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HB2003 - Corporate income tax; rates
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
| Summary: |
Decreases the corporate income tax rate to 4.0 percent of net income in tax year 2023, 3.5 percent of net income in tax year 2024, 3.0 percent of net income in tax year 2025, and 2.5 percent of net income in tax years beginning with 2026, from 4.9 percent of net income. Retroactive to tax years beginning with 2023. AS PASSED HOUSE |
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2023-03-21 S - DP - Senate Appropriations - Senate Appropriations
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HB2015 - Retirement plans; plan election; rehire
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
| Summary: |
For the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System and Corrections Officer Retirement Plan, if an eligible employee who was already a member of the plan is subsequently rehired after a bona fide termination of employment of at least six months with no prearranged reemployment agreement or hired by a new employer, the employee is allowed to make a new election to participate in either the regular plan or the defined contribution plan before the 90th day after the date of hire. If the employee does not make a new election in that time, the employee's previous election continues. Previously, once an employee made an election, that election was irrevocable for the remainder of the employee's employment with any employer under the system, regardless of whether the employment was continuous. AS PASSED HOUSE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-21 S - Senate Majority Caucus - Y |
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HB2019 - Licensing; permitting; criteria; clarity
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Travis Grantham (R) |
| Summary: |
If a county or municipality requires a license or permit for any constitutionally protected activity or any activity that changes the use, appearance, or density of a structure or land, the county or municipality is required to state in clear and unambiguous language the criteria for granting the license or permit. Counties and municipalities are required to grant or deny an application for such a license or permit within 60 days. Some exceptions. AS PASSED HOUSE |
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2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/03/2023 - Committee of the Whole, Floor 04/03/2023 - Committee of the Whole, Floor |
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HB2028 - PSPRS; contribution rates
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
| Summary: |
Beginning with FY2023-24, the contribution rate for members of the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System is reduced to 7.65 percent of the member's compensation, from 11.654 percent. Beginning July 1, 2023, the amount of the member's contribution that exceeds 7.65 percent and that was accumulated between July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2023 may be used in calculating the employers contributions. Retroactive to July 1, 2023. |
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2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 03/31/2023 - Consent COW, Floor 03/31/2023 - Consent COW, Floor |
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HB2044 - Municipal general plan; adoption
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Selina Bliss (R) |
| Summary: |
In a municipality with a population of more than 2,500 persons but less than 10,000 persons whose population growth did not exceed an average of two percent per year for the ten-year period before the most recent U.S. decennial census and whose current general plan was voter-approved, the municipal governing body is authorized to submit a new general plan to the voters at the next regularly scheduled municipal election or at a special election scheduled at least 180 days after the plan was adopted by the governing body. AS PASSED HOUSE |
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2023-02-28 H - Hearing Scheduled - 02/28/2023 - Second Reading, Floor 02/28/2023 - Second Reading, Floor |
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HB2059 - Riot; unlawful assembly; classification; liability
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Lupe Diaz (R) |
| Summary: |
Establishes the crime of aggravated riot, a class 3 (upper mid-level) felony, if a person, in the course of committing a riot, participates with 25 or more other persons, causes serious physical injury to another person who is not participating in the riot, causes property damage in excess of $5,000, displays, uses, threatens to use, or attempts to use a deadly weapon, or, by force or by the threat of force, endangers the safe movement of a motor vehicle traveling on a public street. Establishes the crime of mob intimidation, a class 1 (highest) misdemeanor, if a person, assembled with two or more other persons and acting with common intent, uses force or threatens to use imminent force to compel or attempt to compel another person to do or refrain from doing any act or to assume, abandon or maintain a particular viewpoint against the person's will. The list of circumstances under which assault is classified as aggravated assault, a class 6 (lowest) felony, is expanded to include if the person commits the assault on a peace officer in the furtherance of a riot or unlawful assembly. A person convicted of aggravated assault on a peace officer in these circumstances must be sentenced to serve no less than the minimum sentence and is not eligible for probation or suspension of execution of sentence until the entire sentence is served. Burglary committed during a riot where the perpetration of the burglary is facilitated by "conditions arising from the riot" (defined) is classified as burglary in the first degree. The criminal classification of abuse of venerated objects by desecrating any public monument, memorial, or property of a public park is increased to a class 6 (lowest) felony, from a class 2 (mid-level) misdemeanor. A person who is convicted of any offense that is committed in furtherance of a riot or an unlawful assembly must be sentenced to the next higher class of offense than that for which the person is convicted. A municipality has a duty to allow a municipality law enforcement agency to respond appropriately to protect persons and property during a riot or unlawful assembly based on the availability of adequate equipment to its city and town law enforcement officers and relevant state and federal laws. If a municipal governing body or a person who is authorized by the municipal governing body breaches that duty, the municipality is liable in a civil action for any damages, including damages arising from personal injury, wrongful death or property damages proximately caused by the breach of duty. |
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2023-02-15 H - DISC/HELD - House Judiciary - House Judiciary
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HB2061 - Food; municipal tax; exemption.
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Leo Biasiucci (R) |
| Summary: |
Municipalities and other taxing jurisdictions are prohibited from levying a transaction privilege, sales, or use tax or fee on the sale of food items intended for human consumption or home consumption (as defined elsewhere in statute and by rule). Applies to tax periods on or after the first day of the month following the general effective date. |
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2023-03-21 H - Hearing Scheduled - 03/22/2023 - Third Reading, Floor 03/22/2023 - Third Reading, Floor |
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HB2067 - Residential leases; municipal tax exemption
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Neal Carter (R) |
| Summary: |
Beginning January 1, 2024, municipalities and other taxing jurisdictions are prohibited from levying a transaction privilege, sales, use or other similar tax or fee on the business of renting or leasing real property for residential purposes. Does not apply to health care facilities, long-term care facilities, hotels, motels, or other transient lodging businesses. By January 1, 2024, the owner of real property that is rented or leased for residential purposes and that is located in a municipality or other taxing jurisdiction that levies such a tax is required to reduce the amount of rent due by an amount equal to the difference caused by the elimination of the tax as provided in this legislation. Contains a legislative intent section. Applies to tax periods beginning January 1, 2024. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-14 H - House Majority Caucus - Y |
HB2094 - Mobile food vendor; operation; rules (Technical correction; tax debt; enforcement)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Kevin Payne (R) |
| Summary: |
Mobile food vendors are authorized to operate on private property in a residential area if the vendor obtains written permission from the property owner, does not serve members of the general public, and the mobile food vender is not the property owner, spouse of the property owner, or trustee of a trust that owns the property. Municipalities are prohibited from requiring a mobile food vendor to pay more than $50 in total fees per year to operate in that municipality. The rules adopted by the Department of Health Services and counties are each prohibited from requiring generators to be permanently affixed to a mobile food unit. AS PASSED HOUSE |
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2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/03/2023 - Committee of the Whole, Floor 04/03/2023 - Committee of the Whole, Floor |
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HB2144 - Open meetings; capacity; posting; violation
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Timothy M. Dunn (R) |
| Summary: |
Schools, school boards, executive boards, and municipalities are required to provide for an amount of seating sufficient to accommodate the reasonably anticipated attendance of all persons desiring to attend the deliberations and proceedings, when feasible. Does not require a public body to relocate a meeting outside of the largest regular meeting room. Except for a meeting through technological devices, the agenda for a public meeting is required to include notice of the time that the public will have physical access to the meeting place. AS PASSED HOUSE |
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2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/03/2023, 1:00 PM - Senate RULES, Caucus Room 1 04/03/2023 1:00 PM - Senate RULES, Caucus Room 1 |
HB2213 - Case management; remote access; requirements (TPT; exemption; utilities; residential customers)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Gail Griffin (R) |
| Summary: |
The Department of Child Safety (DCS) is required to provide to the Arizona Supreme Court (ASC) remote access to all automated case management systems used by DCS for the ASC to use in assisting local foster care review boards. DCS is required to provide to foster care review boards direct remote online access to all “DCS information” (defined) identified by the board as necessary to perform the board’s duties. The Office of the Ombudsman-Citizens Aide is required to have direct remote access to all DCS information within the DCS automated case management system unless explicitly prohibited by law. DCS is required to keep all DCS information separate within the DCS case management system in specified categories. AS PASSED HOUSE |
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2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 03/31/2023 - Consent COW, Floor 03/31/2023 - Consent COW, Floor |
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HB2223 - Liquor; licensing; processes; procedures
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Matt Gress (R) |
| Summary: |
Various changes to statutes relating to liquor licenses. The Department of Liquor Licenses and Control (DLLC) is authorized to issue on a temporary basis a microbrewery festival liquor license that authorizes the sampling of the microbrewery products on the festival premises and the sale of products for consumption on the festival premises. A microbrewery festival location must be approved by the county board of supervisors or municipal governing body, as applicable. Increases the maximum value of promotional items furnished by a liquor wholesaler to a retailer in a calendar year to $700, from $500. Beginning with tax periods that begin January 1, 2024 and after, allows specified liquor licensees to pay luxury privilege taxes on an annual basis instead of a monthly basis. A liquor licensee that has off-sale privileges and that delivers spirituous liquor is required to complete a written record of each delivery at the time of delivery. Information that must be included in the written record is listed. The licensee is required to obtain the name, date of birth, and signature of the individual who accepts the delivery of spirituous liquor. AS PASSED HOUSE |
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2023-03-30 H - Transmit to House |
HB2242 - Unclaimed property; notice; distribution (Unclaimed property; locator registration)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
| Summary: |
Of monies received from the sale of unclaimed or abandoned property, the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is no longer required to deposit the first $2 million each fiscal year in the Seriously Mentally Ill Housing Trust Fund, and the second $2.5 million in the Housing Trust Fund. ADOR is no longer required to deposit monies from unclaimed shares and dividends of any corporation in the Permanent State School Fund, and is no longer required to deposit monies from unclaimed victim restitution payments in the Victim Compensation and Assistance Fund. All these monies are instead deposited in the general fund. AS PASSED HOUSE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-20 S - DP - Senate Finance - Senate Finance
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HB2284 - Homelessness; housing; facilities
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
| Summary: |
The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) is required to accept and allocate monies appropriated by the Legislature for services for individuals experiencing homelessness. Monies must be used for parking areas that have access to potable water, electric outlets, and bathrooms; camping facilities and individual shelters that meet specified requirements; and shelters that house at least four individuals and that provide programs to improve the employment and income of individuals leaving the shelter. ADOH is required to prioritize spending for all of these purposes before spending monies on permanent housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. ADOH is authorized to use monies appropriated to assist individuals experiencing homelessness with substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, and other services. A person is prohibited from using state or local government owned lands for unauthorized sleeping, camping, or long-term shelter, and from allowing such land to be used for these purposes. Political subdivisions are prohibited from adopting or enforcing policies that discourage or prohibit the enforcement of any order or ordinance that prohibits public camping or sleeping or obstructing a public right-of-way. The Attorney General is authorized to bring a civil action against a political subdivision in violation. Severability clause. Effective January 1, 2024. |
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2023-03-09 H - DPA - House Committee of the Whole - House Committee of the Whole
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HB2288 - Roundabouts; right-of-way; large vehicles
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David L. Cook (R) |
| Summary: |
The operator of a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total length of a least 40 feet or a total width of at least 10 feet may deviate from the lane in which the operator is driving to the extent necessary to approach and drive through a roundabout. Other vehicles are required to yield the right of way to these vehicles driving through a roundabout. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) or local jurisdiction is required to post at least one of either a yield sign before a roundabout entrance or a regulatory sign designed by ADOT that conveys that large trucks have the right-of-way of that vehicles should yield to large trucks in a roundabout. AS PASSED HOUSE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-21 S - Senate Minority Caucus - Y |
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HB2307 - Elections; hand counting; machines; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Cory McGarr (R) |
| Summary: |
For all county and municipal elections, all votes are required to be tabulated by hand. Counties and municipalities are prohibited from using a tabulating machine to count votes. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-21 H - House Majority Caucus - Y |
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HB2329 - First-generation home buyers assistance; appropriation
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Marcelino Quiñonez (D) |
| Summary: |
Establishes the First Generation Home Buyers Down Payment Assistance Grant Fund, to be administered by the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH). ADOH is required to distribute monies from the Fund to entities that administer down payment assistance for the purposes of providing down payment assistance to "eligible first-generation home buyers" (defined as a first-time home buyer whose parent does not or did not own a home and whose income is at or below 100 percent of the area median income at the time of purchase). Establishes requirements for the down payment assistance, which must be provided in the form of a five-year loan. Appropriates $12 million from the general fund in FY2023-24 to the Fund. |
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2023-02-20 H - DPA - House Appropriations - House Appropriations
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HB2377 - Public officers; lobbying; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Leo Biasiucci (R) |
| Summary: |
A public officer is prohibited from lobbying for compensation before any public agency. AS PASSED HOUSE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-28 S - Senate Minority Caucus - Y |
HB2418 - Police response time; study committee (Law enforcement; response times; requirements)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Matt Gress (R) |
| Summary: |
Establishes a 13-member Police Response Time Study Committee to solicit ideas on recommendations to maintain or improve emergency call response times and critical law enforcement staffing shortages in Arizona. The Committee is required to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by December 21, 2023, and self-repeals July 1, 2024. Emergency clause. AS PASSED HOUSE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-14 S - Senate Majority Caucus - Y |
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HB2430 - EORP; appropriations; repayment
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
| Summary: |
For FY2023-24 and each fiscal year after, monies collected from contributions of members of the Elected Officials’ Retirement Plan (EORP) must be distributed directly to the qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement in an amount as determined by the Board of Trustees. After that transfer, the Board is required to transfer any remaining monies collected to the general fund. Beginning July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2033, a specified list of counties and municipalities are required to annually repay the state specified amounts for the amounts paid in FY2022-23 on the local governments' behalf to EORP for unfunded accrued liability. Counties and municipalities may pay the annual repayment amount from any source of revenue. Makes a supplemental appropriation of $609 million from the general fund in FY2022-23 to EORP to pay the unfunded accrued liability for EORP. Numerous appropriations made from the general fund in FY2023-24 for required employer contributions to EORP are reduced. Emergency clause. AS PASSED HOUSE
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| Last Action: |
2023-03-21 S - FAILED - Senate Appropriations - Senate Appropriations
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HB2483 - Backyard fowl; regulation; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Kevin Payne (R) |
| Summary: |
Counties and municipalities are prohibited from adopting any law, ordinance, or other regulation that prohibits a resident of a single-family detached residence that is one-half acre or less in size from keeping "fowl" (defined as a cock or hen of the domestic chicken) in the backyard of the property. Counties and municipalities are allowed to establish specified regulations on fowl, including restricting the number of fowl and prohibiting a resident from keeping male fowl, including roosters. AS PASSED HOUSE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-07 H - Hearing Scheduled - 03/07/2023 - Second Reading, Floor 03/07/2023 - Second Reading, Floor |
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HB2484 - Failure to return vehicle; repeal.
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Kevin Payne (R) |
| Summary: |
Repeals the crime of unlawful failure to return a motor vehicle subject to a security interest, a class 6 (lowest) felony. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-21 S - Senate Majority Caucus - Y |
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HB2536 - Administrative review; approvals; developments.
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Ben Toma (R) |
| Summary: |
The legislative body of a municipality is allowed by ordinance to: authorize administrative personnel to review and approve site plans, development plans, preliminary plats or final plats without a public hearing; authorize administrative personnel to review and approve design review plans based on objective standards without a public hearing; adopt a self-certification program allowing registered architects and professional engineers to certify and be responsible for compliance with all applicable ordinances and construction standards for certain projects; allow at-risk submittals for certain on-site preliminary grading or drainage work; and allow applicants with a history of compliance with building codes and regulations to be eligible for expedited permit review. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-28 S - Senate Majority Caucus - Y |
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HB2547 - Zoning ordinances; property rights; costs
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Ben Toma (R) |
| Summary: |
Before adopting any zoning ordinance or zoning ordinance text amendment of general applicability, a municipal legislative body is required to consider a housing impact statement regarding the impact of the zoning ordinance. Information that must be included in the impact statement is listed. AS PASSED HOUSE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-28 S - Senate Majority Caucus - Y |
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HB2555 - Businesses; requirement to accept cash
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Joseph Chaplik (R) |
| Summary: |
A retail business with a physical location in Arizona is required to accept cash as a form of payment for goods and services with an aggregate value of $100 or less and cannot charge a fee or penalty for using cash as a form of payment. Establishes penalties for violations. Does not apply to the online sale of goods or services or a written contract between two parties that dictates the acceptable form of payment. AS PASSED HOUSE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/03/2023, 1:00 PM - Senate RULES, Caucus Room 1 04/03/2023 1:00 PM - Senate RULES, Caucus Room 1 |
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HB2561 - City water provider; requirements; service
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Alexander Kolodin (R) |
| Summary: |
A municipality that provides water service is required to provide water service through a standpipe for water hauling to persons residing outside the municipality's water service area who do not have access to sufficient water if a list of specified conditions apply, including that the municipality previously provided water service to those persons and there is no other source of water for those persons within 10 miles of their households. Self-repeals January 1, 2026. Emergency clause. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-22 H - PASSED - House Miscellaneous Motion - House Miscellaneous Motion
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HB2630 - Tobacco; alternative nicotine; vapor products
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Kevin Payne (R) |
| Summary: |
Retail tobacco vendors are prohibited from selling "alternative nicotine products," "tobacco products," or "vapor products" (all defined) to persons under 21 years of age. If a person reasonably appears to be under 30 years of age, a retail tobacco vendor is prohibited from not selling tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products to the person without first examining the person's government-issued photo identification to establish that the person is at least 21 years of age. Every retailer that sells or offers to sell tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products to consumers in Arizona is required to register each retail location with the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) on a form and in a manner prescribed by ADOR. The registration shall be accompanied by an annual fee in an amount to be determined by the ADOR Director. Beginning January 1, 2024, a retailer is prohibited from selling tobacco products, alternative nicotine products or vapor products in Arizona unless the retailer has registered with ADOR, has paid all applicable fees, and is in compliance with all rules adopted by ADOR. Establishes penalties for violations. Severability clause. Effective January 1, 2024. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-15 H - FAILED - House Regulatory Affairs - House Regulatory Affairs
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HB2633 - Maricopa county transportation excise tax
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Livingston (R) |
| Summary: |
If approved by the voters at a countywide election, a county with a population of 3 million or more persons (Maricopa) is required to levy a tax of up to ten percent of the transaction privilege tax rate as of January 1, 1990. The tax levied will be in effect for 20 years. Specifies the distribution of net revenues from the tax levy, with 45 percent of revenues distributed to the Regional Area Road Fund for freeways and other routes in the state highway system, 35 percent of revenues distributed to the Regional Area Road Fund for major arterial streets, and 20 percent of revenues to the Public Transportation Fund for capital costs, maintenance and operation of public transportation mode classifications and capital costs and utility relocation costs associated with the light rail system. Beginning January 1, 2026, a regional public transportation authority is established in a county with a population of 3 million or more persons that approves a county transportation excise tax. Much more. Severability clause. |
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2023-02-16 H - Hearing Scheduled - 02/20/2023, 9:30 AM - House APPROP, HHR 1 02/20/2023 9:30 AM - House APPROP, HHR 1 |
HB2717 - Trauma counseling; 911 dispatchers (Communicable disease information; 911 dispatchers)
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Melody Hernandez (D) |
| Summary: |
For the purpose of programs providing public safety employees who are exposed to traumatic events with up to 12 visits of licensed counseling, the definition of "public safety employee" is expanded to include a 911 dispatcher in a primary or secondary public safety answering point. AS PASSED HOUSE |
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2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/03/2023, 1:00 PM - Senate RULES, Caucus Room 1 04/03/2023 1:00 PM - Senate RULES, Caucus Room 1 |
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HB2756 - Law enforcement; defunding; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. David Marshall, Sr. (R) |
| Summary: |
Municipalities are prohibited from reducing the annual operating budget for the municipal police department by any amount below the previous year's budget. If a municipality reduces the annual operating budget of the municipal police department, the municipality is required to notify the State Treasurer of the reduction, and the State Treasurer is required to withhold state shared revenues from the municipality in an amount equal to the reduction until notification that the reduction in the municipal police department's budget has been restored. Does not apply if the municipality does not have the monies required to continue the annual operating budget of the municipal police department at the same amount as the previous year. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-01 H - RET ON CAL - House Committee of the Whole - House Committee of the Whole
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HB2806 - State parks heritage fund; appropriation
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Michael Carbone (R) |
| Summary: |
Appropriates $10 million from the general fund in FY2023-24 to the Arizona State Parks Heritage Fund, and prohibits these monies from being used to acquire property. AS PASSED HOUSE |
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2023-03-30 S - DP - Senate Natural Resources, Energy and Water - Senate Natural Resources, Energy and Water
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HB2807 - TPT; prime contracting; exemption; alterations
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Michael Carbone (R) |
| Summary: |
The definitions of "modification" and "alteration" for the purpose of computing the tax base for the prime contracting classification of transaction privilege taxes are modified. Effective January 1, 2024 and applies to contracts, bids, or other binding obligations entered into beginning January 1, 2024. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-13 H - DP - House Committee of the Whole - House Committee of the Whole
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HB2808 - Public records; time frame
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| Sponsor: |
Rep. Michael Carbone (R) |
| Summary: |
An entity that is subject to a public records request is required to provide, within five business days 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. AS PASSED HOUSE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-29 S - HELD - Senate Government - Senate Government
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SB1006 - Municipal notices and ordinances; posting
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
Notices of election, invitations for bids, notices of letting contracts, laws and ordinances, and other public notice issued by a municipal governing body are allowed to be posted on the municipality's website in lieu of being published in a newspaper. A municipality that posts notices on the website is required to provide a link to a listing of all current notices and ordinances on the website's home page. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-28 H - House Minority Caucus - Y |
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SB1011 - Municipalities; partisan elections
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
Municipal elections may be held with the candidate's political party registration indicated on the ballot. Applies to municipal elections held on or after January 1, 2024. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-14 H - House Minority Caucus - Y |
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SB1012 - Inspections; sober living homes
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
Counties and municipalities are authorized to conduct inspections at sober living homes to ensure compliance with county or municipal fire codes and zoning ordinances. |
| Last Action: |
2023-01-25 S - DP - Senate Commerce - Senate Commerce
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SB1022 - Pedestrians; selling goods; begging; medians
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
Pedestrians are prohibited from selling goods, soliciting donations, or begging on a painted or raised traffic island or median. The penalty for a first violation is a warning, the second violation is a civil traffic violation, and the third or subsequent violation is a class 1 (highest) misdemeanor. |
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2023-02-08 S - DPA/SE - Senate Military Affairs, Public Safety and Border Security - Senate Military Affairs, Public Safety and Border Security
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SB1024 - Public rights-of-way; unlawful acts
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
A person would have been prohibited from erecting or maintaining in a public street, highway, alley, sidewalk, or other right-of-way any full or partial enclosure for habitation, including a tent, tarp, box, or similar object. Would not have applied to a commercial motor vehicle. AS VETOED BY GOVERNOR. In her veto letter, the Governor stated that this bill does not solve Arizona's housing and homelessness crisis in a meaningful way. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-30 G - Vetoed |
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SB1025 - Political signs; tourism zones
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
The area of each commercial tourism political sign free zone designated by a municipality is limited to 10 percent of the total area of the municipality, and each zone is required to have a "reock score" (calculation specified) of 0.10 or more. Municipalities are allowed to establish one or more areas within its zones in which political signs are allowed but are required to include those areas in calculating the area of the zone to determine compliance with these requirements. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-14 H - House Majority Caucus - Y |
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SB1058 - Law enforcement; polygraph examinations; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
Employers are prohibited from administering a polygraph examination to an applicant for the position of law enforcement officer or to a law enforcement agency volunteer. The requirement for data and reports from a polygraph examination of a law enforcement officer to be destroyed three years after the date of appointment or employment is moved to session law and self-repeals January 1, 2027. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-03 H - Hearing Scheduled - 03/06/2023 - Committee of the Whole, Floor 03/06/2023 - Committee of the Whole, Floor |
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SB1063 - Food; municipal tax; exemption...
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Sonny Borrelli (R) |
| Summary: |
Municipalities and other taxing jurisdictions would have been prohibited from levying a transaction privilege, sales, or use tax or fee on the sale of food items intended for human consumption or home consumption (as defined elsewhere in statute and by rule). Would have become effective July 1, 2025. AS VETOED BY GOVERNOR. In her veto letter, the Governor expressed concern about the impact this legislation would have on municipalities and the resulting potential cuts to services or increases in property taxes. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-28 G - Vetoed |
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SB1064 - Sentencing enhancements; drug-free zones
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
It is unlawful for a person to knowingly be present in a "drug-free neighborhood zone" (defined) to sell or transfer marijuana, peyote, prescription-only drugs, dangerous drugs or narcotic drugs. A person in violation is guilty of the same class of felony that the person would otherwise be guilty of had the violation not occurred within a drug-free neighborhood zone, except that the presumptive, minimum and maximum sentence must be increased by one year, and the court is required to order the person to pay a fine of at least $2,000 or three times the value of the drugs involved, whichever is greater. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-28 S - Senate Majority Caucus - Y |
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SB1088 - Good Samaritan; drug overdose; extension
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Anthony Kern (R) |
| Summary: |
Eliminates the July 1, 2023 repeal date for statute protecting a person who, in good faith, seeks medical assistance for someone experiencing a drug overdose from prosecution for the possession or use of a controlled substance or drug paraphernalia if the evidence for the violation was gained as a result of the person's seeking medical assistance, thereby making the statute permanent. Emergency clause. |
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2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/04/2023, 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 04/04/2023 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 |
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SB1093 - City water provider; service; requirements
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
A municipality that provides water service is required to provide water service through a standpipe for water hauling to persons residing outside the city's or town's water service area who do not have access to sufficient water if a list of specified conditions apply, including that the municipality previously provided water service to those persons and there is no other source of water for those persons within 10 miles of their households. Conditionally repealed on the persons acquiring access to sufficient water supplies or on January 1, 2026. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-27 H - Hearing Scheduled - 02/28/2023 - Committee of the Whole, Floor 02/28/2023 - Committee of the Whole, Floor |
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SB1097 - Truck routes; designation
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Frank Carroll (R) |
| Summary: |
For ordinances or resolutions enacted on and after January 1, 2020, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) or a local authority may only restrict or prohibit a "vehicle of legal size" (defined) from operating on a highway that is a "major arterial street" (defined) and that connects two or more local jurisdictions if ADOT or the local authority conducts a test drive or applies a vehicle template on the highway that shows that a vehicle of a legal size may not safely operate on the highway. A highway that does not have a "truck restriction" (defined) before being annexed by a local authority cannot be incorporated into an existing truck restriction that is passed on or after January 1, 2020 unless the highway meets the criteria in this legislation. A local authority that passed an ordinance on or after January 1, 2020 that is inconsistent with these provisions is required to repeal or amend the ordinance to comply with this act within 90 days after the effective date or the ordinance is invalid. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-28 H - House Minority Caucus - Y |
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SB1098 - Truck routes; signage
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Frank Carroll (R) |
| Summary: |
If the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) or a local authority prohibits the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles or imposes limitations as to the weight of vehicles on designated highways, the signs that ADOT or the local authority is required to place on the highway must be placed near every ingress and egress along designated highways, must inform the public of the restrictions, and must direct the public to the fastest route to leave a restricted route. The restrictions are unenforceable on restricted routes from and after the effective date of this legislation if ADOT or the local authority fails to erect or maintain the signs according to these requirements. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-28 H - House Minority Caucus - Y |
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SB1103 - Administrative review; approvals; developments
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Warren Petersen (R) |
| Summary: |
The legislative body of a county or municipality is allowed by ordinance to: authorize administrative personnel to review and approve site plans, development plans, land divisions, preliminary plats, final plats, and plat amendments without a public hearing; authorize administrative personnel to review and approve design review plans based on "objective" (defined) standards without a public hearing; adopt a self-certification program allowing registered architects and professional engineers to certify and be responsible for compliance with all applicable ordinances and construction standards for certain projects; allow at-risk submittals for certain on-site preliminary grading or drainage work; and allow applicants with a history of compliance with building codes and regulations to be eligible for expedited permit review. AS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-03 G - Signed |
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SB1108 - Income tax; credit; labor costs
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) |
| Summary: |
For tax years beginning with 2024, establishes an individual and corporate income tax credit for a portion of a taxpayer's increased hourly labor costs that results from paying a local minimum wage that is more than the state minimum wage. The amount of the credit is ten percent of the difference between the amount of hourly labor costs the employer actually paid to employees and the product of the total number of hours worked by all employees during the taxable year multiplied by the state minimum wage. Requirements to qualify for the credit are specified. If the allowable credit exceeds taxes due, the unused amount may be carried forward for up to five consecutive tax years. Each month the State Treasurer is required to withhold from a municipality an amount equal to 1/12 of the total amount of credits claimed for the prior taxable year by taxpayer's located in that municipality from the municipality's distribution of state shared revenues. Some exceptions. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-29 H - FAILED - House Ways & Means - House Ways & Means
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SB1117 - Housing; infrastructure; regulation; administration (Municipal platting; technical correction)
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Steve Kaiser (R) |
| Summary: |
Minor change in Title 9 (Cities and Towns) related to municipal platting. Apparent striker bus. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-14 S - PASSED - Senate Motion to Reconsider Third - Senate Motion to Reconsider Third
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SB1122 - Transportation tax; election; Maricopa county
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. David C. Farnsworth (R) |
| Summary: |
If approved by the voters at a countywide election, a county with a population of 3 million or more persons (Maricopa) is required to levy a tax of up to ten percent of the transaction privilege tax rate as of January 1, 1990. The tax levied will be in effect for 15 years. Specifies the distribution of net revenues from the tax levy, with 80 percent of revenues distributed to the Regional Area Road Fund for freeways and other routes in the state highway system, and 20 percent of revenues distributed to the Regional Area Road Fund for major arterial streets. Beginning January 1, 2026, a regional public transportation authority is established in a county with a population of 3 million or more persons that approves a county transportation excise tax. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-13 S - FAILED - Senate Transportation and Technology - Senate Transportation and Technology
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SB1131 - Property rights; zoning ordinances; costs (Technical correction; prepaid legal insurance)
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Warren Petersen (R) |
| Summary: |
Before adopting any zoning ordinance or zoning ordinance text amendment of general applicability, a municipal legislative body is required to consider a housing impact statement regarding the impact of the zoning ordinance. Information that must be included in the impact statement is listed. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/04/2023, 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 04/04/2023 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 |
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SB1148 - Law enforcement; video recordings; fee
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
Municipalities are authorized to establish a onetime fee that is charged to a person who submits a public records request to a local law enforcement agency for a copy of a video recording. Specified crime victims or their immediate family members may receive one copy of a video recording at no charge. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-28 H - House Minority Caucus - Y |
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SB1161 - Probation; work time credits; reporting
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Steve Kaiser (R) |
| Summary: |
If the court imposes a term of probation, the court is authorized to require the defendant to report to a probation officer. The court or the defendant's probation officer may allow the defendant to fulfill a reporting requirement through remote reporting. The court is authorized to adjust the period of a probationer's supervised probation on the recommendation of an adult probation officer for work time credit. Work time credit equals 30 days for every 30 days that a probationer is engaged in "eligible employment" (defined). Requirements for documenting and verifying eligible employment are specified. Effective January 1, 2024. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/04/2023, 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 04/04/2023 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 |
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SB1162 - Home-based businesses; restrictions; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Steve Kaiser (R) |
| Summary: |
A home-based business must be allowed as a use by right if the home-based business does not supersede any deed restriction, covenant or agreement restricting the use of land, a master deed or any other document applicable to a common interest ownership community. Counties and municipalities cannot prohibit a "no-impact home-based business" (defined) or require a person to apply for, register, or obtain a permit, license, variance or other type of prior municipal approval to operate a no-impact home-based business. Counties and municipalities are authorized to establish reasonable regulations on a home-based business if the regulations are narrowly tailored for specified purposes, including protecting public health and safety and ensuring that the business activity is compatible with residential use of the property. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-29 G - Transmit to Governor |
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SB1163 - Bond or override; contracts; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Steve Kaiser (R) |
| Summary: |
If a person makes a contribution to an entity promoting the passage of a school bond or override and the bond or override is approved by the voters, the person who makes the contribution is prohibited from bidding on a contract that is funded as a result of the bond or override. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/04/2023, 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 04/04/2023 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 |
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SB1166 - Public employers; postsecondary degree requirements
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Steve Kaiser (R) |
| Summary: |
Public employers are prohibited from rejecting an applicant solely for not having a postsecondary degree. Public employers are allowed to include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to a particular number of years of direct experience. Some exceptions. Contains legislative findings. Effective January 1, 2024. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-30 S - Transmit to Senate |
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SB1184 - Municipal tax exemption; residential leases
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Steve Kaiser (R) |
| Summary: |
Beginning January 1, 2024, municipalities and other taxing jurisdictions would have been prohibited from levying a transaction privilege, use, or other similar tax or fee on the business of renting or leasing residential property. Some exceptions. By January 1, 2024, the landlord of real property that is rented or leased for residential purposes and that is located in a municipality or other taxing jurisdiction that levies a transaction privilege tax on the business of renting or leasing residential property would have been required to reduce the amount of rent due by an amount equal to the difference caused by the elimination of the transaction privilege tax on the business of renting or leasing residential property. The Arizona Department of Revenue would have been required to electronically notify each residential rental transaction privilege tax licensee of these provisions. From January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, the State Treasurer would have been required to distribute proportionately for each month $14,945,600 from the portion of the revenues derived from transaction privilege taxes that is not designated as the distribution base to the municipalities that levied a transaction privilege tax on renting or leasing real property for residential purposes during FY2021-22, based on the average amount that the municipality collected from that tax during FY2021-22. Also, municipalities would have been required to use monies paid from revenues collected from a remote seller in the retail transaction privilege tax classification and paid to the municipality as state shared revenue for public safety before any other municipal purpose. Would have applied to tax periods beginning January 1, 2024 and after. AS VETOED BY GOVERNOR. In her veto message, the Governor stated that lowering housing costs is a priority, but that this bill lacks any enforceable mechanism to ensure relief will be provided to renters and includes an appropriation outside of a comprehensive budget agreement.
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| Last Action: |
2023-02-23 G - Vetoed |
SB1189 - Municipal tax code commission; continuation (Regents; officers; technical correction)
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. J.D. Mesnard (R) |
| Summary: |
The statutory life of the Municipal Tax Code Commission is extended four years to July 1, 2027. Retroactive to July 1, 2023. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-14 H - House Majority Caucus - Y |
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SB1202 - Banking; fees; licensing
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Steve Kaiser (R) |
| Summary: |
Consumer lender licensees and premium finance company licensees are required to apply for renewal as prescribed by the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) by December 31 of each year. If DIFI does not receive the licensee's renewal application and fee by January 31, the license or permit automatically expires. The holder of an expired license or permit may not be issued a renewal license or permit but may be issued a new license or permit. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-29 H - FAILED - House Ways & Means - House Ways & Means
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SB1224 - State parks; lottery; heritage fund
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Thomas "T.J." Shope (R) |
| Summary: |
Of the monies remaining in the State Lottery Fund each fiscal year after a list of statutory appropriations and deposits, $10 million must be deposited in the Arizona State Parks Heritage Fund. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-06 H - DP - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
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SB1234 - Prohibition; photo radar
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) |
| Summary: |
State agencies and local authorities are prohibited from using a photo enforcement system to identify violators of traffic control devices and speed regulations. Statutes authorizing and regulating photo enforcement systems are repealed. Contains a legislative intent section. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-14 H - House Majority Caucus - Y |
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SB1245 - VLT; cities and towns; counties
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. David C. Farnsworth (R) |
| Summary: |
Counties and municipalities are required to use vehicle license tax monies for purposes related to transportation. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-13 S - FAILED - Senate Transportation and Technology - Senate Transportation and Technology
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SB1258 - Public officers; announcements; report
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. J.D. Mesnard (R) |
| Summary: |
For any publication, resource or public service announcement that is issued by a public officer, that contains the public officer's name or likeness, and that is distributed free of charge or through the use of taxpayer resources, the public officer is required to publish a quarterly report describing the amount of money that was spent on the publication, resource, or public service announcement. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-14 S - Senate Majority Caucus - Y |
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SB1268 - Annexation; notice; approval
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Janae Shamp (R) |
| Summary: |
Modifies the requirements for municipal annexation to require a petition signed by the owners of 60 percent or more, instead of 50 percent or more, in value of the real and personal property and more than 60 percent, instead of 50 percent, of the persons owning real and personal property that would be subject to taxation by the municipality in the event of annexation. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-21 H - House Minority Caucus - Y |
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SB1270 - Open meetings; capacity
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. John Kavanagh (R) |
| Summary: |
Schools, school boards, executive boards, and municipalities are required to provide for an amount of seating sufficient to accommodate the reasonably anticipated attendance of all persons desiring to attend the deliberations and proceedings, when feasible. Does not require a public body to relocate a meeting outside of the largest regular meeting room. Except for a meeting through technological devices, the agenda for a public meeting is required to include notice of the time that the public will have physical access to the meeting place. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-29 S - Transmit to Senate |
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SB1274 - Computer data centers; TPT; refund
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. J.D. Mesnard (R) |
| Summary: |
Any claim for a refund of transaction privilege taxes (TPT) or use taxes for the TPT deduction for qualifying equipment purchased between July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2024 by a qualified business for harvesting or processing qualifying forest products removed from qualifying projects, or for the use tax deduction for machinery, equipment, materials and other tangible personal property used directly and predominantly to construct a qualified environmental technology manufacturing, producing or processing facility that is filed from and after December 31, 2021 must be submitted using the regular refund process and are not subject to session law from 2021 establishing requirements for claims for a refund based on the retroactive application of specified refunds. Retroactive to January 1, 2022. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-21 H - House Minority Caucus - Y |
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SB1278 - Housing trust fund; rural areas
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Janae Shamp (R) |
| Summary: |
The Director of the Arizona Department of Housing is required to include in the annual report to the Legislature on the Housing Trust Fund a summary of the projects and programs for which funding was provided exclusively for housing in rural areas. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/04/2023, 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 04/04/2023 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 |
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SB1313 - General plan; transportation; independent study
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Jake Hoffman (R) |
| Summary: |
Municipal general plans are prohibited from including transportation or land use policies or projects that reduce overall system capacity of motor vehicle traffic. If a general plan includes a reduction in the level of service of any arterial street, the municipality is required to conduct an independent study on the impact on emergency vehicle response times. Municipal general plans for municipalities with a population of 50,000 persons or more are no longer required to include a bicycling element consisting of proposed bicycle facilities. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-28 H - House Minority Caucus - Y |
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SB1325 - TPT; administration; remote sellers
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Ken Bennett (R) |
| Summary: |
If another state tax agency extends comity to Arizona in the tax administration for remote sellers, the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) is required to allow a remote seller to communicate exclusively through the state tax agency of the state in which the remote seller is located, including allowing the remote seller to report and remit the tax owed to Arizona to the state tax agency of that state and for that state tax agency to remit it to Arizona on behalf of the remote seller. ADOR is required to cooperate with other state tax agencies to develop a "central clearinghouse" (defined). If a central clearinghouse is established, ADOR is required to use the central clearinghouse to accept all tax returns and remittances for remote sellers. Beginning in calendar year 2024, a remote seller may elect to pay a single municipal tax rate instead of the municipal tax rates for retail sales in effect for each municipality or special district. The single municipal tax rate is equal to the average rate of municipal taxes imposed in Arizona during the previous fiscal year. For calendar year 2024 and after, any person that conducts business in an activity classified under transaction privilege tax (TPT) classifications with purchasers in Arizona is required to pay TPT if the person is a remote seller and the taxable sales, instead of the gross proceeds of sales or gross income, derived from the remote seller's business with customers in Arizona that is not facilitated by a marketplace facilitator is more than $100,000. Contains legislative findings. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-27 H - Hearing Scheduled - 03/27/2023 - Second Reading, Floor 03/27/2023 - Second Reading, Floor |
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SB1378 - Technical correction; national guard
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. David Gowan (R) |
| Summary: |
Minor change in Title 26 (Military Affairs and Emergency Management) related to the National Guard. Apparent striker bus. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-15 S - DISC/HELD - Senate Military Affairs, Public Safety and Border Security - Senate Military Affairs, Public Safety and Border Security
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SB1410 - Violations of state law; schools
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Justine Wadsack (R) |
| Summary: |
At the request of a member of the Legislature, the Attorney General is required to investigate any official action taken by a school district governing board that the member alleges violates state law or the state Constitution. If the Attorney General concludes that there is a violation, the Attorney General is required to notify the school district of the violation by certified mail. If the school district fails to resolve the violation within 30 days, the Attorney General is required to notify the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), and ADE must withhold 10 percent of the monthly Classroom Site Fund monies that the school district is eligible to receive, with some exceptions, for each month the violation continues. The Attorney General is required to continue to monitor the response of the school district, and when the violation is resolved, is required to notify the Governor and the Legislature, and to notify ADE to stop withholding monies to the school district. A school district that has Classroom Site Fund monies withheld is prohibited from reducing the pay or benefits of an employee who is a teacher, instructional staff or classified staff in any manner during the same fiscal year that the monies were withheld. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-28 H - DPA/SE - House Education - House Education
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SB1413 - Homeless encampment; removal
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Justine Wadsack (R) |
| Summary: |
On receipt of a report of the existence of a "homeless encampment" (defined), a county or municipality is required to notify the owner to remove the owner's tent, structure, or other personal property from the area in which the encampment is located. If removal does not occur within 24 hours, the county or municipality is required to claim the property and retain the property for 14 days, during which the owner may claim the property. Unclaimed property may be disposed of as provided in statute. Persons living at an encampment located on private property are guilty of trespassing. Persons living at the encampment who are engaging in illegal drug use are guilty of the appropriate drug-related offense. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/04/2023, 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 04/04/2023 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 |
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SB1428 - Political subdivisions; gun shows; preemption
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Justine Wadsack (R) |
| Summary: |
Political subdivisions cannot prohibit a gun show from occurring in the political subdivision or enact or enforce any ordinance, rule or policy that primarily affects gun shows and effectively prohibits a gun show from occurring in the political subdivision. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-30 S - Transmit to Senate |
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SB1506 - Rental housing; income source discrimination.
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Anna Hernandez (D) |
| Summary: |
A landlord is prohibited from using the "source of income" (defined) of an otherwise eligible prospective or current tenant to take any of a list of actions, including refusing to rent, eviction, or in any other manner denying a rental unit. For a landlord who requires that a prospective or current tenant meet a certain threshold level of income, any source of income in the form of a rent voucher or subsidy must be subtracted from the total of the monthly rent before calculating whether the income criteria have been met. Violations are an unlawful practice subject to enforcement by the Attorney General. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-16 S - DISC/ONLY - Senate Commerce - Senate Commerce
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SB1541 - Housing trust fund; unclaimed property.
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Lela Alston (D) |
| Summary: |
The amount of proceeds from the sale of abandoned property that are deposited in the Housing Trust Fund each fiscal year is changed to 55 percent of the proceeds, instead of $2.5 million. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-20 H - Transmit to House |
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SB1577 - Income tax rate; reduction; surplus
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. J.D. Mesnard (R) |
| Summary: |
For each tax year beginning with 2024, the Department of Revenue is required to reduce the individual income tax rate for the current tax year so that the amount of the rate reduction is equal to that tax year's "Arizona taxpayer return," defined as 50 percent of the "structural surplus" (defined) for the immediately following fiscal year. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-14 H - Hearing Scheduled - 03/14/2023 - Minority Caucus, Floor 03/14/2023 - Minority Caucus, Floor |
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SB1585 - Homelessness; rights; eviction; housing; appropriation
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Catherine Miranda (D) |
| Summary: |
The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) is required to develop a pilot program that provides affordable housing opportunities to individuals experiencing homelessness and provides a list of specified services. The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) is authorized to award grants to a municipality, a tribe, a county, or a nonprofit organization in cooperation with a municipality or county to establish or operate sanctioned housing for unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness. Requirements for sanctioned housing are listed. More. Appropriates $145 million from the general fund in FY2023-24 to the newly established Homeless Shelter and Services Fund, to be used to award grants to counties, municipalities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations for programs that provide shelter and services to unsheltered persons experiencing homelessness. Appropriates $10 million from the general fund in FY2023-24 to the Department of Economic Security to distribute for rental assistance and eviction prevention for persons who are at least 65 years of age. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-21 H - Transmit to House |
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SB1611 - Public entities; contracts; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Anthony Kern (R) |
| Summary: |
A public entity is prohibited from requiring a company to implement an "environmental, social or governance standards policy" (defined) as a condition of entering into or renewing a contract with a company to acquire services, supplies, information technology, goods or construction services. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-31 H - Hearing Scheduled - 04/04/2023, 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 04/04/2023 9:45 AM - House RULES, HHR 4 |
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SB1650 - Auditor general; duties; access
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Sonny Borrelli (R) |
| Summary: |
Various changes to statutes relating to the Auditor General. All officers of any state agency, board, commission, department, institution, program, advisory council, committee, or political subdivision are required to provide reasonable and needed facilities for Auditor General staff and make records available, in the form and at the time prescribed. It is a class 2 (mid-level) misdemeanor to knowingly obstruct or mislead the Auditor General in the execution of his/her duties. Modifies the list of factors that a committee of reference must consider in determining the need for continuation or termination of a state agency and the information that must be included in the final sunset review report by each committee of reference. AS PASSED SENATE |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-30 S - Transmit to Senate |
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SB1697 - Highways; bicycle paths; walkways; prohibition
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Jake Hoffman (R) |
| Summary: |
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is prohibited from accepting federal monies to pay for the construction, maintenance or expansion of a highway or state route if the acceptance of the federal monies is conditioned on the design and construction of a bicycle path or pedestrian walkway as a component of the highway or state route. ADOT cannot plan, design or construct bicycle paths or pedestrian walkways that are parallel to and separate from a highway or state route. Applies to a highway or state route that exists before, on or after the effective date of this legislation. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-01 S - FAILED - Senate Third Reading - Senate Third Reading
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SCR1011 - Homelessness; facilities; housing
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Steve Kaiser (R) |
| Summary: |
The 2024 general election ballot is to carry the question of whether to amend state statute to allow monies in the Housing Trust Fund to be used for services for individuals experiencing homelessness. The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) is required to accept and allocate monies appropriated by the Legislature for services for individuals experiencing homelessness. Monies must be used for parking areas that have access to potable water, electric outlets, and bathrooms; camping facilities and individual shelters that meet specified requirements; and shelters that house at least four individuals and that provide programs to improve the employment and income of individuals leaving the shelter. ADOH is required to prioritize spending for all of these purposes before spending monies on permanent housing for individuals experiencing homelessness. ADOH is authorized to use monies appropriated to assist individuals experiencing homelessness with substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, and other services. A person is prohibited from using state or local government owned lands for unauthorized sleeping, camping, or long-term shelter, and from allowing such land to be used for these purposes. Political subdivisions are prohibited from adopting or enforcing policies that discourage or prohibit the enforcement of any order or ordinance that prohibits public camping or sleeping or obstructing a public right-of-way. The Attorney General is authorized to bring a civil action against a political subdivision in violation. Severability clause. |
| Last Action: |
2023-02-23 S - HELD - Senate Appropriations - Senate Appropriations
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SCR1023 - Charter cities; repeal
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Justine Wadsack (R) |
| Summary: |
The 2024 general election ballot is to carry the question of whether to amend the state Constitution to repeal charter cities in Arizona. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-29 H - DPA/SE - House Government - House Government
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SCR1027 - Cities; towns; elections
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. Justine Wadsack (R) |
| Summary: |
The 2024 general election ballot is to carry the question of whether to amend the state Constitution to state that for any municipality that provides for election of municipal council members by district, ward, precinct or other geographic designation, only those voters who are qualified electors of the district, ward, precinct or other geographic designation, as applicable, are eligible to vote for that council member candidate in the municipality's primary, general, runoff or other election. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-29 H - DP - House Municipal Oversight & Elections - House Municipal Oversight & Elections
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SCR1035 - Surplus; income tax rate; reduction
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| Sponsor: |
Sen. J.D. Mesnard (R) |
| Summary: |
The 2024 general election ballot is to carry the question of whether to amend state statute to require the Department of Revenue, for each tax year beginning with 2026, to reduce the individual income tax rate for the current tax year so that the amount of the rate reduction is equal to that tax year's "Arizona taxpayer return," defined as 50 percent of the "structural surplus" (defined) for the immediately following fiscal year. |
| Last Action: |
2023-03-08 H - DP - House Ways & Means - House Ways & Means
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