Weekly Legislative Reports

This was a typical mid-session week at the Arizona Legislature, with most committees having full agendas, and both the Senate and House moving bills off their respective floors. The Legislature is “on-schedule” for a session that will last about 100 days (today is day 60), which would have adjournment sine die in mid-to-late April.

The “second half” of the 2019 Arizona legislative session is fully underway, with committee hearings this week of Senate bills in the House, and vice versa. Friday, March 29 is the final day for bills to be heard in committees in both chambers, other than the Appropriations committees or those with special permission.

This was “crossover” week in the 2019 session of the Arizona Legislature, featuring lengthy floor calendars designed to move bills out of their “house of origin.” As is customary, only the Appropriations Committees and Rules Committees in both houses met this week, with all other committees taking the week off from hearings to focus on floor action.

Today, Friday, February 22nd, marks the traditional “halfway point” of the legislative session, as this was the final week for bills to be heard in their “house of origin” (House bills in the House, and Senate bills in the Senate). This is true for bills and committees, except for the respective Appropriations committees, which have one extra week to consider bills.

The 2019 Regular Session of the Arizona Legislature is nearing its traditional “halfway point,” with Friday, February 22 being the final day for bills to have a committee hearing in their “house of origin” (House bills in the House, and Senate bills in the Senate).

Nearly 1,200 bills have been introduced so far in the 2019 Regular Session of the Arizona Legislature, with more coming between now and Monday, February 11, the final day for bills to be introduced in either house. With the passage and signing of the Drought Contingency Plan last week, work has now begun in earnest on the hundreds of other bills awaiting a committee hearing.