Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The state Legislature will embark Monday on a mad dash to consider hundreds of new laws before the end of the month, including abortion restrictions, looser gun regulations and changes to how local elections work. Burst of activity expected at Capitol
In the [next] three weeks… hundreds of bills they hope to plow thorough include such items as:
• Making city council elections in Tucson nonpartisan, a bill scheduled to be heard in committee Monday. The legislation would mandate all city elections statewide be nonpartisan. As the only remaining city to elect council members by party, only Tucson would be affected.
• Expanding laws against dogfighting to include all animals.
• Requiring a 24-hour waiting period before a woman could terminate a pregnancy.
• Banning so-called partial-birth abortions. Federal law already does this; a state law would allow county attorneys to enforce the ban.
• Permanently repealing the state property tax, which has been on hold for three years. The tax is set to go back into effect this year. If it did, the state would make an estimated $250 million.
• Requiring presidential candidates who want to be on the ballot in Arizona to prove that they are legal U.S. citizens.
• Prohibiting elected officials from using public dollars to promote themselves.
• Allowing people to keep guns in their cars if they are parked on property were the weapons are banned.
• Trying to get rid of the system that allows candidates for state office to run their campaigns with public dollars.
On Monday the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Jonathan Paton, R-Tucson, is scheduled to debate seven bills, including the one regarding Tucson elections. Debate time will be limited.
For those of you who have registered for a user name and password at any one of the kiosks positioned outside of the committee rooms on the first floor of the Arizona Senate and House of Representatives, you may submit your comments online Welcome to the Arizona State Request To Speak Information System. You can also call and e-mail your elected rerpesentatives. You can track the status of bills by using ALIS at www.azleg.gov.
Here is the Arizona State Senate schedule for the coming week:
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Schedule for June 8 through June 12, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
8:30 a.m. Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Climate Initiatives
1:00 p.m. Floor
1:30 p.m. Committee on Judiciary
(not meeting)
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
8:30 a.m.
Committee on Natural Resources, Infrastructure and Public Debt
1:00 p.m. Floor
1:30 p.m. Committee on Appropriations
Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
8:30 a.m. Committee on Public Safety and Human Services
(note time change)
9:00 a.m. Committee on Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform
1:00 p.m. Floor
1:30 p.m. Committee on Education Accountability and Reform
Committee on Finance
Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
Thursday, June 11, 2009
9:00 a.m. Committee on Retirement and Rural Development
9:30 a.m. Committee on Government Institutions
(note time change)
1:00 p.m. Floor
Rules
(upon adjournment of floor)
Caucus
(upon adjournment of Rules)
Friday, June 12, 2009
10:00 a.m. Floor
(Cow and Third Read)
This schedule is subject to change. Please listen to the floor for committee and floor time announcements. In addition, during various parts of session, COW and Third Read may occur at any floor session. Please watch for floor calendars.
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