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HB2038 - Recordings; disclosure
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David L. Cook (R) |
| Summary: |
Makes intentionally recording a wire or electronic communication without first providing notice to all effected parties a class 5 felony. |
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HB2202 - EORP; appropriations; repayment
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
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Requires the Clerk of the Supreme Court to deposit 26% of fees collected with the State Treasurer for transmission to the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System’s Board’s office for official distribution through June 30, 2024. Requires the Clerk of the Supreme Court to deposit 26% of fees collected to the Department of Administration for distribution according to state law, starting on July 1, 2024. Outlines the percentages for submission from the clerks of the Court of Appeals, Superior Court Clerks, County Treasurers, Justices of the Peace, and schedule for transmission. Requires the Department of Administration and the Board to coordinate to ensure that all financial transactions covered in this bill adhere to US federal code. Establishes the fee schedule for cities, towns and counties to repay the state for amounts paid in FY2023 - 2024 to the Elected Official’s Retirement Plan for Unfunded Accrued Liability. (More) |
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Ch. 116, Laws 2024 (HB2203 - Public retirement plans; liabilities; administration)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
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Provides that if an active or inactive member is reemployed in the same retirement plan under the system with a subsequent employer, assets equal to the actuarially accrued liability earned with the previous employer through the date of reemployment shall transfer to the subsequent employer and all benefit liabilities for the member are attributed to that employer. Requires actuarially accrued liability to be computed using the actuarial methods and assumptions prescribed by the system's actuary and adopted by the Arizona State Retirement Board (Board). Exempts all trust funds administered by the Board from the presumption of a violation. Requires the board to adopt policies for monies presumed to be abandoned, including requirements for the notification of the presumed owner and for distributing the monies if the owner establishes entitlement in the monies. Creates a presumption that monies are abandoned two years after listed circumstances. Removes prohibition for a participant of the defined contribution plan to take loans on any portion of the accumulated assets in the participant's annuity account. Adds that a supplemental defined contribution plan is in addition to and does not replace an employee's existing state defined benefit OR DEFINED CONTRIBUTION retirement plan. Adds to definition of "Eligible group" to include Elected Officials' Defined Contribution Retirement System and The Public Safety Personnel Defined Contribution Retirement Plan. Makes the contributions and employer account asset transfers section retroactive to August 6, 2016, and the employer and member contributions section retroactive to August 9, 2017. AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. |
Ch. 117, Laws 2024 (HB2206 - ASRS; contingent annuitants; account information (ASRS; contingent annuitants))
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
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Allows the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) Board to provide the value of a member's benefit to a member's current or former spouse on receipt of proof of service of a petition for annulment, dissolution of marriage or legal separation. Changes “beneficiary or beneficiaries” to “Contingent Annuitant” in the singular and plural. Requires one optional premium benefit payment contingent annuitant to be named by the ASRS Board for payment of that benefit. AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. |
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HB2207 - ASRS; disclosure of information
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
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Permits the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) to provide the value of a member’s benefits to a member’s current or former spouse upon of proof of service of an annulment, dissolution of marriage or legal separation. Includes this permission as an exclusion to the personal information that may be presented to qualified parties. |
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Ch. 30, Laws 2024 (HB2208 - Continuation; ASRS)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
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The statutory life of the Arizona State Retirement System Board and Director is extended 8 years to July 1, 2032, retroactive to July 1, 2024. AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. |
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HB2213 - Governmental entities; proxy voting; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
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Requires the State Treasurer to post a current list of investments by name on the State Treasurer’s publicly accessible website, maintain and update that list within a reasonable timeframe, or when alterations are made. Requires the State Treasurer to post the current list of investment managers on the State Treasurer’s publicly accessible website, maintain and update that list within a reasonable timeframe, or when alterations are made. Requires all investments made by the State Treasurer be in the interest of the tax-payer and based on “pecuniary factors” (defined). Requires any governmental entity establishing or maintaining a “plan” (defined) must make direct investment decisions, vote all directly held shares or have governmental entity’s directly held shares based solely on pecuniary factors. Requires the governmental entity involved in indirect or comingled investments to inform the general partner or investment manager that where the governmental entity has the option, investment decisions and share votes must be made solely on pecuniary interests. AS PASSED HOUSE. |
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Ch. 67, Laws 2024 (HB2252 - Professional employer organization; repeal)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Justin Wilmeth (R) |
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Removes the definition of “registrant”. For employers providing professional employer services repeals language involving the registration requirements and confidentiality, initial and renewal registration fees. Requires the bond mandated to be held by all professional employer organizations be held by “an insured depository institution” rather than designated by the Secretary of State. Repeals the exemption for limited registration. Replaces the reference to “registrant” with “Professional Employer Organization.” Repeals language involving violations and civil penalties rules involving professional organizations professional employer organization fund administered by the secretary of state. AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. |
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HB2272 - PSPRS board; continuation.
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
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The statutory life of the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Board of Trustees is extended 8 years until July 1, 2032. Retroactive to July 1, 2024. |
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Ch. 207, Laws 2024 (HB2378 - Continuation; PSPRS)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Neal Carter (R) |
| Summary: |
The statutory life of the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Board of Trustees is extended 5 years to January 1, 2031. Retroactive to July 1, 2024. AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. |
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HB2417 - Arizona commerce authority; continuation
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
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The statutory life of the Arizona Commerce Authority is extended four years to January 1, 2028. Retroactive to July 1, 2024. AS PASSED HOUSE. |
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HB2436 - State contracts; foreign adversary; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Lupe Diaz (R) |
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Prohibits a “covered company” (defined) from bidding on, submitting a proposal to or entering into a contract with a state agency or political subdivision for goods or services. Requires all companies submitting a bid for contract for goods or services with the state to provide a letter of certification that the company is not a covered company and to provide a disclosure, stating whether that for up to 24 months before submitting the proposal, the company had any business with a foreign adversary, state owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, or a company domiciled within the territory of a foreign adversary. Provides for the bidding company to issue a disclosure if their bid does not contain one and permits a contract officer from considering the disclosure when evaluating a bid or offer or awarding the contract. Prohibits the state from doing business with any company that had business operations or contracts with the military, or political party of a foreign adversary or with a federally banned company in the last 60 months. Outlines penalties and actions taken against companies that mislead the state about covered company status or provides false information to qualify as eligible to do business with this state. Defines exceptions where the state may do business with a covered company. Entitles this act as the “Protection Procurement Act.” AS PASSED HOUSE. |
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HB2457 - Government investments; plans; fiduciaries; products
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Steve Montenegro (R) |
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Requires a municipality with a population of more than 150,000 and designated as an urban area by the US Census Bureau to adopt regulations allowing at least 75% of the land zoned for commercial, office, retail or parking use also to be permitted as residential or mixed use. Allows listed restrictions for new structures, structures being converted to residential use or mixed use through an “adaptive reuse” (defined) project, and “commercial redevelopment areas” (defined). Prohibits codes or other requirements that require a commercial redevelopment “zoning restriction related to density” (defined), screening, walls or fences, or a shared feature or amenity that would require an association to maintain the shared feature or amenity, unless necessary for stormwater management. Provides as a penalty that if a municipality fails to adopt development regulations as required by this section by January 1, 2025, residential housing shall be allowed on all land zoned for office, retail, parking or other commercial use without limitations after January 1, 2025. AS PASSED HOUSE. |
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HB2471 - Rulemaking; legislative approval
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Cory McGarr (R) |
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Permits the legislature to reject a Governor’s Regulatory Review Council approved rule by concurrent resolution and if that happens, the rule is void. AS PASSED HOUSE. |
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Ch. 194, Laws 2024 (HB2490 - Proper venue; challenges; policy statements)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Selina Bliss (R) |
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Except as prescribed by law, permits a party to appeal a final administrative decision to the Superior Court in the county where the plaintiff, claimant or appellant resides, their place of business is located, or the Agency in question is headquartered, and Maricopa County. Prohibits a County from restricting the proper venue or require the party to travel to the Agency’s County, venue, or headquarters to submit or receive documentation that supports the analysis used by the Agency in the final administrative decision. AS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. |
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HB2491 - Administrative rules oversight committee; dissent
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Selina Bliss (R) |
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Permits a person to file a formal complaint with the Administrative Rules Oversight Committee if an existing statute, rule, or practice are inconsistent with legislative intent or beyond the official and legal scope of an Agency’s mission. Requires the Secretary of State (SOS) to publish a letter of dissent with the corresponding rule in the code and register. Requires the Committee to receive and consider complaints regarding a statute, rule, agency practice alleged to constitute rules or policy statements that conflict with legislative intent and an Agency’s statutory authority. Permits the Committee to prepare a dissent letter expressing disagreement with a statute, rule or agency practice or action that is alleged to be duplicative or inconsistent with legislative intent or beyond an Agency’s scope of authority, to be filed with the SOS and placed in the code, pursuant to state laws and provisions. . AS VETOED BY GOVERNOR. In her veto message, the Governor stated that this bill was unnecessary. |
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HB2593 - Public records; time frame
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Michael Carbone (R) |
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An entity that is subject to a public records request is required to provide, after receiving a request for the records, a notification that includes specified information, including the expected date the request will be processed. An entity that willfully or intentionally refuses to comply with public records request laws or otherwise acts in bad faith is subject to a civil penalty of $500 to $5,000 for each occurrence. Stipulates that a civil penalty awarded pursuant to this legislation does not preclude an award for any other penalty and costs, including attorney fees and legal costs pursuant to state law. AS PASSED HOUSE. |
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HB2703 - Supervisors; legislative vacancy; appointment
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Alexander Kolodin (R) |
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Adds a 14 calendar day timeframe during which the county Board of Supervisors must appoint a person to fill a vacant legislative district after receiving the names of three nominees from the state party chairman. AS PASSED HOUSE. |
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Ch. 209, Laws 2024 (HB2897 - General appropriations act; 2024-2025)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
| Summary: |
The “feed bill” for FY2024-2025, contains appropriations for state agencies and programs. Includes former foster youth as part of the clientele of the 64-bed transitional housing facility earmarked to the East Valley Institute of Technology, expands the target age to 23 and the type of education clientele must be pursuing to an Associates Degree. Requires the reporting for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to be a departmental obligation until all monies in the Gila River Nonnative species Eradication Line Item are spent and revises the date unspent monies must be returned to the State General Fund to June 30, 2029. Appropriates $12.2 million to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (ADPS) in FY2024-2025 for local border support including law enforcement, drug interdiction, human smuggling, grants for costs related to prosecuting and enforcing the law and capital-related equipment and $15.4 million to the ADPS for border drug interdiction. Allocates $17.9 million of $23.8 million for an ongoing increase in the per pupil charter additional assistance amounts pursuant to state law above the amount of charter additional assistance that otherwise is allocated in FY2024-2025. Allocates $5.8 million for a onetime additional charter assistance supplement in FY2024-2025. Appropriates $71 million to fund increase in per pupil district additional assistance amounts pursuant to state law, of which $23.1 is allocated for a onetime district additional assistance supplement in FY2024-2025. Appropriates $63 million to fund an ongoing increase in FRPL Group B Weight established by state law of which $37 million is allocated for a onetime FRPL Group B Weight supplement. Earmarks $29,000,000 and $37,000,000 for increased Basic State Aid in FY2027-2028, pursuant to state law. Appropriates the following for the Arizona Department of Child Safety: $148.7 million as an operating sum appropriation, $157.3 for caseworkers, $132.6 million for congregate group care, $19.8 million for extended foster care, $40.7 million for foster home placement, $16.2 million for kinship care, $282.6 million for adoption services, $15.6 million for permanent guardianship subsidy, $41.5 million for In-home mitigation, $113.2 million for out-of-home support services, totaling $1.35 billion with $452.6 million from the child safety expenditure authority. Stipulates that the caseworker line item includes a onetime increase of $19.7 million from the State General Fund for increased operating expenditures in FY2023-2024 and that this amount is exempt from lapsing of appropriations provisions until June 30, 2025. Appropriates $801.4 million to the Arizona Department of Corrections as an operating lump sum appropriation, of which $480.7 million is designated for personal services and $227.5 million is designated for employee-related expenditures in addition to already established funding. Additionally, $289 million is allocated for the for private prison per diem, $25.7 million for community corrections, $317.9 million for inmate health care contracted services, $40.7 million for noncontract medication, $4.8 million for injunction-related IT upgrades, for a total of $1.6 billion in total appropriations, of which $1.4 billion is from the State General Fund, $5.2 million is from the Penitentiary Land Fund, $5.3 million is from the State Charitable, Penal and Reformatory Institutions Land Fund, and $75 million from the Consumer Restitution and Remediation Revolving Fund - Consumer Remediation Subaccount. Appropriates monies for various law enforcement agencies for recruitment and retention initiatives and outlines vendor requirements to receive public monies for those efforts. Appropriates from the Arizona Department of Health and Human Services (ADHHS) Information subaccount $6.7 million for a new Information Technology Platform to authenticate individuals applying for ADHHS programs to prevent fraud, waste and abuse, $2.8 million for the development of modules associated with the Medicaid Enterprise System Mainframe replacement, $1.7 million for Medicaid Enterprise System Fraud and Waste Abuse Prevention Enhancements, and $2 million for the Medicaid Enterprise System Systems Integrator. The sum of $1.8 million is transferred from the ADHHS Information System subaccount in the Automation Projects Fund, pursuant to state law for deposit in the State General Fund. Continues deferment of $800.7 million in basic state aid payments to schools until after June 30, 2025, but not later than July 12, 2025, and appropriates the same amount from the general fund for FY2025-2026 for basic state aid and additional state aid entitlements, to be disbursed after June 30, 2025 to the counties in amounts adjusted to the reduction in apportionment of basic and additional state aid pursuant to this legislation. Appropriates $45.07 million from the general fund in FY2025-2026 for a one time deposit in the New School Facilities Fund. Appropriates from the general fund in FY 2024-2025 $7.15 million to the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) for distribution to counties for maintenance of essential county services. Appropriates to the ADOA $3 million for distribution pursuant to state law to the counties for required employer contributions to the elected officials retirement plan. On or after April 1, 2025, the Department of Economic Security is authorized to use up to $25 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund to provide funding for reimbursement grants with the requirement that this appropriation must be fully reimbursed by September 1, 2025. Implements several lump sum reductions in appropriated funds for 2024-2025, including, but not limited to $3 million from the Arizona Department of Economic Security, $1.2 million from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, $1.7 million from the Arizona Department of Revenue, and over $22.8 million from the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University. Requires various reports and makes various fund transfers. (More.) AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR |
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Ch. 223, Laws 2024 (HB2911 - State budget implementation; 2024-2025)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
| Summary: |
Retroactive to July 1, 2024, any unrestricted federal monies received by Arizona in FY2024-25 are required to be deposited in the general fund and used to pay essential government services. For FY2024-25, FY2025-26, and FY2026-27, the Legislature is not required to appropriate monies to or transfer monies from the Budget Stabilization Fund. For FY2024-25, the Budget Stabilization Fund is not limited to 10 percent of the general fund revenue for the fiscal year. AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR |
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HCR2040 - Public monies; prohibited expenditures
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Austin Smith (R) |
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The 2024 general election ballot is to carry the question of whether to amend the ARS to regulate public monies expenditures by prohibiting expending public funds on anything that promotes, advocates, plans for, or becomes a member of an organization that promotes, advocates or plans for reducing the consumption or production of meat or dairy products, animal-based protein with insect or synthetic protein, reducing or replacing motor vehicle travel with walking, biking or public transit, reducing or limiting travel by airplane, limiting the number of articles of clothing a person may buy or own, reusing water that has touched human feces as a municipal source of drinking water, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, tracking consumption based emissions, limiting the increase of global temperature, producing or adopting a climate action plan, replacing private ownership, furthering Marxist ideologies, including stakeholder capitalism, or implementing mass surveillance systems to monitor motor vehicle travel, and to clarify who may bring an action against violations of this resolution. AS PASSED HOUSE. |
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HCR2041 - State retirement systems; digital assets.
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Austin Smith (R) |
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The Members of the Legislature encourage the Arizona State Retirement System and the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System to closely monitor the developments in Bitcoin ETFs and other digital asset ETFs and consider the implications of including such assets in their investment portfolios after, to the extent possible, consulting with any firms that have been granted SEC approval to offer a digital asset ETF, and consider the implications of including a digital asset ETF in their investment portfolios. |
HCR2052 - Rulemaking; legislative authority (Rulemaking; legislative approval)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Cory McGarr (R) |
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The 2024 general election ballot is to carry the question of whether to amend Arizona Revised Statutes to allow the legislature to reject by concurrent resolution any rule approved by the Governor’s Regulatory and if a rule is rejected, it is void. AS PASSED HOUSE. |
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SB1005 - Public monies; ideology training; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Jake Hoffman (R) |
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Prohibits a public entity from requiring an employee to participate in “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) programs (defined), spending public funds on DEI contracts, programs, technology, supplies, services, or employment, and promoting any DEI oriented theories as that public entity’s official position. Allows for employees forced to do any of the above to bring an action against the public entity. AS PASSED SENATE. |
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SB1006 - Divestment; K-12; abortion; explicit material
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Jake Hoffman (R) |
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Requires the Arizona Board of Investment to develop a policy to identify and address companies that donate to, or invest in, organizations that promote, facilitate or advocate for abortions for minors or for the inclusion of “sexually explicit material” (defined) in kindergarten or grades one through twelve. Directs the State Treasurer to divest from any company identified by that policy. AS PASSED SENATE. |
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SB1013 - Government investments; products; fiduciaries; plans
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Jake Hoffman (R) |
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Requires the State Treasurer to post a current list of state investments and investment managers by name on the State Treasurer’s website. Mandates that all investments be made in the interest of the taxpayer based on “pecuniary factors” (defined) as a “fiduciary” (defined), prohibits “unnecessary investment risks” or promoting of “nonpecuniary” (defined) benefits or social goals. Outlines rules guiding voting on shares, including that it is prohibited to grant proxy voting authority to someone outside of the government entity unless that person follows government guidelines to act based on pecuniary factors. AS PASSED SENATE |
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SB1014 - Business; discrimination prohibition; social criteria
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Jake Hoffman (R) |
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Prohibits financial institutions, insurers and credit reporting agencies from discriminating based on political affiliation, any social credit or other type of environmental or governmental score. In order to offer investments containing subjective standards, the standards must be fully disclosed and explained to potential customers or investors before entering into a contract. Declares this issue a matter of statewide concern. AS PASSED SENATE. |
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SB1045 - Public restrooms; feminine hygiene products
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Denise “Mitzi” Epstein (D) |
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Requires the Trustees in public municipal libraries and the Director at county free libraries to ensure that “feminine hygiene products” (defined) are provided, free, discreet and accessible at women’s and gender-neutral restrooms open to the public in each library. Requires cities and towns that establish and maintain public parks and counties that establish and maintain county parks ensure that feminine hygiene products are provided free, discreet and accessible at each women’s and gender-neutral restroom in a public park. Requires each school operated by a school district or charter that serves students grades six and up and community colleges ensure that feminine hygiene products are provided free, discreet and accessible at each women’s and gender-neutral restroom in the school. Requires domestic violence shelters ensure that feminine hygiene products are provided free, discreet and accessible at each at women’s and gender-neutral restrooms open to the public at domestic violence shelters. Requires emergency centers, state parks and historical monument sites ensure that feminine hygiene products are provided free, discreet and accessible at each at women’s and gender-neutral restrooms open to the public at state parks or historic monuments. |
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Ch. 3, Laws 2024 (SB1059 - Judgments; interest rates)
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. J.D. Mesnard (R) |
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Directs that any change in interest rates on any judgment other than medical debt that is dependent on the prime rate as published by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed), takes effect on the first business day following publication by the Fed. AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. |
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Ch. 48, Laws 2024 (SB1070 - Virtual credit cards; payment method)
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Thomas "T.J." Shope (R) |
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Requires a health insurer to accept tangible checks as a form of acceptable payment and if the provider opts out of a method of payment, that decision remains in effect until the provider opts back into the prior method of payment or a new contract is executed. AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. |
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SB1124 - Social media platforms; standards; notification
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) |
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A ““social media platform” (defined) may “deplatform” (defined) a candidate” beginning on the date of the candidate’s qualification for office and ending either on the “date of the election” or the date the candidate ceases to be a candidate per the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Permits the Secretary of State to impose a civil penalty on a social media platform that deplatforms a candidate of $250,000 per statewide race and $25,000 per any other office. Requires a social media platform to publish the standards, including detailed definitions, that the platform uses to determine its censor and deplatform policies. Stipulates that an employee that violates this bill may be subject to removal from state service, reduction in grade, debarment from state employment for not more than five years, suspension, reprimand, or a civil penalty up to $1,000. Permits a social media platform employee to engage in lawful actions, including deplatforming an account, even if they are a candidate, within the official authority of their position if they are exercising a legitimate law enforcement function related to combatting child pornography, human trafficking or illegal transporting of or transacting in controlled substances or safeguarding or preventing the unlawful dissemination of properly classified state security information. AS PASSED SENATE. |
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SB1128 - State agencies; payments; cryptocurrency
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) |
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State agencies are authorized to accept “cryptocurrency” (defined) as a payment method for taxes, fees, fines, civil penalties, financial obligations, and special assessments by entering into an agreement with a “cryptocurrency service provider” (defined) to provide a method to accept cryptocurrency as a payment for any amount due to that agency or the state. Requirements for the agreement are listed. Effective January 1, 2025. AS PASSED SENATE. |
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SB1141 - Public offices; holidays; technical correction
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales (D) |
| Summary: |
Minor changes to Title 1 (General Provisions) related to holidays and public offices. Apparent striker bus. |
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SB1149 - Public safety investment fund; appropriation
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Anthony Kern (R) |
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Establishes the Public Safety Investment Fund and appropriates $45,000,000 from the general fund in FY2024-25 to the Fund. Permits state treasurer to hire one additional full-time equivalent position and may spend not more than $250,000 of the monies appropriated by this subsection to administer the public safety investment fund. |
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SB1152 - Arizona state university; appropriation reduction
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Anthony Kern (R) |
| Summary: |
Reduces the appropriated amount to the Arizona State University by $548,865,100 and transfers those monies to the state general fund in that amount or in the amount of monies remaining from unexpended and unencumbered funds appropriated in 2023. |
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SB1153 - Regulatory costs; rulemaking; legislative ratification
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Anthony Kern (R) |
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Requires an agency to submit a proposed rule that will increase regulatory costs in the state by more than $100,000 within five years of its implementation to the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity (AOEO) for review. Requires the AOEO to submit the proposed rule to the Administrative Rules Oversight Committee no later than 30 days before the next regular legislative session and the Committee to submit the proposed rule to the legislature as soon as is practicable. Permits any member of the legislature to introduce the rule and exempts the rule from provisions covered under time and manner of rulemaking laws. Prohibits an agency from filing a final rule with the Secretary of State before obtaining legislative approval and if the legislature does not ratify the proposed rule in that legislative session, the agency is required to terminate the proposed rule by publishing a Notice of Termination in the register. Permits a person regulated by an Agency proposing a rule, or any state legislator, to request review by the AOEO. Exempts emergency rules and the Corporation Commission. All rules that fall into this classification of rules are determined upon the effective date of this bill to be void and unenforceable without legislative ratification. . AS VETOED BY GOVERNOR. In her veto message, the Governor stated that this bill would create an unnecessary burden on state agencies that would inhibit their ability to carry out their mission in a timely manner. |
SB1164 - Pharmacy benefits; coverage (Pharmacy benefits; coverage; exemptions)
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Janae Shamp (R) |
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Prohibits a Pharmacy Benefits Manager from limiting or excluding coverage of a prescription drug for any insured individual who is medically stable on a specific drug previously approved by the insurer. Prohibits limitation, reduction or change of coverage unless the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) revokes approval for the drug or the drug manufacturer notifies the USFDA of a manufacturing discontinuation or potential discontinuation. Requires written notice of a formulary change to each impacted covered individual and the prescribing provider at least 60 days before the change. Prohibits a change from the previously covered drug without written authorization from the prescribing provider. Requires development of a prescription coverage exemption determination process and defines timelines. Requires notification of reasons for a denial of coverage and permits appeal. Provides a summary of the appeal process. Effective January 1, 2025. AS PASSED SENATE. |
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SB1167 - Social credit; discrimination; financial services
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
Prohibits a “financial institution” (defined) from discriminating against a customer in providing “financial services” (defined), or to agree, conspire, or coordinate, directly or indirectly, through an intermediary, a third party, another “person” (defined), or a group of persons, to engage in any activity that is prohibited by this law. Permits a customer who has been refused service, has had restricted service, or a termination of service by a financial institution to submit a request within 90 days asking the financial institution to provide a written statement of the specific reasons the financial institution refused to provide, restricted or terminated service with the customer. Permits the customer to file a request by telephone, United States mail, or email and requires the financial institution to respond with specific reasons for refusing, restricting, or terminating service with the customer, through the United States mail and email within 14 days after receiving the customer’s request. Requires the response to include a detailed explanation for the customer action that includes a description of any of the customer’s speech, religious exercise, business activity with a particular industry, and any other conduct that was the basis of the denial or termination of service. Requires that included in the response there must be a copy of the terms of service agreed to by the customer and the financial institution and a citation to the specific provisions of the terms of service that the financial institution relied on in making their decision. Empowers the Attorney General to investigate the financial institution if it is determined that the financial institution has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in, any violation of this bill, and, if after the investigation, the Attorney General determines that aspects of this bill have been violated, the Attorney General may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction. Permits any person harmed by a violation of this bill to initiate a civil action to recover actual damages, or $10,000, whichever is greater, for each violation, and if the Trier of Fact finds that the violation was willful, damages may be increased to an amount of up to three times the actual damages sustained, or $30,000, whichever is greater. Requires a court to award a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney fees and court costs. Permits any person harmed by a violation of this bill to obtain remedies that include a temporary or permanent injunction, a restraining order, or any other necessary remedy to enforce the provisions in this bill. Entitles the bill the Equality in Financial Services Act. AS PASSED SENATE. |
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SB1195 - Public monies; prohibited uses
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Anthony Kern (R) |
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Prohibits a “public entity” (defined) from expending public funds on anything that promotes, advocates, plans for, or becomes a member of an organization that promotes, advocates or plans for reducing the consumption or production of meat or dairy products, animal-based protein with insect or synthetic protein, reducing or replacing motor vehicle travel with walking, biking or public transit, reducing or limiting travel by airplane, limiting the number of articles of clothing a person may buy or own, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, tracking consumption based emissions, limiting the increase of global temperature, producing or adopting a climate action plan, replacing private ownership with shared or rented goods to promote a circular economy, furthering Marxist ideologies, including stakeholder capitalism, or implementing mass surveillance systems to monitor motor vehicle travel. Allows the Arizona Department of Transportation to use cameras to monitor motor vehicle travel on state and interstate highways. Stipulates that any qualified elector of the state has standing to bring a suit in court of law against any public entity that violates this law, to remedy the violation via jury or bench trial, and if successful, the court shall permanently enjoin the actions found to violate this legislation and shall award reasonable costs and attorney fees to the plaintiff. AS PASSED BY SENATE. |
SB1216 - Government employees; online use (PSPRS; social security; technical correction)
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Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
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Prohibits any government entity from monitoring the online use or personal speech of an employee if the employee meets a set of listed criteria. Provides criteria for the government entity to monitor the personal online use or speech of an employee. Prohibits further regulation on this issue by a county, city, town or political subdivision. AS PASSED HOUSE. |
Ch. 174, Laws 2024 (SB1278 - Legislative vacancies; appointment (Technical correction; juvenile offenders; notice))
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Sen. J.D. Mesnard (R) |
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Changes from three business days to three calendar days after notification of a vacancy for the state party chairman (Chairman) to give written notice of a meeting for selecting nominees to fill the vacancy. Requires that the meeting occur within five calendar days after the date of the written notice of the meeting if the legislature is in session, the governor has called a special session or if the presiding officer or minority leader of the house in which the vacancy has occurred notifies the Board of Supervisors (Board) that a special session is pending (“in session”) or otherwise within 21 calendar days. Requires that an appointment to fill the vacancy be made withing 10 calendar days if the legislature is in session, or otherwise within 21 calendar days. Provides that if the Board fails to fill the vacancy within the time prescribed, the State Party Chairperson (Chairperson) shall make the appointment within three calendar days after the time for the board to fill the vacancy has elapsed. Changes the time frame from seven business days to seven calendar days after notification of a vacancy for the Board to appoint a citizens panel. Requires the meeting of the citizens panel to occur within five calendar days after appointment if the legislature is in session, or otherwise within 21 calendar days. Requires the Board to make the appointment within 10 calendar days after receiving the names if the legislature is in session, or otherwise within 21 calendar days. If the board fails to fill the vacancy within the time prescribed, the Chairperson shall make the appointment within three calendar days after the time for the Board to fill the vacancy has elapsed. Requires the Chairperson to nominate an alternative if any person who is nominated withdraws from consideration. AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. |
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SB1287 - Sexually explicit materials; government; prohibition
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Sen. Jake Hoffman (R) |
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Prohibits the state, a state agency, county, municipality, or political subdivision of Arizona and its contractors from exposing minors to "sexually explicit materials" (defined). Prohibits a facility or property owned, leased or managed by these entities from being used for filming or facilitating sexually explicit acts. Violations are classified as a class 5 felony. |
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SB1292 - Maricopa county; division; new counties
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Sen. Jake Hoffman (R) |
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Divides Maricopa County into four counties by modifying the Maricopa County boundaries and adding three new counties: Hohokam County, Mogollon County, and O'odham County. Maricopa County operations will continue in their existing form through a transition period of up to three years after the effective date of this legislation. The boards of supervisors of Hohokam, Mogollon, and O'odham Counties will be elected at a special election held within 120 days after the effective date of this legislation. Currently elected Maricopa County Supervisors continue in their capacity for the remainder of their term in whichever county their supervisory district is located. The elected boards of supervisors in the three new counties will determine an application process for municipalities to apply to be the county seat, which will be determined at a special election to be held within 120 days from the election of the boards of supervisors. The four counties are authorized to enter into a ten-year shared use agreement for the use of existing shared capital assets. The four counties are required to enter into an intergovernmental agreement for the continued operation of community colleges for at least ten years after the effective date of this legislation. Effective January 1, 2024. |
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SB1340 - Public funds; foreign adversaries; divestment
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Sen. Frank Carroll (R) |
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Prohibits a publicly managed fund (defined) from holding an investment in a foreign adversary an enterprise owned by a foreign adversary, a company domiciled within a foreign adversary, or any other entity owned by or domiciled in a foreign adversary, and investing or depositing public monies in a bank that is domiciled in, or has a principal place of business in, a foreign adversary. Requires a publicly managed fund to immediately begin divestment of any of these holdings or investments and to complete total divestment within two years. Defines “foreign adversary” to include a country determined to be a foreign adversary pursuant to 15 Code of Federal Regulations Section 7.4. Requires the Arizona State Board of Investment (ASBI), within six months, to compile and distribute a list to publicly managed funds of all companies that are owned by and domiciled within a foreign adversary or whose primary affairs are conducted within a foreign adversary. ASBI must review all publicly available information regarding such companies, contact asset and fund managers contracted by a publicly managed fund that invests in such companies, contact other institutional investors that have divested from or engaged with such companies, and retain an independent research firm to identify publicly managed fund holdings that are such companies. Clarifies that this section does not interfere with any required financial safeguards, fiduciary requirements or other sound investment criteria to which a publicly managed fund is subject. AS VETOED BY GOVERNOR. In her veto message, the Governor stated that this bill would be detrimental to the economic growth Arizona is experiencing as well as the State's investment portfolio. |
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SB1343 - Agency review; rules; automatic expiration
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Sen. Warren Petersen (R) |
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Requires the use of actual impacts and costs from the last five years, rather than only using estimated impacts and costs. as the basis for any calculation made by an agency to prepare its report analyzing the effectiveness of its rules. Requires automatic expiration of any rule regarding occupational licensure at the conclusion of the five-year review unless the agency performs the required review and readopts the code chapter, publishes an evaluation of the burdens on similar occupational licenses in states that border Arizona, justifies any instance where Arizona imposes a greater burden, and publishes a report on the agency’s website with analyses and responses to public comments. Automatic expiration does not apply to rules that are required to comply with federal law or to receive federal monies. AS VETOED BY GOVERNOR. In her veto message, the Governor stated that the rulemaking process that state agencies follow is rigorous, transparent, and essential to allowing the state government to function and serve Arizonans. |
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SB1403 - Designated countries; land ownership; prohibition
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Sen. Janae Shamp (R) |
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Prohibits a “foreign principal” (defined) from a “designated country” (defined) from, directly or indirectly, purchasing, owning, acquiring by grant or device, or having any other interest in real property in Arizona with listed exceptions regarding size, location, zoning, documentation, and status as a natural born person. Requires enforcement by the Arizona Attorney General. Requires the Superior Court, upon ascertaining that this legislation has been violated, to divest the person’s interest in the property and defines the priority of any divestment. Exempts from liability under this Act a title insurer, title agent, escrow agent, or real estate licensee. Stipulates that this Act may not be the basis for a title insurance claim. Permits a “foreign principal” (defined) to acquire real property, enforcement of security interests, or the collection of debt if the entity sells, transfers or divests from the property within three years and exempts current property owners from this law. AS PASSED HOUSE. |
SB1414 - Organized retail theft; repetitive offenders (Retirement; reemployment; school resource officers)
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Sen. David Gowan (R) |
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Stipulates that a person convicted pursuant to state law of a third or subsequent violation of state law shall be sentenced as a Category Two Repetitive Offender. AS VETOED BY GOVERNOR. In her veto message, the Governor stated that this issue will be adequately and appropriately combatted in SB1411 which she has signed. |
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SB1472 - Prohibited uses; public monies
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Sen. Anthony Kern (R) |
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Prohibits the use of public funds to promote, support or maintain diversity, equity and inclusion or to engage in political or social activism “this state, a university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents; a community college as defined; a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state.” AS PASSED SENATE. |
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SB1473 - Agencies; single audit reports; penalty
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Sen. Anthony Kern (R) |
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Requires that a state agency that is required to comply with the federal single audit requirements, be assessed a penalty of 1% or less, of the state agency’s revenues in the upcoming fiscal year for every 30 days the state agency is late in submitting a schedule of expenditures of federal awards to the auditor general. Requires the Auditor General to notify the State Treasurer of the amount of the penalty and requires the state treasurer to withhold that amount from the state agency’s appropriation for the following fiscal year if a state agency submits a schedule of expenditures of federal awards late. AS VETOED BY GOVERNOR. In her veto message, the Governor stated that state agencies should not be punished for leveraging once in a generation influx of federal funds to improve the lives of everyday Arizonans and that eh reporting delays experienced by a single audit were inherited from the prior administration and the affected agencies have implemented actions to resolve any reporting delays. |
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Ch. 201, Laws 2024 (SB1670 - Public-private partnership contracts)
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. David Gowan (R) |
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Adds information technology vendors to organizations with which an Arizona agency may enter into a contract. Permits, with legislative authorization, the Arizona Department of Administration (ADA) and the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (ADEMA) to issue requests for proposals for military rotary wing aviation flight and maintenance training and services and to jointly establish public-private partnerships for the same at locations controlled, owned or administered by either the ADA or ADEMA. Requires any procurement of a private sector entity to be done via a request for proposal and for both agencies to develop eligibility requirements. Prohibits monies to be spent on services rendered by a private sector entity to the USA or any foreign military personnel without agreements for reimbursement and outlines request for proposals, justification requirements from the affected agency, authorization processes, a prohibition on guaranteed funding and fee payment processes. Self-repeals after September 30, 2026 and stipulates the repeal does not affect any contractual obligations or duties entered into pursuant to this legislation, or any rules that apply to the overriding contract. Contains an emergency measure. (More.) AS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. |
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SB1731 - Public meetings; comments; members
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Sen. J.D. Mesnard (R) |
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Allows members of any public body to discuss matters raised during an open call to the public subject to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions, to allow individuals to address the public body on any issue within the jurisdiction of the public body. AS PASSED SENATE. |
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SB1735 - General appropriations act; 2024-2025.
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Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
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The “feed bill” for FY2024-2025, contains appropriations for state agencies and programs. Includes former foster youth as part of the clientele of the 64-bed transitional housing facility earmarked to the East Valley Institute of Technology, expands the target age to 23 and the type of education clientele must be pursuing to an Associates Degree. Requires the reporting for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to be a departmental obligation until all monies in the Gila River Nonnative species Eradication Line Item are spent and revises the date unspent monies must be returned to the State General Fund to June 30, 2029. Appropriates $12.2 million to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (ADPS) in FY2024-2025 for local border support including law enforcement, drug interdiction, human smuggling, grants for costs related to prosecuting and enforcing the law and capital-related equipment and $15.4 million to the ADPS for border drug interdiction. Allocates $17.9 million of $23.8 million for an ongoing increase in the per pupil charter additional assistance amounts pursuant to state law above the amount of charter additional assistance that otherwise is allocated in FY2024-2025. Allocates $5.8 million for a onetime additional charter assistance supplement in FY2024-2025. Appropriates $71 million to fund increase in per pupil district additional assistance amounts pursuant to state law, of which $23.1 is allocated for a onetime district additional assistance supplement in FY2024-2025. Appropriates $63 million to fund an ongoing increase in FRPL Group B Weight established by state law of which $37 million is allocated for a onetime FRPL Group B Weight supplement. Appropriates the following for the Arizona Department of Child Safety: $148.7 million as an operating sum appropriation, $157.3 for caseworkers, $132.6 million for congregate group care, $19.8 million for extended foster care, $40.7 million for foster home placement, $16.2 million for kinship care, $282.6 million for adoption services, $15.6 million for permanent guardianship subsidy, $41.5 million for In-home mitigation, $113.2 million for out-of-home support services, totaling $1.35 billion with $452.6 million from the child safety expenditure authority. Stipulates that the caseworker line item includes a onetime increase of $19.7 million from the State General Fund for increased operating expenditures in FY2023-2024 and that this amount is exempt from lapsing of appropriations provisions until June 30, 2025. Appropriates $876.5 million to the Arizona Department of Corrections as an operating lump sum appropriation, of which $480.7 million is designated for personal services and $227.5 million is designated for employee-related expenditures in addition to already established funding. Additionally, $289 million is allocated for the for private prison per diem, $25.7 million for community corrections, $317.9 million for inmate health care contracted services, $40.7 million for noncontract medication, $4.8 million for injunction-related IT upgrades, for a total of $1.6 billion in total appropriations, of which $1.4 billion is from the State General Fund, $5.2 million is from the Penitentiary Land Fund, $5.3 million is from the State Charitable, Penal and Reformatory Institutions Land Fund, and $75 million from the Consumer Restitution and Remediation Revolving Fund - Consumer Remediation Subaccount. Appropriates from the Arizona Department of Health and Human Services (ADHHS) Information subaccount $6.7 million for a new Information Technology Platform to authenticate individuals applying for ADHHS programs to prevent fraud, waste and abuse, $2.8 million for the development of modules associated with the Medicaid Enterprise System Mainframe replacement, $1.7 million for Medicaid Enterprise System Fraud and Waste Abuse Prevention Enhancements, and $2 million for the Medicaid Enterprise System Systems Integrator. The sum of $1.8 million is transferred from the ADHHS Information System subaccount in the Automation Projects Fund, pursuant to state law for deposit in the State General Fund. Continues deferment of $800.7 million in basic state aid payments to schools until after June 30, 2025, but not later than July 12, 2025, and appropriates the same amount from the general fund for FY2025-2026 for basic state aid and additional state aid entitlements, to be disbursed after June 30, 2025 to the counties in amounts adjusted to the reduction in apportionment of basic and additional state aid pursuant to this legislation. Appropriates $45.07 million from the general fund in FY2025-2026 for a one time deposit in the New School Facilities Fund. Appropriates from the general fund in FY 2024-2025 $7.15 million to the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) for distribution to counties for maintenance of essential county services. Appropriates to the ADOA $3 million for distribution pursuant to state law to the counties for required employer contributions to the elected officials retirement plan. On or after April 1, 2025, the Department of Economic Security is authorized to use up to $25 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund to provide funding for reimbursement grants with the requirement that this appropriation must be fully reimbursed by September 1, 2025. Implements several lump sum reductions in appropriated funds for 2024-2025, including, but not limited to $3 million from the Arizona Department of Economic Security, $1.2 million from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, $1.7 million from the Arizona Department of Revenue, and over $22.8 million from the University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University. Requires various reports and makes various fund transfers. (More.) |
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SB1749 - State budget implementation; 2024-2025.
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Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
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Retroactive to July 1, 2024, any unrestricted federal monies received by Arizona in FY2024-25 are required to be deposited in the general fund and used to pay essential government services. For FY2024-25, FY2025-26, and FY2026-27, the Legislature is not required to appropriate monies to or transfer monies from the Budget Stabilization Fund. For FY2024-25, the Budget Stabilization Fund is not limited to 10 percent of the general fund revenue for the fiscal year. |
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SCR1012 - Rulemaking; legislative ratification; regulatory costs
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Sen. Anthony Kern (R) |
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The 2024 general election ballot is to carry the question of whether to amend the ARS to require that any proposed rule that increases regulatory costs by more than $100,000 within five years of implementation may not be implemented or adopted without the legislature ratifying the rule and if the legislature does not ratify the rule, the rule is to be terminated via a Notice of Termination in the register. Requires the Office of Economic Opportunity to submit the rule to the Administrative Rules Oversight Committee no later than 30 days before the next legislative session, or as soon as is practicable. Permits any person regulated by the applicable agency or any legislator to request a review of a proposed rule. AS PASSED SENATE. |
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SCR1015 - Public monies; prohibited expenditures.
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Sen. Anthony Kern (R) |
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The 2024 general election ballot is to carry the question of whether to amend the ARS to regulate public monies expenditures by prohibiting expending public funds on anything that promotes, advocates, plans for, or becomes a member of an organization that promotes, advocates or plans for reducing the consumption or production of meat or dairy products, animal-based protein with insect or synthetic protein, reducing or replacing motor vehicle travel with walking, biking or public transit, reducing or limiting travel by airplane, limiting the number of articles of clothing a person may buy or own, reusing water that has touched human feces as a municipal source of drinking water, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, tracking consumption based emissions, limiting the increase of global temperature, producing or adopting a climate action plan, replacing private ownership, furthering Marxist ideologies, including stakeholder capitalism, or implementing mass surveillance systems to monitor motor vehicle travel, and to clarify who may bring an action against violations of this resolution. |
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SCR1020 - General appropriation bill; continuing appropriation
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Sen. J.D. Mesnard (R) |
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The 2024 general election ballot is to carry the question of whether to amend the state Constitution to require that if a new fiscal year has begun and no general appropriation bill has been signed into law for that year, the general appropriation bill in effect for the immediately preceding year continues as if enacted into law for the new fiscal year. Requires that the current appropriations level remain in place until a new general appropriations bill is adopted. Requires the Joint Legislative Budget Committee or its successor agency, by a majority vote of all appointed members, to adjust, for inflation and enrollment growth in the new fiscal year or to remove onetime transfers and expenditures and make required debt service adjustments, the continued general appropriation amounts for programs administered by the Arizona Department of Education, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and the Department of Economic Security. Specifies that the previous general appropriation bill does not continue in effect for the new fiscal year if, after being adjusted, the previous general appropriation bill, together with any other appropriations required by law in the new fiscal year, would appropriate an amount that exceeds the projected General Fund revenues for the new fiscal year. Enables the legislature to enact laws to enforce the extension of a prior year’s appropriations if a new appropriations measure is not ratified. AS PASSED SENATE. |