike everything amendments because they change the whole content of the bill.
Among the bills that experienced action this week, a few deserve to be highlighted:
HB2738 – electric utility customers; carbon reduction This bill would allow electricity customers to change providers if their current provider fails to deliver reliable energy by moving toward intermittent sources, like wind and solar. The power companies hate this bill and will do anything to defeat it. The power companies won, because HB2738 failed a Third Reading in the house when five Republican Representatives joined all Democrats in their NO vote. Those Republicans were Blackman (LD7), Carter P (LD4), Gress (LD4), Livingston (28), and Martinez (LD16). The sponsor of the bill, Olson (LD10), followed by introducing a motion to reconsider that passed, but as of the time of this writing, a second vote had not been scheduled.
HB2631 – election procedures manual; legislative approval Moves the approval of the manual from the Secretary of State to the legislature. The importance of this bill was recently demonstrated because the courts have determined that current SOS Fontes acted illegally in connection with the manual. It passed the full House along party lines.
HB2868 – preferential treatment; discrimination; policies Expands prohibitions on preferential treatment and discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity in public education, spending and hiring practices. This is an anti DEI bill. It is absurd to use Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to determine a person’s worth. This bill promotes the notion that ability and the contents of their character should be used instead. This bill passe the whole House along party lines.
HERE IS THE LIST OF ALL THE TRACKED BILLS THAT SAW ACTION THIS WEEK
Next week there will be a lot of bills heard both in committee and in the full chambers. Here are some examples of important and controversial bills on that list.
HB2527 – corporation commission; electricity; reliability; management This bill compliments HB2738 in that they are designed to assure reliable electric power while keeping cost to the consumer at a minimum. It requires that if an electricity provider retires a generating plant, it must be replaced with an equally reliable source.
HB2518 – employment; prohibitions; corporation commission This is a plain and simple conflict-of-interest bill. It closes the revolving door that allows people to work for the regulator and then go to the regulated, and vice versa.
HCR2025 – constitutional amendments; sixty percent vote It does not make sense that a state’s constitution may be amended by a simple majority vote of voters. This voter-referral bill would increase the margin to effect the amendment to a more reasonable sixty percent.
LIST OF ALL TRACKED BILLS SCHEDULED FOR ACTION NEXT WEEK
OMG, what a helpful article!!! The AzDaily informed me of the tracking website the state uses to track bills, but you have to know a bill number to use it.
Thank you so much for the incredible data sheet.