2018 Legislative Summary
ARIZONA STATE SENATE Fifty-Third Legislature, Second Regular Session Fifty-Third Legislature, First Special Session Steve Yarbrough, President
CONVENED: January 8, 2018 ADJOURNED SINE DIE: May 4, 2018 GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE: August 3, 2018 Arizona Senate Research Staff Senate Building 1700 West Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85007 www.azleg.gov
Front cover and inserts: Winged Victory. Image courtesy of Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, Archives Division, Phoenix, #03-7996.
June 27, 2018
Dear Reader:
The 2018 Legislative Summary, commonly referred to as the Spiel, was prepared by the Senate Research Staff under the direction of Steve Yarbrough, Arizona Senate President.
The Senate Research Staff is a nonpartisan staff that has provided professional analysis services to the Arizona Senate for 45 years. The staff consists of full-time legislative committee research analysts, support staff and session-only interns from the state's universities.
The Spiel presents an overview of all legislation approved by the Legislature during the Fifty-third Legislature, Second Regular Session (2018), as well as the Fifty-third Legislature, First Special Session (2018). Additional bill information can be obtained from the Arizona Legislature's website: www.azleg.gov.
To prepare this document, the Senate Research Staff relies on many individuals whose assistance is integral to the process and is deeply appreciated. On behalf of the Senate Research Staff, I sincerely thank everyone who participated in producing this year's Spiel.
Jake Agron Senate Research Staff Director Senate Research – Committee Staff
Administration Jake Agron – Research Staff Director Kaitlyn Neff – Deputy Director Laura Benitez – Administrative Assistant Leigh Anne Timiney – Administrative Assistant
Research Analysts Carolyn Speroni – Appropriations Committee Grant Hanna – Commerce & Public Safety Committee Brandi Lease – Education Committee Fareed Bailey – Finance Committee Jeffrey Ong – Government Committee Cherie Stone – Health & Human Services Committee Jake Agron – Judiciary Committee Kathi Knox – Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee Kaitlyn Neff – Transportation & Technology Committee
Assistant Research Analysts Jessica Newland Vicente Reyna Zachary Dean
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROPRIATIONS ...... 1
COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY ...... 20
EDUCATION ...... 32
FINANCE ...... 41
GOVERNMENT...... 53
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES ...... 63
JUDICIARY ...... 78
NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY & WATER ...... 87
TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY ...... 92
MEMORIALS & RESOLUTIONS ...... 101
BILL INDEX ...... 105
CHAPTER INDEX ...... 116
TITLE INDEX ...... 126
KEYWORD INDEX ...... 138
ACTION KEY
E – Emergency W/S – Without Signature W/O – Without Emergency LIVS – Line Item Veto Signed V/O – Veto Override RFE – Requirements for Enactment RFEIR – Requirements for Enactment; Initiative or Referendum Appropriations Committee
Senator John Kavanagh, Chairperson
Carolyn Speroni, Research Analyst Ben Roth, Intern APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
LEGISLATION ENACTED appropriation; Arizona water protection fund (S.B. 1039) – Chapter 330 SEE THE NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY & WATER COMMITTEE. secretary of state; appropriation; elections. (S.B. 1058/H.B. 2122) – Chapter 2 SEE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. education; appropriation; noncustodial federal monies (S.B. 1152) – Chapter 250 Requires the Arizona Department of Education to submit a yearly report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee detailing the receipt and expenditure of custodial and noncustodial federal monies. technical correction; county library district (NOW: corporation commission; railway safety inspectors) (S.B. 1181) – Chapter 333 Appropriates $196,600 from the state General Fund in FY 2019 to the Arizona Corporation Commission for the purpose of funding two railway safety inspectors. appropriations; named claimants (S.B. 1185) – Chapter 215 Appropriates $59,865.60 from the state General Fund and $77,061.36 from other funds to various state agencies in FY 2018 to pay past claims. appropriation; SNAP; benefit match; produce (S.B. 1245) – Chapter 334 SEE THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE. schools; American civics education (S.B. 1444) – Chapter 289 SEE THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. pre-arrest diversion; precomplaint education program (NOW: county sheriff; reentry planning; appropriation) (S.B. 1476) – Chapter 342 SEE THE COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. developmental disability rates; appropriation (S.B. 1504) – Chapter 346 SEE THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
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technical correction; petroleum product storage (NOW: Native American code writers program) (S.B. 1505) – Chapter 290 Appropriates $500,000 from the State Web Portal Fund in FY 2019 to the Arizona Department of Education to administer grants, upon recommendations from the American Indian Advisory Council, to Native American schools for the Native American Code Writers Initiative Program. Terminates the initiative on July 1, 2021.
appropriation; ASDB; education program (H.B. 2022) – Chapter 291 SEE THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
military families; assistance; subaccounts (H.B. 2191) – Chapter 258 Bifurcates the Military Family Relief Fund (Fund) into two subaccounts: the Post-9/11 Veterans Subaccount and the Pre-9/11 Veterans Subaccount. Allocates the monies in the Fund on August 3, 2018, to the Post-9/11 Veterans Subaccount. Each subaccount is consistent with the current provisions of the Fund, with the exception that monies in the Pre-9/11 Veterans Subaccount go to veterans or their families who were deceased, injured, wounded, or fell seriously ill on or before September 11, 2001. Requires a donor to the Fund to designate their contribution to go to one subaccount or to be split evenly between the two subaccounts. Extends the Fund and period for allowable tax credits for donations to the Fund through December 31, 2026.
military family relief fund; extension (H.B. 2192) – Chapter 199 Extends the Military Family Relief Fund (Fund) and the period for allowable tax credits for donations to the Fund through December 31, 2026. appropriation; study; prime contracting classification (H.B. 2416) – Chapter 305 SEE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans; fund (H.B. 2513) – Chapter 98 Establishes the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Military Veterans Fund (Fund) and related advisory committee. Appropriates $25,000 from the state General Fund to the Fund in FY 2019. Requires the Fund to repay the state General Fund the initial appropriation in FY 2023. Allows the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services to seek reimbursement for funds if, after Fund monies are spent to pay for hyperbaric oxygen therapy for a veteran, it is discovered that the portion of the therapy paid for by the Fund was fully or partially paid for by private insurance or any other entity. expenditure limitation; waiver of penalties (H.B. 2653/S.B. 1535) – Chapter 325 Retroactive to July 1, 2013, waives penalties for excess expenditures of local revenues by La Paz County in FYs 2014 through 2018, and prohibits La Paz County from seeking a legislative waiver of penalties for a minimum of five years after August 3, 2018.
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FY 2018-2019 BUDGET PACKAGE
general appropriations act; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1520/H.B. 2665) – Chapter 276 The FY 2019 budget includes spending in the total amount of $10.39 billion, a cash balance of $103 million and a structural balance of $21 million. The adopted budget includes ongoing revenues of $10.3 billion and one-time revenues of $320 million. The budget includes FY 2019 (unless otherwise stated) one-time additional state General Fund (GF) spending as follows: State GF $ (in Millions)* AHCCCS – Substance Use Disorder Services Fund Deposit (S.B. 1001, 53rd 10.0 Legislature, 1st Special Session) (supplemental in 2018) AZDA – Industrial Hemp Licensing Start Up Funding (S.B. 1098) ($750k) 0.8 Counties – ADJC Offset 11.3 Counties – Partial Elected Officials' Retirement Plan (EORP) Cost Offset 1.7 DES – Food Banks 1.0 DES – Developmental Disabilities Program (DD) One-Time Funding 13.0 ADE – Prop 301 Bridge ($64.1M in FYs 2019, 2020 and 2021) 192.3 ADE – Civics Pilot Program (S.B. 1444) 0.5 ADE – Gifted Pupils 1.0 ADE – Mayer Unified School District Funding (supplemental in FY 2018) 0.3 DFFM – Fire Suppression Supplemental (supplemental in FY 2018) 4.1 Governor – Continue Youth Education Success 1.5 PSPRS – Prescott Fire Employer Group Deposit 1.0 SFB – Building Renewal Funding ($10M in FY 2018 and $34.4M in FY 2019) 44.4 Secretary of State – Congressional Special Election (supplemental in FY 2018) 2.5 ADOT – West Valley Project ($60k) 0.1 Universities – ASU 4.2 Universities – NAU 1.6 Universities – UA 2.2 Universities – ASU – Arizona and Mexico Economic Development ($250k) 0.3 Universities – NAU – Freedom School Funding 0.5 Universities – Freedom Schools ($1M ASU – $100k Oxford Program/$1M UA) 2.0 ADWR – Water Study 0.1 ADWR – Water Protection Fund Deposit (S.B. 1039) 0.4 Other – Health Insurance Trust Fund (HITF) – General Fund Deposit 10.0 Other – Named Claimants ($60k)/Veterans' Services – Hyperbaric Oxygen ($25k) 0.1 Capital – DEMA – Tucson Readiness Center 3.8 Capital – DPS – Modular Housing (Redirect $1.2M from GIITEM Line) 1.2 *Figures are rounded.
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The budget also includes ongoing additional state GF spending as follows: State GF $ (in Millions)* AZDA – Livestock Inspector Salary Increase 0.2 AZDA – Salt River Horse Management (FY 2018 $40k/FY 2019 $51k) 0.1 AHCCCS – Shift DD Behavioral Health to DES 17.1 AHCCCS – 2.5% Provider Rate Increase 9.8 AHCCCS – American Indian Health Program Admin Staffing (12 FTEs) 0.3 AHCCCS – Behavioral Health Services in Schools 3.0 AHCCCS – Skilled Nursing Provider Rate Increase 2.7 AHCCCS – Increase Critical Access Hospital Funding 1.8 AHCCCS – Eliminate County Disproportionate Uncompensated Care Pool Payments 2.6 AHCCCS – Suicide Prevention Coordinator 0.1 Attorney General – Child Advocacy Fund Deposit 0.1 DCS – Adoption Services 1.2 ADC – Health Care Adjustment 15.0 ADC – Retirement Adjustment 26.5 Counties – Ongoing $550k Distribution (Pinal/Yavapai/Mohave) 1.7 ASDB/ADC/DJC – Teacher Pay Increase 1.6 DES – Shift Children's Rehabilitative Services (CRS) from AHCCCS 15.2 DES – Skilled Nursing Provider Rate Increase ($174k DD Program) 0.2 ADE – Increase Additional Assistance 100.0 ADE – Additional Teacher Pay Funding 176.2 ADE – IT Funding – Education Learning and Accountability System (ELAS) 5.3 ADE – Computer Science Pilot Program 1.0 ADE – Fully Fund Large JTEDs 1.8 ADE – Geographic Literacy 0.1 Executive Clemency – Part-time Hearing Officer ($33k) 0.1 Executive Clemency – Board Member Pay Increase ($125k) 0.1 DFFM – Hazardous Vegetation Funding ($650k) 0.7 DHS – End County Payment State Hospital for Sexually Violent Persons (SVP) 3.0 Historical Society – Grants Specialist ($30k) 0.1 Judiciary – Adult Standard Probation Funding 0.4 Judiciary – Probation Salary Deficit 0.6 Judiciary – Fund Maricopa Judges Salaries at 50% (2-year phase in/start in FY 2020) 6.5 ADJC – 32 Youth Correctional Officers 2.1 ADJC – Retirement Adjustment 2.1 Legislature – Auditor General Rent Adjustment ($228k) 0.2 Legislature – Auditor General Additional Capacity for Caseload 0.2
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State GF $ (in Millions)* Legislature – Auditor General Additional Staff (FY 2019 $585k/FY 2020 $1.08M) 0.6 Legislature – Ombudsman ($52k Salary/Rent) 0.1 DPS – Retirement Adjustment 0.2 ADOR – Enforcement Staff (25 FTEs) 2.0 Tax Appeals – Employee Benefits Costs ($11k) 0.1 Other – IT Pro Rata Charge Increase 0.7 Other – Retirement Adjustment 1.7 Other – EORP Retirement Adjustment (includes Superior Court) 4.7 Capital – State Building Rent Increase 3.3 *Figures are rounded.
The budget also contains certain changes to other funds as follows: Other Fund $ (in Millions)* One-Time Ongoing Commission on the Arts – Continue One-Time Funding (Budget 2.0 Stabilization Fund) Attorney General – SOS Litigation Expenses – Risk Management 0.5 Arizona Corporation Commission – Railway Safety Inspectors (S.B. 1181) 0.2 Counties – Yavapai Sheriff Reentry Planning (S.B. 1476) ($500k in 1.5 FYs 2019, 2020 and 2021) ACJC – Computerized Criminal History Upgrade ($600k in FYs 2019, 1.8 2020 and 2021) ADE – Navajo Code Writing Program (S.B. 1505) 0.5 DHS – Alzheimer's Funding – Health Research Fund 2.0 DPS – Peace Officer Training – Concealed Weapons Permit Fund 0.8 Gaming (Division of Racing) – Breeders Award Fund ($250k from 0.3 Racing Regulation Fund) Secretary of State – Voter Registration Database – (HAVA) 2.0 ASDB – Early Childhood Services (FY 2019 OF/FYs 2020 and 2021 GF) 1.6 *Figures are rounded. Major Footnote Changes The budget includes the following major additions, deletions or modifications of footnotes. This list does not include footnotes pertaining to one-time reports, appropriations or footnote changes conforming to enacted policy.
Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) • Modifies footnote requiring ADOA to report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) by August 1, 2018, on vehicle replacement maintenance savings and eliminates the review requirement.
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ADOA – Automation Projects Fund (APF) • Modifies footnote requiring ADOA to submit a quarterly report on project expenditures, deliverables and timelines for completion for all projects approved by the Information Technology Authorization Committee, not just those funded in ADOA's budget. • Adds footnote stipulating that FY 2018 APF appropriations are non-lapsing through FY 2019 and that FY 2019 APF appropriations are non-lapsing through FY 2020. • Adds footnote allowing ADOA to repurpose the Human Resources Information System replacement feasibility study to upgrade the system. • Adds footnote clarifying that transfers into the APF are not considered appropriations. Only direct appropriations out of the APF are considered appropriations.
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) • Modifies footnote requiring AHCCCS to report to the JLBC on the progress of implementing the Arnold v. Sarn lawsuit annually instead of semi-annually. • Modifies footnote requiring AHCCCS to report to the JLBC on Medicaid reconciliation payments annually instead of semi-annually. • Adds footnote stating that the AHCCCS appropriation includes funding for a three percent provider rate increase for skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities in FY 2019, in addition to any actuarially-determined rate adjustments. • Adds footnote stating that the AHCCCS appropriation includes funding to increase inpatient and outpatient hospital rates by two and one-half percent in FY 2019 based on hospital performance on established quality measures. The appropriation is in addition to any actuarially-determined rate adjustments. • Adds footnote that $100,000 of the AHCCCS operating budget shall be used for a suicide prevention coordinator to assist school districts and charter schools. Requires AHCCCS, in consultation with the Arizona Department of Education, to report the coordinator's accomplishments by September 1, 2019.
Registrar of Contractors • Deletes footnote requiring JLBC review of any transfer to or from the Office of Administrative Hearings costs line item.
Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) • Adds footnote requiring the ACC to report to the JLBC by August 1, 2018, on total expenditures from the Small Drinking Water Systems Fund in FY 2018.
Department of Child Safety (DCS) • Removes footnote requiring JLBC review of progress in meeting Moss-Adams audit requirements. • Removes footnote requiring JLBC review of the expenditure plan for the Retention Pay line item. • Adds footnote stipulating that DCS FY 2018 litigation expenses appropriation is non-lapsing through FY 2019 and that DCS FY 2019 litigation expenses appropriation is non-lapsing through FY 2020.
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• Modifies footnote establishing benchmarks to require DCS to reduce the out-of-home population to 13,964 by June 30, 2019. Represents a two percent reduction each quarter in FY 2019 relative to the January 2018, population of 15,139. • Removes footnotes requiring reports on monthly financial, staffing and hiring information; S.B. 1518 made these requirements permanent. • Adds footnote requiring DCS to revert its $2,700,000 appropriation for backlog privatization from FY 2017 to the state General Fund on June 30, 2018.
Department of Economic Security (DES) • Adds footnote requiring DES to report to the JLBC by September 2, 2019, on the costs of operating the Arizona Training Program at Coolidge in FY 2019. • Adds footnote requiring DES to report to the JLBC on or before December 1, 2018, on its plans to reduce screening costs associated with the Arizona Early Intervention Program.
Arizona Department of Education (ADE) • Adds footnotes stipulating that any monies received by ADE for Proposition 301 purposes in excess of budgeted amounts are available for expenditure. • Adds footnote stipulating that any monies received by ADE for the Instructional Improvement Fund in excess of budgeted amounts are available for expenditure. • Adds footnotes declaring the intent of the Legislature and Governor is that the additional increase to the Base Level be used for teacher salary increases, and that school districts or other entities that receive additional funding may use the monies for teacher compensation. • Adds footnote allowing ADE to transfer up to $1,600,000 from Basic State Aid to Results-Based Funding to cover its FY 2018 shortfall without requiring JLBC review. • Adds footnote increasing the Base Support Level for Mayer Unified School District by $300,000 in FY 2018 and appropriating that amount from the state General Fund in FY 2018.
Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) • Adds footnote allowing the DFFM to use $210,000 from the Hazardous Vegetation Removal line item and $465,000 from the Post-Release Firefighting Crews line item appropriated in FY 2018 for fire-suppression expenses incurred in FYs 2018 and 2019.
Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) • Adds footnote allowing the AZGFD to transfer the $1 million to the operating budget upon the JLBC's review of an expenditure plan for these monies.
Office of the Governor • Adds footnote allowing $500,000 of the $1,500,000 state General Fund appropriation for deposit in the Foster Youth Education Success Fund to be spent upon receipt of an equivalent amount of matching funds from gifts, grants and donations. Directs the Office of the Governor to make an accounting of the matching monies received by the JLBC to determine the qualification for state match. The state General Fund monies are non-lapsing.
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Office of the Governor – Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) • Adds the OSPB as a recipient of any report submitted by elected officials or the Judiciary to the JLBC.
Department of Health Services (DHS) • Adds footnote requiring DHS to distribute monies appropriated for services for women who are homeless and pregnant to nonprofit organizations located in a county with more than three million persons and whose primary function is to provide shelter, food, clothing and transportation services to women who are homeless and pregnant.
Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) • As session law, reverts all monies remaining from the FY 2012 non-lapsing Occupational Safety and Health Administration Review Board appropriation to the state General Fund at the end of FY 2018.
State Land Department • Adds footnote requiring the State Land Department to provide a report to the JLBC by November 15, 2018, on the effectiveness of its FY 2018 innovation projects (professional services contracts, reassessment of federal permits, right-of-way digitization, survey assets and workflow digitization) and its planned FY 2019 projects.
Legislature • Adds footnote allowing all remaining funds deposited to the Border Security Trust Fund in FY 2014 and FY 2017 to be distributed to Cochise County as directed by the Joint Border Security Advisory Committee. This will allow an additional $432.10 to go to Cochise County.
Arizona Medical Board • Deletes footnote permitting the Arizona Medical Board to use up to seven percent of the Medical Board Fund balance remaining at the end of each fiscal year for a performance-based incentive program. This program continues to be funded through a line item.
Department of Public Safety (DPS) • Modifies footnote to require DPS to report to the JLBC and the OSPB by September 1, 2018, on its expenditure plan for the Border Strike Task Force Local Support line item and eliminates the review requirement.
Arizona Department of Revenue • Expands the existing enforcement report to include transaction privilege tax delinquencies.
Secretary of State • Restores FY 2017 footnote requiring any transfer to or from the amount appropriated to the Election Services line item to be reviewed by the JLBC. • Adds footnote that makes new, non-voter-registration Help America Vote Act (HAVA) monies non-lapsing through FY 2020.
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• Adds footnote requiring the JLBC to review the use of new HAVA funds not used for the development of a voter registration system.
Arizona Department of Transportation • Adds footnote requiring all expenditures for vehicle and heavy equipment replacement to be funded only from the Vehicle Replacement line item. • As session law, makes an FY 2018 appropriation non-lapsing through FY 2019 to equip and furnish a new Flagstaff office building.
Universities • Eliminates footnote prohibiting the universities from expending their state General Fund appropriations for contracted lobbyists. Laws 2017, Chapter 315 replaced this footnote language with permanent law in A.R.S. § 15-1650.04. • Modifies footnote to specify that the universities' report on tuition revenues expenditure plan to the JLBC for review include the use of all projected tuition and fee revenues by expenditure category. • Adds footnote requiring the new Arizona State University (ASU) Economic Development line item monies be used to establish an office in Guanajuato, Mexico to promote trade and economic development. • Adds footnote requiring at least $100,000 of the appropriation to the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at ASU be used to support research on the Arizona Constitution and the development of a civics and constitutionalism curriculum for K-12 and postsecondary education institutions. • Adds footnote requiring monies appropriated to Northern Arizona University for the Economic Policy Institute (Institute) be deposited into a separate account and used only for the direct operations of the Institute. Requires a report from the Institute by October 1, 2018. • Modifies footnotes to require that all appropriations and external donations, including remaining balances from prior years, to ASU for the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership and to the University of Arizona for the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom be deposited into accounts separate from other university funds.
Arizona Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS) • As session law, requires ADVS to receive commitment for a portion of total costs, rather than at least 65 percent of total costs, to build a veterans' home. Allows ADVS to use State Home for Veterans Trust Fund monies for the construction of veterans' homes in Yuma and Flagstaff.
Department of Water Resources • Modifies footnote to expand uses of the Lower Colorado Litigation line item to include all Colorado River litigation.
For additional information on the FY 2019 budget, see the JLBC Budget Summary.
9 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE capital outlay; appropriations; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1522/H.B. 2660) – Chapter 277
Makes the following statutory and session law changes relating to capital outlay necessary to reconcile the FY 2019 state budget: Building Renewal – Appropriates the following amounts in FY 2019 to the following agencies from the specified funds for major maintenance and repair activities for state buildings: Agency Fund Source Amount Capital Outlay Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) $11,000,000 Stabilization Fund Department of Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) Corrections Building $5,464,300 Renewal Fund Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) Game and Fish Fund $981,400 Arizona State Lottery Commission State Lottery Fund $126,300 State Highway Fund $5,250,000 Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) State Aviation Fund $242,000
ADOA – Allows ADOA to use building renewal monies in FY 2019 for building demolition and requires a report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee staff on the status of all building renewal projects and expenditures on or before January 31, 2019 and May 30, 2019. Additionally, requires ADOA to report to the Joint Committee on Capital Review (JCCR) on a plan to relocate state agencies on the capitol mall and to renovate capitol mall buildings for submission on or before November 15, 2018, with outlined disclosures. Capital Projects – Appropriates the following amounts in FY 2019 to the following agencies from the specified funds for capital projects: Agency Purpose Fund Amount Demolition of 1275 West Capital Outlay ADOA $1,000,000 Washington Street Stabilization Fund Renovation of state-owned Capitol Mall ADOA $10,000,000 buildings Consolidation Fund Department of Emergency Construction of a readiness State General Fund $3,759,000 and Military Affairs center Arizona Exposition and Arizona Exposition Capital improvements $1,000,000 State Fair Board and State Fair Fund AZGFD Dam maintenance Capital Improvement Fund $150,000 AZGFD Property maintenance Capital Improvement Fund $300,000 Arizona State Capital improvements to State Parks Revenue $4,000,000 Parks Board Oracle State Park Fund Arizona State Capital improvements to State Parks Revenue $1,500,000 Parks Board Buckskin Mountain State Park Fund
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Agency Purpose Fund Amount Arizona State State Parks Revenue Capital improvements $2,000,000 Parks Board Fund Miners' Hospital for Arizona Pioneers' Home Capital improvements Miners with $600,000 Disabilities Land Fund
Department of Remote housing State General Fund $1,200,000 Public Safety replacement State Highway Fund $800,000 Construction of Keams ADOT State Highway Fund $1,790,000 Canyon truck barn and office Replacement and repair of ADOT spreader rack bays at State Highway Fund $1,720,000 statewide locations Construction of a new ADOT State Highway Fund $2,250,000 materials lab in Kingman Planning and construction ADOT State Highway Fund $363,017,000 of state highways Planning and construction ADOT of state, county or municipal State Aviation Fund $18,798,500 airports Department of Construction of a veterans' State Home for $4,000,000 Veterans' Services home facility in Flagstaff Veterans Trust Fund Department of Construction of a veterans' State Home for $4,000,000 Veterans' Services home facility in Yuma Veterans Trust Fund
Arizona Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS) – Permits ADVS to utilize the State Home for Veterans Trust Fund appropriation in FY 2019 to construct veterans' home facilities in Flagstaff and Yuma. Federal funding must be a portion, rather than at least 65 percent, of the total construction costs of the veterans' home facilities in Flagstaff and Yuma before state funding is expended. Funds are exempt from lapsing. Miscellaneous – Reverts remaining unexpended monies from the following appropriations to the fund from which the monies were appropriated: 1) on June 30, 2020, the $120,000 appropriation made by Laws 2016, Chapter 126 to repair the 1938 Works Progress Administration Civic Building on the state fairgrounds; 2) on June 30, 2019, the $3,867,000 appropriation made by Laws 2016, Chapter 126 to the AZGFD for capital improvements; and 3) on June 30, 2020, all FY 2019 appropriations, unless otherwise specified. Monies appropriated for statewide highway construction and airport planning and development do not lapse until the project is complete, abandoned or if a full fiscal year passes without an expenditure. Directs JCCR to review the scope, purpose and estimated cost of new capital projects with an estimated cost of more than $250,000.
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criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1523/H.B. 2666) – Chapter 278
Makes the following statutory and session law changes relating to criminal justice necessary to reconcile the FY 2019 state budget: Department of Public Safety (DPS) – As session law in FY 2019: 1) permits DPS to use monies in the State Aid to Indigent Defense Fund and the Concealed Weapons Permit Fund (CCW Fund) for operating expenses; 2) permits DPS to use monies in the CCW Fund for expenses of the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board; 3) increases, from $10 million to $16 million, the statutory cap and transfer of Highway User Revenue Fund monies available to fund DPS highway patrol costs; 4) permits DPS to use the amount appropriated to it from the Arizona Highway Patrol Fund to update the Criminal Justice Information System; and 5) permits DPS to use the appropriation from the Public Safety Equipment Fund to update the Microwave Backbone Statewide Communication System. Continues to require DPS to submit the entire expenditure plan for the Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM) Border Security and Law Enforcement Subaccounts to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) for review before any expenditure. After the $500,000 allocation to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office from the GIITEM Fund, the next $400,000 is allocated to the Pima County Sheriff's Office. Judiciary – Permits the Arizona Supreme Court to design, implement and upgrade a new appellate case management system, using an aggregate $3.15 million over FYs 2019 and 2020 from specified funds. Requires Maricopa County to share with the state the cost for the payment of superior court judges' salaries as follows: 1) in FY 2020, Maricopa County covers 75 percent and the state 25 percent of the cost; and 2) in FY 2021, and every fiscal year thereafter, Maricopa County and the state each cover 50 percent of the cost. Attorney General (AG) – Repeals requirements that: 1) the AG report setoffs of incarceration costs against monetary judgments awarded to inmates within the previous six months; and 2) each state agency and department report to the JLBC the fund sources used to pay for general agency counsel. Permits the AG to use the Consumer Remediation Subaccount of the Consumer Restitution and Remediation Revolving Fund (Consumer Remediation Subaccount) appropriation in FY 2019: 1) to upgrade the AG's Case Management Information Technology System; and 2) for licensing compliance. Permits the AG to use $1.4 million from the Consumer Remediation Subaccount in FY 2021 for general operating expenses. Increases, from $500,000 to $1 million, the statutory cap on the non-lapsing requirement for monies in the Collection Enforcement Revolving Fund. Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) – Continues to require ADC to report actual FY 2018, estimated FY 2019 and requested FY 2020 expenditures as delineated in the prior year's submission when submitting its FY 2020 budget request. Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) – Designates ACJC as the administering agency for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant and requires a copy of the application for the grant to be given to the JLBC at least 30 days before the application is submitted.
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Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) – Permits DEMA to use up to $1.25 million in the Military Installation Fund in FY 2019 to construct a readiness center. Miscellaneous – Continues to express the Legislature's intent that the Director of the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections assess to each county a proportional share of $11.26 million, based on population, for the annual committed youth confinement cost sharing fee.
budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1524/H.B. 2667) – Chapter 279 Increases state-owned building square-footage rental rates from $13.08 to $16.08 for office space and from $4.74 to $5.79 for storage space. Increases agency contributions to the Information Technology Fund from 0.20 percent of payroll to 0.30 percent of payroll and requires the Information Technology Authorization Committee to approve or deny any proposed information technology projects involving more than one agency that are expected to exceed $1,000,000. Continues the Joint Legislative Audit Committee for eight years, until July 1, 2026, retroactive to July 1, 2018. Repeals the Capitol Mall Commission and delegates its authority to the Arizona Department of Administration. Establishes the Capitol Mall Consolidation Fund consisting of legislatively appropriated monies and proceeds from the sale of three state-owned properties. Establishes a fee, set by the Arizona Department of Transportation in rule, for a second requested special license plate. Expands the permitted use of individual funds within the Secretary of State, Department of Insurance, and Arizona Department of Revenue, and exempts the Legislature from Budget Stabilization Fund appropriation requirements for the next three fiscal years. environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1525/H.B. 2658) – Chapter 280 Makes the following statutory and session law changes relating to the environment necessary to reconcile the FY 2019 state budget: Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) – Expands the use of the Water Quality Fee Fund to include: 1) implementation costs for a program for direct reuse of reclaimed water; 2) monitoring the quality of Arizona waters for pollutants; and 3) reporting information on levels of pollutants found in Arizona aquifers. Allows ADEQ to use up to $6,531,000 from the Underground Storage Tank Revolving Fund (UST Revolving Fund) in FY 2019 for administrative costs and remediate sewage discharge issues in Naco, Arizona. ADEQ must charge the same fees in FY 2019 that were charged in FY 2018 for vehicle emissions tests conducted in the Phoenix metro area. ADEQ is exempt from rulemaking requirements to set emissions fees until July 1, 2019. Appropriates the following to the Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund (WQARF) in FY 2019: 1) $6,500,000 from the Emissions Inspection Fund; 2) $5,000,000 from the Air Quality Fund; and 3) $2,052,000 from the Recycling Fund. Expresses the Legislature's intent that the amounts appropriated to the WQARF be supplemented by $2,000,000 of monies directly deposited in the WQARF. Allows ADEQ to use monies in the Permit Administration Fund and the UST Revolving Fund to develop and implement an e-licensing project. Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) – Continues to allow up to $336,000 from the Water Protection Fund to be used for ADWR administrative costs, and continues to allow the ADWR Director to increase fees up to $100,200 in FY 2019. Appropriates $100,000 from the state General Fund to ADWR to contract with an independent consultant to analyze data from
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specific groundwater basins in Mohave County in order to estimate the rate of depletion and number of years of groundwater remaining. A report is due by December 31, 2019. Arizona State Parks Board (ASPB) – Continues to allow the ASPB to spend up to $692,100 from the ASPB portion of the Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Fund in FY 2019 for agency operating expenses. Arizona Navigable Stream Adjudication Commission (ANSAC) – Allows monies appropriated to ANSAC from the Arizona Water Banking Fund to be used to pay legal fees in FY 2019. higher education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1527/H.B. 2662) – Chapter 281 Makes the following statutory and session law changes relating to higher education necessary to reconcile the FY 2019 budget: Community Colleges – Continues to suspend the operating state aid funding formula in FY 2019 for Maricopa and Pima counties. Allows Coconino Community College to increase its primary property tax levy, subject to voter approval. Prohibits community colleges from requiring a student to either be a member of a labor organization or to participate in an industry apprenticeship program as a prerequisite for course enrollment. Universities – Continues to suspend the statutory requirement that the state provide a 2:1 ratio of state funding to student fees deposited into the Arizona Financial Aid Trust Fund. Revises the universities' annual cost-containment reporting requirements. Statutorily continues to direct the Arizona Board of Regents to provide a tuition waiver scholarship to university students who were in foster care.
human services; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1528/H.B. 2661) – Chapter 282 Makes the following statutory and session law changes relating to human services necessary to implement the FY 2019 state budget: Department of Economic Security (DES) – Allows DES to use monies appropriated to the Special Administration Fund in FY 2019 for adult services and domestic violence prevention, and allows DES to use monies appropriated to the Spinal and Head Injuries Trust Fund in FY 2019 for the Arizona Early Intervention Program. Continues the authority for DES in FY 2019 to reduce maximum income eligibility levels for child care assistance. Continues to require DES to screen and test recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Cash Assistance for illegal drug use, and renders recipients who test positive ineligible to receive benefits for one year. Department of Child Safety (DCS) – Requires the Auditor General's DCS report to include the difference in caseworker caseloads between DCS field offices and extends the reporting deadline from December 31, 2018, to December 31, 2020. Continues to require DCS and the Early Childhood Development and Health Board (First Things First) to jointly report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee by February 1, 2019, on collaborative efforts to address child welfare.
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revenues; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1529/H.B. 2664) – Chapter 283 Makes the following statutory and session law changes relating to general revenues necessary to reconcile the FY 2019 state budget: Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) – Allows DFI to permanently use the Financial Services Fund for general operating expenses. Arizona Department of Education – Retroactive to July 1, 2018, shifts funding for school district desegregation expenses from the primary property tax levy to the secondary property tax levy. Secondary property taxes levied for this purpose do not require voter approval but must be separately delineated on a property owner's property tax statement by a county assessor. Arizona Commerce Authority – Beginning in FY 2020, reduces, from $11,500,000 to $5,500,000, the annual deposit by the State Treasurer from the Job Creation Withholdings Clearing Account into the Arizona Competes Fund. Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) – Continues to express the Legislature's intent that local fees to fund ADOR not exceed $20,755,835 in any fiscal year and are to be allocated among cities, towns, counties, the Maricopa Association of Governments and the Pima Association of Governments based on the prorated share of all distributed revenues, excluding Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) monies. Increases, from $2,500 to $3,500, the maximum allowable subtraction from Arizona gross income for benefits, annuities and pensions received as retirement or retainer pay for the Uniformed Services of the United States, beginning in Tax Year 2019. Department of Gaming – Retroactive to July 1, 2018, continues to set the Department of Gaming racing wagering assessment to 0.5 percent of the amounts wagered in FY 2019. Changes the fund in which boxing and mixed martial arts revenues, except licensing fees, are deposited in FY 2019 from the state General Fund to the Unarmed Combat Subaccount of the Racing Regulation Fund. Arizona Department of Transportation/Department of Public Safety (DPS) – Eliminates, retroactive to July 1, 2018, the FY 2019 appropriation from the Highway Expansion and Extension Loan Program Fund to local HURF in lieu of the highway safety fee imposed on registered vehicles to fund the Highway Patrol Division of DPS (H.B. 2166). Eliminates the additional $30,000,000 distribution to local HURF in FY 2020 in lieu of the highway safety fee. Department of Insurance (DOI) – Continues to suspend the requirement that fees collected by DOI be between 95 and 110 percent of the DOI appropriation. Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) – Allows the AZDA to continue, increase or lower existing fees from FY 2017 and FY 2018 in FY 2019. Limits additional revenues that may be generated by fees as follows: 1) $218,000 to the state General Fund; 2) $113,000 to the Pesticide Trust Fund; and 3) $26,000 to the Dangerous Plants, Pests and Diseases Fund. Exempts AZDA from rulemaking requirements for the purpose of establishing fees until July 1, 2019. Counties – Continues to allow counties with a population of fewer than 250,000 persons to use any source of county revenue, up to $1,250,000, to meet any county fiscal obligation in FY 2019. Requires a county using this authority to report to the Director of the Joint Legislative
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Budget Committee by October 1, 2018: 1) whether the county used a revenue source for purposes other than the purposes of the revenue source to meet a county fiscal obligation; and 2) the specific source and amount of revenues that the county intends to use in FY 2019.
health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. (H.B. 2659/S.B. 1526) – Chapter 284 Makes the following statutory and session law changes relating to health and welfare necessary to implement the FY 2019 state budget: Department of Health Services (DHS) – Directs DHS to deposit the first $300,000 in fees collected each fiscal year from licensees and registrants of radiation sources and the certification of radiologic technologists into the state General Fund (GF). Requires DHS to deposit 90 percent of the remaining monies received into the Health Services Licensing Fund and the remaining 10 percent into the state GF. Continues to allow DHS to increase fees for services provided by the Bureau of Radiation Control (BRC) and exempts DHS from related rulemaking requirements until July 1, 2019. Expresses the Legislature's intent that revenues generated by BRC service fees not exceed $561,000, and requires BRC service fees to be deposited into the Health Services Licensing Fund. Continues to require a city, town or county to reimburse DHS for the full cost of a defendant's inpatient, in-custody competency restoration treatment if the state pays the treatment cost. Requires reimbursements to be made within 30 days of a request and deposited into the Arizona State Hospital Fund. Continues to allow DHS to use monies in the Health Research Account for Alzheimer’s disease research. Allows monies in the Health Services Lottery Monies Fund to be used for the purposes specified in the FY 2019 General Appropriations Act. Permits DHS to use monies from the Disease Control Research Fund for AIDS reporting and surveillance. Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) – Beginning July 1, 2018, subjects the reimbursement level for behavioral health services provided by an inpatient facility not contracted with a contractor or a Regional Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) to the capped fee-for-service schedule adopted by AHCCCS, multiplied by 90 percent. Outlines FY 2019 disproportionate share hospital (DSH) distributions to the Maricopa County Special Health Care District (MIHS), the Arizona State Hospital (ASH), qualifying non-state-operated public hospitals, private qualifying DSHs and hospitals located in Yuma that contain at least 300 beds. Requires MIHS and ASH to each provide a certified public expense form for qualifying DSH expenditures to AHCCCS within specified timelines. Retroactive to July 1, 2017, increases the FY 2018 DSH payments established for qualifying non-state-operated public hospitals, from $108,874,800 to $113,818,500, and increases the amount of federal financial participation required to be deposited into the state GF from $71,890,300 to $75,345,400. Outlines FY 2019 county Acute Care contributions and county Acute Long-Term Care System contributions. Requires the State Treasurer, if a county does not provide the prescribed funding, to subtract the outstanding amount from any other required payments to the county, plus interest. Requires a payment equal to one-twelfth of the total Acute Care contribution amount to
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be made by the fifth day of each month, and requires the State Treasurer, on request from the Director of AHCCCS, to require up to three months’ payment to be made in advance. Continues to require AHCCCS, by December 31, 2019, to transfer any portion necessary to the counties to comply with the Affordable Care Act regarding the counties’ proportional share of the state’s contribution. Authorizes AHCCCS to continue risk contingency rate settings for all managed care organizations (MCOs) and funding for all MCO administrative funding levels imposed in contract year 2010-2011 for the contract year beginning October 1, 2018, and ending September 30, 2019. Continues to allow AHCCCS to participate in any special disability workload 1115 Demonstration Waiver offered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Continues to require AHCCCS to report to the Director of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) by January 2, 2019, the availability of inpatient psychiatric treatment for adults and for children and adolescents who receive services from RBHAs. The report must present information separately for adults who are at least 22 years of age and for children and adolescents who are 21 years of age or younger. Requires the Directors of AHCCCS and DHS to submit a joint report on hospital charge master transparency by January 2, 2019. Requires the Directors of AHCCCS and DHS to submit a joint report to the JLBC by January 1, 2019, on available federal grant monies to address the opioid epidemic to supplement monies appropriated to AHCCCS in FY 2018. Requires AHCCCS to report to the Director of the JLBC by January 2, 2019, on the availability of inpatient psychiatric treatment both for adults and for children and adolescents who receive services from the RBHAs.
K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. (H.B. 2663/S.B. 1521) – Chapter 285 Makes the following statutory and session law changes relating to K-12 education necessary to reconcile the FY 2019 state budget: Basic State Aid – Increases the Base Level, transportation funding levels and Charter Additional Assistance (CAA) amounts by 1.8 percent for standard inflation. The Base Level is increased by an additional 5.72 percent for a per-pupil increase from $3,683.27 to $3,960.07. Reduces the $352,442,700 District Additional Assistance (DAA) and the $18,656,000 CAA suspensions by $100 million in FY 2019, to $257,469,900 and $13,628,800 respectively, and phases out the remaining suspensions by FY 2023. School districts with a student count of fewer than 1,100 are exempt from DAA reductions. Charter Schools – Requires charter school performance frameworks to include the financial expectations of the charter school and allows a charter school sponsor to revoke a charter or deny the request for charter renewal if the charter holder fails to meet the financial performance expectations. Teacher Salary Information – Requires school district and charter school budgets to contain the average teacher salary for the current and previous year, and the dollar and percent increases in the average teacher salary. This information must also be prominently posted on the homepages of the school districts' and charter schools' websites. The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is required to compile information into a report by November 30 of each year.
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School Facilities Board (SFB) – Continues the SFB for four years, until July 1, 2022, retroactive to July 1, 2018. Modifies SFB membership to include a member with experience in public procurement and a member who owns a private construction firm that does not conduct business with schools. Makes various changes to SFB statute, including: 1) outlining new policies and procedures the SFB must develop and implement; and 2) establishing requirements for prioritizing critical Building Renewal Grant (BRG) Fund projects over noncritical projects. SFB employees may not have a direct or indirect financial interest in any purchase, construction or contract and a knowing violation is classified as a class 1 misdemeanor. Directs the Auditor General to complete a special audit of the BRG Fund expenditures for the period of July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018, to assess the BRG process, vendor selection, procurement, contracting and oversight processes for projects. In FY 2019, the SFB may distribute $825,000 from the New School Facilities Fund for new school construction to a school district that meets specified requirements. School District Procurement – Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules for school district procurement of any materials, services, goods, construction or construction services that ensure maximum practicable competition, and beginning July 1, 2019, to require contracts to be awarded based on the lowest qualified bidder. Outlines penalties for violating the adopted rules. Allows the Attorney General, if there is reason to believe a person has violated the adopted rules, to require that person to file a statement or report under oath. A person who supervises or participates in school district or school purchasing cooperative contracts or other financial transactions who solicits or accepts a gift or benefit, or a vendor securing the contract who offers or confers the gift or benefit is guilty of a: 1) class 6 felony, for gifts valued at $300 or more; or 2) class 1 misdemeanor, for gifts valued at less than $300. A convicted person or vendor may be suspended, for up to six months, or barred, for up to three years, from doing business with schools. Prohibits school districts from hiring the same auditor or auditing firm for more than three consecutive years, and precludes an auditor or auditing firm hired by a school district from also receiving consulting fees from that school district. Computer Science – Establishes the Computer Science Professional Development Program Fund (Fund) consisting of legislative appropriations, grants, gifts, devises, and donations and directs ADE to distribute grants from the Fund to school districts and charter schools that do not currently provide high school computer science instruction to fund quality training for prospective computer science teachers. Outlines requirements for the application process, grant distribution and reporting. Results-Based Funding – Requires ADE to distribute monies from the Results-Based Funding Fund in FY 2019 in the same manner as FY 2018, which is based on Spring 2017 statewide assessment results. Cave Creek Unified School District – Increases the budget limit for the Cave Creek Unified School District by $1.5 million in FY 2019. Miscellaneous – Adds social studies to the list of examination subjects that qualify for the College Credit by Examination Incentive Program. Allows the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to use monies from the Telecommunication Fund for the Deaf in FY 2019 to support the expansion of the Birth-to-Three Program. The Arizona Corporation Commission must make available to eligible applicants, all remaining monies collected after the 2018 E-Rate procurement cycle for the E-Rate Broadband Special Construction Project Matching Fund Program.
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LEGISLATION VETOED automobile theft authority; appropriation (H.B. 2002) – VETOED Appropriates all monies deposited in the Automobile Theft Authority Fund (ATA Fund) in excess of the FY 2018 appropriation to the ATA Fund, and requires the Automobile Theft Authority to report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on use of the excess monies before expenditure. The Governor indicates in his veto message that this legislation should include a larger discussion to ensure administrative efficiencies are realized. expenditure limitation; waiver of penalties (H.B. 2290) – VETOED Waives penalties for excess expenditures of local revenues by La Paz County in FYs 2014 through 2018, and prohibits La Paz County from seeking a legislative waiver of penalties for a minimum of five years after August 3, 2018. The Governor indicates in his veto message that legislation increasing teacher pay is a higher priority.
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Senator Steve Smith, Chairperson
Grant Hanna, Research Analyst Vicente Reyna, Assistant Research Analyst Julia Paulus, Intern COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
LEGISLATION ENACTED
DHS; homemade food products (S.B. 1022) – Chapter 45 SEE THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE. backflow prevention; state fire code (S.B. 1042) – Chapter 19 SEE THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE. home inspectors (S.B. 1045) – Chapter 46 Requires an applicant for initial home inspector certification to obtain a valid fingerprint clearance card from the Department of Public Safety, instead of submitting a set of fingerprints to the Arizona Board of Technical Registration (AZBTR). The AZBTR may not require submission of a fingerprint clearance card for certification renewal or any other purpose. Allows the AZBTR to employ persons on a fee basis to review applicants' submitted required documents for home inspector certification and regulation. purple heart day (S.B. 1089) – Chapter 24 Proclaims August 7 of each year as Purple Heart Day.
Beirut barracks bombing remembrance day (S.B. 1090) – Chapter 211 Proclaims October 23 of each year as Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Remembrance Day. industrial hemp; licensing (S.B. 1098) – Chapter 287 SEE THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE. workers' compensation; claim settlement (S.B. 1100) – Chapter 212 Under current law, an employee may negotiate a full and final settlement sum by waiving all future entitlement benefits on the claim. The Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) must deem the full and final settlement to be in the best interest of the employee based on the status and permanency of the employee's injuries. An employee not represented by counsel must attest to their understanding of rights settled and an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) must deem the settlement to be fair and reasonable. S.B. 1100 requires all employees, regardless of representation, to receive benefit calculation information and attest to their understanding of rights settled. Rather than finding the settlement to be in the best interest of the employee, the ICA must deem the settlement fair and reasonable to the employee based on the provided benefit calculation information. If the employee is not represented by counsel, an ALJ must additionally confirm the employee's understanding of rights settled and receipt of benefit calculations.
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An employee may receive a final settlement for supportive medical maintenance benefits. Unlike a full and final settlement that requires employee waiver of all future entitlement to a claim, a final settlement requires waiver of future entitlement for known conditions described in the agreement. Final settlements for supportive medical maintenance benefits must be approved by the ICA.
photo radar; review; penalty (S.B. 1110) – Chapter 123 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
workers' compensation; opioids; dispensed medications (S.B. 1111) – Chapter 101 For any narcotic or opium-based Schedule II controlled substance prescription dispensed in workers' compensation treatment, S.B. 1111 requires a physician to submit a justification and treatment plan to the Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA). The physician must conduct a substance use risk assessment and check the employee's Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program utilization report. Initial opioid prescriptions are limited to 5 days for non-surgical treatment and 14 days following a surgical procedure, with exceptions for traumatic injuries and dispensation in certain skilled care facilities. To justify the use of a narcotic or opioid prescription, the treatment must reduce an employee's dependency on continued medical treatment and the employee must have reduced work restrictions or significantly improve in the performance of daily activities. The treatment plan must include procedures for tapering off opioid treatment and criteria for referring the employee to opioid dependence or addiction treatment. Allows the ICA to set reimbursement guidelines for medications dispensed in settings not accessible to the general public. In considering whether to adopt additional dispensing guidelines for private settings, the ICA must consult with industry stakeholders and hold at least one public hearing by July 1, 2019. liquor establishments; peace officers; firearms (S.B. 1117) – Chapter 159 Permits an off-duty peace officer to possess a firearm while on the premises of an establishment that sells liquor for consumption on its premises.
state land department; continuation. (NOW: certificates of authority; video service) (S.B. 1140) – Chapter 331 Beginning July 1, 2019, requires cities, towns and counties (local governments) to adopt a standard uniform video service license and outlines provisions required to be included in the license agreement. Beginning January 1, 2020, incumbent cable operators may continue operating under an existing agreement or terminate the agreement and obtain a uniform license. A local government may: 1) require a video service provider to obtain a construction or occupancy permit; 2) impose reasonable repair and restoration charges in management of its highways; and 3) manage highway use and occupancy of users in a nondiscriminatory manner. The local government may not vote on the uniform license application or impose any infrastructure, facility or deployment requirements. Establishes parameters for calculation of licensing fees on gross revenues and bundling discounts.
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Allows video service subscribers to submit complaints to their local government, the Attorney General or the Federal Communications Commission and further designates the Office of Administrative Hearings as the adjudicative body for video service provider complaints. silver alert notification; developmental disability (S.B. 1162) – Chapter 39 Allows the Department of Public Safety to issue a Silver Alert on request of a law enforcement agency investigating a report of a missing person with a developmental disability. veterans; increased income tax subtraction (NOW: merit council; law enforcement qualifications) (S.B. 1167) – Chapter 332 Requires law enforcement merit system councils (councils) to review, rather than fix, position standards and qualifications. Councils must coordinate with law enforcement agency department heads regarding: 1) position classification; 2) salary schedule recommendation; and 3) plan development for the fair selection, appointment, retention, separation or removal from service. unemployment insurance; educational employers; interest (S.B. 1205) – Chapter 25 For individuals providing services to multiple educational employers, requires payment of unemployment insurance benefits based exclusively on the services provided to an employer that does not provide a contract or reasonable assurance of work. scrap metal dealers; DPS report (S.B. 1209) – Chapter 40 SEE THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE. law enforcement officers; interviews; rights (S.B. 1260) – Chapter 216 SEE THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE. construction contracts; indemnification; liability provisions (NOW: dwelling actions; construction professional; parties) (NOW: construction liability; apportionment; study) (S.B. 1271) – Chapter 336 Establishes the Construction Liability Apportionment Study Committee (CLASC) consisting of three Senate members, one of whom serves as co-chairperson, appointed by the President of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives (House), one of whom serves as co-chairperson, appointed by the Speaker of the House. No more than two members from each legislative chamber may be from the same party. CLASC is charged with making recommendations on the use of indemnity provisions in construction contracts, allocation of liability based on degrees of fault and assignment of financial responsibility to negligent parties. CLASC may hold public hearings, conduct fact-finding tours and take testimony from witnesses to fulfill its responsibilities. CLASC must submit a report of its findings and recommendations by December 15, 2018.
22 COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE limited liability company act; revisions (S.B. 1353) – Chapter 168 Adopts a new Arizona Limited Liability Company (LLC) Act that applies to new LLCs beginning September 1, 2019, and to all LLCs beginning September 1, 2020. Allows an LLC, in its articles of organization, to provide a principal address for the LLC's statutory agent in Arizona, rather than for its known place of business in the state. Adopts standards of conduct establishing duties of loyalty and care owed to LLC members. Unless otherwise specified in the operating agreement, known differences among members and other specified company decisions are settled based on a majority in interest of the members, rather than a majority of the members. In derivative proceedings, an LLC may appoint a special litigation committee to investigate claims and determine if continuation, settlement or dismissal is in the best interest of the LLC. The special litigation committee's determinations are enforceable, provided a court finds the members of the committee acted in good faith, independently and with reasonable care.
contractor licensure (S.B. 1375) – Chapter 88 Requires a contractor to report to the Registrar of Contractors upon the transfer of 25 percent of their company stock or beneficial interest, rather than a transfer of 50 percent. Requires a limited liability company applying for a contractor license to be in good standing with the Arizona Corporation Commission. landlord tenant act; personal property (S.B. 1376) – Chapter 127 Shortens, from 21 days to 14 days, the length of time a landlord must hold a tenant's personal property after retaking possession of a rental unit for abandonment or noncompliance with a rental agreement. A landlord is not required to store a tenant's perishable items, plants or animals, but must provide reasonable care for abandoned animals if the landlord does not take them to a shelter or boarding facility or notify authorities. Permits a landlord to immediately remove and dispose of personal property upon receipt of the keys to the unit, unless the landlord and tenant have a written agreement for other treatment of the property.
service contracts (S.B. 1381) – Chapter 150 Requires a company offering service contracts to obtain a permit from the Department of Insurance (DOI), rather than satisfy licensure requirements. A service contract is an agreement for a stated duration to perform the repair, replacement, or maintenance of a consumer product, or indemnification for the operational or structural failure of the consumer product. All service contract forms must be submitted to DOI at least 30 days before the proposed effective date of the contract. The service contract must include certain disclosures in bold face type and terms of early cancellation.
unemployment; return-to-work program; suitable work (S.B. 1398) – Chapter 340 Under current law, unemployment insurance (UI) recipients may be disqualified from benefits for failure to accept an employment offer for suitable work. After an individual has received four weeks of UI benefits, S.B. 1398 deems any employment offer that provides 120 percent of the individual's weekly benefit amount to be suitable work. Requires the Department of Economic Security to establish a training program to provide structured training opportunities and apprenticeships to unemployed individuals. Program
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participants remain eligible for UI benefits but must continue seeking work unless otherwise exempt. Employer participants must have at least one full-time employee position available in Arizona, provide training opportunities that benefit the individual and attest that current employees will not be displaced or lose any promotion rights due to an individual in the training program.
board of barbers; cosmetology; apprenticeships (S.B. 1399) – Chapter 274 Allows an applicant for licensure by the Board of Barbers (Board) to fulfill school training requirements through completion of an apprenticeship. A barbering apprenticeship must be approved by the Department of Economic Security and include 250 hours of hygiene, sterilization, antiseptics and related instruction. Only Board-approved barber mentors may train an apprentice. The Board must approve barbers as mentors based on their record of licensure compliance and may not condition approval on an additional fee or requirement.
aggravated DUI; sentence; county jail (S.B. 1400) – Chapter 256 Permits a county sheriff, except in Maricopa and Pima counties, to establish a program allowing an aggravated driving under the influence (DUI) offender to serve incarceration in county jail rather than in prison. Allows cities, towns and counties to establish medium security facilities for DUI inmates, and beginning January 1, 2019, requires the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission to submit an annual report comparing recidivism rates in county jails versus in prisons.
prohibition; criminal history; occupational regulation (S.B. 1436) – Chapter 193 Prohibits a state agency or board from denying an occupational license to an individual due to a past criminal offense, unless the offense was a felony, of a violent nature, or related to the scope of licensure sought. Public safety and education-related licenses are excluded. An individual with a criminal record may petition an agency at any time to determine eligibility for licensure. By July 1 of each year, licensing authorities must report application determinations for past offenders to the Governor and the Legislature.
certified public accountants (S.B. 1443) – Chapter 268 Requires a sole-proprietorship or business organization to register as a firm with the Arizona Board of Accountancy (Board) if: 1) the owner or a majority of its owners are certified public accountants (CPAs); 2) the business has an office in Arizona; and 3) the business provides attestation or compilation services or uses the CPA designation. Only registered firms in good standing may perform attestation or compilation services. The Executive Director of the Board is authorized to issue CPA certificates, terminate decisions and approve firm registrations.
pre-arrest diversion; precomplaint education program (NOW: county sheriff; reentry planning; appropriation) (S.B. 1476) – Chapter 342 Appropriates $500,000 from the State Charitable, Penal and Reformatory Institutions Land Fund to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office in each of FYs 2019, 2020 and 2021 for administering release coordination reentry services.
24 COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE prisoners; drug sentences; out-of-custody treatment (S.B. 1496) – Chapter 344 Requires certain prisoners serving sentences for possession or use of drugs to be released 90 days early to a prisoner transition program that provides services, such as drug or alcohol abuse treatment. A prisoner is prohibited from participating in a transition program if the prisoner has: 1) been convicted of a violent or sexual offense; 2) a felony detainer; 3) violated a major rule while incarcerated within the last six months; or 4) previously been released to a transition program and violated a term of release.
AZPOST; prohibited peace officer discipline (NOW: AZPOST; membership) (NOW: membership; AZPOST) (NOW: AZPOST; membership; training; AMBER alert) (S.B. 1498) – Chapter 345 Requires the two certified law enforcement officers serving on the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZPOST) to have experience representing peace officers in disciplinary cases. One of the certified law enforcement officers must have the rank of deputy and the other must have the rank of officer. One of the two certified law enforcement officers must be from a rural county. Requires the Department of Public Safety to assist in the implementation and maintenance of the AMBER alert notification system on Tribal Lands as established by the federal Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert on Tribal Lands Act.
community facilities districts; directors (S.B. 1499) – Chapter 108 E An emergency measure effective March 29, 2018, that allows a community facilities district (CFD) to provide for the designation of subsequent board members upon term expiration or vacancy caused by death, resignation or an inability to discharge duties. Adds two members, selected by the largest landowner in the CFD, to the option for the CFD to be governed by a board consisting of the municipality or county governing body members, ex officio. For a CFD of any acreage, the municipality or county governing body may instead appoint a board of five directors.
employment security; employee; employer; status (S.B. 1500) – Chapter 171 Designates Internal Revenue Service treatment of income as determinative of employee status. The Department of Economic Security is prohibited from determining status based on whether an individual: 1) executed a confidentiality agreement; 2) operates as a sole proprietor; or 3) performs services that are subject to quality, time or location standards of an employer's client or customer. Contracting medical professionals and home care service providers are exempt from the definition of employee.
ignition interlock device; incarceration credits (S.B. 1502) – Chapter 109 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
delinquent restitution; monthly report; hearing (NOW: delinquent restitution; procedure) (S.B. 1503) – Chapter 226 Requires a department supervising adult probation to notify the court when a probationer misses the equivalent of four full monthly restitution payments. The notification must include
25 COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE recommendations for further action, including the need for a review hearing. The court must hold a review hearing if requested by the state or the victim. workers' compensation; rate deviations (H.B. 2025) – Chapter 5 Under current law, for establishing workers' compensation rates, an insurer must annually file a uniform plan with the Department of Insurance. For each rate filing, the insurer may apply either: 1) a uniform percentage increase or decrease, known as a deviation; or 2) a schedule rating plan reflecting the individual risk characteristics of the insured subject. Current law does not allow an insurer to apply both a deviation and a schedule rating plan to a single insured employer. Retroactive to March 1, 2018, H.B. 2025 allows a workers' compensation insurer to apply both a deviation and a schedule rating to an insured employer, but not to a single risk group within the employer. workers' compensation; employee definition; LLCs (H.B. 2047) – Chapter 175 Beginning July 1, 2019, requires limited liability company majority members and corporation majority shareholders to opt in to workers' compensation coverage. An assumed average monthly wage of $600 or more, up to the statutory maximum, is used to compute premium payments and compensation benefits. manufactured home sales; licensure; exemption (H.B. 2150) – Chapter 12 Allows a person who is licensed by the Arizona Department of Real Estate to sell new manufactured homes as an agent for a licensed manufactured housing dealer. notaries public; immigration law; prohibition (H.B. 2155) – Chapter 34 Prohibits a notary public who is not an attorney from rendering any service for compensation that constitutes the unauthorized practice of immigration or nationality law. Directs the Secretary of State to impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and revoke the notary public's commission for a violation.
Arizona commerce authority; continuation; requirements (H.B. 2167) – Chapter 66 Continues the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) for six years until July 1, 2024, retroactive to July 1, 2018. Requires the ACA to maintain one full-time employee to support small business, one full-time employee to serve as a small business ombudsman and one full-time employee to represent rural economic development. mobile homes; recreational vehicles; fund (H.B. 2168) – Chapter 79 Increases the distance, from 50 miles to 100 miles, a tenant moving due to changes in land use may relocate and remain eligible for Mobile Home Relocation Fund (Fund) assistance. For relocations due to rent increases or age restrictions, increases maximum Fund disbursements from $5,000 to $7,500 for a single-section mobile home and from $10,000 to $12,000 for a multi-section mobile home.
26 COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE boxing; mixed martial arts; continuation (H.B. 2170) – Chapter 35 Continues the Arizona State Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Commission for eight years, until July 1, 2026, retroactive to July 1, 2018.
secretary of state; notary public (H.B. 2178) – Chapter 13 Transfers requirements for electronic notarization from statute to the rulemaking authority of the Secretary of State (SOS). The SOS must adopt rules establishing standards for implementation of electronic notarization by December 31, 2019. Allows a notary public to verify identity with an inmate identification.
prisoners; special services fund; uses (H.B. 2188) – Chapter 198 Allows monies in the Special Services Fund (Fund) to be used for the implementation, operation and maintenance of technologies for inmate use including kiosks, tablets and telephone systems. Inmate technology system revenues are deposited in the Fund.
prisoners; dedicated discharge account; use (H.B. 2189) – Chapter 69 E An emergency measure effective March 23, 2018, that increases, from $100 to $250, the maximum balance a prisoner can accumulate in a dedicated discharge account. Prior to release from incarceration, a prisoner may use monies in the account for post-discharge needs.
unmanned aircraft; emergencies; immunity (H.B. 2272) – Chapter 116 Holds the state and its departments, agencies, boards, commissions and political subdivisions harmless in any claim involving operation of an unmanned aircraft by emergency workers engaged in emergency management activities.
scrap vehicles; sales (H.B. 2307) – Chapter 298 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
state lottery; multijurisdictional games (H.B. 2331) – Chapter 72 Allows the State Lottery Commission to establish multijurisdictional games.
liquor omnibus (H.B. 2334) – Chapter 240 Permits the Department of Liquor Licenses and Control (DLLC) to reissue full, unencumbered licenses in replacing revoked or reverted licenses. Increases special event liquor distribution caps from 50 bottles total per event to 240 bottles of wine and 120 bottles of spirituous liquor per day of an event, up to five days per year. Excludes a farm winery or craft distillery festival from the prohibition that a premises may not be licensed to sell or serve spirituous liquor within 300 hundred feet of a school or church. A farm winery may participate in festivals on premises with an existing license without obtaining local government or DLLC approval. Expands club organization liquor serving privileges for members to include member spouses, families and bona fide guests.
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The age at which a person may be guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor for allowing underage consumption to occur at a gathering is reduced from 21 to 18. Beginning January 1, 2019, the DLLC must adopt security procedures for patron interaction, de-escalation techniques and calls to law enforcement. Requires security personnel, except certified peace officers and security guards, to complete a DLLC-adopted form, and outlines required provisions for the form.
authorized emergency vehicles; probation officers (NOW: HOV lanes; emergency vehicles) (H.B. 2383) – Chapter 302 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
unlawful flight; vehicle impoundment (H.B. 2384) – Chapter 303 Designates unlawful flight from an unmarked law enforcement vehicle as a class 5 felony if the driver admits to knowing, or evidence shows the driver knew, the vehicle was an official law enforcement vehicle. An officer may remove or cause the removal of a vehicle abandoned during an unlawful flight from a pursuing law enforcement vehicle, including if the person fled on foot or in another vehicle.
license to practice taxidermy; repeal (NOW: taxidermy; registry) (H.B. 2404) – Chapter 84 Beginning January 1, 2019, replaces taxidermy licensure with registration under the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD). A taxidermist must file a wildlife registry with AZGFD annually, rather than quarterly, and maintain a registry of wildlife received in the preceding five years. The AZGFD may levy a $150 civil penalty for failure to comply with registration requirements.
leave of absence; day; definition (H.B. 2412) – Chapter 95 Defines day, for purposes of calculating leave of absence, as a shift of work for an employee of the state, or any department or political subdivision of the state, who is engaged in field training as a member of the National Guard or the reserve.
national guard; employment rights (H.B. 2421) – Chapter 118 Extends, from Arizona members to members of other states, National Guard protections for military duty-related employment absence. Protections include preservation of vacation pay, seniority and efficiency rating. Employers are prohibited from denying National Guard members from other states a leave of absence to comply with active duty or training orders.
stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo (H.B. 2456) – Chapter 138 SEE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
corporation commission; database fee; prohibited (H.B. 2457) – Chapter 119 Prohibits the Arizona Corporation Commission from charging a fee to access company documents filed in its database.
28 COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE child abuse prevention education; schools (NOW: traumatic event counseling; public safety) (H.B. 2502) – Chapter 259 Expands the Traumatic Event Counseling Program (Program) for firefighters and peace officers (first responders). First responders are eligible for up to 24 additional employer-paid Program counseling visits, beyond the currently authorized 12 visits, if a mental health professional determines that further counseling is likely to improve the person's condition. If the health professional deems the first responder unfit for work, the employer must ensure the first responder has no loss of pay or benefits for up to 30 calendar days. Employers must report Program-use data by September 1 of each year, beginning in 2019. The Arizona Department of Administration must report employer-submitted treatment program information to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1 of each year, beginning in 2019.
converted entities; claims (H.B. 2505) – Chapter 97 Under current law, a domestic entity may restructure as a different type of entity through a plan of conversion. The entity may change governors or interest holders prior to conversion, but the conversion itself does not shift any of the entity's property, obligations, rights, privileges, immunities or powers. Once an entity has converted, H.B. 2505 limits standing to bring a claim for dissolution or receivership against the converted entity to a current governor or interest holder in the entity.
hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans; fund (H.B. 2513) – Chapter 98 SEE THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
driver license testing; required question (NOW: ticket surcharge; public safety equipment) (H.B. 2527) – Chapter 312 Beginning January 1, 2019, establishes the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund (Fund). The monies in the Fund are sourced from an additional four-dollar surcharge on the fee for diversion programs for traffic offenses, and a new four-dollar assessment on fines, penalties and forfeitures for traffic violations. Establishes the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund Advisory Commission and appropriates Fund monies as follows: 1) the first $500,000 to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) for employee overtime pay; 2) the next $2.3 million to DPS for specified virtual firing ranges, virtual training simulators and related software; 3) the next $203,000 to DPS to maintain and service existing virtual training simulators; and 4) the next $20,000 to the Arizona Supreme Court for one-time programming costs.
occupational regulation; municipalities; counties; prohibition (NOW: occupational regulation; municipalities; counties; hearings) (H.B. 2532) – Chapter 314 Before implementing a new occupational licensing requirement, H.B. 2532 requires a city, town or county (local government) to hold a public hearing and demonstrate necessity of the licensing requirement to protect public health, safety or welfare. Occupational licensing requirements, except regulations for public airports, sober living homes and adult-oriented businesses, sunset five years after adoption unless the local government holds a public hearing and demonstrates necessity. Existing occupational licensing requirements sunset August 3, 2023.
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contractors; inactive licenses (NOW: contractor qualifications; work experience) (H.B. 2550) – Chapter 244 Under current law, applicants for licensure with the Registrar of Contractors (ROC) must have a minimum of four years of practical or management trade experience in classification-related construction. Two of the four years must have been acquired within the preceding ten years but the ROC may waive this requirement for an applicant that was a qualifying party for the same ROC contracting classification in the preceding five years. H.B. 2550 requires the ROC to waive the work experience requirement for an applicant that has ever been a qualifying party for the same ROC contracting classification. department of gaming omnibus (H.B. 2589) – Chapter 318 SEE THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
corporations; blockchain technology (H.B. 2603) – Chapter 122 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
public meetings; recordings; posting; definition (H.B. 2649/S.B. 1531) – Chapter 321 SEE THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
landlord tenant; security deposits (H.B. 2651/S.B. 1533) – Chapter 323 Requires a tenant to dispute security deposit deductions within 60 days after the landlord mails the security deposit notice to the tenant. After the 60-day period has elapsed, the landlord's accounting of the security deposit becomes final and future claims are waived. Allows a tenant who is a victim of sexual assault within the tenant's dwelling to terminate their rental agreement. The tenant must provide written notice accompanied by a protective order or law enforcement report.
real estate licenses; online classes (H.B. 2655/S.B. 1537) – Chapter 327 Beginning January 1, 2019, allows an applicant for an initial real estate salesperson or broker's license to fulfill instructional hour requirements through an online course offered by a school certified by the Arizona Department of Real Estate. Upon course completion, the applicant must complete the required examination in person.
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permits; licenses; denials; agency hearings (H.B. 2062) – VETOED For an appeal of an agency, board or commission decision, H.B. 2062 requires adjudicative hearings to adhere to formal procedures and establishes that a preponderance of the evidence is the applicable burden of proof. State agencies, cities, towns and counties must: 1) specify license criteria in clear and unambiguous language; and 2) review license approval or denial within 30 days of applicant petition.
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The Governor indicates in his veto message that he has concerns about the unintended consequences of this legislation, including removing agencies' ability to resolve issues through more efficient informal processes. police vehicles; HOV lanes (H.B. 2092) – VETOED SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. landlord tenant; security deposits (H.B. 2263) – VETOED Requires a tenant to dispute security deposit deductions within 60 days after the landlord mails the security deposit notice to the tenant. After the 60-day period has elapsed, the landlord's accounting of the security deposit becomes final and future claims are waived. Allows a tenant who is a victim of sexual assault within the tenant's dwelling to terminate their rental agreement. The tenant must provide written notice accompanied by a protective order or law enforcement report. The Governor indicates in his veto message that legislation increasing teacher pay is a higher priority. real estate licenses; online classes (H.B. 2399) – VETOED Beginning January 1, 2019, allows an applicant for an initial real estate salesperson or broker's license to fulfill instructional hour requirements through an online course offered by a school certified by the Arizona Department of Real Estate. Upon course completion, the applicant must complete the required examination in person. The Governor indicates in his veto message that legislation increasing teacher pay is a higher priority. sports authority districts; extension (H.B. 2478) – VETOED Repeals the authority to establish a sports authority district if an election is not held by November 30, 2028, and eliminates the requirement that a sports authority district be repealed upon voter rejection of taxes and bonds. The Governor indicates in his veto message that this legislation is unnecessary and could undermine original protections in statute for sports authority districts.
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Senator Sylvia Allen, Chairperson
Brandi Lease, Research Analyst Mykelin Myers, Intern EDUCATION COMMITTEE
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common schools; average daily membership (S.B. 1008) – Chapter 157 Includes the hours in which a student is scheduled to attend a common school during the regular school day in the calculation of the average daily membership for that student and removes the exclusion of lunch and recess periods in the calculation of instructional hours.
charter schools; rulemaking exemption (S.B. 1055/H.B. 2286) – Chapter 1 Exempts the State Board for Charter Schools (Board) from rulemaking requirements relating to the publication of agency rules, rulemaking procedures, Attorney General review and review by the Governor's Regulatory Review Council. Instead, the Board must adopt policies or rules that include notice requirements and at least two opportunities for public comment on proposed rules and policies. Requires the Board and the State Board of Education to consider the fiscal impact of any proposed rule.
county school superintendent; report; approval (S.B. 1057) – Chapter 20 Removes the requirement that the county school superintendent approve school district governing board annual financial reports and removes language excluding school districts that assume accounting responsibility from being required to send a copy of the annual financial report to the county school superintendent.
full-day kindergarten; instruction requirements (S.B. 1082) – Chapter 23 Requires voluntary, tuition-free kindergarten instruction that is offered for more than two and one-half hours per day to: 1) meet or exceed the academic standards for kindergarten instruction; 2) be academically meaningful; 3) provide active learning enrichment; and 4) incorporate play as an instructional strategy. A parent of a kindergarten student may choose either half-day or full-day kindergarten instruction.
schools; recess periods (S.B. 1083) – Chapter 130 Requires school districts and charter schools to provide at least two recess periods during the school day for students in kindergarten through third grade. Adds fourth and fifth grades to this requirement beginning August 2, 2019. For half-day kindergarten programs, only one recess period is required. School districts and charter schools are not required to extend the school day to meet recess requirements and may count participation in a physical education course as one of the recess periods for that day. technical correction; joint school district (NOW: school employees; contracts; revisions) (S.B. 1159) – Chapter 124 Allows employee leasing firms that contract with a school district to withhold wages of employees placed at a school district for up to seven business days.
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WICHE; continuation. (S.B. 1215) – Chapter 41 Continues the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education for eight years, until July 1, 2026, retroactive to July 1, 2018.
special education; cost study (NOW: school district consolidation) (S.B. 1254) – Chapter 335 Retroactive to January 1, 2018, a common school district and a union high school district may consolidate to form a unified school district by election if the common school district is part of a union high school district that is made up of two or fewer common school districts. The unified school district must admit high school pupils who reside in a common school district that was located within the former union high school district's boundaries and the common school district must pay tuition. For the consolidation of a school district that only finances students who are instructed in another school district with the school district that provides the instruction, S.B. 1254 removes the requirement that the governing board of the school district providing instruction approve the consolidation. Repeals the authority for this type of consolidation on January 1, 2021.
teachers; alternative performance evaluations (S.B. 1255) – Chapter 57 Allows school districts to use an alternative performance evaluation cycle for teachers who have been designated in the highest performance classification for three consecutive years by the same school district under the formal evaluation system. If the expedited performance review determines a teacher is not in the highest performance classification, the teacher must be removed from the alternative performance evaluation cycle and reviewed by the formal evaluation system.
school bus definition; vans (S.B. 1256) – Chapter 58 Allows a school district to include any vehicle that meets the definition of a school bus in the calculation of daily route mileage and prohibits the Arizona Department of Education from denying transportation funding or state aid for a school district that transports pupils in a vehicle meeting that definition.
schools; national motto; state motto (S.B. 1289) – Chapter 167 Allows the state motto Ditat Deus, which means God Enriches, to be read or posted in any school building and specifies the national motto is In God We Trust. schools; pupil assessment data (S.B. 1291) – Chapter 254 Requires the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to fulfill a local education agency's (LEA's) request for a raw data file of assessment data in a format usable for assessment diagnostics within 30 days after the request. LEAs must follow all applicable student data privacy laws and are prohibited from publicly disclosing individual student achievement results. ADE and the State Board of Education are prohibited from restricting an LEA from sharing statewide assessment data with its governing body.
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TPT; additional rate; education. (S.B. 1390/H.B. 2158) – Chapter 74 RFE Proposition 301, which was approved by the voters in November 2000, established a 0.6 percent transaction privilege tax (TPT) and use tax, which is set to expire at the end of June 2021. Effective March 26, 2018, and subject to the requirements for enactment (Proposition 108), which requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the Legislature, S.B. 1390 establishes a 0.6 percent TPT and use tax beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2041, with the same distribution of revenues as Proposition 301, except the $64.1 million currently distributed for school facilities bond debt service is instead appropriated to the Classroom Site Fund.
schools; annual achievement profiles (S.B. 1411) – Chapter 275 Requires the annual achievement profile for each school and local education agency (LEA) to consist of an educational dashboard that reflects achievement on the academic and educational performance indicators. Applies the A-F letter grade system to each performance indicator in addition to an overall letter grade for each school and LEA. Adds the following performance indicators to the annual achievement profiles: 1) academic progress on assessments from the menu of assessments; and 2) multiple measures of educational performance or other relevant indicators that assess a school's educational impact, such as graduation and attendance rates. Performance indicators are excluded from being factored into the assigned letter grade if a school or school district does not meet the minimum student count as approved by the State Board of Education (SBE) for that performance indicator. Requires the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to compile and recommend to the SBE the annual achievement profile by November 1 of each year. Modifies and outlines the roles of the SBE and ADE in the administration of annual achievement profiles. universities; tuition and fees (S.B. 1422) – Chapter 107 Requires the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) to approve changes in academic fees and tuition rate changes for online programs. Each university and ABOR must publicly disclose any final action on changes in tuition or academic fees. Removes the exemption from rules governing the ABOR tuition and fee setting process for fee increases set by individual universities that do not require ABOR approval.
common school districts; lapsing; procedure (S.B. 1423) – Chapter 89 Allows a county school superintendent to suspend a common school district that has, for one school year, rather than for three months during the school year, a student count of fewer than eight pupils. The county school superintendent may provide additional time to recruit more pupils and the county Board of Supervisors may declare the school district lapsed if, at the end of the additional time, the student count is fewer than eight pupils.
personal finance (S.B. 1442) – Chapter 221 Allows the State Board of Education (SBE) to consider requiring a separate personal finance course for high school graduation. Establishes a State Seal of Personal Finance Proficiency Program to recognize students who graduate high school with a high level of proficiency in personal finance. Participating school districts and charter schools must affix the seal to the
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diplomas of students who: 1) complete all social studies graduation requirements with a 3.0 grade point average or higher; and 2) demonstrate proficiency in personal finance by meeting the requirements adopted by the SBE. The program terminates on July 1, 2028.
schools; American civics education (S.B. 1444) – Chapter 289 Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to include American civics education in prescribed high school social studies standards. Directs the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to develop a five-year pilot program to enhance the focus on American civics education in high school beginning in the 2019-2020 school year. ADE must: 1) submit a request for proposals to assessment providers for an American civics education assessment determined to be more rigorous than the test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test, subject to SBE approval; 2) establish application procedures and selection criteria for assessment providers; 3) select and award a contract to one assessment provider, subject to SBE approval; and 4) determine the cut score on the assessment to determine proficiency in American civics education, subject to SBE approval. Participating schools must administer the American civics education assessment and require at least one American civics course lasting at least one semester. Exempts participating schools from administering a test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test. Establishes the American Civics Education Fund to administer the program and appropriates $500,000 from the state General Fund in FY 2020 for distribution to the assessment provider and remaining monies to each participating school district and school in a proportional amount. ADE may retain $50,000 to administer the program. Requires ADE to submit reports on the program as outlined.
schools; statewide assessment contracts; review (S.B. 1449) – Chapter 262 Requires the State Board of Education to direct the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to issue a request for proposals to procure a menu of assessments to measure pupil achievement in grades three through eight and at least once in high school by September 1, 2018. A local education agencies (LEA) that administers an assessment from the menu in the 2018-2019 school year may submit a request to ADE for reimbursement of assessment costs if sufficient monies are appropriated in FY 2019. ADE must reimburse LEAs a proportional amount per pupil, not to exceed the total amount of assessment costs, from monies appropriated for this purpose or monies available as a result of fewer LEAs administering the statewide assessment. Prohibits ADE from renewing or reestablishing any contract for the statewide assessment without review by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) and requires ADE to provide current statewide assessment contract information to the JLBC by November 15, 2018. School districts and charter schools may administer the statewide assessment in the form of a written test on request. appropriation; ASDB; education program (H.B. 2022) – Chapter 291 Appropriates $2,070,000 and 21 full-time equivalent positions from the Telecommunication Fund for the Deaf in FY 2019 to the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind for an early childhood and family education program.
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county school superintendent; services; entities (H.B. 2026) – Chapter 6 Allows a county school superintendent to provide services, programs and assistance to, and school district governing boards to enter into agreements with, nonprofit and public libraries, tribal libraries, private schools, and tribal schools.
substitute teachers; experience; certification (H.B. 2036) – Chapter 111 Directs the State Board of Education to allow substitute teachers to use time spent demonstrating primary teaching responsibility in a classroom toward the required capstone experience for a standard teaching certificate. schools; emergency epinephrine administration (H.B. 2085) – Chapter 78 Allows, rather than requires, school districts and charter schools to stock epinephrine auto-injectors, and adds nurse practitioners and physician assistants to the health professionals who may issue a standing order for the administration of epinephrine auto-injectors. Removes the requirement that the Arizona Department of Education include a separate line item for an appropriation for the purchase of epinephrine auto-injectors in its annual budget request, and allows school districts and charter schools to accept monetary donations, apply for grants or participate in third-party programs for the purchase or acquisition of epinephrine auto-injectors.
schools; diabetes management policies; pharmacists (H.B. 2086) – Chapter 197 Adds licensed, practicing pharmacists to the list of health professionals authorized to: 1) authorize and sign a student's diabetes medical management plan; 2) attend to a pupil before a volunteer diabetes care assistant; 3) prescribe a glucagon kit; and 4) provide training to volunteer diabetes care assistants. Provides immunity from civil liability to licensed pharmacists for the consequences of the good-faith implementation of diabetes management policies and procedures.
pupils; concussions; parental notification (H.B. 2088) – Chapter 292 Parental Notification of Threatening, Harassing or Intimidating Conduct – Requires school district and charter school governing boards to prescribe reasonable and appropriate policies to notify a student's parent or guardian if any person engages in threatening, harassing or intimidating conduct against that student. Grants immunity from civil liability to school districts, charter schools, school officials and employees with respect to all decisions made and actions taken that are based on the good faith implementation of the requirement, except in cases of gross negligence or wanton or willful neglect. Parental Notification of Suspected Concussion – Requires a school district governing board to notify a student's parent or guardian if the student is suspected of sustaining a concussion in a district-sponsored practice session, game or other interscholastic athletic activity. Concussion Management Pilot Program – Directs the Department of Health Services (DHS) to cooperate with a statewide private entity that supervises interscholastic activities to develop and conduct a two-year pilot program during the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years to allow licensed physical therapists who hold a sport specialty certification to: 1) assess a student with a suspected concussion; 2) remove a student from play; and 3) provide clearance to resume participation in athletic activity. A physical therapist's evaluation of cognitive consequences of a concussion must be made in
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consultation with a licensed physician. Directs DHS to: 1) submit an initial report by December 31, 2019; 2) submit a final report by December 31, 2020; and 3) review and report on the available health professional workforce with training and education in concussion management and emergency response by December 31, 2018. Repeals the pilot program on April 1, 2021. Health Dangers Information – Requires school district governing boards to develop guidelines on the dangers of heat-related illnesses, sudden cardiac death, prescription opioid use and addiction. Requires students and parents to be provided with this information at least once each school year before the student participates in any district-sponsored practice, game or interscholastic activity.
ASDB; teacher salaries; personnel fingerprinting (H.B. 2108) – Chapter 288 Retroactive to July 1, 2017, deems teachers employed by the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) eligible for the same salary increase as any other public school teacher in fiscal years in which monies are appropriated for that purpose. Specifies the requirement to submit fingerprints is for noncertificated employees and nonpaid personnel who do not have a valid fingerprint clearance card, and removes the requirement that ASDB employees notarize the criminal history form. bonds; ballot language; procedures (H.B. 2115) – Chapter 11 Requires ballots for school district bond elections to conform to the Public Finances requirements in Title 35, Arizona Revised Statutes, for general obligation bond elections. Replaces references to the informational report and publicity pamphlet with the term informational pamphlet. Outlines timing requirements for submitting proposed ballot language to the county school superintendent and notifying the county school superintendent if the proposed ballot language does not comply with statute. school districts; tax levy; calculation (H.B. 2185) – Chapter 68 Makes various changes to statute relating to school district tax levies. Requires a school district property tax levy to be equal to the lesser of the applicable qualifying tax rate or the district equalization assistance base, rather than the district support level. Modifies the list of separate tax rates that make up a school district's primary tax levy by adding a rate for schools with a qualifying dropout prevention program and specifying what is included in the rate for outstanding cash deficits. Additionally, removes specified information required to be included on the county school superintendent's budget estimate, and allows districts to levy less than the difference between the transportation revenue control limit and the transportation support level.
schools; dropout recovery programs; report (H.B. 2216) – Chapter 179 Requires the Arizona Department of Education to submit an annual report detailing the outcomes of dropout recovery programs, including the number of pupils who participate and who graduate from high school.
schools; exchange teachers; employment duration (H.B. 2253) – Chapter 297 Removes the cap on the length of employment for international teachers and professors in Arizona.
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private postsecondary education board; terms (NOW: private postsecondary regulation; opt-in) (H.B. 2302) – Chapter 117 Allows a private postsecondary institution that is exempt from regulation by the State Board for Private Postsecondary Education to opt into regulation.
schools; inhalers; contracted nurses (H.B. 2323) – Chapter 183 Allows a nurse contracting with a school district or charter school to administer an inhaler at school or a school-sponsored activity, and extends immunity from civil liability to a contracted nurse for good faith administration of an inhaler.
charter schools; vacant buildings; equipment (H.B. 2460) – Chapter 85 Requires school districts to allow private schools to negotiate to buy or lease vacant or unused buildings, and prohibits a school district that is selling or leasing a vacant or unused building from accepting an offer from a potential buyer or lessee that is less than an offer from a charter or private school. The owner of a building on the School Facilities Board's vacant and unused buildings list may not withdraw the property from sale or lease solely because a charter or private school is the highest bidder. Allows school districts to sell used equipment to private schools before attempting to sell or dispose of the equipment by other means. zoning regulations; private schools (H.B. 2461) – Chapter 86 Prohibits counties and municipalities from requiring the property on which a nongovernmental primary or secondary school operates to be larger than one acre.
high school mathematics; proficiency; notification (H.B. 2477) – Chapter 96 Requires school districts and charter schools to notify, by the first half of the second quarter of the school year, parents of sixth through eighth grade students who have not demonstrated proficiency in mathematics based on available local or statewide assessments, if statewide assessment results are available before the start of the school year.
schools; reading requirements (H.B. 2520) – Chapter 309 Modifies the Early Literacy Grant Program Fund by requiring the Arizona Department of Education to award funds, rather than grants, that are calculated on a per-pupil basis using the student count for pupils in kindergarten through third grade. The monies must be used to expand, enhance and support the components in a school's reading program plan. Schools that receive the funds must submit data on expenditures and results. Best practice examples of reading intervention and remedial strategies must be evidence-based and selected from school districts and charter schools that: 1) demonstrate improvement on third grade reading proficiency; and 2) represent school districts and charter schools in demographic composition. As session law, requires applicants for elementary teaching certificates to complete 45 classroom hours or three credit hours in reading instruction, including training on assessments, instructional practices and interventions to improve student reading proficiency.
38 EDUCATION COMMITTEE career technical education districts. (H.B. 2526) – Chapter 311 Renames joint technical education districts as career technical education districts. teachers; certification requirements (H.B. 2534) – Chapter 315 Transfers teacher certification requirements to a new section of statute and directs the State Board of Education (SBE) to adopt rules for the issuance of certificates to reflect the source of the teacher's training. Requires all certificated teachers to have a Bachelor's degree and outlines exceptions to that requirement. Requires applicants for elementary teaching certificates to complete 45 classroom hours or three credit hours in reading instruction, including training on assessments, instructional practices and interventions, to improve student reading proficiency. Directs the Legislative Council to prepare conforming legislation for consideration in the Fifty-fourth Legislature, First Regular Session. Requires the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) to use any surplus monies appropriated for the College Credit by Examination Incentive Program to reimburse local education agencies for the transition to the menu of assessments if the amount of monies required for incentive bonuses in FY 2018 is less than the total amount appropriated. Requires ADE to report, by June 30, 2018, to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee the amount of monies distributed in FY 2018 for the incentive program and the amount of surplus monies available. Includes qualifying examinations for the incentive program in the assessment, data gathering and reporting system for pupil performance established by the SBE. dual enrollment; homeschooled children (H.B. 2536) – Chapter 99 E An emergency measure effective March 29, 2018, that allows homeschooled children to participate in dual enrollment, including receipt of college credit. schools; civics literacy state seal. (H.B. 2561) – Chapter 120 Establishes a State Seal of Civics Literacy Program to recognize students who graduate from high school with a high level of proficiency in civics. Participating school districts and charter schools must affix the seal to the diplomas of students who: 1) complete all social studies graduation requirements with a 3.0 grade point average or higher; and 2) demonstrate proficiency in civics by meeting the assessment requirements adopted by the State Board of Education. The program terminates on July 1, 2028. postsecondary institutions; free expression policies (H.B. 2563) – Chapter 267 Directs the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) and community college district governing boards to adopt a free expression policy that contains certain requirements and allows those institutions to adopt rules to further the purposes of the policy. Each university and community college must include information describing the free expression policies and rules in its freshman orientation program. Allows, rather than prohibits, the restriction on a student's right to speak in a public forum and requires restrictions on the time, place and manner of student speech to: 1) be necessary to achieve a compelling governmental interest; 2) be the least restrictive means to further that interest; and 3) allow spontaneous assembly and distribution of literature.
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A person lawfully present on a university or community college campus may protest or demonstrate, but individual conduct that materially or substantially infringes on the rights of other persons to engage in or listen to expressive activity is prohibited. University and community college campuses are open to any speaker invited by a student, student group, or faculty member, and public areas of the campuses are public forums open on the same terms to any speaker. Faculty members are not prohibited from maintaining classroom order and the use of nonpublic facilities may be restricted to invited individuals. A person whose expressive rights are violated may bring court action against any violation by a university, community college, faculty member, or administrator and the court is directed to award the greater of $1,000 or actual damages. Universities and community colleges must make reasonable efforts to address the safety of an invited speaker and others in attendance and may not charge security fees based on the content of the speech or the person who invited the speaker. Allows students, faculty or staff members to take a position on the public policy controversies of the day, but encourages the institution to remain neutral. Universities and community colleges are prohibited from taking action on public policy controversies in a way that requires students or faculty to publicly express or endorse a particular view. Directs ABOR and each community college district governing board to establish a committee on free expression and submit annual reports as directed. The committees terminate on July 1, 2026.
interscholastic activities; health dangers; information (H.B. 2657/S.B. 1539) – Chapter 329 Requires school district governing boards to develop guidelines on the dangers of heat-related illnesses, sudden cardiac death, prescription opioid use and addiction. Requires students and parents to be provided with this information at least once each school year before the student participates in any district-sponsored practice, game or interscholastic activity.
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interscholastic activities; health dangers; information (H.B. 2089) – VETOED Requires school district governing boards to develop guidelines on the dangers of heat-related illnesses, sudden cardiac death, prescription opioid use and addiction. Requires students and parents to be provided with this information at least once each school year before the student participates in any district-sponsored practice, game or interscholastic activity. The Governor indicates in his veto message that legislation increasing teacher pay is a higher priority.
JTED governing boards; membership; prohibition (H.B. 2205) – VETOED Deems an educator who teaches or administers a career and technical education program or course at a satellite campus as ineligible to be a candidate for election to the Joint Technical Education District (JTED) governing board, but the educator may be appointed to the governing board by the county school superintendent. The Governor indicates in his veto message that the bill creates a conflict between eligibility standards for appointed and elected members of JTED governing boards and creates a discrepancy between the treatment of membership on school district and JTED governing boards.
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Senator David C. Farnsworth, Chairperson
Fareed Bailey, Research Analyst Zachary Dean, Assistant Research Analyst Austin Fairbanks, Intern FINANCE COMMITTEE
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ASRS; nonparticipating employers (S.B. 1054) – Chapter 210 Requires the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) to establish a separate fund for an employer other than a charter school that is no longer participating in ASRS and a separate fund for purposes of nonparticipating employer liability allocation as a result of any of the following circumstances: 1) the dissolution of an employer other than the State of Arizona; 2) through legislative action, an employer no longer enrolls new employees in ASRS and no longer contributes to ASRS on behalf of new employees; or 3) a reduction in the number of actively contributing employees by 30 percent or more over a three-year period or by 50 percent or more over any period. This reduction must be the result of hiring leased employees. The nonparticipating employer and employee who are enrolled in ASRS continue to have contribution requirements in the separate fund based on the normal contribution rate. technical correction; estates (NOW: insurers; health providers; claim arbitration) (S.B. 1064) – Chapter 272 Laws 2017, Chapter 190 created a dispute resolution process for an enrollee of a health insurance plan who receives a surprise out-of-network bill (bill), beginning January 1, 2019. The process consists of an informal settlement teleconference (teleconference) between the enrollee, the healthcare insurer (insurer) and the healthcare provider (provider), followed by an independent arbitration if no settlement to the disputed bill is reached. S.B. 1064 makes various clarifying changes relating to the dispute resolution process. Adds the absence of a civil lawsuit or other legal action against an insurer or provider as a requirement for the bill dispute resolution process. A bill dispute resolution request must be filed with the Department of Insurance (DOI) no later than one year after the date of the service. Outlines procedures for an arbitration request and for determination of arbitration qualification. An enrollee may request to reschedule a missed teleconference within 14 days, or otherwise forfeits the right to arbitrate the bill. Restricts the use of pricing information provided during the arbitration to only the resolution of a bill. All information received in connection with an arbitration is confidential. A DOI-determination of whether a bill qualifies for arbitration is solely an administrative remedy and does not bar any private right or cause of action for or on behalf of any enrollee, provider or other person. An enrollee who is aggrieved by an arbitration decision may file a civil action in superior court no later than one year after the date of the disputed decision.
unclaimed property; notice; publication; claims (S.B. 1097) – Chapter 50 Retroactive to January 1, 2018, establishes a 35-year time limit to file an unclaimed property claim, beginning the fiscal year following receipt of the property by the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR). Requires ADOR to publish its semiannual notice of unclaimed property on social media, broadcast the notice on the radio or communicate the notice by other means. Requires ADOR to annually publish on its website the estimated total dollar amount of unclaimed property.
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property tax appeals; court findings (NOW: captive insurers; licensing) (S.B. 1101) – Chapter 273 Subject to the approval of the Director of the Department of Insurance, allows an agency captive insurer to directly insure certain life or disability insurance risks and prescribes requirements and restrictions.
insurance; surplus lines; exemption (S.B. 1112) – Chapter 158 Exempts insurance for federally-recognized Indian tribes and tribal members from state surplus lines insurance laws, if the subjects of insurance are located in, reside in or services are to be performed wholly within the boundaries of a federally-recognized Indian reservation.
tax exemption; special events; nonprofits (S.B. 1120) – Chapter 249 Retroactive to January 1, 2018, specifies that a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that is owned, managed or controlled by a major league baseball team or association, or by a professional golfing association, is not exempt from certain state and municipal taxes, unless the organization conducted exhibition events in Arizona prior to January 1, 2018, that were exempt from transaction privilege tax under the amusement classification.
application fees; financial institutions department (S.B. 1150) – Chapter 214 Reduces the application fee for: 1) a banking permit, from $5,000 to $1,000; 2) a trust company license, from $5,000 to $1,000; 3) a commercial mortgage banker, mortgage banker, escrow agent or consumer lender license, from $1,500 to $1,000; 4) a mortgage broker, commercial mortgage broker, sales finance company or debt management company license, from $800 to $500; 5) conversion from a national bank or federal savings and loan charter to a state-chartered institution, from $5,000 to $1,000; 6) conversion from a federal credit union to a state-chartered credit union, from $1,000 to $500; and 7) establishment of a financial institution, if fees are not otherwise specified, from $2,500 to $1,000. credit security freezes; fees; prohibition (S.B. 1163) – Chapter 125 Prohibits a consumer reporting agency from charging a fee for: 1) placing, removing or temporarily lifting a credit security freeze; or 2) reissuing or generating a personal identification number or password for a customer.
insurance; small employers; continuation coverage (S.B. 1217) – Chapter 164 Beginning January 1, 2019, requires a small group health benefit plan (plan) to provide an enrollee who is covered under an employer’s plan for at least three months prior to a qualifying event, and any qualified dependent, with the option to continue coverage under the plan. Under continuation coverage, the enrollee pays the full cost of the coverage and an administrative fee. The employer must notify the enrollee within 30 days of a qualifying event that the enrollee is eligible for continuation coverage under the plan. When an insurance renewal occurs during the period of eligibility for continuation coverage, the employer must notify the enrollee of any change in the premium at least 30 days before the change becomes effective. Continuation coverage ends upon the earliest of: 1) 18 months after continuation coverage begins; 2) the date coverage ceases
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as a result of failure to pay the premium in a timely matter; 3) the date the enrollee or a qualified dependent becomes eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, or obtains any other healthcare coverage; 4) the date the employer terminates coverage for all employees; or 5) the date a dependent child loses coverage due to reaching a certain age. An additional 11 months of disability extension is permitted under certain conditions, charged at up to 150 percent of the group rate. A qualified dependent may extend coverage for an additional 18 months under certain circumstances. If an enrollee who is in the military reserve or the National Guard is called to active duty and terminates employment, the termination qualifies as a separate qualifying event. An enrollee or qualified dependent who is eligible for continuation coverage under the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act or who qualifies for Medicare is not eligible for continuation coverage under this law.
PSPRS; CORP; modifications (S.B. 1251) – Chapter 42 Provides full vesting for a Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) or Corrections Officers' Retirement Plan (CORP) defined contribution plan member who is determined to be eligible for a catastrophic disability pension before completing 10 years of service. A CORP employee killed in the line of duty within the first 90 days of employment is considered a member and the surviving spouse is eligible for survivor benefits. S.B. 1251 also expands the participants eligible to rollover funds into a separate account within the defined contribution plan. Required lump sum distributions of reverse deferred retirement option plans are deposited in a separate PSPRS rollover account. Includes clarifying changes to PSPRS and CORP statutes that are needed for Internal Revenue Service compliance.
bank deposits; technical correction (NOW: gift cards; dormancy fee; prohibition) (S.B. 1264) – Chapter 252 Prohibits the issuance or sale of a gift card that: 1) is subject to fees after a period of inactivity; or 2) subjects the underlying monetary value to expiration. A fee may be charged for an electronic funds transfer card, a bank-issued debit, or a general purpose reloadable prepaid card that is not a gift card or gift certificate.
Arizona Department of Revenue; administrative efficiency (S.B. 1293) – Chapter 338 Effective January 1, 2019, conforms Arizona statutes exempting certain organizations from state income tax with section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, with exceptions, and makes conforming changes to 501(c) state tax exemptions where necessary. Makes changes to annual return filing requirements for certain tax-exempt organizations. Allows the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) to destroy submitted return documents that are not required and are determined to be less than de minimis in value. ADOR may request a hard copy of a document used to file a return electronically at any time without the request being considered an audit. Allows ADOR to issue a notice of a deficiency through an electronic portal instead of mail, except in cases involving individual income tax. Allows ADOR to use an electronic portal on the later of January 1, 2019, or when the electronic portal is complete. Allows ADOR to send certain notices by electronic means.
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tax corrections act of 2018 (S.B. 1294) – Chapter 104 Corrects errors and obsolete language, addresses blending problems and makes clarifying changes to state tax statutes. Tobacco Products – Clarifies that a tobacco distributor license may not be renewed if the licensee violates any state tax requirement more than twice within a three-year period or fails to maintain conditions of licensure. Clarifies, for the purposes of providing proof in support of a tobacco tax refund or rebate request, that an uncooperative retailer of tobacco products purchased from a tobacco distributor includes a nonresponsive retailer of such products. Clarifies monthly Arizona Department of Revenue reporting requirements for persons selling, shipping, or transferring cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco products. Other Tax Provisions – Clarifies how assessment percentages should be applied by a county assessor in preparing property tax rolls. Repeals duplicative statute pertaining to income tax liability and tax accounting addressed under federal law. Taxable income for both federal and state tax purposes must be computed on the basis of the same taxable year. Modifies statutes for returns for accounting periods of less than 12 months. Miscellaneous – Clarifies that there is no license fee for property management companies. animal cruelty; domestic animals; classification (NOW: producer fees; insurance) (S.B. 1295) – Chapter 255 Removes the prohibition on the ability of an insurance producer to charge or receive any fee or service charge for life, annuity and long-term care insurance.
TPT; online lodging marketplace; registration (S.B. 1382) – Chapter 189 Beginning in Tax Year 2019, requires an online lodging marketplace to register with the Arizona Department of Revenue for a transaction privilege tax (TPT) payment license to pay the taxes due from affiliated online lodging operators. Gross income derived from charges to a transient in a class one property are exempt from the online lodging marketplace TPT classification. Prohibits the Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District from using diverted TPT funds to pay debt service on bonds issued after January 1, 2009, or to meet contractual obligations incurred after June 1, 2009.
tax appeals; administrative hearings; confidentiality (S.B. 1385) – Chapter 218 Retroactive to January 1, 2017, allows a taxpayer who files a state tax appeal to bypass the Office of Administrative Hearings hearing process under certain circumstances, and either: 1) appeal directly to the State Board of Tax Appeals; or 2) bring action in tax court.
high-tech tax fraud (S.B. 1386) – Chapter 190 Classifies the purchase, installation, use, sale, license, transfer, manufacture, development, or possession of any automated sales suppression device, service, zapper, or phantom-ware for the purpose of defeating or evading tax liability as a class 5 felony, except that a first-time offense
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may be designated as a class 1 misdemeanor. A violation is subject to: 1) a fine of up to $100,000 for an individual and up to $500,000 for a corporation; 2) liability for all taxes, fees, penalties and interest due; and 3) forfeiture of all associated profits. Establishes the Arizona Department of Revenue Tax Fraud Interdiction Fund (Fund) consisting of the fines for violations relating to automated sales suppression products. Subject to legislative appropriation, 50 percent of Fund monies are to be used by the Arizona Department of Revenue to detect violations and enhance analytics used to detect violations, and 50 percent for the Attorney General to prosecute violations.
TPT; additional rate; education. (S.B. 1390/H.B. 2158) – Chapter 74 RFE SEE THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
corporate income tax allocation; sales (S.B. 1405) – Chapter 106 Beginning January 1, 2020, includes sales from intangibles in calculation of the 85 percent threshold that a taxpayer must meet in sales derived outside Arizona in order to be classified as a multistate service provider. Intangibles include sales derived from credit and charge card receivables including fees, merchant discounts, interchanges, interest and related revenue.
TPT; prime contracting; alteration; replacement (S.B. 1409) – Chapter 341 Removes stipulations that the scope of work for alteration projects must not exceed 40 percent of the existing square footage of the property and must not expand the square footage of an existing property by more than 10 percent in order for projects to be exempt from the prime contracting tax classification.
unclaimed property; electric cooperatives; credits (S.B. 1412) – Chapter 59 Allows a nonprofit electric cooperative to use unclaimed capital credits for any lawful purpose that is consistent with the cooperative's bylaws and authorized by the cooperative's Board of Directors. Capital credits are deemed unclaimed after two years. Further prohibits an individual, corporation, business association or other organization from diverting personal property to circumvent the unclaimed property process.
retirement systems; member information; confidentiality (NOW: employer contributions; EORP) (S.B. 1478) – Chapter 343 E An emergency measure effective May 16, 2018, that requires each Elected Officials' Retirement Plan (EORP) employer to make contributions, as determined by actuarial valuations, on a level percent of compensation basis for all employees. Removes the specific EORP employer contribution rate of 23.5 percent of compensation. Requires contributions to be sufficient to meet the normal cost plus the amount required to amortize the unfunded accrued liability over a closed period established by the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Board of Trustees. An employer's EORP contribution in combination with member contributions may not be less than the actuarially-determined normal cost for the fiscal year.
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revenues; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1529/H.B. 2664) – Chapter 283 SEE THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
coal mining; TPT; repeal (H.B. 2003) – Chapter 263 Exempts the sale of coal from retail and transaction privilege tax (TPT) and municipal taxes. Establishes a 0.5 percent county excise tax on the sale of coal that is extracted from within the boundaries of a particular county. The excise tax is subject to the same statutory requirements as coal mining under the mining TPT classification. Removes certain duplicative tax exemptions currently in statute. Conditions enactment on the transfer of ownership of the Navajo Generating Station by December 31, 2022.
trust companies; liquid capital; definition (H.B. 2013) – Chapter 3 Permits trust companies to include legal tender as liquid capital. Legal tender is a medium of exchange, including coins with precious metal content, that is federally authorized for payment.
social security; state agency designation (H.B. 2034) – Chapter 75 Authorizes the Governor to designate an agency as Arizona's Social Security Administrator (Administrator) under the federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance System. Retains all rules implemented by the Arizona State Retirement System Board until amended by the successor Administrator agency. deferred compensation plans; governing committee (H.B. 2035) – Chapter 90 Removes the option for state employees to participate in tax-deferred annuities and removes references to tax-deferred annuities throughout statute. Renames the Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity and Deferred Compensation Plans as the Governing Committee for Deferred Compensation Plans (Committee). Allows the Governor to appoint both deferred compensation plan participants as well as non-participants who have at least 10 years of relevant experience in either finance, investment management, pension or retirement plans to the Committee. Subjects Committee members to conflict of interest statutes, and grants the Committee rule-making authority. The Committee must meet at least quarterly, rather than monthly, and arrange for a performance review of the deferred compensation plans at least every five years.
insurance coverage; telemedicine; urology (H.B. 2042) – Chapter 174 SEE THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
financial institutions department; superintendent duties (H.B. 2061) – Chapter 8 Removes mandatory examination time periods for any financial enterprise, consumer lender or premium finance company, allowing the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions Superintendent to inspect them on a discretionary basis.
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insurance adjusters; application of laws (H.B. 2081) – Chapter 195 Requires an insurance adjuster to keep all records of transactions at the adjuster's place of business for three years after the transaction is complete. All records must be made available to, and open to inspection by, the Director of the Department of Insurance at any time within the three-year period.
insurance producers; convictions; reporting (H.B. 2082) – Chapter 31 Requires an insurance provider to report any criminal conviction, rather than any criminal prosecution, within 30 days after the filing date. The report must include a copy of the initial indictment or pertinent information and the final judgement entered by the court.
insurance contracts (NOW: insurance contracts; construction) (H.B. 2083) – Chapter 196 Provides that provisions of an insurance policy are not amplified, extended or modified when translated into a language other than English if a specified disclaimer is prominently displayed on the cover page in the relevant language.
pension funding policies; employers (H.B. 2097) – Chapter 112 Beginning on or before July 1, 2019, requires each governing body of a Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) employer to annually adopt a pension funding policy for PSPRS for Tier 1 and Tier 2 employees. The governing body must formally accept the employer's share of the assets and liabilities based on the PSPRS actuarial valuation report, and post the policy on the body's public website. insurance; inducements (H.B. 2098) – Chapter 10 Increases, from $25 to $100, the maximum aggregate value of permissible inducements offered by an insurer in connection with any insurance transaction.
insurance department; director; residency (H.B. 2123) – Chapter 32 Repeals the requirement that a prospective Director of the Department of Insurance have at least three years of Arizona residency immediately prior to appointment.
life and disability insurance; insolvencies (H.B. 2124) – Chapter 64 Beginning January 1, 2019, adds healthcare services organizations under the Arizona Life and Disability Insurance Guaranty Fund (Guaranty Fund) membership and coverage statutes for financial insolvency purposes. Expands the Guaranty Fund Board from 9 to 11 members. Requires approval from the Director of the Department of Insurance and actuarial justification for terminated coverages reissued by the Guaranty Fund and alternative policies or contracts issued by the Guaranty Fund. The Guaranty Fund may apply for actuarially-justified rate or premium increases for any policies or contracts it covers. Removes the requirement that a court approve issuance of substitute coverage for policies or contracts. Requires, for insolvent long-term
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care insurance policies, 50 percent of the Guaranty Fund assessment to come from accident and disability member insurers and 50 percent from life and annuity member insurers.
government property; abatement; slum; blight (H.B. 2126) – Chapter 231 Restricts, for government property lease excise tax (GPLET) abatement purposes, the size of a central business district for a municipality to the greatest of: 1) the existing total land area of the central business district as of January 1, 2018; 2) two and one-half percent of the total land area within the exterior boundaries of the municipality; or 3) 960 acres. Automatically terminates the designation of a slum or blighted area in a central business district that is designated on or after October 1, 2018, 10 years after designation, unless formally renewed or modified by the municipality. Prior to the termination and every 10 years, the municipality must review the area and either renew, modify or terminate the designation. If the designation is not modified or renewed, automatic termination occurs 5 years after review. For designations made prior to September 30, 2018, municipalities must renew, modify or terminate designations before October 1, 2020. Designations not reviewed will automatically terminate on October 1, 2025, or 5 years after subsequent review. Exempts certain grandfathered government property leases or lease development agreements from termination requirements. Termination requirements do not affect certain educational institutions.
property tax; delinquent tax list (H.B. 2198) – Chapter 114 Requires a notice of the sale of a tax lien on property with delinquent taxes to include the property account number and the parcel number, if available, rather than a full legal description of the property.
mobile food vendors; state licensure (H.B. 2371) – Chapter 286 Establishes statewide licensure for mobile food vendors. Taxation – Includes mobile food units under the transaction privilege tax (TPT) restaurant classification for food and beverages, and under the retail classification for incidental retail items. Repeals the TPT exemption for food sold by a mobile retailer. Allows a municipality to levy an excise tax on mobile food vendors, collected by the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR), that is consistent with the treatment of restaurants and applies to transactions that occur within its jurisdiction. Requires a mobile food vendor to maintain sales records that show sales in each taxing jurisdiction separately. Authorizes ADOR to assess a tax based on the total receipts, applying the highest tax rate levied by any taxing jurisdiction, for mobile food vendors who do not maintain separate sales records. Local Governments – Permits a municipality to restrict operation of a mobile food unit in specified public and residential areas, and continue to issue regulations and zoning codes that are not otherwise prohibited. Prohibits a municipality from: 1) requiring mobile food vendors or the owners or lessees of property on which the mobile food vendor is operating to receive a special permit that is not otherwise required; 2) limiting operation of a mobile food vendor within a specific distance of an existing restaurant or commercial establishment, except as required by building, street, sidewalk and fire codes; 3) restricting a mobile food vendor from using a parking
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space, with certain exceptions; 4) requiring inspection by a municipal fire department if the mobile food vendor provides evidence of passing another municipality's fire inspection within a year; and 5) requiring a mobile food vendor to list the municipality as an additional insured on an insurance policy, unless the vendor is attending a municipality-sponsored event or operating on public property. Allows a county Board of Supervisors (BOS) to: 1) impose operating hours on mobile food vendors that are consistent with operating hours imposed on restaurants; 2) restrict the use of noisemaking devices during specific hours; 3) restrict operation of a mobile food unit in a residentially-zoned area or at a public airport; 4) prohibit a mobile food unit from blocking ingress and egress to private property, public sidewalks, and vehicular traffic on public roads; 5) require a mobile food vendor to obtain consent from the owner or lessee of private property before beginning operations on that property; 6) require a mobile food vendor with a state license not issued by the county to apply for a permit, if the permit is available electronically and does not require inspection; and 7) prohibit or restrict a mobile food vendor from operating at a county public park. Prohibits a BOS from: 1) restricting the length of time a mobile food vendor may operate on private property, unless the period of time exceeds 96 hours; 2) limiting operation of a mobile food vendor within a specific distance of an existing restaurant or commercial establishment, except as required for public safety purposes; 3) restricting a mobile food vendor from using a parking space; 4) requiring a mobile food vendor to list the county as an additional insured on an insurance policy, unless the vendor is attending a county-sponsored event or operating on public property; and 5) requiring a mobile food vendor to be fingerprinted. Requires a municipality with a population of greater than 50,000 persons and a county with a population of greater than 500,000 persons to provide license applications in an electronic, online format. Statewide Regulation – Requires the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) to adopt rules that: 1) enact health and safety licensing standards; 2) create statewide inspection standards based on objective factors; and 3) establish a licensing process that requires separate, conspicuously-displayed licenses for each mobile food unit that must be renewed annually. Delegates statewide licensing and health and safety inspection authority to the county health department of the county in which the mobile food vendor's commissary is located. Establishes statewide reciprocity for licenses. Any county may enforce inspection standards regardless of where the license is issued. Restricts DHS from issuing rules that: 1) require a mobile food vendor to operate at a specific distance from an existing restaurant; or 2) address the hours of operation for a mobile food unit. DHS may adopt current mobile food establishment regulations that are substantively identical to those issued by Maricopa County. Permits a municipality or county to require a mobile food vendor license if the licensing system includes a background check or identification and fingerprinting of the owner of the mobile food vending operation. property tax appeals; court findings. (H.B. 2385) – Chapter 73 E An emergency measure effective March 23, 2018, retroactive to January 1, 2017, that prohibits the full cash value of real property from being greater, due to an appeal by a county assessor, than the full cash value that was initially appealed by the taxpayer.
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appropriation; study; prime contracting classification (H.B. 2416) – Chapter 305 Appropriates $75,000 in FY 2019 to the Arizona Department of Revenue from the Residential Contractors' Recovery Fund to conduct an independent study of the rate of noncompliance with statutory tax remittance requirements for prime contracting.
financial products; regulatory exemption program (H.B. 2434) – Chapter 44 Creates the Regulatory Sandbox Program (RSP) under the oversight of the Attorney General (AG), to allow businesses to obtain limited access to the Arizona market for innovative financial products or services without licensure or other required authorization. Establishes RSP application procedures for businesses and residents, and requires AG approval. The RSP terminates on July 1, 2028. An innovative financial product must be tested within 24 months of approval. During the 24-month period, no more than 10,000 consumers may use the innovation. If the RSP participant demonstrates adequate financial capitalization, risk management and management oversight, up to 17,500 consumers may use the innovation. RSP participants are limited in the amount of credit offered to a consumer and the rates charged. Outlines disclosure, record-keeping and reporting requirements for RSP participants. Grants the AG discretion over RSP participants and outlines exit requirements and extension procedures. The AG must annually report the results of the RSP.
stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo (H.B. 2456) – Chapter 138 Extends the date for the termination of the Rio Nuevo Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2035. On termination of the Rio Nuevo TIF District, a lessee has first right to acquire title at its appraised value. The Rio Nuevo TIF District Board (Board) shall transmit all proceeds from the title transfer to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Fund to pay down unfunded accrued liability. The Board is required to present to the Joint Committee on Capital Review each project for the construction or reconstruction of any facility, structure, infrastructure or other improvement in an amount that exceeds $500,000. Laws 2018, Chapter 189 amended language in H.B. 2456 by limiting the payment of debt service and contractual obligations with TIF monies to those incurred before 2009.
local food tax; equality (H.B. 2484) – Chapter 17 Requires a taxing jurisdiction that imposes a transaction privilege tax, or a similar tax or fee on food, to apply the tax uniformly to all food items.
EORP; cost-of-living adjustment. (H.B. 2545) – Chapter 140 Repeals all existing statutes relating to the permanent benefit increase for members of the Elected Officials' Retirement Plan (EORP), and instead entitles each retired EORP member to receive a compounding cost of living allowance (COLA) in the member's base benefit. The COLA is based on the Phoenix-Mesa Consumer Price Index. Requires the actuary to include the COLA
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in the calculation of normal cost and accrued liability. Conditions the enactment on voter approval of H.C.R. 2032 at the 2018 general election.
court fees; EORP; state contribution (H.B. 2564) – Chapter 317 RFE SEE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
natural resource conservation districts; administration. (NOW: property taxes; procedures; abatement) (H.B. 2596) – Chapter 319 Allows a county treasurer, if agreed to by the county assessor, to abate tax and remove tax liens if: 1) the amount of the personal property taxes owed, including penalties and interest, is de minimis; and 2) the personal property taxes are six or more years past due. Allows a real property tax lien to be redeemed by any person that wants to pay on behalf of the property owner by making a charitable gift.
securities; crowdfunding; virtual coin offerings (H.B. 2601) – Chapter 207 Increases, from $1 million or $2.5 million to $5 million, the maximum sum of all receipts in a 12-month period under the intrastate crowdfunding exemption. Requires dollar-denominated receipts from an intrastate offering to be deposited in an authorized financial institution and used in accordance with representations made to investors. Parties involved in an intrastate offering may privately arbitrate a controversy arising from the offering. Includes virtual coin offerings under the intrastate crowdfunding exemption, subject to anti-fraud provisions. Excludes a seller of virtual coins from the dealer designation if the seller has a reasonable and good faith belief that the exchange is not a virtual coin offering and terminates the exchange once determining the exchange is a virtual coin offering. Allows an Arizona-based internet protocol address to serve as proof of residence and prohibits a broader definition of a security for virtual coins than is required under federal law. Permits the Arizona Corporation Commission Director of Securities to enter into agreements with federal, state or foreign regulators for the reciprocal sale of securities sold in other jurisdictions.
internal revenue code conformity (H.B. 2647) – Chapter 142 Updates the statutory definition of the Internal Revenue Code to include all federal provisions in effect: 1) for non-income tax purposes, on January 1, 2018; and 2) for income tax purposes, on January 1, 2017.
public retirement systems. (H.C.R. 2032) Subject to voter approval, amends the pension clause of the Arizona Constitution to provide an exception for certain adjustments to the Elected Officials' Retirement Plan and the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan. Requests that the Secretary of State return S.C.R. 1023, Fifty-third Legislature, First Regular Session, relating to the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan, to the Legislature.
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LEGISLATION VETOED
income tax payments; bitcoin (S.B. 1091) – VETOED Permits the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) to develop, adopt and use a payment system for immediate transaction privilege tax (TPT) remittance that enables collection of tax in real time at the point of sale. ADOR may develop trial demonstrations of voluntary technology applications enabling immediate remittance and collection of TPT payments and contract with private vendors for implementation. Requires ADOR to report its findings and experiences during the trial demonstration on or before January 1, 2021. The Governor indicates in his veto message that he is concerned about the unintended consequences that this legislation could have on private industry.
ASRS; waiting period; repeal (H.B. 2004) – VETOED Repeals the restriction that a state employee who is initially hired on or after July 20, 2011, may not become an Arizona State Retirement System member before the 27th week of employment. The Governor indicates in his veto message that he is concerned about the fiscal impact that this legislation will have on the state General Fund.
public meetings; audiovisual recordings; posting (NOW: public meetings; recordings; posting; definition) (H.B. 2207) – VETOED SEE THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
sports authority districts; extension (H.B. 2478) – VETOED SEE THE COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
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Senator Sonny Borrelli, Chairperson
Jeffrey Ong, Research Analyst Zachary Dean, Assistant Research Analyst Molly Graver, Intern GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
LEGISLATION ENACTED
committee of reference; standing committee (S.B. 1034) – Chapter 209 Designates the appropriate standing committee of the House of Representatives or Senate to serve as the legislative committee of reference (COR), instead of an appointed sub-committee. Allows the CORs to meet separately or jointly to hold a public hearing for sunset review when the Legislature is not in session or before the third Friday in January. Requires the CORs to deliver a final sunrise report for a non-health profession or sunset report recommendation by the third Friday in January. Modifies the sunrise review process of a health professional group by: 1) extending the sunrise application deadline to November 1 and allowing the application to be revised after submission; 2) permitting the applicant group to request informational hearings and to introduce legislation regardless of comments received from the hearings; 3) specifying the absence of a hearing does not constitute support or rejection of proposed legislation; and 4) stipulating that an applicant group is not required to refile an application within five years of an original report unless there is a material change. Prohibits the regulation of any unregulated health profession for the purposes of restricting competition. A health profession may only be regulated if there is credible evidence that unregulated practice can clearly harm or endanger public health, safety or welfare. Adds and modifies factors considered for an increased scope of practice and requires the Legislature to review any associated legislation according to outlined criteria.
backflow prevention; state fire code (S.B. 1042) – Chapter 19 Requires a check valve assembly used as backflow protection equipment on class 1 or class 2 fire protection systems to be inspected and maintained according to the State Fire Code, rather than the International Fire Code. Installation guidelines for backflow prevention equipment on class 1 or class 2 fire protection systems may exceed minimum standards established by the State Fire Code, rather than the Uniform Fire Code.
county recorder; recording fees (S.B. 1043) – Chapter 143 Beginning July 1, 2019, replaces county recording fees for papers required or authorized to be recorded with a flat fee of $30. The fee is $15 if the paper is recorded at the request of a government entity. Removes the option for the state to pay fees due to the county recorder on a monthly basis. Eliminates specified fees for delivering an instrument, first indexing category, first assignment, release, or partial assignment or release of any instrument, and eliminates additional fees on the same instrument. Eliminates the $5 fee for recording an affidavit of annual work or claim maintenance fee payment.
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industrial hemp; licensing (S.B. 1098) – Chapter 287 Beginning August 4, 2019, authorizes the propagation, processing, manufacturing, distribution and market research of industrial hemp in Arizona under a preapproved agricultural pilot program (pilot program), and authorizes commercial industrial hemp production and commerce outside of the program if authorized under federal law. Industrial hemp is the plant Cannabis Sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Requires hemp seed certification through the Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) for authorized use in the pilot program. Requires the Director of the AZDA (Director) to adopt rules for the licensing, production, and management of industrial hemp and hemp seed, and to set fees to recover costs. Requires a grower, harvester, transporter or processor to apply for and obtain an industrial hemp license from the AZDA. Establishes the Industrial Hemp Trust Fund (Fund) for implementing, continuing, and supporting industrial hemp licensing and requires the Director to deposit license fees into the Fund. Allows the Director to impose a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for a violation of a licensing requirement, term, condition or rule and classifies a violation as a class 1 misdemeanor. Exempts a licensee from criminalization of the possession, sale, production, and transport of marijuana and provides an affirmative defense from any prosecution if industrial hemp is lawfully grown. Allows the Director to inspect an industrial hemp site for compliance and collect samples for laboratory analysis. Allows the AZDA to take corrective action if a sample contains an average THC concentration of more than 0.3 percent or violates any other pesticide law. Appropriates $250,000 and three full-time equivalent positions to the AZDA's Plant Services Division, and $500,000 to the AZDA in FY 2020.
zoning violations; notice; service (S.B. 1113) – Chapter 213 Deems, if a zoning inspector finds it is impracticable to personally serve a notice to an alleged violator, alternative methods of service as acceptable. Impracticable includes serving notice outside the county boundaries or in a situation in which the hearing officer determines that personal service jeopardizes the safety of the zoning inspector or other authorized persons to perform the personal service. Additionally, stipulates a sheriff will receive a fee for every writ issued, instead of served, on behalf of a justice of the peace.
joint power authorities; fingerprinting (S.B. 1114) – Chapter 38 E An emergency measure effective March 20, 2018, that allows a joint powers authority to require all current and prospective employees and volunteers to submit a full set of fingerprints to obtain a state and federal criminal records check, and allows the Department of Public Safety to exchange submitted fingerprint data with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. state land department; continuation. (NOW: certificates of authority; video service) (S.B. 1140) – Chapter 331 SEE THE COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
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memorial; buffalo soldiers. (S.B. 1179) – Chapter 146 Authorizes the Arizona Department of Administration to provide for the placement of a memorial dedicated to the Buffalo Soldiers in Wesley Bolin Plaza. All fundraising and contracts for artistic design and construction are the responsibility of the proponents.
county treasurer; electronic records; liens (S.B. 1201) – Chapter 162 Allows a county treasurer to utilize electronic books, rather than printed books, to account for the receipt and expenditure of monies. Grants county treasurers the option to issue required receipts for monies received in either an electronic or hard copy format, and allows a designee of the clerk of the county Board of Supervisors to receive an electronic or hard copy receipt. lease authority; airports; air terminals (S.B. 1207) – Chapter 26 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
scrap metal dealers; DPS report (S.B. 1209) – Chapter 40 Removes the requirement for the Department of Public Safety to biennially report registered scrap metal dealers in Arizona.
state holiday; Native American day (NOW: Native American day; state holiday) (S.B. 1235) – Chapter 148 Proclaims June 2 of each year as Native American Day. If June 2 falls on any day other than Sunday, Native American Day is observed the following Sunday.
health insurance; mandated provision prohibited (S.B. 1247) – Chapter 165 Prohibits a city, town or county from requiring employers to provide health insurance to employees.
law enforcement officers; interviews; rights (S.B. 1260) – Chapter 216 Permits a representative of a law enforcement officer or a representative of a witness officer to take notes during an interview for an administrative investigation. The notes may only be used to assist the officer in the investigation or disciplinary matter and do not constitute an official record. The employer may subject the officer or the officer's representative to disciplinary action if information from the investigation is released without authorization.
reviser's technical corrections; 2018 (S.B. 1263) – Chapter 270 Makes annual non-substantive technical reviser's corrections to correct defective or conflicting statutory text from the previous session's legislative enactments.
bank deposits; technical correction (NOW: gift cards; dormancy fee; prohibition) (S.B. 1264) – Chapter 252 SEE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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GRRC; review; licensing requirements (NOW: administrative proceedings; rules; contested cases) (S.B. 1273) – Chapter 337 Allows a person to petition the Governor's Regulatory Review Council (GRRC) to review an existing agency practice, substantive policy statement, final rule or regulatory licensing requirement that is not specifically authorized by statute if a person believes that it is unduly burdensome or does not fulfill a public health, safety or welfare concern. A review is required if the practice, statement, rule or licensing requirement applies to a profession for which the average wage in Arizona is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline for a family of four. Requires all parties in adjudicative cases to be afforded an opportunity to participate in a settlement conference or mediation, unless both parties or the hearing officer decline. Allows parties to seek disposition of an adjudicative case by motion if there is no genuine issue of material fact.
street lighting improvement districts; consolidation (S.B. 1281) – Chapter 187 Allows a municipality to consolidate two or more existing street light improvement districts (SLIDs) into a single district, with the consent of a majority of property owners in each district, and outlines requirements for public notice and comment. The SLIDs proposed for consolidation must be contiguous. Territory may be added to an existing SLID or a consolidated district after required public notice and comment.
government communications; emergency response interpreters (S.B. 1296) – Chapter 339 Requires state and local governments to take reasonable steps to ensure that online and emergency communications with persons with disabilities are equally as effective as communications with persons without disabilities. Requires state and local governments to: 1) provide auxiliary aids and services when necessary; and 2) establish a protocol to secure a licensed emergency response interpreter for emergency communications presented for broadcast or delivered online. border security trust fund; repeal (S.B. 1355) – Chapter 188 Repeals the Border Security Trust Fund.
flood protection districts; divisions; electors (S.B. 1379) – Chapter 217 E An emergency measure effective April 12, 2018, that requires flood protection districts to be governed by a Board of Directors consisting of three or five directors, elected at large. Owners of real property that is located within the boundaries of the district and on which all taxes have been paid are eligible electors. Outlines persons eligible to cast votes on behalf of an estate, corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability corporation.
memorial; veterans; suicide (S.B. 1431) – Chapter 220 Authorizes the Arizona Department of Administration to provide for the placement of a monument in the Governmental Mall by October 1, 2021, commemorating veterans who died by suicide due to post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. All fundraising and contracts for artistic design and construction are the responsibility of the proponents.
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community facilities districts; directors (S.B. 1499) – Chapter 108 E SEE THE COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
state dinosaur; Sonorasaurus (S.B. 1517) – Chapter 172 Establishes the Sonorasaurus as the official state dinosaur.
municipal economic development; sale; lease (NOW: public service corporations; penalties) (H.B. 2005) – Chapter 60 Subjects a public service corporation to a civil penalty between $100 and $5,000 as the exclusive remedy or penalty for a violation by the corporation, or its officer or agent, of any constitutional provision or an Arizona Corporation Commission rule relating to the type of electric generation resources acquired or used by the public service corporation. public meetings; definition; penalties (H.B. 2065) – Chapter 229 Allows the Attorney General to commence a suit against an individual member of a public body who knowingly violates open meeting law and outlines civil penalties for violations. Prohibits a public body from paying a civil penalty on behalf of or reimbursing an individual against whom the civil penalty has been imposed. The court may choose not to impose a civil penalty if a person who might otherwise be liable for a violation objected to the action of the public body and the objection is noted on a public record. Expands the definition of public meeting to include electronic communication between a quorum of the members of a public body, and requires the written minutes or recording to include a record of how each member voted on legal actions.
electronic filing system; political subdivisions (NOW: political subdivisions; electronic filing system) (NOW: political subdivisions; candidate committee) (H.B. 2078) – Chapter 77 Requires a candidate for a city or town election receiving contributions or making expenditures of at least $500 to register as a candidate committee. Exempts the $500 registration threshold from biennial increases and removes the fee assessed to the filing officer for opting into the Secretary of State's electronic filing system.
joint powers; fire protection services (H.B. 2151) – Chapter 65 Allows a separate legal entity, formed by a city, town, county or fire district, to establish any governance and board structure necessary to carry out contracted powers and duties, subject to statutory requirements for agreements and contracts. If specified in the agreement, the contracted entity has jurisdiction over fire code administration and enforcement for the city, town, county or fire district. Exempts a fire district board participating in an agreement from public meeting requirements, but mandates the board hold a public meeting at least once every 90 days or as necessary. Outlines financial reporting requirements and exempts municipalities participating in an agreement to form an entity from limits on the duration of the agreement.
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joint power authorities; fingerprinting. (NOW: fingerprinting; joint powers authority) (H.B. 2152) – Chapter 176 E An emergency measure effective April 11, 2018, that requires a probationary employee in a firefighter, reserve firefighter or volunteer firefighter position to submit a full set of fingerprints to a joint powers authority for a state and federal criminal records check.
legislative vacancy; appointment; time frame (H.B. 2156) – Chapter 91 SEE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
fire district budget hearings (H.B. 2180) – Chapter 67 Requires a fire district to hold one public hearing, rather than two, on any proposed revision to the district's annual budget and requires the revised budget to be considered and adopted in a public meeting immediately following the public hearing. The hearing for a proposed revised budget must comply with all publishing, posting and hearing requirements outlined in statute.
secretary of state; rulemaking (NOW: secretary of state; counties; rulemaking) (H.B. 2184) – Chapter 178 Requires agencies that are exempt from rulemaking requirements to prepare a prescribed notice and to comply with a system for publishing exempt rules as outlined by the Secretary of State (SOS). Requires an agency to file with the SOS if it is renumbering a rule, establishes additional disclosures and clarifies that an exempt agency must allow for a public comment period. For emergency rulemaking, the Attorney General must create a certificate of approval after determining that the emergency rule follows outlined standards. Modifies the process for renewing a rule for an additional 180-day period. Removes the requirement for the SOS to publish county environmental rulemaking notices in the Arizona Administrative Register and instead requires notices to be posted on the county's website. Each expedited, emergency and exempt rule must be published in the Arizona Administrative Code and electronically published in a quarterly code supplement. municipalities; parking; public vehicles. (NOW: internet protocol; corporation commission) (H.B. 2209) – Chapter 294 Prohibits the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) from regulating, either directly or indirectly, the entry, exit, rates, terms, conditions, or service quality standards of internet protocol-enabled services or video over internet protocol (VoIP) services. The prohibition does not affect or modify the ACC’s authority to enforce federal requirements on VoIP, any obligation or right granted to a person by federal law, or the ACC’s jurisdiction over intrastate switched access rates.
municipal improvement districts; sale certificates (NOW: dental therapy; regulation; licensure) (H.B. 2235) – Chapter 296 SEE THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
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fire districts; revisions; county islands (H.B. 2242) – Chapter 93 Permits an existing fire district to reform as a noncontiguous county island fire district if the district: 1) is surrounded by incorporated areas; 2) contracts for fire services from an adjacent municipality; and 3) receives approval from the county Board of Supervisors. Outlines public hearing and public comment procedures and requirements. A reformed fire district retains all existing board members, taxing authority, fund balances, assets and liabilities.
condominiums; termination; appraisals (H.B. 2262) – Chapter 235 Modifies the process for termination of a condominium association. A unit owner may select a second independent appraiser at their own expense. If the appraisal amounts differ by five percent or less, the higher appraisal is final. If the difference is greater than five percent, the final amount of compensation owed to the unit owner is determined by arbitration at the association's expense. Provides an additional five percent of the final sale amount as relocation expenses for owner-occupied units.
public buildings; omnibus (H.B. 2304) – Chapter 155 Laws 2000, Chapter 135 established the Alternative Project Delivery Method (APDM) as an optional alternative to the traditional procurement process of design-bid-build. APDM includes construction-manager-at-risk, design-build and job-order-contracting project delivery methods for construction services. Retroactive to June 30, 2018, H.B. 2304 extends the allowed time period to June 30, 2025, for a city, county or political subdivision (agent) to procure any construction-manager-at-risk construction services for certain horizontal construction projects using federal monies. Additionally, extends the allowed time period to June 30, 2025, for an agent to procure any horizontal construction using APDM. Increases, from $250,000 to $500,000, the threshold that determines whether to procure an architect using: 1) direct selection, public competition or selection committee procurement methods; or 2) ADPM. Increases the civil penalty for knowingly and intentionally violating requirements relating to the procurement of construction services.
concealed weapons permit; electronic reports (H.B. 2328) – Chapter 206 Requires the Department of Public Safety to electronically report annual information about permits to carry concealed weapons to the Governor and the Legislature. The report must include any changes to a written agreement establishing mutual permit or license recognition with another state made in the previous year.
public road maintenance; primitive designation (H.B. 2413) – Chapter 16 Permits a county Board of Supervisors (BOS) or the governing body of a city or town to designate a road as a primitive road if it was opened before June 13, 1990, and removes statutory conditions for the designation of a primitive road opened after 1975.
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The BOS may spend public monies for maintenance of a public road or street outside of city or town limits if the road or street is either, instead of both: 1) laid out, opened, and constructed according to standard engineering road specifications; or 2) completed pursuant to a plat that is approved by the BOS. state employee health plan; incentives (H.B. 2414) – Chapter 304 Requires the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA), within one year, to complete a cost-analysis of implementing an incentive-based insurance program for current enrollees and retirees of the state. ADOA may implement any cost-effective program during the next open enrollment and must communicate in writing its decision and details of any proposed incentive-based insurance program to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
building code exemptions; public notice (H.B. 2503) – Chapter 139 Allows an owner of Class Two(R) agricultural property, that is exempt from county building codes, to change the agricultural use of all or part of the property if the change does not endanger public health or safety, unless the property is owned and controlled by a nonprofit organization.
U.S. House vacancy; special election (H.B. 2538) – Chapter 316 Requires a special primary election to fill a vacancy for the office of a United States Representative, when there is not a general election within the next six months, to be held between 120 and 133 days, rather than between 80 and 90 days, after the vacancy. Requires the special general election to be held between 70 and 80 days, rather than between 50 and 60 days, after the special primary election. If a vacancy for the office of a United States Senator occurs greater than 150 days before the next regular primary election, the current appointee will continue serving until the vacancy is filled at the next general election. If the vacancy occurs 150 or fewer days before the next regular primary election, the current appointee will continue serving until the vacancy is filled at the second regular general election held after the vacancy occurs. Requires the clerk of the county Board of Supervisors to notice an election within five days of receiving the election proclamation announcing the special primary and general election dates.
appropriations; essential county services (NOW: essential county services; appropriation) (NOW: misrepresentation; service animals) (H.B. 2588) – Chapter 246 Prohibits a person from fraudulently misrepresenting an animal as a service animal or service animal in training to the operator of a public place. The court or hearing officer may impose a civil penalty of not more than $250 for each violation.
department of gaming omnibus (H.B. 2589) – Chapter 318 Establishes the Rural County Fair Racing Fund (Racing Fund) within the Racing Regulation Fund (Regulation Fund) and transfers $200,000 from the Regulation Fund to the
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Racing Fund to be used as matching grants for counties with fewer than 800,000 persons that operate county fair racing. A county must match at least 50 percent of the grant in order to be eligible, and grants are capped at $40,000 per fiscal year for any one county. Repeals the Racing Fund on July 1, 2020. Establishes the Unarmed Combat Fund subaccount within the Regulation Fund and requires monies collected from the gross receipts tax on boxing contests to be deposited into the Unarmed Combat Fund. Modifies the Racing Commission membership and duties. Increases, from three years to five years, the maximum time period for which a racing license is valid. Exempts the Department of Gaming from rulemaking requirements for one year for the purpose of developing a unique pari-mutuel wager. fallen correctional employees memorial; extension (H.B. 2591) – Chapter 121 Extends the authorized time frame for placement and dedication of a memorial in the Governmental Mall commemorating fallen Arizona Department of Corrections employees to September 30, 2021, and expands allowed northern and eastern boundaries of the placement area. consolidated elections; voter turnout (H.B. 2604) – Chapter 247 Requires a political subdivision to consolidate its elections to statewide election dates if previous elections held on non-statewide election dates resulted in a 25 percent reduction in voter turnout. Beginning in 2018, consolidated elections, other than special and recall elections, begin three years after the decrease in voter turnout. Consolidated election requirements due to decreased voter turnout preempt all local laws, ordinances and charter provisions to the contrary. The terms of office for current elected officials lengthen to align with consolidated election dates. Requires an official canvass of specified elections to include the number of ballots cast and the number of active registered voters in each political subdivision and portion of a political subdivision for which a candidate may be elected. The county recorder calculates voter turnout for the candidate races and determines whether election consolidation is required, which is announced at a public meeting. Exempts a political subdivision from penalties for exceeding alternative expenditure limitations if the limitation expires at any time after the year following election consolidation. Permits a person unaffiliated with a political party to request an early ballot that only contains nonpartisan races. Contains a severability clause. public meetings; recordings; posting; definition (H.B. 2649/S.B. 1531) – Chapter 321 Beginning January 1, 2019, requires a licensing authority to post meeting audio recordings and final actions on its website within five days of the meeting. The Arizona Department of Administration must evaluate the costs of providing for complete audiovisual records of all licensing authority meetings and submit a report of its findings to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1, 2018.
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LEGISLATION VETOED power authority; procurement code; exemption (H.B. 2114) – VETOED Exempts the Arizona Power Authority from the Arizona Procurement Code. The Governor indicates in his veto message that it is rare to find a blanket exemption for the entirety of an agency's procurement activity. He additionally states that the bill does not specifically tailor the need for the exemption and would set a negative precedent in its current form. public meetings; audiovisual recordings; posting (NOW: public meetings; recordings; posting; definition) (H.B. 2207) – VETOED Beginning January 1, 2019, requires a licensing authority to post meeting audio recordings and final actions on its website within five days of the meeting. The Arizona Department of Administration must evaluate the costs of providing for complete audiovisual records of all licensing authority meetings and submit a report of its findings to the Governor and the Legislature by October 1, 2018. The Governor indicates in his veto message that legislation increasing teacher pay is a higher priority. administrative hearings; procedures (H.B. 2523) – VETOED Allows all parties during an adjudicative proceeding to participate in a settlement conference or mediation, unless declined by both parties or the hearing officer. Permits motions to seek disposition of a case if there is not a genuine issue of material fact. Outlines conditions for an administrative law judge to require an agency to pay reasonable cost and fees to a party for an administrative hearing. The Governor indicates in his veto message that the bill is too broad and could allow the proliferation of litigation from agency actions taken prior to a final appealable agency decision.
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Senator Nancy Barto, Chairperson
Cherie Stone, Research Analyst Jessica Newland, Assistant Research Analyst Nicholas Willis, Intern HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
LEGISLATION ENACTED
DHS; homemade food products (S.B. 1022) – Chapter 45 Modifies the list of approved cottage food products to include fruit jams and jellies, dry mixes made with ingredients from approved sources, honey, dry pasta, and roasted nuts. Establishes new labeling requirements for cottage food products and requires food preparers and supervisors to maintain active food handler training certification from an accredited program. Food preparers must also display a certificate of registration when operating as a temporary food establishment. technical correction; estates (NOW: insurers; health providers; claim arbitration) (S.B. 1064) – Chapter 272 SEE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. adoption; subsidy; review; nonrecurring expenses (S.B. 1071) – Chapter 144 Prohibits the Department of Child Safety (DCS) from paying nonrecurring adoption expenses for a child and any siblings adopted by the same parent if parental rights to the children were terminated within 60 days of each other, except in cases in which the child and the child's siblings are on the same adoption petition or if DCS makes a good cause determination. Replaces the annual review requirement for adoption subsidy agreements with the requirement for periodic review as defined by DCS. The nonrecurring adoption expense reimbursement rate is capped at $2,000 per adoption petition, rather than per child.
DCS; contractor employees; fingerprint requirement (S.B. 1072) – Chapter 21 Requires an employee of a contractor who is employed in an information technology position at the Department of Child Safety (DCS) to have a valid fingerprint clearance card if the employee's job duties include access to DCS information. orthotics; prosthetic devices; valid prescription (S.B. 1073) – Chapter 100 Specifies that a licensed healthcare provider is not restricted from issuing a prescription for a custom orthotic or prosthetic device that is molded, fabricated and fitted by a provider. workers' compensation; opioids; dispensed medications (S.B. 1111) – Chapter 101 SEE THE COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
DES; fingerprint card; tax information (S.B. 1164) – Chapter 160 Requires Department of Economic Security (DES) employees and contractors who have access to federal tax information to obtain a valid fingerprint clearance card. Each DES employee
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and contractor must certify that they are not awaiting trial and have not been convicted of any criminal offense that would require the person to register as a sex offender. child care assistance; rates (S.B. 1165) – Chapter 145 Requires the Department of Economic Security (DES) to annually review and adjust the sliding fee scale and formula used for determining child care assistance and to post the current payment rates, scale and formula on the DES website.
permanent guardianship; subsidy (S.B. 1166) – Chapter 161 Permits a permanent guardian appointed for a child by the Department of Child Safety to apply for and receive adoption subsidies. The child who a permanent guardian seeks to adopt is eligible for the adoption subsidy at the permanent guardianship subsidy rate.
blind persons' rights; adoption; custody (S.B. 1198) – Chapter 54 Prohibits a court from restricting custody, adoption, guardianship or fostering of a child based solely on an individual's blindness. Additionally prohibits the Department of Child Safety from refusing to license a foster home based on a prospective foster parent's blindness, if the foster home otherwise qualifies for licensure. A party who alleges that a person's blindness has a detrimental impact on a child or on the operation of a foster home must prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that the behavior endangers or is likely to endanger the health, safety or welfare of a child.
insurance; small employers; continuation coverage (S.B. 1217) – Chapter 164 SEE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
developmental homes; licensure; investigations (S.B. 1218) – Chapter 251 Effective July 1, 2019, details various duties the Department of Economic Security (DES) must perform before issuing or renewing a license for an adult or child developmental home and outlines additional circumstances that could result in a license being denied, suspended or revoked. All adult household members of a developmental home are required to have a valid fingerprint clearance card. Requires DES to maintain a system of independent oversight of licensing and monitoring of developmental homes. DES may contract with a third party for oversight and licensing services. The third party that performs the oversight services must be independent of the party providing monitoring or licensing services.
appropriation; SNAP; benefit match; produce (S.B. 1245) – Chapter 334 Appropriates $400,000 from the state General Fund in FY 2019 to the Department of Economic Security to: 1) develop the infrastructure necessary to implement a produce incentive program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) enrollees to purchase eligible Arizona-grown fruits and vegetables; 2) provide matching monies of up to $20 each day per participating SNAP-authorized site for a SNAP enrollee to purchase eligible Arizona-grown fruits
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and vegetables; and 3) conduct research and evaluate the produce incentive program and the impact of the program on purchases made by SNAP enrollees and the producers of Arizona-grown fruits and vegetables. behavioral health board (S.B. 1246) – Chapter 55 Permits the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners (Board) to issue a license by endorsement if specified licensure or certification criteria are met. Eliminates the requirement that a person seeking behavioral health licensure by endorsement must have been engaged in the practice of behavioral health at an equivalent practice level in at least one state for a minimum of 3,600 hours in a five-year time frame. Additionally eliminates the requirement that a person seeking licensure by endorsement pass an examination. Increases, from 30 days to 35 days, the time frame for a request to be filed with the Board to review an action taken by the Executive Director. An applicant may provide the Board with information and evidence of specified deficiencies at an application review meeting. A motion to initiate an investigation must be made at an open and properly-noticed Board meeting, and the motion must include the basis for the investigation and the name of the Board member making the motion. The Board's vote to initiate an investigation is recorded. Directs the Board to establish fees by rule.
health insurance; mandated provision prohibited (S.B. 1247) – Chapter 165 SEE THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
children; out-of-home placement (S.B. 1380) – Chapter 149 Outlines age requirements and time frames for a child welfare agency or foster home to provide a child in their care access to the child's: 1) birth certificate; 2) non-operating identification license; 3) immunization records; and 4) social security information. Requires the Department of Health Services and the Arizona Department of Transportation to provide the relevant documentation to the out-of-home placement provider upon request and waive any associated fees. Requires the out-of-home provider for a youth who is at least 16 years old to work with independent living programs that focus on career, education and future development planning to assist the youth in meeting program goals.
HIV; needs assessment; prevention (S.B. 1389) – Chapter 169 Requires the Director of the Department of Health Services (DHS) to establish and implement a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Action Program (Program) and prescribes Program requirements. The Program must complete a statewide HIV prevention and care needs assessment by November 1, 2020, and DHS must provide a report regarding the prevention and care needs assessment outcomes and the Program's action plan by January 1, 2021. Terminates the Program on July 1, 2028.
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dissolution; human embryos; disposition (S.B. 1393) – Chapter 128 Requires the court to award in vitro human embryos to the spouse who intends to allow the embryos to develop to birth in a marriage dissolution or legal separation involving the disposition of in vitro human embryos. In circumstances where both spouses provided gametes and intend to allow the in vitro human embryos to develop to birth, the court must resolve any dispute on disposition of the embryos in a manner that provides the best chance for the embryos to develop to birth. Additionally, allows the spouse who is not awarded the in vitro human embryos to deny consent to being a parent of a child that results from the embryos.
DHS; reporting; abortions (S.B. 1394) – Chapter 219 Effective January 1, 2019, outlines information that must be reported to the Department of Health Services by a hospital or facility where abortions are performed. The report of each abortion must indicate at least one reason why the woman is seeking an abortion or if the woman declined to provide the reason for the abortion, and any known medical complications that resulted from the abortion.
temporary custody without court order (S.B. 1395) – Chapter 191 Authorizes the Department of Child Safety to take a child into temporary custody without a court order if there is probable cause to believe the child is likely to suffer serious harm in the time it would take to obtain a court order and there is either: 1) no less intrusive alternative; or 2) probable cause to believe the child is a victim of sexual abuse or abuse involving physical injury that can only be diagnosed by a licensed physician or a healthcare provider. A law enforcement officer may use reasonable force when executing an order authorizing temporary custody. Requires a child who is a suspected victim of a sexual offense or an offense involving serious physical injury, and who has been taken into temporary custody, to be immediately examined by a physician or healthcare provider with specific training in child abuse evaluations.
group home beds; mentally ill (S.B. 1396) – Chapter 151 Requires the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, by December 1, 2018, to report to the chairpersons of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the House of Representatives Health Committee the number of available behavioral health residential facility beds and supportive housing beds for adults with serious mental illness.
behavioral health; dependent children; reports (S.B. 1397) – Chapter 152 Beginning April 1, 2019, requires the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System to issue a semi-annual financial and program accountability trends report. Extends the requirement that the Department of Child Safety issue a quarterly financial and program accountability trends report through December 31, 2020.
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independent oversight committees; appointment; duties (S.B. 1450) – Chapter 257 Renames the Human Rights Committees as the Independent Oversight Committees (Committees) and transfers the Committees from the Department of Economic Security, the Department of Child Safety and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System to the Arizona Department of Administration.
patient referral inducements; prohibited compensation (S.B. 1451) – Chapter 223 Prohibits a person, healthcare provider, healthcare facility or sober living home, when providing or offering substance use disorder services, from offering, paying, soliciting or receiving any payment in return for either of the following: 1) referring a patient or client to or from a sober living home or a substance use disorder treatment facility; or 2) accepting or acknowledging the enrollment of a patient or client for substance use disorder services at a sober living home. Establishes felony classifications for violations based on the monetary value of the unlawful consideration.
sober living homes; certification (S.B. 1465) – Chapter 194 Requires all sober living homes to be licensed and directs the Director of the Department of Health Services (DHS) to adopt rules to establish minimum standards and requirements for the licensure. The Director of DHS may use current standards adopted by any recognized national organization as guidelines for standards and requirements. Sober living home licenses are valid for one year. Beginning January 1, 2019, certified or licensed sober living homes may be eligible for federal or state funding.
schools; civics literacy state seal (NOW: kinship care; aggravated circumstances; dependency) (S.B. 1473) – Chapter 153 Requires the Department of Child Safety (DCS) to maintain a goal of placing an infant into a prospective permanent placement within one year of filing a dependency petition. Outlines criteria for consideration in determining placement that is in the best interests of the child. Presumes that a child under three years old who has lived with a foster parent or kinship caregiver for at least nine months has a significant relationship with that parent or caregiver. After a child is taken into temporary custody, requires DCS to conduct an initial search within 30 days to identify and notify relatives and other individuals who have a significant relationship with the child. Directs DCS to file information with the court of attempts to identify and notify relatives and individuals with a significant relationship to the child. Requires a dependency petition to indicate whether DCS believes an aggravating circumstance exists. If DCS intends to present evidence that an aggravating circumstance exists, DCS must give the court and other parties written notice at least 15 days before a disposition hearing. If the court finds that an aggravating circumstance exists, DCS must file a motion for termination of parental rights within 10 days, with specified exceptions. Modifies the list of aggravating circumstances to include a child under six months old who is exposed to a drug or substance and whose parent is unable to discharge parental responsibilities due to a history of substance abuse. Reasonable grounds must exist to believe that the parent's condition will persist for an indefinite amount of time, based on the opinion of a licensed healthcare provider.
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developmental disability rates; appropriation (S.B. 1504) – Chapter 346 Requires the Legislature to annually adjust the appropriation made in the previous fiscal year to the Department of Economic Security (DES) to provide services for persons with developmental disabilities whose service costs exceed the current cost-effective study rate. Appropriates $1,100,000 from the Special Administration Fund in FY 2019 to DES to provide services for persons with developmental disabilities whose service costs exceed the current cost-effective study rate. department of child safety; reports (S.B. 1518) – Chapter 110 Outlines modifications to the timelines for various metrics required to be reported by the Department of Child Safety (DCS). Requires DCS to make all program and outcomes data available on the DCS website. Requires DCS, before January 1, 2019, to work with stakeholders to: 1) identify the necessity of information that is currently required in the reports and any information not currently included in the reports; and 2) recommend any changes to the legislative committee of reference for health and human services issues. human services; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1528/H.B. 2661) – Chapter 282 SEE THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
drug overdose review teams; records (H.B. 2038) – Chapter 28 Requires law enforcement agencies to provide unredacted reports to the chairperson of a local drug overdose fatality review team (local team) upon request. All information and records obtained by a local team are confidential and cannot be used in court. Precludes local team members and meeting participants from being questioned in a civil proceeding relating to information presented to a local team.
pharmacy board; definitions; reporting (H.B. 2040) – Chapter 227 Expands the definition of pharmacy to include a satellite pharmacy, which is a work area located within a hospital or on a hospital campus that is not separated by other commercial or residential property, and that is a remote extension of a centrally-located licensed pharmacy. Permits a pharmacy, whose license has been revoked, to apply for review before the conclusion of the two-year revocation timeframe. pharmacy board; licenses; permits (H.B. 2041) – Chapter 228 Removes the graduate intern license designation from the Board of Pharmacy (Board). Additionally, invalidates a pharmacy permit if the business is not operational within nine months after the permit is issued. The Board may grant a one-time extension for the business to become operational.
insurance coverage; telemedicine; urology (H.B. 2042) – Chapter 174 Expands existing insurance coverage requirements for healthcare services delivered through telemedicine to include: 1) pain medicine and substance abuse, beginning January 1, 2019; and 2) urology, beginning January 1, 2020.
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occupational therapy board; continuation (H.B. 2043) – Chapter 7 Continues the Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners for eight years, until July 1, 2026, retroactive to July 1, 2018.
physician assistants board; continuation (H.B. 2044) – Chapter 29 Continues the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants for eight years, until July 1, 2026, retroactive to July 1, 2018.
acupuncture board; continuation (H.B. 2045) – Chapter 63 Continues the Arizona Acupuncture Board of Examiners for four years, until July 1, 2022, retroactive to July 1, 2018. department of economic security; continuation (H.B. 2046) – Chapter 30 Continues the Department of Economic Security for eight years, until July 1, 2026, retroactive to July 1, 2018.
schools; emergency epinephrine administration (H.B. 2085) – Chapter 78 SEE THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
schools; diabetes management policies; pharmacists (H.B. 2086) – Chapter 197 SEE THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
prescription drug costs; patient notification (NOW: pharmacies; practices; pharmacy benefits managers) (H.B. 2107) – Chapter 133 Prohibits a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) from restricting a pharmacist from providing information to an insured individual about the cost share or affordable alternatives of prescription drugs. Additionally prohibits a PBM from requiring a pharmacy or pharmacist to charge or collect a copayment that exceeds the total submitted charges by the network pharmacy.
pharmacies; remote dispensing (H.B. 2149) – Chapter 33 Expands the definition of pharmacy to include remote dispensing pharmacies, and establishes safety criteria, regulations and additional training requirements for pharmacy technicians who work in remote dispensing pharmacies.
certificates of necessity; hearings; duration (H.B. 2196) – Chapter 92 Prohibits a certificate of necessity hearing from lasting more than 10 days, unless the administrative law judge determines on the final day that there is an extraordinary need for additional hearing days.
69 HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE health professionals; workforce data (H.B. 2197) – Chapter 293 Beginning January 2, 2020, directs each health professional regulatory board to collect information for the Health Professional Workforce Database (Database) from individuals seeking initial or renewal licenses, certifications or registrations. Requires the Director of the Department of Health Services to prescribe information that must be collected for inclusion in the Database, and specifies that any personally identifiable information is confidential and not a public record.
AHCCCS; annual waiver; applicability. (H.B. 2228) – Chapter 201 Exempts American Indians and Alaskan Natives who are eligible for services through the United States Indian Health Service or another urban Indian health program from work requirements and lifetime limits instituted by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System. municipal improvement districts; sale certificates (NOW: dental therapy; regulation; licensure) (H.B. 2235) – Chapter 296 Dental Therapy Regulations – Establishes the licensed practice of dental therapy and outlines duties a licensed dental therapist may perform, either under the direct supervision of a licensed dentist or subject to a written collaborative practice agreement with a licensed dentist. Dental therapists are only permitted to practice at: 1) a Federally Qualified Community Health Center (CHC) or Federal Look-Alike; 2) a CHC; 3) a nonprofit dental practice or organization that provides dental care to low-income and underserved individuals; or 4) a private dental practice that provides dental care to CHC patients of record that are referred by the CHC. Dental therapists are prohibited from performing extractions of permanent teeth, except under the direct supervision of a dentist. Classifies the unlicensed practice of dental therapy as a class 6 felony. Licensing and Renewal – Requires the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners (Board) to establish a minimum number of active practice hours and an affirmation that the applicant has completed the continuing education requirements before granting a license or renewal. An individual must be a licensed dental hygienist, graduate from an accredited dental therapy education program and successfully pass a regional and state examination before becoming a licensed dental therapist. Licenses expire on June 30 of every third year, and each licensed dental therapist must submit a complete renewal application and fee to the Board before the expiration date. Written Collaborative Practice Agreements – Allows a practicing dentist and a licensed dental therapist to enter into a written collaborative practice agreement for the delivery of dental therapy services. A dental therapist is prohibited from entering into a collaborative practice agreement unless they have completed 1,000 hours of dental therapy clinical practice under the direct supervision of a dentist. Collaborative practice agreements must address any limits on services, procedures and practice settings, and establish protocols for consent, recordkeeping, management, medication and scope of practice expectations. A dentist may not enter into more than four collaborative practice agreements with dental therapists. Each dentist in a collaborative practice agreement must be available to provide appropriate contact, communication and consultation with the dental therapist. Dental Therapist Study – Requires the Department of Health Services, in consultation with the Board, to conduct a study concerning the impact of licensing dental therapists on patient safety, cost effectiveness and access to dental services. The study must include various outcome measures and be completed within three years after the Board begins licensing dental therapists.
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physician assistants; prescribing authority; delegation (H.B. 2250) – Chapter 233 Allows a physician assistant (PA) to write prescriptions for Schedule II or Schedule III controlled substances for 90 days, rather than 30 days, if the PA meets outlined criteria.
podiatrists; examination; repeal (H.B. 2256) – Chapter 71 Removes the requirement that an applicant for a podiatry license take and pass a jurisprudence examination and instead requires each application to include an oath stating the applicant has read and understands the Board of Podiatry Examiners statutes and rules. Additionally, requires an applicant to successfully complete a residency program, rather than a one-year internship program. radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS (H.B. 2257) – Chapter 234 Eliminates the Radiation Regulatory Hearing Board. Authorizes the Department of Health Services (DHS) to enter the premises of any radiation source to determine compliance. Refusal to allow an inspection of the premises is deemed reasonable cause to believe a violation exists. A radiation source whose license has been suspended or revoked is subject to inspection during the relicensure or reinstatement process. Prohibits license suspension or revocation without providing the notice to the licensee and an opportunity for a hearing by the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH). A person who is denied licensure, registration or an exemption may appeal the denial to OAH. The Director of DHS (Director) may assess a civil penalty, up to $5,000 per violation, against a person found in violation of specified radiation source regulations. Each day a violation occurs is considered a separate violation. The maximum assessment is $25,000 for a 30-day period. Authorizes the Director to suspend or revoke any license for radiation by-products, sources, special nuclear materials, or related devices or equipment, if the licensee, officer, agent or employee of the licensee violates specified requirements. The Director may: 1) apply to the superior court for an injunction to restrain a person from violating radiation requirements and rules; and 2) suspend a license or order the impoundment of radiation sources under certain circumstances. Directs the court to grant a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or permanent injunction without bond, upon application by the Director. The person may be served in any Arizona county and the action must be brought on behalf of the Director by the Attorney General (AG) or appropriate county attorney. Eliminates the Medical Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners and authorizes the Director to: 1) appoint an advisory committee to perform prescribed regulatory duties for radiologic technologists; and 2) establish an application fee for certifications and examinations for radiologic technologists. Certifications are valid for two years and a temporary certification is valid for one year, rather than 180 days. Requires an applicant who fails the radiologic technologist certification examination three times to complete additional training. Allows the Director to suspend or revoke the certification or permit of a radiologic technologist who violates related requirements or rules, and precludes the Director from taking further action if a suspension or revocation is appealed. Authorizes the Director to assess a civil penalty for each violation of related requirements or rules and considers each day a violation occurs
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as a separate violation. Establishes criteria the Director must consider when determining the amount of a civil penalty. Permits a person to appeal a civil penalty assessment to the OAH and prohibits the Director from enforcing or collecting an assessment until after the hearing occurs. Requires collection actions to be brought by the AG or the county attorney. Directs DHS to issue a preceptorship or temporary certificate for diagnostic mammography or screening mammography, if specified criteria are met, and stipulates that such a certificate is valid for one year and is not renewable.
diabetes; annual report (H.B. 2258) – Chapter 94 Establishes the Diabetes Action Plan Team (Team) within the Department of Health Services (DHS). Requires the Team to report to the Governor and the Legislature by January 1, 2019, and biennially thereafter: 1) the prevalence of diabetes among various demographics in Arizona; 2) the complications associated with diabetes; 3) the cost of diabetes to Arizona; 4) the Arizona Diabetes Program's plan to reduce the incidence of diabetes and diabetes-related health disparities; and 5) a description of the coordination between DHS, hospitals and other stakeholders on managing, treating or preventing diabetes. child support rights transfer (H.B. 2278) – Chapter 14 Establishes, in Title IV-D cases, that the right to child support transfers to the caretaker who has had physical custody of the child for 30 consecutive days, regardless of a custody order. The Department of Economic Security may begin child support payment disbursement the month after the caretaker has had physical custody of the child for 30 consecutive days.
acupuncture board; visiting professor certificate (NOW: auricular acupuncturists; fingerprinting (H.B. 2321) – Chapter 205 Requires an applicant for an auricular acupuncture certificate to disclose all active or past professional healthcare licenses, and beginning January 1, 2019, to submit a full set of fingerprints to the Arizona Acupuncture Board of Examiners for a criminal records check.
health insurers; provider credentialing (H.B. 2322) – Chapter 238 Effective January 1, 2019, directs health insurers to establish an electronic process for submitting a credentialing application and supporting documentation by January 1, 2020. Requires the process of credentialing and loading an application to conclude within 100 days after receiving a completed application. Additionally, modifies certain representational requirements for directors of certain hospital, medical, dental and optometric service corporations.
community health workers; voluntary certification (H.B. 2324) – Chapter 300 Establishes voluntary certification requirements for a certified community health worker (CHW), which is a nonmedical health worker who serves as a liaison between health and community service providers and enrollees. Certifications are valid for two years and are renewable every two years.
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Requires the Director of the Department of Health Services (Director) to grant a certificate to an applicant who meets prescribed qualifications and pays applicable fees. The Director may deny, suspend or revoke the certification of a CHW who: 1) violates prescribed requirements or rules; 2) is convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or 3) indulges in conduct that is detrimental to public health or safety. Additionally, the Director may deny, suspend or revoke a certificate without holding a hearing and an applicant may request a hearing to review the Director's actions with the Office of Administrative Hearings. Authorizes the Director to: 1) prescribe the scope of practice and core competencies of certified CHWs; 2) define reasonable and necessary minimum education and training qualifications for certified CHWs; 3) establish requirements and standards for certified CHW education and training programs; and 4) prescribe criteria for granting, denying, suspending or revoking certificates. Requires the Director to waive minimum training and education requirements for applicants who have at least 960 hours of experience as a CHW in specified healthcare settings during the previous three years. A certified CHW who is employed by a tribe and who violates prescribed requirements is under the tribal government's jurisdiction. Precludes Arizona and political subdivisions from giving preference for services provided by certified CHWs or employers when awarding contracts. Establishes the Community Health Workers Advisory Council to make recommendations to the Department of Health Services on CHW certification, qualifications, education and standards for professional conduct.
homeopathic physicians; board; repeal (NOW: homeopathic physicians; board; reporting) (NOW: health professionals; licensure; report) (H.B. 2411) – Chapter 241 Requires the Board of Behavioral Health Examiners, the Board of Homeopathic and Integrated Medicine Examiners and the Board of Dispensing Opticians to research and compare other states' licensing requirements and to submit a report of their findings by December 31, 2018. Modifies certain licensure procedures for specified health professional regulatory boards.
child care assistance; tiered reimbursement (H.B. 2449) – Chapter 156 Requires the Department of Economic Security to annually pay at least 33 percent of quality set-aside monies for tiered reimbursement of child care providers that meet quality standards.
sober living homes; certification. (NOW: assisted living; referrals; disclosure) (H.B. 2529) – Chapter 313 Requires a referral agency (agency) to disclose the following to any prospective resident, at the time of or before any referral is made to an assisted living facility: 1) the business relationship between the agency and the assisted living facility; and 2) that the assisted living facility pays a fee to the agency for referrals. At the time of or before admission, the agency must also disclose the amount of the fee, or provide a good faith estimate, paid by the assisted living facility to the agency. Both required disclosures must be signed and dated, or electronically acknowledged, by the agency and the prospective resident or their representative. The agency must provide the prospective resident and the assisted living facility with copies of the disclosures and copies must be maintained at the assisted living facility. Assisted living facilities are prohibited from paying any referral fee associated with the prospective resident until the required disclosures are received.
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If an agency violates disclosure requirements, the Attorney General, a municipal attorney or any aggrieved patient may institute a proceeding to recover a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation. Any civil penalty recovered must be deposited in the general fund of the prosecuting jurisdiction.
health professionals; continuing education; opioids (H.B. 2548) – Chapter 141 Specifies that the three required hours of continuing medical education (CME) related to opioids, substance use disorder or addiction are included in a health professional's CME requirement.
controlled substances; dosage limit (H.B. 2549) – Chapter 243 Retroactive to April 26, 2018, exempts opioid prescriptions that are limited to a 14-day supply and that are issued following surgical procedures from the 90 morphine milligram equivalents limitation. Directs healthcare institutions, private offices and clinics to apply to the Department of Health Services for licensure as a pain management clinic within 60 days of meeting the statutory definition of a pain management clinic.
drug disposal; education (H.B. 2558) – Chapter 245 Requires, by January 1, 2019, the Department of Health Services to enter into a public-private partnership to develop an education and awareness program regarding the disposal of drugs, needles and sharps. Prohibits cities, towns and counties from imposing a tax or fee to pay for a drug disposal program. The city or town is not prohibited from using other city, town or county general fund monies to operate a drug disposal program. The establishment and regulation of a drug disposal program by a business is a matter of statewide concern and not subject to further regulation by a municipality or county.
pharmacists; controlled substances (H.B. 2633) – Chapter 87 Beginning April 26, 2018, presumes that an initial prescription for an opioid that exceeds the five-day supply limitation or a new prescription that exceeds the 90 morphine milligram equivalents per day limitation meets exemption requirements for dosage and supply limitations. A pharmacy may sell and dispense a Schedule II substance prescribed by a health professional located in another Arizona county if the prescription complies with state and federal law. The Board of Pharmacy may waive the requirement that opioid prescription containers have a red cap if implementation is not feasible.
illegal substances education; partnership (H.B. 2654/S.B. 1536) – Chapter 326 Allows the Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family or the Department of Health Services to partner with facility-based nonprofit youth development organizations and local and state education agencies to annually teach children in grades 5 through 12 about the dangers of federally-defined illegal substances, tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, opioids and nonprescription pharmaceuticals.
health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (H.B. 2659/S.B. 1526) – Chapter 284 SEE THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
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health education; marijuana; opioids; alcohol (NOW: illegal substances education; partnership) (H.B. 2398) – VETOED Allows the Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family or the Department of Health Services to partner with facility-based nonprofit youth development organizations and local and state education agencies to annually teach children in grades 5 through 12 about the dangers of federally- defined illegal substances, tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, opioids and nonprescription pharmaceuticals. The Governor indicates in his veto message that legislation increasing teacher pay is a higher priority.
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controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. (S.B. 1001/H.B. 2001) – Chapter 1 (First Special Session) Dispensers – Prohibits podiatrists, dentists, allopathic physicians, physician assistants, osteopathic physicians, optometrists and homeopathic physicians from dispensing Schedule II opioids and establishes violations as unprofessional conduct. Authorizes physician assistants, allopathic physicians, homeopathic physicians and osteopathic physicians to dispense Schedule II controlled substances for medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for substance use disorders. Additionally, the Board of Nursing must adopt rules prohibiting registered nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives from dispensing Schedule II opioids, except for MAT purposes. Health professionals who are authorized to prescribe or dispense Schedule II controlled substances must complete at least three hours of opioid, substance use disorder or addiction-related continuing medical education each license renewal cycle. Prescription Limitations – Limits an initial opioid prescription to a 5-day supply, except that a 14-day supply is permitted following a surgical procedure. Initial prescription supply limitations do not apply in specified circumstances. Prohibits health professionals from issuing new prescriptions for Schedule II opioids that exceed 90 morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) per day, unless specified criteria are met. A health professional who believes a patient requires a prescription in excess of the MME limitation must consult with a licensed physician who is a board-certified pain specialist. If the consulting physician is not available within 48 hours, a health professional may prescribe in excess of the MME limitation and must additionally prescribe naloxone or another opioid antagonist to the patient. Requires non-emergency prescriptions for Schedule II opioids that are dispensed by a pharmacist to have a red cap and a warning label. Beginning January 1, 2019, requires electronic submission of prescriptions for Schedule II opioids to pharmacies in Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai and Yuma counties. Beginning July 1, 2019, requires electronic submission in all other counties. Directs the Board of Pharmacy (Board) to establish a waiver process and exempts MAT prescriptions from electronic prescription requirements. Veterinarians – Requires veterinarians to: 1) limit initial Schedule II drug prescriptions to a 5-day supply at a clinically-appropriate dosage; 2) limit initial prescriptions for benzodiazepine
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individual experiencing a drug-related overdose. Similarly, prohibits a person who experiences a drug-related overdose, is in need of medical assistance and seeks medical assistance from being criminally charged for possession or use of a controlled substance or drug paraphernalia, if evidence was obtained because of the person's overdose and need for medical assistance. Repeals the Good Samaritan provisions on July 1, 2023. Education and Prevention – Directs each county Board of Supervisors to establish, by December 31, 2018, at least one location where a person can drop off drugs, substances and paraphernalia, and receive a referral to a substance abuse treatment facility. Directs AHCCCS to continue to distribute naloxone kits as necessary, and authorizes county health departments to provide a naloxone kit or another opioid antagonist to a person who is at risk of experiencing, or is experiencing, an opioid-related overdose. Ancillary law enforcement employees may administer naloxone and other opioid antagonists to an individual suffering from an opioid-related drug overdose. Requires healthcare institutions to refer a patient who was treated for a drug overdose to a behavioral health services provider upon discharge. Requires the Department of Health Services (DHS), in collaboration with the Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family (GOYFF), to develop opioid abuse prevention campaign strategies. Additionally, appropriates $400,600 from the Consumer Remediation Subaccount of the Consumer Restitution Revolving Fund to each DHS and the Attorney General for prevention efforts. Reporting Requirements – Requires municipalities to report to DHS the number of 911 calls received seeking medical assistance for drug-related overdoses and any related deaths. Beginning September 1, 2018, each hospital and healthcare facility in Arizona providing substance abuse treatment must quarterly report to DHS: 1) the name, address and type of facility where the treatment is provided; 2) the number of treatment beds available; and 3) the number of days in the quarter that the hospital or facility was at capacity and unable to accept referrals for substance abuse treatment. Reports must be filed online. Beginning December 31, 2018, the Director of DHS must submit a quarterly report detailing the availability of substance abuse treatment beds, the possible capacity and any unmet need in Arizona to the Governor and Legislature. Directs the GOYFF to report to the Governor and the Legislature, by December 31, 2018, on the feasibility of a statewide expansion of the Arizona Angel Initiative. Miscellaneous – Beginning January 1, 2019, requires pain management clinics to meet licensure requirements for healthcare institutions. DHS must adopt rules for pain management clinics as outlined. Pain management clinics must annually apply to DHS for license renewal, comply with adopted rules and employ a medical director with an unencumbered and unrestricted license. Directs municipalities that adopt standards for structured sober living homes to require sober living homes to permit individuals on MAT to continue treatment in the home. Requires medical students in Arizona who may be eligible for United States Drug Enforcement Administration registration to complete at least three hours of opioid-related clinical education. Excludes a person who is convicted of fraud relating to the manufacture, sale or marketing of opioids from eligibility for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement, with certain exceptions.
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Senator Judy Burges, Chairperson
Jake Agron, Research Analyst Vicente Reyna, Assistant Research Analyst Shantel Marekera, Intern JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
LEGISLATION ENACTED
residency restrictions; sex offenders; victims (S.B. 1041) – Chapter 186 Prohibits a person who has been convicted of a dangerous crime against children and who is required to register as a sex offender from: 1) knowingly establishing residency and residing within 1,000 feet of where the person's former victim resides; or 2) establishing a residence and residing within 1,000 feet of where the person's former victim resides. An offender is excluded from the residency restriction if the offender receives written consent from the victim or, if the victim is a minor, from the parent or guardian of the minor, with exceptions. Creates an affirmative defense if the offender established residency without knowledge that the victim resided within 1,000 feet and moves within 30 days after receiving actual knowledge of the victim's residence. Classifies the first violation of the residency restriction as a class 1 misdemeanor and any subsequent violation as a class 6 felony.
secretary of state; appropriation; elections. (S.B. 1058/H.B. 2122) – Chapter 2 Appropriates $2,500,000 from the state General Fund to the Secretary of State in FY 2018 to reimburse expenses incurred by Maricopa County for the administration of the special primary and special general election to fill the vacancy in Arizona's 8th Congressional District.
assault; public safety contractors; workers (S.B. 1076) – Chapter 22 Allows a contractor of a law enforcement agency or correctional facility, or any person who is authorized to perform official duties or be present within a correctional facility, to petition the court for disease testing of a person if there are reasonable grounds to believe an exposure occurred and other specified conditions are met.
fund solicitations; charities; unlawful acts (S.B. 1077) – Chapter 49 Prohibits a person from knowingly misrepresenting a donation as: 1) being tax deductible; 2) going to a nonprofit corporation; or 3) a tax credit. Classifies a violation as a class 1 misdemeanor for independent solicitors and a class 6 felony for contracted fundraisers. trusts and estates (S.B. 1204) – Chapter 102 Makes changes to procedures governing trusts and probate. Provides that the Arizona Rules of Probate Procedure, rather than the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, govern formal Title 14 proceedings. Clarifies that no-contest clauses in wills are unenforceable when probable cause exists for the contest in actions, rather than in proceedings only. Specifies that devisees, in addition to heirs, may commence a formal probate proceeding after notice that informal probate has begun. Stipulates that a penalty clause for contesting a trust instrument is unenforceable in either proceedings or actions if probable cause exists for the contest, proceeding or action.
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sentence; life imprisonment; parole eligibility (S.B. 1211) – Chapter 269 Stipulates, for first degree murder conviction sentences between January 1, 1994, and August 3, 2018, that a person who was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole pursuant to a plea agreement is eligible for parole after serving the minimum number of years specified in the sentence. Requires, if granted parole, the parolee to remain on parole for the remainder of the person's life, unless parole is revoked.
campaign finance violations; appeals (S.B. 1249) – Chapter 56 Beginning January 1, 2019, permits a person to appeal a penalty or decision for an alleged violation of specified campaign finance laws directly to the superior court instead of first through an administrative hearing. Requires a superior court to conduct the trial de novo and specifies that the enforcement officer has the burden of proving any alleged violation by a preponderance of the evidence.
public monies; recovery; illegal payments (S.B. 1274) – Chapter 253 Includes in parties against which the Attorney General may bring an action for illegal payment of public monies: 1) any person who received an illegal payment; 2) the supervisor of the person who caused the payment; and 3) the public official, employee or agent who caused the illegal payment. An action must be brought within five years of the date of the illegal payment and is subject to requirements for actions against public entities and employees. Makes county or school district officers, employees, or agents, and any party in whose favor a payment is made, jointly and severally liable for illegal payments. A person cannot be held liable if they did not know, or should not have known, that their action would result in an illegal payment.
animal cruelty; domestic animals; classification (NOW: producer fees; insurance) (S.B. 1295) – Chapter 255 SEE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
aggravated DUI; sentence; county jail (S.B. 1400) – Chapter 256 SEE THE COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
ignition interlock device; installer; manufacturer (S.B. 1401) – Chapter 105 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
elections; equipment; amendments (S.B. 1437) – Chapter 261 Makes changes to election procedures for methods of casting votes with equipment no longer in use. Repeals statute authorizing lever voting equipment including the type of ballots used for such equipment. Removes reference to use of ballot cards, punch cards, tally boards and ballot labels in statute. Eliminates the ability for election marshals to be vested with powers of a constable. Allows a person to reenter a voting area after voting if the person is an official observer
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or assisting another voter. Outlines additional requirements for electronic voting system display, including the requirement that to the extent practicable, the electronic voting system must provide for the ballot layout to be in the same order of arrangement as paper ballots, with exceptions.
juror questionnaire; investigations (S.B. 1447) – Chapter 222 Allows a county attorney to assist in the investigation of responses to a juror questionnaire.
criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1523/H.B. 2666) – Chapter 113 SEE THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
marriage; minimum age (NOW: minimum age; marriage) (H.B. 2006) – Chapter 173 Prohibits a person under the age of 16 from marrying under any circumstance. Allows a minor who is 16 or 17 years of age to marry only if the prospective spouse is not more than 3 years older than the minor and the minor either: 1) is emancipated; or 2) has consent from his or her parent or guardian. personal disguises; crime; evasion (NOW: evasion; crime; personal disguises) (H.B. 2007) – Chapter 61 Adds as an aggravating circumstance for the purpose of sentencing, that during or immediately following the commission of an offense, the defendant used a mask or other disguise to obscure the defendant's face to avoid identification.
civil rights advisory board; continuation (H.B. 2019) – Chapter 4 Continues the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board for eight years, until July 1, 2026, retroactive to July 1, 2018.
confidentiality agreements; sexual assault; harassment (NOW: sexual assault; harassment; confidentiality agreements) (H.B. 2020) – Chapter 264 Provides that a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) is not enforceable and may not be used against a party to the agreement if that person either: 1) responds to a peace officer's or prosecutor's inquiry; or 2) makes a statement in a criminal proceeding not initiated by that party in relation to certain sexual offenses. Prohibits the use of public monies as consideration in exchange for an NDA that relates to an allegation of or attempted sexual assault or sexual harassment. spousal maintenance; significant contribution; reduction (H.B. 2031) – Chapter 132 Expands the list of conditions that allow a court to grant a spousal maintenance order to include if a spouse: 1) has made a significant financial or other contribution to the education, training, vocational skills, career or earning ability of the other spouse; or 2) has significantly reduced that spouse's income or career opportunities for the benefit of the other spouse. Removes the condition that one spouse has contributed to the educational opportunities of the other spouse.
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theft by extortion; sexual acts (NOW: sexual acts; theft by extortion) (H.B. 2053) – Chapter 76 Establishes the offense of sexual extortion as knowingly communicating a threat with the intent to coerce another person to engage in specified sexual acts. Defines communicating a threat as a threat to do any of the following: 1) damage the property of the other person; 2) harm the reputation of the other person; or 3) produce or distribute a photograph, film, videotape or digital recording that depicts the other person engaging in specified sexual acts. Classifies sexual extortion as a class 3 felony, unless the victim is under 15 years old, in which case the offense is a class 2 felony and is punishable as a dangerous crime against children.
campaign finance; nonprofits; disclosure (H.B. 2153) – Chapter 134 Prohibits a city, town, county or political subdivision from requiring an entity that remains in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service and claims tax-exempt status to: 1) register as a political action committee; 2) disclose information about contributors; 3) disclose specified tax forms; or 4) produce evidence about a campaign finance violation. Removes the requirement that the filing officer make a rebuttable presumption that an entity is organized for the primary purpose of influencing an election if the entity made a contribution and was not registered, or not in good standing with, the Arizona Corporation Commission. legislative vacancy; appointment; time frame (H.B. 2156) – Chapter 91 Modifies the time frame and process for filling a legislative vacancy in a district with fewer than 30 precinct committeemen by requiring the Secretary of State to notify the county Board of Supervisors (BOS) of the vacancy immediately, and requiring the BOS to appoint a citizens' panel to fill the vacancy within 7 days of notification, instead of within 3 days. Requires the citizens' panel to submit nominee names to the BOS within 21 days if the Legislature is not in session, or within 5 days if the Legislature is in session.
jurisdictional elections; notice of participation (NOW: notice of participation; jurisdictional elections) (H.B. 2173) – Chapter 154 Requires a school district, city or town to call a nonpartisan election no later than 120 days prior to the election date, if the election is not held concurrently with a general election.
driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties (H.B. 2169) – Chapter 113 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
certificates of necessity; hearings; duration (H.B. 2196) – Chapter 92 SEE THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.
bankruptcy exemption; personal property (H.B. 2211) – Chapter 200 Exempts all firearms of no more than an aggregate fair market value of $2,000, all domestic animals and pets, and motorized mobility devices from actions to collect a debt, including bankruptcy. Increases, from $800 to $1,000, the limit on the exemption for horses, milk cows, and
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poultry and increases, from $1,000 to $2,000, the aggregate limit on the exemption for typewriters, computers, bicycles, sewing machines, family Bibles or a lot in a burial ground. firearm possession; peace officers; definition (H.B. 2212) – Chapter 295 Expands protections from firearm prohibitions to include peace officers from jurisdictions outside of Arizona who receive Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZPOST)-equivalent certification and federally certified law enforcement officers. Requires a peace officer who is employed as a law enforcement officer in Arizona to be in compliance with AZPOST firearm requirements to qualify for protections from firearm prohibitions.
administrative decisions; review; scope (H.B. 2238) – Chapter 180 Requires a court, when reviewing a final administrative decision, to decide all questions of law without deference to a previous determination made by that agency. The change in standard of review does not apply to certain healthcare utilization reviews and exempts the Arizona Corporation Commission.
judgment renewal; time period (H.B. 2240) – Chapter 36 Increases, from 5 years to 10 years, the time period to enforce and renew a judgment after entry.
wrong-way driving; violation; DUI (H.B. 2243) – Chapter 81 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
dangerous crimes; children; fictitious age (H.B. 2244) – Chapter 181 States that it is not a defense to an allegation of a dangerous crime against children that the victim is a person posing as a minor or is otherwise fictitious, if the defendant knew or had reason to know that the victim was under 15 years of age.
prohibited bail; sexual conduct; molestation (H.B. 2245) – Chapter 115 Modifies the prohibition of bail for a person charged with sexual conduct with a minor under 15 years old or child molestation to apply only if the person was: 1) at least 18 years old and the victim was under 13 years old; or 2) at least 10 years older than a victim who was 13 or 14 years old.
jail; prohibited items; drugs (H.B. 2246) – Chapter 202 Expands the list of drugs that cannot be taken into a jail to include marijuana, narcotic drugs or dangerous drugs, and specifies that a person must knowingly bring the prohibited items into a jail to be culpable of the offense.
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criminal justice commission; reporting requirements (H.B. 2247) – Chapter 82 Removes the requirement that the Department of Public Safety (DPS) provide disposition information to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) of false reporting of sexual assault involving a spouse. Requires DPS to provide ACJC with a biannual, electronic data extract of all records related to sexual assault. ACJC must only maintain the data extract of sexual assault police reports if the information is available. incompetency; screening; sexually violent persons (H.B. 2248) – Chapter 135 Allows a defendant who is incompetent to stand trial to receive a sexually violent person screening if he or she has ever been convicted of or found guilty except insane for a sexually violent offense.
protective orders; filing requirements (H.B. 2249) – Chapter 232 Beginning January 1, 2020, requires a court to register injunctions against harassment, injunctions against workplace harassment and orders of protection (protective orders) with the National Crime Information Center within 24 hours of filing. Requires the Arizona Supreme Court, rather than a county sheriff, to maintain a central repository of filed protective orders. Requires the court, after granting a protective order, to provide the order to a law enforcement agency or constable for service. Outlines time requirements for completing service and notifying the plaintiff.
juvenile court facilities; shelters; use (H.B. 2259) – Chapter 136 Allows the presiding judge of a superior court to authorize juvenile court staff to provide services within available juvenile court facilities.
sexual offenses; definition; defenses (NOW: definition; defenses; sexual offenses) (H.B. 2283) – Chapter 266 Excludes, from the definition of sexual contact, direct or indirect touching or manipulation during caretaking responsibilities or interactions with a minor or vulnerable adult that an objective, reasonable person would recognize as normal and reasonable under the circumstances. Removes the affirmative defense to sexual abuse and molestation of a child that the defendant was not motivated by a sexual interest.
limited liability; employers; ex-offenders (H.B. 2311) – Chapter 137 Limits the liability of an employer in the case of hiring an employee or contracting with an independent contractor who was previously convicted of a criminal offense. The fact that the person was previously convicted cannot be introduced as evidence in a negligent hiring action. The information may be introduced if the employer knew of the conviction, or was grossly negligent in not knowing, and the conviction is directly related to the work of the employee or contractor and the conduct that gave rise to the action. Outlines additional exemptions.
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setting aside conviction; requirements (H.B. 2312) – Chapter 83 Allows any qualified person convicted of a criminal offense to apply to the court, instead of the specific adjudicator who rendered the judgement, to have the person's judgement set aside. Lists factors a court must consider in determining whether to set aside a conviction. Outlines circumstances where a conviction that has been set aside can be used.
sentencing; monetary obligations; fine mitigation (H.B. 2313) – Chapter 237 Beginning January 1, 2019, reduces, from 47 percent to 42 percent, the Criminal Justice Enhancement Fund (CJEF) surcharge on every fine, penalty, forfeiture and civil penalty. Establishes a penalty assessment of nine dollars on every fine, penalty, and forfeiture for criminal offenses, traffic violations, and violations of Game and Fish statutes and deposits 62.4 percent of the collection in the Victims' Rights Fund (VRF) and 37.6 percent in the Victim Compensation and Assistance Fund (VCAF). Increases the distribution percentages of monies from CJEF to fund sources and removes the distribution to the VRF and the VCAF. Modifies the ability of a court to sentence a defendant to community restitution in lieu of payment of a fine, fee, assessment or incarceration cost to: 1) include all convictions instead of only those arising in a municipal or justice court; 2) include all monetary obligations, which also incorporates civil penalties and surcharges; and 3) exclude assessments and surcharges for certain funds as outlined. Allows a judge to mitigate a non-mandatory fine if the defendant demonstrates hardship on the defendant or the defendant's immediate family. Allows a judge to mitigate specific surcharges, as outlined, if the fine is mandatory. misdemeanor sentence; authorized disposition (H.B. 2314) – Chapter 203 Permits a court to impose a sentence to perform community restitution or a term of education or treatment if a person is convicted of a misdemeanor and is not granted probation. A term of community restitution, treatment or education cannot exceed the term of probation that would otherwise be imposed.
intensive probation; employment wages; monitoring (H.B. 2315) – Chapter 204 Removes the requirement that a person who is on intensive probation have his or her wages deposited directly into an account for the payment of restitution, probation fees, fines and other payments, and instead requires the person's probation officer to monitor the person's wages to ensure payment.
supreme court; annual report; fees (NOW: federal officers; personal information; confidentiality) (H.B. 2327) – Chapter 239 Allows federal law enforcement officers or agents who reside in Arizona and have the power to make arrests pursuant to federal law to request a court order to prohibit public access to specified records that contain personal information, including the officer's address, phone number and voter information. Requires notification to an officer or agent at least six months in advance of the expiration of the court's order, and prescribes procedures for the requests.
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juvenile court; jurisdiction; age (H.B. 2356) – Chapter 301 Requires a juvenile court to retain jurisdiction over a person who is at least 17 years old and who has been adjudicated delinquent until the person turns 19 years old. In a county with a county or judicial merit system, the presiding judge of the superior court may determine whether to include the deputy director of a juvenile court in a merit system. Adds a person who is found delinquent and placed on probation to the list of juveniles that can be given an outpatient or inpatient psychiatric assessment if the person exhibits behavior that suggests that the person suffers from a mental disorder or is a danger to themselves or others.
unlawful flight; vehicle impoundment (H.B. 2384) – Chapter 303 SEE THE COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
traffic violations; penalties (H.B. 2522) – Chapter 310 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
court fees; EORP; state contribution (H.B. 2564) – Chapter 317 RFE Effective May 16, 2018, and subject to the requirements for enactment (Proposition 108), which require the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of each house of the Legislature, establishes an additional six percent distribution of monies received from a clerk of the superior court and justice of the peace to the Elected Officials Retirement Program (EORP) Fund for an additional portion of the required employers' contributions. Increases superior court and justice of the peace filing fees to account for the additional distribution. The percentages distributed to existing funds are adjusted to hold the funds harmless from the additional distribution to the EORP Fund.
ballot measures; paid circulator definition (H.B. 2648/S.B. 1530) – Chapter 320 Expands the definition of paid circulator to include all circulators who receive compensation, regardless of the number of signatures obtained. The definition does not include a paid employee of a political committee who obtains fewer than 200 signatures.
electronic wills and trusts. (H.B. 2656/S.B. 1538) – Chapter 328 Beginning July 1, 2019, authorizes the creation of electronic wills and requires electronic wills to: 1) be created and maintained in an electronic record; 2) contain either the electronic signature of the testator or the testator's electronic signature made by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction; and 3) contain the electronic signature of at least two persons, subject to specified requirements. In addition, an electronic will must: 1) state the date that the testator and each of the witnesses electronically signed the will; and 2) contain a copy of a government-issued identification card of the testator. Outlines requirements to make the will self-proving. Designates who may serve as a qualified custodian of the electronic will and outlines requirements for qualified custodians. Specifies record storage and retention requirements of electronic wills and procedures for creating a certified paper original copy of the will.
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clean elections; unlawful contributions; rulemaking (H.C.R. 2007) Subject to voter approval, constitutionally prohibits payment from clean elections campaign accounts to political parties and 501(a) tax-exempt private organizations that are eligible to engage in political activity. Removes language exempting the Citizens Clean Elections Commission from rulemaking requirements. Requires the Secretary of State to submit the proposition to the voters at the next general election. Becomes effective if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor.
LEGISLATION VETOED expenditure reporting; fair market value (S.B. 1118) – VETOED Requires an expenditure report filed by a principal or lobbyist for expenses incurred from a state officer or employee's attendance at a hosted event to be based on the fair market value of the meal and other tangible benefits that are actually received by the state officer or employee at the event. The Governor indicates in his veto message that while the bill's stated purpose to clarify hosted event expenditure reporting may have merit, the provision exempting attendance at educational events from the definition of gift is problematic.
ballot measures; paid circulator definition (H.B. 2121) – VETOED Expands the definition of paid circulator to include all circulators who receive compensation, regardless of the number of signatures obtained. The definition does not include a paid employee of a political committees who obtains fewer than 200 signatures. The Governor indicates in his veto message that legislation increasing teacher pay is a higher priority.
electronic wills and trusts. (H.B. 2471) – VETOED Beginning July 1, 2019, authorizes the creation of electronic wills and requires electronic wills to: 1) be created and maintained in an electronic record; 2) contain either the electronic signature of the testator or the testator's electronic signature made by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction; and 3) contain the electronic signature of at least two persons, subject to specified requirements. In addition, an electronic will must: 1) state the date that the testator and each of the witnesses electronically signed the will; and 2) contain a copy of a government-issued identification card of the testator. Outlines requirements to make the will self-proving. Designates who may serve as a qualified custodian of the electronic will and outlines requirements for qualified custodians. Specifies record storage and retention requirements of electronic wills and procedures for creating a certified paper original copy of the will. The Governor indicates in his veto message that legislation increasing teacher pay is a higher priority.
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Senator Gail Griffin, Chairperson
Kathi Knox, Research Analyst Jessica Newland, Assistant Research Analyst Ilse Contreras, Intern NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY & WATER COMMITTEE
LEGISLATION ENACTED
state land sales; payment method (S.B. 1038) – Chapter 18 Allows a purchaser of state land to use any form of payment approved by the State Land Commissioner.
appropriation; Arizona water protection fund (S.B. 1039) – Chapter 330 Appropriates $400,000 from the state General Fund to the Arizona Water Protection Fund in FY 2019.
county flood control districts; easements (S.B. 1052) – Chapter 47 Requires the reimbursement for an easement or lease of land owned by a county flood control district (district) to be made to the district, rather than to the county, as a condition for authorization of the transaction without public auction. The reimbursement amount may not be less than the appraised value of the property, as determined by the district, rather than by the county. produce safety rule; state administration (S.B. 1063) – Chapter 48 Designates the Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) as the state agency responsible for implementing the federal Produce Safety Rule (PSR) and modifies AZDA authority in order to meet federal requirements. Authorizes the AZDA Director to: 1) administer science-based minimum standards for safe production and harvesting of fruits and vegetables that are classified as raw agricultural commodities; 2) develop corrective action plans; and 3) take action to address violations of produce safety requirements, including seizure or embargo of produce. The AZDA must maintain an inventory of covered farms and related operations, inspect records and farming operations, and, if necessary, conduct investigations and take samples for analysis by the State Agricultural Laboratory. The AZDA may conduct training and provide technical assistance to farms and related operations subject to produce safety regulations. Creates the Citrus, Fruit and Vegetable Division (Division) within the AZDA. The Division is responsible for the Produce Safety Program and citrus, fruit and vegetable standardization in Arizona. Adds two members to the Citrus, Fruit and Vegetable Advisory Council (Advisory Council) who represent operations subject to the PSR. The Advisory Council provides assistance and advice to the AZDA Director on matters relating to the Produce Safety Program. Establishes the Produce Safety Trust Fund to administer the Produce Safety Program. The AZDA may collaborate with the Arizona Department of Health Services, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, and respective federal agencies and organizations in application of the PSR.
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Establishes reporting requirements, outlines record-keeping requirements, classifies violations and prescribes penalties for violations of the PSR. Outlines requirements for access to public information and provides exceptions for disclosure. The AZDA is exempt from the standard administrative rulemaking process for rules relating to implementation and administration of the PSR, but proposed rules must be made available to interested parties at least 30 days prior to adoption or modification.
private land acquisition; committee; continuation (S.B. 1142) – Chapter 51 Continues the Study Committee on Private Land Acquisition (Study Committee) for two years, until October 1, 2020. The Study Committee must submit a report of activities, findings and recommendations by December 31, 2019.
conservation easements; notice; valuation (S.B. 1144) – Chapter 52 Establishes guidelines for recording conservation easements and requires additional information to be provided to the relevant county assessor.
building code moratorium; repeal (NOW: conservation districts; additional directors) (S.B. 1182) – Chapter 53 Allows an irrigation and water conservation district that includes more than 10,000 acres of land and has five board members to increase the number of board members to seven and outlines the election and transition process for the additional members. weights and measures; duties; systems (S.B. 1240) – Chapter 126 Modifies responsibilities for the Weights and Measures Division (Division) of the Arizona Department of Agriculture as follows: 1) permits the Division to affix a non-tampering security seal on commercial devices that have been tested and are within standards; 2) prohibits the use of stage II vapor recovery systems in an ozone nonattainment area designated as moderate, serious, severe or extreme by the United States Environmental Protection Agency by October 1, 2018; and 3) removes the annual reporting requirement regarding the work accomplished by the Division.
game and fish; licenses; fees. (S.B. 1253) – Chapter 103 Revises the Arizona Game and Fish Department and Arizona Game and Fish Commission (Commission) authority regarding fees, licenses and reporting requirements. Repeals the limitation on total fees collected for watercraft and boating fees, hunting and fishing licenses, permits, tags, and stamps. Removes the requirement that licenses be signed in ink and allows the Commission to establish a method of signature by rule. Provides permanent authority for the Commission to establish license classifications and fees by rule. The Commission may reduce the fees for licenses and issue complimentary licenses to certain qualified applicants. License dealers are permitted to collect and charge a reasonable fee in addition to the amount charged for all licenses or permits, rather than retain five percent of license sales as compensation. Allows, rather than requires, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee to assign a legislative committee of reference to hold a public hearing to review the Commission’s annual report.
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environmental quality; amendments (S.B. 1421) – Chapter 192 Requires the Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), when appropriate, to work with the Arizona Department of Agriculture and the Arizona Department of Water Resources regarding ongoing water quality monitoring. Eliminates the requirement for ADEQ to provide assistance to the Department of Health Services for recruiting and training personnel. Allows, rather than requires, the Director of ADEQ to implement the Brownfield Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Program. Replaces the limitation that a fleet emissions inspection station certificate only be transferred to an auctioneer who is licensed as a used motor vehicle dealer with a requirement that the Director of ADEQ prescribe conditions for transfer.
ranchers; landowners; fire training (S.B. 1432) – Chapter 129 Requires the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) to develop a training program for ranchers and landowners to detect, prevent, and suppress forest and range fires. The program must be designed to adequately equip land owners to protect their own and neighboring properties from fires. Arizona is not liable for any claim based on a rancher's or landowner's actions or failure to exercise or perform an activity for which the DFFM provided training. environmental quality; dredge, fill permits (S.B. 1493) – Chapter 225 Dredge and Fill Permit Program – Allows the Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to adopt a Dredge and Fill Permit Program for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters in Arizona and outlines requirements for the program. The Dredge and Fill Permit Program must be consistent with and no more stringent than the federal Clean Water Act Section 404 Dredge and Fill Program. An individual that violates any condition of the Dredge and Fill Permit or any applicable standards, limitations, filing or reporting requirements is subject to a class 1 misdemeanor. Jurisdictional Determinations – Requires ADEQ to follow various requirements regarding jurisdictional determinations, including adopting and renewing existing determinations, if the federal definition of navigable waters has not changed or if physical changes have not occurred. Compensatory Mitigation – Requires the Director of ADEQ to establish standards and criteria for the use of all types of compensatory mitigation for the purpose of offsetting unavoidable impacts to navigable waters authorized by a dredge and fill permit. The Director of ADEQ must also establish alternative compensatory mitigation options for an applicant, if the application is rejected for participation in a mitigation bank or in-lieu fee program that is located in the same watershed as the proposed discharge. Miscellaneous – Repeals the authority for ADEQ to establish a Dredge and Fill Permit Program on August 1, 2023, if the program is not approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. environment; underground injection control program (S.B. 1494) – Chapter 170 Requires the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to adopt an Underground Injection Control (UIC) Permit Program that meets the minimum federal requirements for permitting injection wells in Arizona and outlines requirements for the program. Any violation of UIC Permit Program rules, permit conditions or other related provisions is subject to a civil penalty
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of not more than $5,000 per day, per violation. If the United States Environmental Protection Agency approves the UIC Permit Program, authorized wells will no longer be required to receive both a federal permit and a state permit.
environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 (S.B. 1525/H.B. 2658) – Chapter 280 SEE THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
Arizona beef council; continuation (H.B. 2016) – Chapter 27 Continues the Arizona Beef Council for eight years, until July 1, 2026, retroactive to July 1, 2018.
state land department; continuation (H.B. 2017) – Chapter 62 Continues the State Land Department (SLD) for eight years, until July 1, 2026, retroactive to July 1, 2018. The SLD must return an update of its strategic plan to the Senate Natural Resources, Energy and Water and the House of Representatives Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of Reference on or before July 1, 2022. aggregate mined land reclamation; variances (H.B. 2060) – Chapter 43 Allows the State Mine Inspector to authorize an operator or owner of an exploration operation or aggregate mine to vary from rules, requirements or conditions of a reclamation plan if the variance does not endanger public safety and is consistent with the objective of the initial reclamation plan. county improvement districts; repayment agreements (H.B. 2190) – Chapter 80 Modifies the definition of waterworks to include drinking water treatment facilities and allows a county improvement district's Board of Directors to: 1) maintain waterworks when public interest or convenience requires; and 2) enter into a financial assistance loan repayment agreement with the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority to construct, maintain or repair waterworks that include drinking water treatment facilities.
veterinary medical examining board; continuation (H.B. 2215) – Chapter 70 Continues the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board for eight years, until July 1, 2026, retroactive to July 1, 2018.
veterinary faculty members; licensure requirements (H.B. 2261) – Chapter 37 Exempts an applicant for a veterinary faculty member license from the requirement to have graduated from a college accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), as long as they have graduated from a veterinary college. A veterinary faculty member who is employed by an AVMA-accredited veterinary college is subject to all veterinary faculty member license requirements.
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game and fish; licenses; fees (NOW: underground storage tanks; reimbursement claims) (H.B. 2310) – Chapter 299 Allows the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to approve claims and reimburse up to $1,000,000 for corrective action for underground storage tank (UST) releases that occurred before the requirement for financial responsibility (FR) was established in 1988. Allows a UST owner or operator that satisfies the FR requirement through insurance to receive reimbursement of up to $500,000 for additional corrective action if the owner or operator was in compliance with FR requirements at the time of the release and reported the release between July 1, 2006, and December 31, 2015. The owner or operator must participate in the UST Preapproval Program and meet a cost sharing obligation of the first $50,000 per facility. off-highway vehicles; definition; user indicia (H.B. 2342) – Chapter 184 SEE THE TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
sale of eggs; expiration date (H.B. 2464) – Chapter 185 Extends the expiration date for eggs that are classified as Grade A, from 24 days after inspection to 45 days after inspection, and establishes a label of best by or use by for those eggs. For Grade AA eggs, retains the current labeling requirement of sell by or buy thru and the current expiration date of 24 days after inspection.
LEGISLATION VETOED irrigation grandfathered right; containerized plants (S.B. 1510) – VETOED Modifies restrictions that apply to the use of an irrigation grandfathered right in an active management area and allows a person to use groundwater to water containerized plants. Outlines conditions and limitations. The Governor indicates in his veto message that the bill does not meet the administration's request for a package of significant water policies, nor does it address the pressing need to manage Arizona's surface and groundwater resources or consider consumer protections, legal protections or water conservation.
historic preservation; rangeland improvements; requirements (H.B. 2498) – VETOED Requires the State Historic Preservation Officer, in conjunction with the appropriate state agency, to develop a process to establish a streamlined survey report for rangeland improvement projects. Outlines requirements relating to training, supervision of volunteers and designation of buffer zones. The Governor indicates in his veto message that the executive administration took significant steps to improve the processes referenced in the bill in October 2017. He further indicates the administration will remain open to addressing well-defined improvements to those processes.
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Senator Bob Worsley, Chairperson
Kaitlyn Neff, Research Analyst Cassandra Undhagen, Intern TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
LEGISLATION ENACTED
communication service information; technical correction (NOW: commercial vehicles; ports of entry) (S.B. 1065) – Chapter 248 Retroactive to July 1, 2018, requires State Highway Fund (SHF) monies collected from special excess weight permit fees to be spent proportionally on transportation facilities used by commercial vehicles within 20 miles of the international port of entry. Allows cities to enter into written cooperative agreements with the Arizona Department of Transportation to deposit monies into the SHF for dedicated uses. photo radar; review; penalty (S.B. 1110) – Chapter 123 Requires a law enforcement agency to review evidence from a photo enforcement system before issuing a citation. Prohibits a photo enforcement company from determining if a violation has occurred and classifies a violation as a class 1 misdemeanor. transportation revisions (S.B. 1200) – Chapter 260 Removes various rulemaking authorities currently granted to and required of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). Removes annual reporting requirements for Highway User Revenue Fund and county transportation excise tax monies spent for the design, right-of-way acquisition and construction of controlled access highways. Allows the State Transportation Board to submit Grant Anticipation Notes to the Attorney General (AG) for review of validity and issuance proceeding regularity. ADOT may submit any Public-Private Partnership Agreements to the AG for review and determination of validity. If deemed in compliance, the AG must certify the Grant Anticipation Note or Public-Private Partnership Agreement. Grant Anticipation Notes and Public-Private Partnership Agreements that are in compliance, delivered and paid are binding and enforceable. Removes the requirement that a nonresident daily commuter obtain and display external vehicle identification indicia. The nonresident daily commuter must agree to carry the nonresident identification card in their vehicle and present the identification card to a peace officer when requested. Repeals the gubernatorial declaration process in the case of a shortage of unblended gasoline in a vehicle emissions control area. Effective July 1, 2019, transfers the authority to acquire and establish land, scenic easements and parkways, and historic or scenic roads from the State Transportation Board, under the direction of the Parks, Historic and Scenic Roads Advisory Committee (PHSRAC), to the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names. Repeals the PHSRAC on July 1, 2019.
vehicle towing (S.B. 1203) – Chapter 147 Transfers current statute relating to vehicle towing to the Transportation statutes in Title 28, Arizona Revised Statutes.
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lease authority; airports; air terminals (S.B. 1207) – Chapter 26 Modifies the process and requirements for renewing a lease of land owned by a government entity that is leased for airport and air terminal purposes. Increases the maximum lease term or cumulation of the lease and any lease extensions from 40 to 50 years. The land-owning entity may grant a lease extension on the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the governing body, rather than requiring the lease extension to be put to bid. Includes the governing body's website in approved posting places for notice of intent to extend a lease. The governing entity may not lease land under a lease extension for less than the appraised rental value of the real property, considering any capital improvements made by the lessee.
ATVs; off-highway vehicles (S.B. 1208) – Chapter 163 Increases the allowable size and unladen weight for an all-terrain recreational off-highway vehicle and requires the vehicle to have a steering wheel, a rollover protective structure and an occupant retention system for classification as an all-terrain recreational off-highway vehicle.
ADOT revisions (S.B. 1287) – Chapter 166 Allows the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to implement a system for electronic or digital driver licenses, identification cards, registration cards, license plates and other records. Allows display of a vehicle registration card or ADOT-generated record on a wireless communication device to satisfy requirements for the driver to have the records while operating a vehicle. Display of a record on a wireless communication device does not constitute consent for law enforcement to access device content. Allows ADOT to establish an electronic financial account database to allow users to create personal accounts for conducting vehicle-related transactions. Beginning September 1, 2019, the user applies to ADOT upon transfer of a vehicle for a credit of unused paid vehicle fees and taxes and the credit is stored in the person's account for future transactions. Entitled monies decrease on a monthly-prorated basis if the person does not apply for a credit within 30 days. Unexpended monies in user accounts revert to the Highway User Revenue Fund after five years. Allows ADOT to consult the Arizona Medical Board and State Board of Optometry for medical and vision driving standards. Requires ADOT to remove a suspension from a driver license record if the licensee has completed all requirements except for the payment of reinstatement fees. Allows law enforcement to destroy driver licenses confiscated during arrests for certain driving under the influence violations.
ignition interlock device; installer; manufacturer (S.B. 1401) – Chapter 105 Retroactive to July 1, 2018, outlines actions considered a circumvention of an ignition interlock device (IID) and includes failing to perform three consecutive rolling retests during a drive cycle in actions that require a six-month extension of the IID order. Arizona Department of Transportation rule must require the IID to be repaired or modified only by the device manufacturer and required reporting to originate from the manufacturer. Requires a written request to be submitted within 15 days if an applicant requests a hearing for a denied IID service provider authorization contract.
93 TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE civil traffic violations; procedures; penalties (S.B. 1455) – Chapter 224 Exempts a person from the civil penalty for parking in an accessible parking space if the person can produce a placard that was valid at the time of citation. Requires a complaint for violation of a speed restriction to include the defendant's identification and the date, time and location of the alleged violation. If a change is made to a traffic citation, the original citation must be amended through the court in accordance with the Arizona Rules of Civil Traffic and Civil Boating Violations. Prohibits consideration of a civil traffic violation resulting from operating a bicycle in determining insurance eligibility, motor vehicle liability rates, or suspension or revocation of a driver license. ignition interlock device; incarceration credits (S.B. 1502) – Chapter 109 For a drug-related driving under the influence (DUI) offense, reduces the amount of time that a person is required to have an ignition interlock device installed on the person's vehicle by the length of incarceration for the DUI offense. alternative fuel special plates; veterans (H.B. 2027) – Chapter 131 Permits the Arizona Department of Transportation to issue an alternative fuel sticker to a qualifying vehicle with a veteran special plate. An alternative fuel sticker allows the person to drive the motor vehicle in a high occupancy vehicle lane at any time without penalty. single axle tow dolly; definition (H.B. 2079) – Chapter 9 Defines a single axle tow dolly as a nonvehicle drawn by a motor vehicle that is used to transport a vehicle mounted on the tow dolly. tow truck lighting (NOW: task force; towing safety) (H.B. 2125) – Chapter 230 Establishes the nine-member Towing Safety Task Force (Task Force) to review existing towing laws and roadside safety, and make recommendations of driver education measures and policy proposals to improve towing safety in Arizona. The Task Force must submit a final report by December 31, 2018. personal information; data security breaches (H.B. 2154) – Chapter 177 Establishes procedures and requirements for notification and disclosure of a data security breach by a person who owns, licenses or maintains computerized data. The Attorney General may recover restitution and assess a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per individual affected or the total economic loss up to $500,000. Charitable fundraising foundations and nonprofit corporations are exempt if in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. If an independent or third party forensic auditor determines a breach did not occur, the breach is not required to be disclosed.
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vehicle fees; alternative fuel VLT (H.B. 2166/S.B. 1146) – Chapter 265 Imposes a highway safety fee at registration on all vehicles registered in Arizona. The fee amount is annually determined by the Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to fully fund 110 percent of the Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol budget for the prior fiscal year. Beginning January 1, 2020, modifies the vehicle license tax (VLT) calculation for alternative fuel vehicles. For alternative fuel vehicles purchased beginning January 1, 2020, that are 10,000 pounds or less gross vehicle weight, the VLT will be based on a 30 percent valuation of the base retail price, decreasing 15 percent each year. Alternative fuel vehicles with a gross weight exceeding 10,000 pounds that are purchased beginning January 1, 2020, are removed from the separate VLT classification and will be calculated using the standard VLT formula. For all alternative fuel vehicles purchased before January 1, 2020, the valuation of the vehicle for VLT purposes will be a percentage of the base retail price that is set by the Director of ADOT.
driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties (H.B. 2169) – Chapter 113 Beginning January 1, 2019, establishes restricted driving privileges as a general limitation for situations currently allowing issuance of a restricted driver license. A person with restricted driving privileges may operate a vehicle only between specified locations for allowed purposes. The penalty for a violation is a class 1 misdemeanor. The court may restrict a person's driving privileges, rather than suspend the person's driver license, for unpaid fines, surcharges and assessments, or for violating statutory financial responsibility requirements. Allows a judge to mitigate the penalty fines for traffic violations, if the penalty is demonstrated to be a hardship on the person, and outlines factors to be considered. Reclassifies the penalty for operating a motor vehicle without required corrective lenses from a class 2 misdemeanor to a civil traffic violation.
municipalities; parking; public vehicles. (NOW: internet protocol; corporation commission) (H.B. 2209) – Chapter 294 SEE THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
wrong-way driving; violation; DUI (H.B. 2243) – Chapter 81 Establishes the penalty for wrong-way driving on a controlled access highway as a civil traffic violation, subject to a $500 civil penalty and completion of traffic survival school. Classifies wrong-way driving on a controlled access highway as aggravated driving if the driver is under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.
vehicle dealers; franchise regulations (H.B. 2305) – Chapter 182 Prohibits a motor vehicle manufacturer from coercing a new motor vehicle dealer to require only parts and accessories manufactured by the manufacturer in connection with the sale of a used motor vehicle that is not a factory-certified preowned vehicle or for recall or warranty work. Includes successors in interest to a manufacturer, importer or distributor that continue retailing vehicles of the same line-make, in the definition of factory as it relates to statutorily prohibited competitive and discriminatory motor vehicle franchise practices.
95 TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE towing companies; insurance companies; owners (H.B. 2306) – Chapter 236 Prohibits a towing company from refusing to release a vehicle after a release form is submitted and all charges are paid. The first violation is a petty offense and any subsequent violation within three years is a class 3 misdemeanor. Upon request of the vehicle owner or insurance company, the towing company must provide an itemized statement of charges for the day of the request and the daily rate by the end of that business day. The towing company is prohibited from: 1) adding additional fees once a vehicle release request is made; 2) assessing additional storage charges if the towing company does not provide the statement of charges; or 3) charging storage fees for any day the storage lot is not open or available during required business hours. Requires use of a standard vehicle release form beginning January 1, 2019. For towing billing purposes, a storage day is from midnight of one day to midnight of the next day. Allows a vehicle owner to inspect a stored vehicle and remove any personal items, excluding vehicle parts, equipment and accessories, without charge. Requires a towing company to tow a vehicle from an accident to the closest storage lot unless directed otherwise. Classifies an act in violation of towing statute by an employee or contractor of a towing company while performing towing job duties resulting from an accident as an unlawful practice, subject to applicable penalties and action by the Attorney General. scrap vehicles; sales (H.B. 2307) – Chapter 298 Beginning October 1, 2020, if the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has implemented an electronic title verification system, allows a registered scrap metal dealer or licensed automotive recycler to purchase and scrap a vehicle without obtaining the certificate of title if the title was lost, returned or never obtained. The vehicle must be at least 12 model years old and have a transactional value of $1,200 or less paid by check. The scrap metal dealer or automotive recycler must: 1) use ADOT's electronic system to verify that the vehicle has not been reported stolen; 2) collect a copy of the owner's identification license; 3) take a picture of the seller, vehicle and vehicle identification sticker; 4) submit vehicle information, signed by the seller, to ADOT; and 5) hold the vehicle for three business days after reporting before crushing, dismantling or shredding. Classifies knowingly providing or certifying false information, or selling a vehicle with an unsatisfied lien, as a class 1 misdemeanor. disability plates; permanent placards (H.B. 2317) – Chapter 15 Effective January 1, 2019, stipulates that an accessible parking placard is valid as long as the person is qualified for issuance. Directs the Arizona Department of Transportation to cancel the record of an accessible parking placard or special plate that is issued to a person who is identified as deceased and to electronically update a central law enforcement database with cancellations. Permits an authorized physician assistant to certify that a person has a disability on an accessible parking placard or special plate application. off-highway vehicles; definition; user indicia (H.B. 2342) – Chapter 184 Authorizes the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) to sell nonresident off-highway vehicle user indicia and allows for nonresident indicia to satisfy indicia requirements for an off-highway or all-terrain vehicle. The Arizona Game and Fish Commission may determine
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the fee for the nonresident indicia by rule and fee monies are deposited into the Game and Fish Fund. AZGFD may use monies from the Game and Fish Fund and the Off-Highway Vehicle Fund for the administration of the indicia program.
authorized emergency vehicles; probation officers (NOW: HOV lanes; emergency vehicles) (H.B. 2383) – Chapter 302 Allows an authorized emergency vehicle that is in use by a first responder in the line of duty to operate in a high occupancy vehicle lane.
unlawful flight; vehicle impoundment (H.B. 2384) – Chapter 303 SEE THE COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
public road maintenance; primitive designation (H.B. 2413) – Chapter 16 SEE THE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.
personal delivery devices (H.B. 2422) – Chapter 306 Allows a personal delivery device, which is a device up to 200 pounds that is designed to transport property, to operate on a sidewalk or the far-right portion of certain roadways at a maximum speed of seven miles per hour. Prescribes requirements, restrictions and permissions for the operation of a personal delivery device. A local authority may adopt alternative reasonable restrictions for personal delivery devices within its jurisdiction. Repeals the authority to operate or regulate a personal delivery device in Arizona on September 1, 2020.
financial products; regulatory exemption program (H.B. 2434) – Chapter 44 SEE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
commercial vehicles definition; driver licenses (H.B. 2455) – Chapter 307 Increases the minimum gross vehicle weight rating, from 18,000 pounds to 26,000 pounds, for a vehicle used for intrastate commerce to be classified as a commercial motor vehicle. Requires a person who is convicted of a driving under the influence violation to attend and successfully complete an approved Traffic Survival School (TSS) course. The Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation may impose a civil penalty on or cancel, suspend or revoke the license of a TSS operator if the operator is not in compliance with or knowingly violates TSS requirements. Collected civil penalties are deposited into the State Highway Fund. corporation commission; database fee; prohibited (H.B. 2457) – Chapter 119 SEE THE COMMERCE & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
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auto dealers; task force; fund (H.B. 2510) – Chapter 308 Establishes the nine-member Unlicensed Motor Vehicle Dealer Enforcement Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force is required to meet at least quarterly to review and report unlicensed motor vehicle dealer enforcement activities in Arizona. The Task Force is repealed on July 1, 2026. Establishes the Motor Vehicle Dealer Enforcement Fund (Fund) consisting of civil penalties from licensed or unlicensed motor vehicle dealer activity. Fund monies exceeding $250,000 at the end of each fiscal year revert to the State Highway Fund.
vehicle size, weight and load (H.B. 2521) – Chapter 242 Retroactive to July 1, 2017, requires the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to provide vehicles of legal size with reasonable access to certain terminals and service facilities. Requires the Overdimensional Permit Council (Council) to review, within 90 days of submission, local ordinances restricting overdimensional or overweight commercial vehicles on certain infrastructure or routes, or during certain times within the local authority's jurisdiction. If an ordinance is deemed noncompliant, the Council must provide the local authority with recommended changes to the ordinance. If the local authority makes further substantial changes, the ordinance requires further Council review. Any ordinances not timely reviewed are deemed compliant. ADOT must electronically provide ordinances and rules to the public and notify local authorities of ADOT updates and rule changes.
traffic violations; penalties (H.B. 2522) – Chapter 310 Under current law, a person commits causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation if, while committing 1 of 10 outlined moving traffic violations, the person causes serious injury or death to another person. If the offense occurs by a person who does not hold a driver license or endorsement required to operate the motor vehicle or while the person's driving privileges are either suspended for certain reasons or revoked for any reason, the person commits causing serious injury by use of a motor vehicle or causing death by use of a motor vehicle. H.B. 2522 increases the criminal penalties for: 1) causing serious injury or death by a moving violation, from a class 3 misdemeanor to a class 1 misdemeanor; and 2) causing death by use of a vehicle for offenses committed by a person whose driver license is suspended for a driving under the influence violation, from a class 4 felony to a class 3 felony. Increases driver license suspension and revocation periods associated with either offense. Any imposed sentences or driver license suspensions for convictions related to the accident run consecutively, rather than concurrently. Requires restitution for causing death by use of a motor vehicle and increases the maximum restitution for causing serious physical injury or death by a moving violation to $100,000. license; nonoperating identification; homeless veterans (H.B. 2575) – Chapter 271 Exempts a veteran without a residence address, or whose residence address is the address of a shelter that provides services to people who are homeless, from driver license or nonoperating identification license fees. Requires an applicant for a driver license or nonoperating identification license to provide a residence address on the application only if the applicant has a residence address.
98 TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE running nodes; blockchain; regulation prohibition (H.B. 2602) – Chapter 208 Prohibits a city, town or county from prohibiting or restricting an individual from running a node on blockchain technology in a residence. Running a node on blockchain technology means providing computing power to validate or encrypt transactions in blockchain technology. corporations; blockchain technology (H.B. 2603) – Chapter 122 Includes transactions governed by Corporations and Associations statute in the scope of applicability of blockchain technology. commercial license; defensive driving school (H.B. 2650/S.B. 1532) – Chapter 322 Effective September 1, 2019, allows a commercial driver licensee to attend defensive driving school for a noncommercial traffic citation. Requires the court to forward an abstract of the judgement to the Arizona Department of Transportation for inclusion on the person's driving record. The person is responsible for applicable defensive driving school fees, but is not subject to a civil penalty or increased private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance rates for the citation. electric bicycles; definition; use (H.B. 2652/S.B. 1534) – Chapter 324 Establishes classifications of an electric bicycle, which is a bicycle or tricycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor. Outlines where each classification of an electric bicycle may be operated and allows a local authority to adopt additional restrictions on operation within its jurisdiction. An electric bicycle does not require a certificate of title, registration, vehicle license tax, driver license or insurance. Beginning January 1, 2019, an electric bicycle must be affixed with a prominent identifying label.
LEGISLATION VETOED police vehicles; HOV lanes (H.B. 2092) – VETOED Allows an on-duty police officer to drive a marked police vehicle in the high occupancy vehicle lane. The Governor indicates in his veto message that issues raised by law enforcement were not addressed in this legislation. computation of time; day; portion (NOW: minimum limits; vehicle liability insurance) (H.B. 2254) – VETOED Increases minimum motor vehicle liability policy coverage issued on or after July 1, 2019, to: 1) $25,000 for bodily injury or death of one person in any one accident; 2) $50,000 for bodily injury or death of two or more persons in any one accident; and 3) $25,000 for injury or destruction of others' property in any one accident. A self-insurer is exempt from increased limits. Consolidates an offer of motor vehicle liability coverage into a single, standard policy declarations page that is made at the time of application. Outlines requirements for the offer form. The Governor indicates in his veto message that he is open to the idea of revising current minimum liability limits but he is concerned about potential unintended consequences.
99 TRANSPORTATION & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE commercial license; defensive driving school (H.B. 2260) – VETOED Effective September 1, 2019, allows a commercial driver licensee to attend defensive driving school for a noncommercial traffic citation. Requires the court to forward an abstract of the judgement to the Arizona Department of Transportation for inclusion on the person's driving record. The person is responsible for applicable defensive driving school fees, but is not subject to a civil penalty or increased private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance rates for the citation. The Governor indicates in his veto message that legislation increasing teacher pay is a higher priority. dark sky lighting special plates (NOW: electric bicycles; definition; use) (H.B. 2266) – VETOED Establishes classifications of an electric bicycle, which is a bicycle or tricycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor. Outlines where each classification of an electric bicycle may be operated and allows a local authority to adopt additional restrictions on operation within its jurisdiction. An electric bicycle does not require a certificate of title, registration, vehicle license tax, driver license or insurance. Beginning January 1, 2019, an electric bicycle must be affixed with a prominent identifying label. The Governor indicates in his veto message that legislation increasing teacher pay is a higher priority.
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rural schools; reauthorization; urging Congress (S.C.M. 1007) Urges the United States Congress to take immediate action to reauthorize Secure Rural School and Community Self-Determination Act funding for FYs 2019 and 2020, and work toward a long-term solution. endangered species act; urging Congress (S.C.M. 1008) Urges the United States Congress to enact legislation to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit species that are nonnative to the United States from being considered threatened or endangered species.
forest management; beneficial policies (S.C.M. 1009) Urges the United States Forest Service, the United States Bureau of Land Management and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to take immediate action to implement management policies to promote healthy forests in Arizona.
Charles Keating; naming peak; urging (S.C.M. 1010) Urges the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names and the United States Board on Geographic Names to designate the highest peak in Estrella Mountain Regional Park as Keating Peak in honor of United States Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV.
Nogales wastewater fairness act (S.C.M. 1012) Urges the United States Congress to: 1) enact the Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act and move toward a comprehensive solution regarding sewage complications at the border; and 2) address border sanitation problems that have resulted from the inadequate maintenance of the Naco, Sonora wastewater treatment facility.
NAFTA; urging renegotiation; ratification (S.C.M. 1016) Urges the President of the United States to negotiate modifications to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by the agreed upon date to strengthen and modernize the agreement and maintain the trilateral nature of the agreement as it currently exists between Canada, Mexico and the United States. Urges the United States Congress to swiftly ratify and certify the new terms of NAFTA to reduce business uncertainty and maintain the global competitiveness of Arizona's businesses and citizens.
Special Olympics day. (S.C.R. 1003) Proclaims February 5, 2018, as Special Olympics Day in Arizona and expresses support for the Special Olympics Arizona.
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Beirut bombing; remembrance day (S.C.R. 1004) Proclaims October 23, 2018, as Beirut Bombing Remembrance Day in Arizona. Resolves that the Legislature honors the memory of American service personnel killed in the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
Taiwan trade; support (S.C.R. 1027) Declares the Legislature's support for the negotiation of a United States-Taiwan Bilateral Trade Agreement and Taiwan's meaningful participation in international organizations.
water management; sources; policies; support (NOW: support; water management policies) (S.C.R. 1031) Resolves that the Legislature continue the tradition of leadership and support regarding water management practices and policies that protect property and water rights and provide for the continued safety and prosperity of Arizona.
Doris Caldwell; military service (S.C.R. 1032) Honors Colonel Doris Caldwell for her record of service to the United States military.
Lindsey Perry; auditor general (S.C.R. 1039/H.C.R. 2047) Approves the appointment of Lindsey Perry as the Auditor General of the State of Arizona.
urging Congress; increase customs personnel (H.C.M. 2002) Urges the United States Congress to increase and maintain staffing for qualified Customs Field Office personnel at the ports of entry in Nogales, Douglas, and San Luis, Arizona.
forced organ harvesting; China (H.C.M. 2004) Urges the United States Congress to: 1) conduct a full and transparent investigation into organ transplant and procurement practices in China; 2) prohibit doctors involved in unethical organ procurement or transplant surgery from entering the United States; and 3) enact legislation to prohibit United States citizens from receiving organ transplants abroad if the organ source is not transparent or traceable. Urges Arizona's medical community to caution patients against traveling to China for organs and strive to raise awareness of the unethical organ transplant practices in China.
flight-hour requirements; rule; waiver (H.C.M. 2005) Urges the United States Congress to allow the United States Department of Transportation to provide additional waivers specific to Essential Air Service communities for the 1,500 flight-hour training requirement for second-in-command commercial airline pilots.
102 MEMORIALS & RESOLUTIONS blue water navy; Vietnam veterans (H.C.M. 2007) Urges the United States Congress to enact the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act into law, which would restore presumptive healthcare coverage for Blue Water Veterans that were exposed to the toxic chemical Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. ghost army; urging recognition (H.C.M. 2008) Urges the United States Congress to award a Congressional Gold Medal to members of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Service Company to honor their service with the Ghost Army during World War II, and to enact H.R. 2701 and S. 1256 to honor the achievements of the Ghost Army in conducting deception operations in Europe during World War II. clean elections; unlawful contributions; rulemaking (H.C.R. 2007) SEE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Arizona state parks; award (H.C.R. 2019) Recognizes Arizona State Parks and Trails, including the Executive Director and staff, for receiving the Gold Medal Award from the National Recreation and Park Association. care enough month (H.C.R. 2026) Proclaims January 2019, as Care Enough to Get in the Way Month. Expresses the Legislature's support for Arizona schools, students, parents, educators, police departments and community organizations in their efforts to engage in a variety of awareness and prevention activities designed to make communities safer for all children and adolescents. public retirement systems. (H.C.R. 2032) SEE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. military service; honoring Bruce Williams (H.C.R. 2040) Recognizes Bruce Williams of the Diné Nation for his service to the United States Armed Forces during World War II and his continued healing services to the Navajo Nation. death resolution: Minnie A. Griffin (H.C.R. 2044) Acknowledges the passing of Minnie A. Griffin and extends sympathies and condolences to her family and friends.
Robert Rene Robles; death resolution (H.R. 2001) Acknowledges the passing of Robert Rene Robles and extends sympathies to his family and friends.
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Don Shooter; expulsion (H.R. 2003) Expels Representative Don Shooter from the Arizona House of Representatives and designates the seat of Legislative District 13 as vacant. death resolution; LeRoy Jones (H.R. 2004) Acknowledges the passing of LeRoy "Beno" Jones and extends condolences to his surviving family members.
Reyna Isabel Estrada; death resolution (H.R. 2005) Acknowledges the passing of Reyna Isabel Estrada and extends sympathies to her family and friends.
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E – Emergency W/S – Without Signature W/O – Without Emergency LIVS – Line Item Veto Signed V/O – Veto Override RFE – Requirements for Enactment RFEIR – Requirements for Enactment; Initiative or Referendum
BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1022 45 DHS; homemade food products 63 SB 1034 209 committee of reference; standing committee 53 SB 1038 18 state land sales; payment method 87 SB 1039 330 appropriation; Arizona water protection fund 87 SB 1041 186 residency restrictions; sex offenders; victims 78 SB 1042 19 backflow prevention; state fire code 53 SB 1043 143 county recorder; recording fees 53 SB 1045 46 home inspectors 20 SB 1052 47 county flood control districts; easements 87 SB 1054 210 ASRS; nonparticipating employers 41 SB 1055 1 charter schools; rulemaking exemption 32 SB 1057 20 county school superintendent; report; approval 32 SB 1058 2 secretary of state; appropriation; elections. 78 SB 1063 48 produce safety rule; state administration 87 technical correction; estates (NOW: insurers; health providers; claim SB 1064 272 41 arbitration) communication service information; technical correction (NOW: SB 1065 248 92 commercial vehicles; ports of entry) SB 1071 144 adoption; subsidy; review; nonrecurring expenses 63 SB 1072 21 DCS; contractor employees; fingerprint requirement 63 SB 1073 100 orthotics; prosthetic devices; valid prescription 63 SB 1076 22 assault; public safety contractors; workers 78 SB 1077 49 fund solicitations; charities; unlawful acts 78 SB 1082 23 full-day kindergarten; instruction requirements 32 SB 1083 130 schools; recess periods 32 SB 1089 24 purple heart day 20 SB 1090 211 Beirut barracks bombing remembrance day 20 SB 1097 50 unclaimed property; notice; publication; claims 41 SB 1098 287 industrial hemp; licensing 54 SB 1100 212 workers' compensation; claim settlement 20 property tax appeals; court findings (NOW: captive insurers; SB 1101 273 42 licensing) SB 1110 123 photo radar; review; penalty 92 SB 1111 101 workers' compensation; opioids; dispensed medications 21 SB 1112 158 insurance; surplus lines; exemption 42 SB 1113 213 zoning violations; notice; service 54
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1114 38 E joint power authorities; fingerprinting 54 SB 1117 159 liquor establishments; peace officers; firearms 21 SB 1120 249 tax exemption; special events; nonprofits 42 state land department; continuation. (NOW: certificates of authority; SB 1140 331 21 video service) SB 1142 51 private land acquisition; committee; continuation 88 SB 1144 52 conservation easements; notice; valuation 88 SB 1150 214 application fees; financial institutions department 42 SB 1152 250 education; appropriation; noncustodial federal monies 1 technical correction; joint school district (NOW: school employees; SB 1159 124 32 contracts; revisions) SB 1162 39 silver alert notification; developmental disability 22 SB 1163 125 credit security freezes; fees; prohibition 42 SB 1164 160 DES; fingerprint card; tax information 63 SB 1165 145 child care assistance; rates 64 SB 1166 161 permanent guardianship; subsidy 64 veterans; increased income tax subtraction (NOW: merit council; SB 1167 332 22 law enforcement qualifications) SB 1179 146 memorial; buffalo soldiers. 55 technical correction; county library district (NOW: corporation SB 1181 333 1 commission; railway safety inspectors) building code moratorium; repeal (NOW: conservation districts; SB 1182 53 88 additional directors) SB 1185 215 appropriations; named claimants 1 SB 1198 54 blind persons' rights; adoption; custody 64 SB 1200 260 transportation revisions 92 SB 1201 162 county treasurer; electronic records; liens 55 SB 1203 147 vehicle towing 92 SB 1204 102 trusts and estates 78 SB 1205 25 unemployment insurance; educational employers; interest 22 SB 1207 26 lease authority; airports; air terminals 93 SB 1208 163 ATVs; off-highway vehicles 93 SB 1209 40 scrap metal dealers; DPS report 55 SB 1211 269 sentence; life imprisonment; parole eligibility 79 SB 1215 41 WICHE; continuation. 33 SB 1217 164 insurance; small employers; continuation coverage 42 SB 1218 251 developmental homes; licensure; investigations 64 state holiday; Native American day (NOW: Native American day; SB 1235 148 55 state holiday) SB 1240 126 weights and measures; duties; systems 88 SB 1245 334 appropriation; SNAP; benefit match; produce 64 SB 1246 55 behavioral health board 65 SB 1247 165 health insurance; mandated provision prohibited 55 SB 1249 56 campaign finance violations; appeals 79 SB 1251 42 PSPRS; CORP; modifications 43
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1253 103 game and fish; licenses; fees. 88 SB 1254 335 special education; cost study (NOW: school district consolidation) 33 SB 1255 57 teachers; alternative performance evaluations 33 SB 1256 58 school bus definition; vans 33 SB 1260 216 law enforcement officers; interviews; rights 55 SB 1263 270 reviser's technical corrections; 2018 55 bank deposits; technical correction (NOW: gift cards; dormancy fee; SB 1264 252 43 prohibition) construction contracts; indemnification; liability provisions (NOW: SB 1271 336 dwelling actions; construction professional; parties) (NOW: 22 construction liability; apportionment; study) GRRC; review; licensing requirements (NOW: administrative SB 1273 337 56 proceedings; rules; contested cases) SB 1274 253 public monies; recovery; illegal payments 79 SB 1281 187 street lighting improvement districts; consolidation 56 SB 1287 166 ADOT revisions 93 SB 1289 167 schools; national motto; state motto 33 SB 1291 254 schools; pupil assessment data 33 SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 SB 1294 104 tax corrections act of 2018 44 animal cruelty; domestic animals; classification (NOW: producer SB 1295 255 44 fees; insurance) SB 1296 339 government communications; emergency response interpreters 56 SB 1353 168 limited liability company act; revisions 23 SB 1355 188 border security trust fund; repeal 56 SB 1375 88 contractor licensure 23 SB 1376 127 landlord tenant act; personal property 23 SB 1379 217 E flood protection districts; divisions; electors 56 SB 1380 149 children; out-of-home placement 65 SB 1381 150 service contracts 23 SB 1382 189 TPT; online lodging marketplace; registration 44 SB 1385 218 tax appeals; administrative hearings; confidentiality 44 SB 1386 190 high-tech tax fraud 44 SB 1389 169 HIV; needs assessment; prevention 65 SB 1390 74 RFE TPT; additional rate; education. 34 SB 1393 128 dissolution; human embryos; disposition 66 SB 1394 219 DHS; reporting; abortions 66 SB 1395 191 temporary custody without court order 66 SB 1396 151 group home beds; mentally ill 66 SB 1397 152 behavioral health; dependent children; reports 66 SB 1398 340 unemployment; return-to-work program; suitable work 23 SB 1399 274 board of barbers; cosmetology; apprenticeships 24 SB 1400 256 aggravated DUI; sentence; county jail 24 SB 1401 105 ignition interlock device; installer; manufacturer 93 SB 1405 106 corporate income tax allocation; sales 45
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1409 341 TPT; prime contracting; alteration; replacement 45 SB 1411 275 schools; annual achievement profiles 34 SB 1412 59 unclaimed property; electric cooperatives; credits 45 SB 1421 192 environmental quality; amendments 89 SB 1422 107 universities; tuition and fees 34 SB 1423 89 common school districts; lapsing; procedure 34 SB 1431 220 memorial; veterans; suicide 56 SB 1432 129 ranchers; landowners; fire training 89 SB 1436 193 prohibition; criminal history; occupational regulation 24 SB 1437 261 elections; equipment; amendments 79 SB 1442 221 personal finance 34 SB 1443 268 certified public accountants 24 SB 1444 289 schools; American civics education 35 SB 1447 222 juror questionnaire; investigations 80 SB 1449 262 schools; statewide assessment contracts; review 35 SB 1450 257 independent oversight committees; appointment; duties 67 SB 1451 223 patient referral inducements; prohibited compensation 67 SB 1455 224 civil traffic violations; procedures; penalties 94 SB 1465 194 sober living homes; certification 67 schools; civics literacy state seal (NOW: kinship care; aggravated SB 1473 153 67 circumstances; dependency) pre-arrest diversion; precomplaint education program (NOW: county SB 1476 342 24 sheriff; reentry planning; appropriation) retirement systems; member information; confidentiality (NOW: SB 1478 343 E 45 employer contributions; EORP) SB 1493 225 environmental quality; dredge, fill permits 89 SB 1494 170 environment; underground injection control program 89 SB 1496 344 prisoners; drug sentences; out-of-custody treatment 25 AZPOST; prohibited peace officer discipline (NOW: AZPOST; SB 1498 345 membership) (NOW: membership; AZPOST) (NOW: AZPOST; 25 membership; training; AMBER alert) SB 1499 108 E community facilities districts; directors 25 SB 1500 171 employment security; employee; employer; status 25 SB 1502 109 ignition interlock device; incarceration credits 94 delinquent restitution; monthly report; hearing (NOW: delinquent SB 1503 226 25 restitution; procedure) SB 1504 346 developmental disability rates; appropriation 68 technical correction; petroleum product storage (NOW: Native SB 1505 290 2 American code writers program) SB 1517 172 state dinosaur; Sonorasaurus 57 SB 1518 110 department of child safety; reports 68 SB 1520 276 general appropriations act; 2018-2019 3 SB 1522 277 capital outlay; appropriations; 2018-2019 10 SB 1523 278 criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 12 SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1525 280 environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 SB 1527 281 higher education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 SB 1528 282 human services; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 SB 1529 283 revenues; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 15 HB 2003 263 coal mining; TPT; repeal 46 municipal economic development; sale; lease (NOW: public service HB 2005 60 57 corporations; penalties) HB 2006 173 marriage; minimum age (NOW: minimum age; marriage) 80 personal disguises; crime; evasion (NOW: evasion; crime; personal HB 2007 61 80 disguises) HB 2013 3 trust companies; liquid capital; definition 46 HB 2016 27 Arizona beef council; continuation 90 HB 2017 62 state land department; continuation 90 HB 2019 4 civil rights advisory board; continuation 80 confidentiality agreements; sexual assault; harassment (NOW: HB 2020 264 80 sexual assault; harassment confidentiality agreements) HB 2022 291 appropriation; ASDB; education program 35 HB 2025 5 workers' compensation; rate deviations 26 HB 2026 6 county school superintendent; services; entities 36 HB 2027 131 alternative fuel special plates; veterans 94 HB 2031 132 spousal maintenance; significant contribution; reduction 80 HB 2034 75 social security; state agency designation 46 HB 2035 90 deferred compensation plans; governing committee 46 HB 2036 111 substitute teachers; experience; certification 36 HB 2038 28 drug overdose review teams; records 68 HB 2040 227 pharmacy board; definitions; reporting 68 HB 2041 228 pharmacy board; licenses; permits 68 HB 2042 174 insurance coverage; telemedicine; urology 68 HB 2043 7 occupational therapy board; continuation 69 HB 2044 29 physician assistants board; continuation 69 HB 2045 63 acupuncture board; continuation 69 HB 2046 30 department of economic security; continuation 69 HB 2047 175 workers' compensation; employee definition; LLCs 26 HB 2053 76 theft by extortion; sexual acts (NOW: sexual acts; theft by extortion) 81 HB 2060 43 aggregate mined land reclamation; variances 90 HB 2061 8 financial institutions department; superintendent duties 46 HB 2065 229 public meetings; definition; penalties 57 electronic filing system; political subdivisions (NOW: political HB 2078 77 subdivisions; electronic filing system) (NOW: political subdivisions; 57 candidate committee) HB 2079 9 single axle tow dolly; definition 94 HB 2081 195 insurance adjusters; application of laws 47 HB 2082 31 insurance producers; convictions; reporting 47 HB 2083 196 insurance contracts (NOW: insurance contracts; construction) 47 HB 2085 78 schools; emergency epinephrine administration 36
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2086 197 schools; diabetes management policies; pharmacists 36 HB 2088 292 pupils; concussions; parental notification 36 HB 2097 112 pension funding policies; employers 47 HB 2098 10 insurance; inducements 47 prescription drug costs; patient notification (NOW: pharmacies; HB 2107 133 69 practices; pharmacy benefits managers) HB 2108 288 ASDB; teacher salaries; personnel fingerprinting 37 HB 2115 11 bonds; ballot language; procedures 37 HB 2123 32 insurance department; director; residency 47 HB 2124 64 life and disability insurance; insolvencies 47 HB 2125 230 tow truck lighting (NOW: task force; towing safety) 94 HB 2126 231 government property; abatement; slum; blight 48 HB 2149 33 pharmacies; remote dispensing 69 HB 2150 12 manufactured home sales; licensure; exemption 26 HB 2151 65 joint powers; fire protection services 57 joint power authorities; fingerprinting. (NOW: fingerprinting; joint HB 2152 176 E 58 powers authority) HB 2153 134 campaign finance; nonprofits; disclosure 81 HB 2154 177 personal information; data security breaches 94 HB 2155 34 notaries public; immigration law; prohibition 26 HB 2156 91 legislative vacancy; appointment; time frame 81 HB 2166 265 vehicle fees; alternative fuel VLT 95 HB 2167 66 Arizona commerce authority; continuation; requirements 26 HB 2168 79 mobile homes; recreational vehicles; fund 26 HB 2169 113 driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties 95 HB 2170 35 boxing; mixed martial arts; continuation 27 jurisdictional elections; notice of participation (NOW: notice of HB 2173 154 81 participation; jurisdictional elections) HB 2178 13 secretary of state; notary public 27 HB 2180 67 fire district budget hearings 58 secretary of state; rulemaking (NOW: secretary of state; counties; HB 2184 178 58 rulemaking) HB 2185 68 school districts; tax levy; calculation 37 HB 2188 198 prisoners; special services fund; uses 27 HB 2189 69 prisoners; dedicated discharge account; use 27 HB 2190 80 county improvement districts; repayment agreements 90 HB 2191 258 military families; assistance; subaccounts 2 HB 2192 199 military family relief fund; extension 2 HB 2196 92 certificates of necessity; hearings; duration 69 HB 2197 293 health professionals; workforce data 70 HB 2198 114 property tax; delinquent tax list 48 municipalities; parking; public vehicles. (NOW: internet protocol; HB 2209 294 58 corporation commission) HB 2211 200 bankruptcy exemption; personal property 81 HB 2212 295 firearm possession; peace officers; definition 82
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2215 70 veterinary medical examining board; continuation 90 HB 2216 179 schools; dropout recovery programs; report 37 HB 2228 201 AHCCCS; annual waiver; applicability. 70 municipal improvement districts; sale certificates (NOW: dental HB 2235 296 70 therapy; regulation; licensure) HB 2238 180 administrative decisions; review; scope 82 HB 2240 36 judgment renewal; time period 82 HB 2242 93 fire districts; revisions; county islands 59 HB 2243 81 wrong-way driving; violation; DUI 95 HB 2244 181 dangerous crimes; children; fictitious age 82 HB 2245 115 prohibited bail; sexual conduct; molestation 82 HB 2246 202 jail; prohibited items; drugs 82 HB 2247 82 criminal justice commission; reporting requirements 83 HB 2248 135 incompetency; screening; sexually violent persons 83 HB 2249 232 protective orders; filing requirements 83 HB 2250 233 physician assistants; prescribing authority; delegation 71 HB 2253 297 schools; exchange teachers; employment duration 37 HB 2256 71 podiatrists; examination; repeal 71 HB 2257 234 radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS 71 HB 2258 94 diabetes; annual report 72 HB 2259 136 juvenile court facilities; shelters; use 83 HB 2261 37 veterinary faculty members; licensure requirements 90 HB 2262 235 condominiums; termination; appraisals 59 HB 2272 116 unmanned aircraft; emergencies; immunity 27 HB 2278 14 child support rights transfer 72 private postsecondary education board; terms (NOW: private HB 2302 117 38 postsecondary regulation; opt-in) HB 2304 155 public buildings; omnibus 59 HB 2305 182 vehicle dealers; franchise regulations 95 HB 2306 236 towing companies; insurance companies; owners 96 HB 2307 298 scrap vehicles; sales 96 game and fish; licenses; fees (NOW: underground storage tanks; HB 2310 299 91 reimbursement claims) HB 2311 137 limited liability; employers; ex-offenders 83 HB 2312 83 setting aside conviction; requirements 84 HB 2313 237 sentencing; monetary obligations; fine mitigation 84 HB 2314 203 misdemeanor sentence; authorized disposition 84 HB 2315 204 intensive probation; employment wages; monitoring 84 HB 2317 15 disability plates; permanent placards 96 acupuncture board; visiting professor certificate (NOW: auricular HB 2321 205 72 acupuncturists; fingerprinting) HB 2322 238 health insurers; provider credentialing 72 HB 2323 183 schools; inhalers; contracted nurses 38 HB 2324 300 community health workers; voluntary certification 72
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER supreme court; annual report; fees (NOW: federal officers; personal HB 2327 239 84 information; confidentiality) HB 2328 206 concealed weapons permit; electronic reports 59 HB 2331 72 state lottery; multijurisdictional games 27 HB 2334 240 liquor omnibus 27 HB 2342 184 off-highway vehicles; definition; user indicia 96 HB 2356 301 juvenile court; jurisdiction; age 85 HB 2371 286 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48 authorized emergency vehicles; probation officers (NOW: HOV HB 2383 302 97 lanes; emergency vehicles) HB 2384 303 unlawful flight; vehicle impoundment 28 HB 2385 73 E property tax appeals; court findings. 49 HB 2404 84 license to practice taxidermy; repeal (NOW: taxidermy; registry) 28 homeopathic physicians; board; repeal (NOW: homeopathic HB 2411 241 physicians; board; reporting) (NOW: health professionals; licensure; 73 report) HB 2412 95 leave of absence; day; definition 28 HB 2413 16 public road maintenance; primitive designation 59 HB 2414 304 state employee health plan; incentives 60 HB 2416 305 appropriation; study; prime contracting classification 50 HB 2421 118 national guard; employment rights 28 HB 2422 306 personal delivery devices 97 HB 2434 44 financial products; regulatory exemption program 50 HB 2449 156 child care assistance; tiered reimbursement 73 HB 2455 307 commercial vehicles definition; driver licenses 97 HB 2456 138 stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo 50 HB 2457 119 corporation commission; database fee; prohibited 28 HB 2460 85 charter schools; vacant buildings; equipment 38 HB 2461 86 zoning regulations; private schools 38 HB 2464 185 sale of eggs; expiration date 91 HB 2477 96 high school mathematics; proficiency; notification 38 HB 2484 17 local food tax; equality 50 child abuse prevention education; schools (NOW: traumatic event HB 2502 259 29 counseling; public safety) HB 2503 139 building code exemptions; public notice 60 HB 2505 97 converted entities; claims 29 HB 2510 308 auto dealers; task force; fund 98 HB 2513 98 hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans; fund 2 HB 2520 309 schools; reading requirements 38 HB 2521 242 vehicle size, weight and load 98 HB 2522 310 traffic violations; penalties 98 HB 2526 311 career technical education districts. 39 driver license testing; required question (NOW: ticket surcharge; HB 2527 312 29 public safety equipment)
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER sober living homes; certification. (NOW: assisted living; referrals; HB 2529 313 73 disclosure) occupational regulation; municipalities; counties; prohibition (NOW: HB 2532 314 29 occupational regulation; municipalities; counties; hearings) HB 2534 315 teachers; certification requirements 39 HB 2536 99 E dual enrollment; homeschooled children 39 HB 2538 316 U.S. House vacancy; special election 60 HB 2545 140 EORP; cost-of-living adjustment. 50 HB 2548 141 health professionals; continuing education; opioids 74 HB 2549 243 controlled substances; dosage limit 74 contractors; inactive licenses (NOW: contractor qualifications; work HB 2550 244 30 experience) HB 2558 245 drug disposal; education 74 HB 2561 120 schools; civics literacy state seal. 39 HB 2563 267 postsecondary institutions; free expression policies 39 HB 2564 317 RFE court fees; EORP; state contribution 85 HB 2575 271 license; nonoperating identification; homeless veterans 98 appropriations; essential county services (NOW: essential county HB 2588 246 60 services; appropriation) (NOW: misrepresentation; service animals) HB 2589 318 department of gaming omnibus 60 HB 2591 121 fallen correctional employees memorial; extension 61 natural resource conservation districts; administration. (NOW: HB 2596 319 51 property taxes; procedures; abatement) HB 2601 207 securities; crowdfunding; virtual coin offerings 51 HB 2602 208 running nodes; blockchain; regulation prohibition 99 HB 2603 122 corporations; blockchain technology 99 HB 2604 247 consolidated elections; voter turnout 61 HB 2633 87 pharmacists; controlled substances 74 HB 2647 142 internal revenue code conformity 51 HB 2648 320 ballot measures; paid circulator definition 85 HB 2649 321 public meetings; recordings; posting; definition 61 HB 2650 322 commercial license; defensive driving school 99 HB 2651 323 landlord tenant; security deposits 30 HB 2652 324 electric bicycles; definition; use 99 HB 2653 325 expenditure limitation; waiver of penalties 2 HB 2654 326 illegal substances education; partnership 74 HB 2655 327 real estate licenses; online classes 30 HB 2656 328 electronic wills and trusts. 85 HB 2657 329 interscholastic activities; health dangers; information 40 HB 2659 284 health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 16 HB 2663 285 K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 17
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MEMORIALS & RESOLUTIONS
BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER SCM 1007 rural schools; reauthorization; urging Congress 101 SCM 1008 endangered species act; urging Congress 101 SCM 1009 forest management; beneficial policies 101 SCM 1010 Charles Keating; naming peak; urging 101 SCM 1012 Nogales wastewater fairness act 101 SCM 1016 NAFTA; urging renegotiation; ratification 101 SCR 1003 Special Olympics day. 101 SCR 1004 Beirut bombing; remembrance day 102 SCR 1027 Taiwan trade; support 102 water management; sources; policies; support (NOW: support; water management SCR 1031 102 policies) SCR 1032 Doris Caldwell; military service 102 SCR 1039 Lindsey Perry; auditor general 102 HCM 2002 urging Congress; increase customs personnel 102 HCM 2004 forced organ harvesting; China 102 HCM 2005 flight-hour requirements; rule; waiver 102 HCM 2007 blue water navy; Vietnam veterans 103 HCM 2008 ghost army; urging recognition 103 HCR 2007 clean elections; unlawful contributions; rulemaking 86 HCR 2019 Arizona state parks; award 103 HCR 2026 care enough month 103 HCR 2032 public retirement systems. 51 HCR 2040 military service; honoring Bruce Williams 103 HCR 2044 death resolution: Minnie A. Griffin 103 HR 2001 Robert Rene Robles; death resolution 103 HR 2003 Don Shooter; expulsion 104 HR 2004 death resolution; LeRoy Jones 104 HR 2005 Reyna Isabel Estrada; death resolution 104
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION (2018)
BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75
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VETOED BILLS
BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER SB 1091 income tax payments; bitcoin 52 SB 1118 expenditure reporting; fair market value 86 SB 1510 irrigation grandfathered right; containerized plants 91 HB 2002 automobile theft authority; appropriation 19 HB 2004 ASRS; waiting period; repeal 52 HB 2062 permits; licenses; denials; agency hearings 30 HB 2089 interscholastic activities; health dangers; information 40 HB 2092 police vehicles; HOV lanes 99 HB 2114 power authority; procurement code; exemption 62 HB 2121 ballot measures; paid circulator definition 86 HB 2205 JTED governing boards; membership; prohibition 40 public meetings; audiovisual recordings; posting (NOW: public meetings; HB 2207 62 recordings; posting; definition) HB 2254 computation of time; day; portion (NOW: minimum limits; vehicle liability insurance) 99 HB 2260 commercial license; defensive driving school 100 HB 2263 landlord tenant; security deposits 31 HB 2266 dark sky lighting special plates (NOW: electric bicycles; definition; use) 100 HB 2290 expenditure limitation; waiver of penalties 19 health education; marijuana; opioids; alcohol (NOW: illegal substances education; HB 2398 75 partnership) HB 2399 real estate licenses; online classes 31 HB 2471 electronic wills and trusts. 86 HB 2478 sports authority districts; extension 31 HB 2498 historic preservation; rangeland improvements; requirements 91 HB 2523 administrative hearings; procedures 62
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E – Emergency W/S – Without Signature W/O – Without Emergency LIVS – Line Item Veto Signed V/O – Veto Override RFE – Requirements for Enactment RFEIR – Requirements for Enactment; Initiative or Referendum
CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 1 SB 1055 charter schools; rulemaking exemption 32 2 SB 1058 secretary of state; appropriation; elections. 78 3 HB 2013 trust companies; liquid capital; definition 46 4 HB 2019 civil rights advisory board; continuation 80 5 HB 2025 workers' compensation; rate deviations 26 6 HB 2026 county school superintendent; services; entities 36 7 HB 2043 occupational therapy board; continuation 69 8 HB 2061 financial institutions department; superintendent duties 46 9 HB 2079 single axle tow dolly; definition 94 10 HB 2098 insurance; inducements 47 11 HB 2115 bonds; ballot language; procedures 37 12 HB 2150 manufactured home sales; licensure; exemption 26 13 HB 2178 secretary of state; notary public 27 14 HB 2278 child support rights transfer 72 15 HB 2317 disability plates; permanent placards 96 16 HB 2413 public road maintenance; primitive designation 59 17 HB 2484 local food tax; equality 50 18 SB 1038 state land sales; payment method 87 19 SB 1042 backflow prevention; state fire code 53 20 SB 1057 county school superintendent; report; approval 32 21 SB 1072 DCS; contractor employees; fingerprint requirement 63 22 SB 1076 assault; public safety contractors; workers 78 23 SB 1082 full-day kindergarten; instruction requirements 32 24 SB 1089 purple heart day 20 25 SB 1205 unemployment insurance; educational employers; interest 22 26 SB 1207 lease authority; airports; air terminals 93 27 HB 2016 Arizona beef council; continuation 90 28 HB 2038 drug overdose review teams; records 68 29 HB 2044 physician assistants board; continuation 69 30 HB 2046 department of economic security; continuation 69 31 HB 2082 insurance producers; convictions; reporting 47 32 HB 2123 insurance department; director; residency 47 33 HB 2149 pharmacies; remote dispensing 69 34 HB 2155 notaries public; immigration law; prohibition 26 35 HB 2170 boxing; mixed martial arts; continuation 27 36 HB 2240 judgment renewal; time period 82 37 HB 2261 veterinary faculty members; licensure requirements 90
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CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 38 E SB 1114 joint power authorities; fingerprinting 54 39 SB 1162 silver alert notification; developmental disability 22 40 SB 1209 scrap metal dealers; DPS report 55 41 SB 1215 WICHE; continuation. 33 42 SB 1251 PSPRS; CORP; modifications 43 43 HB 2060 aggregate mined land reclamation; variances 90 44 HB 2434 financial products; regulatory exemption program 50 45 SB 1022 DHS; homemade food products 63 46 SB 1045 home inspectors 20 47 SB 1052 county flood control districts; easements 87 48 SB 1063 produce safety rule; state administration 87 49 SB 1077 fund solicitations; charities; unlawful acts 78 50 SB 1097 unclaimed property; notice; publication; claims 41 51 SB 1142 private land acquisition; committee; continuation 88 52 SB 1144 conservation easements; notice; valuation 88 building code moratorium; repeal (NOW: conservation districts; 53 SB 1182 88 additional directors) 54 SB 1198 blind persons' rights; adoption; custody 64 55 SB 1246 behavioral health board 65 56 SB 1249 campaign finance violations; appeals 79 57 SB 1255 teachers; alternative performance evaluations 33 58 SB 1256 school bus definition; vans 33 59 SB 1412 unclaimed property; electric cooperatives; credits 45 municipal economic development; sale; lease (NOW: public 60 HB 2005 57 service corporations; penalties) personal disguises; crime; evasion (NOW: evasion; crime; personal 61 HB 2007 80 disguises) 62 HB 2017 state land department; continuation 90 63 HB 2045 acupuncture board; continuation 69 64 HB 2124 life and disability insurance; insolvencies 47 65 HB 2151 joint powers; fire protection services 57 66 HB 2167 Arizona commerce authority; continuation; requirements 26 67 HB 2180 fire district budget hearings 58 68 HB 2185 school districts; tax levy; calculation 37 69 HB 2189 prisoners; dedicated discharge account; use 27 70 HB 2215 veterinary medical examining board; continuation 90 71 HB 2256 podiatrists; examination; repeal 71 72 HB 2331 state lottery; multijurisdictional games 27 73 E HB 2385 property tax appeals; court findings. 49 74 RFE SB 1390 TPT; additional rate; education. 34 75 HB 2034 social security; state agency designation 46 theft by extortion; sexual acts (NOW: sexual acts; theft by 76 HB 2053 81 extortion)
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CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER electronic filing system; political subdivisions (NOW: political 77 HB 2078 subdivisions; electronic filing system) (NOW: political 57 subdivisions; candidate committee) 78 HB 2085 schools; emergency epinephrine administration 36 79 HB 2168 mobile homes; recreational vehicles; fund 26 80 HB 2190 county improvement districts; repayment agreements 90 81 HB 2243 wrong-way driving; violation; DUI 95 82 HB 2247 criminal justice commission; reporting requirements 83 83 HB 2312 setting aside conviction; requirements 84 84 HB 2404 license to practice taxidermy; repeal (NOW: taxidermy; registry) 28 85 HB 2460 charter schools; vacant buildings; equipment 38 86 HB 2461 zoning regulations; private schools 38 87 HB 2633 pharmacists; controlled substances 74 88 SB 1375 contractor licensure 23 89 SB 1423 common school districts; lapsing; procedure 34 90 HB 2035 deferred compensation plans; governing committee 46 91 HB 2156 legislative vacancy; appointment; time frame 81 92 HB 2196 certificates of necessity; hearings; duration 69 93 HB 2242 fire districts; revisions; county islands 59 94 HB 2258 diabetes; annual report 72 95 HB 2412 leave of absence; day; definition 28 96 HB 2477 high school mathematics; proficiency; notification 38 97 HB 2505 converted entities; claims 29 98 HB 2513 hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans; fund 2 99 E HB 2536 dual enrollment; homeschooled children 39 100 SB 1073 orthotics; prosthetic devices; valid prescription 63 101 SB 1111 workers' compensation; opioids; dispensed medications 21 102 SB 1204 trusts and estates 78 103 SB 1253 game and fish; licenses; fees. 88 104 SB 1294 tax corrections act of 2018 44 105 SB 1401 ignition interlock device; installer; manufacturer 93 106 SB 1405 corporate income tax allocation; sales 45 107 SB 1422 universities; tuition and fees 34 108 E SB 1499 community facilities districts; directors 25 109 SB 1502 ignition interlock device; incarceration credits 94 110 SB 1518 department of child safety; reports 68 111 HB 2036 substitute teachers; experience; certification 36 112 HB 2097 pension funding policies; employers 47 113 HB 2169 driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties 95 114 HB 2198 property tax; delinquent tax list 48 115 HB 2245 prohibited bail; sexual conduct; molestation 82 116 HB 2272 unmanned aircraft; emergencies; immunity 27 private postsecondary education board; terms (NOW: private 117 HB 2302 38 postsecondary regulation; opt-in)
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CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 118 HB 2421 national guard; employment rights 28 119 HB 2457 corporation commission; database fee; prohibited 28 120 HB 2561 schools; civics literacy state seal. 39 121 HB 2591 fallen correctional employees memorial; extension 61 122 HB 2603 corporations; blockchain technology 99 123 SB 1110 photo radar; review; penalty 92 technical correction; joint school district (NOW: school employees; 124 SB 1159 32 contracts; revisions) 125 SB 1163 credit security freezes; fees; prohibition 42 126 SB 1240 weights and measures; duties; systems 88 127 SB 1376 landlord tenant act; personal property 23 128 SB 1393 dissolution; human embryos; disposition 66 129 SB 1432 ranchers; landowners; fire training 89 130 SB 1083 schools; recess periods 32 131 HB 2027 alternative fuel special plates; veterans 94 132 HB 2031 spousal maintenance; significant contribution; reduction 80 prescription drug costs; patient notification (NOW: pharmacies; 133 HB 2107 69 practices; pharmacy benefits managers) 134 HB 2153 campaign finance; nonprofits; disclosure 81 135 HB 2248 incompetency; screening; sexually violent persons 83 136 HB 2259 juvenile court facilities; shelters; use 83 137 HB 2311 limited liability; employers; ex-offenders 83 138 HB 2456 stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo 50 139 HB 2503 building code exemptions; public notice 60 140 HB 2545 EORP; cost-of-living adjustment. 50 141 HB 2548 health professionals; continuing education; opioids 74 142 HB 2647 internal revenue code conformity 51 143 SB 1043 county recorder; recording fees 53 144 SB 1071 adoption; subsidy; review; nonrecurring expenses 63 145 SB 1165 child care assistance; rates 64 146 SB 1179 memorial; buffalo soldiers. 55 147 SB 1203 vehicle towing 92 state holiday; Native American day (NOW: Native American day; 148 SB 1235 55 state holiday) 149 SB 1380 children; out-of-home placement 65 150 SB 1381 service contracts 23 151 SB 1396 group home beds; mentally ill 66 152 SB 1397 behavioral health; dependent children; reports 66 schools; civics literacy state seal (NOW: kinship care; aggravated 153 SB 1473 67 circumstances; dependency) jurisdictional elections; notice of participation (NOW: notice of 154 HB 2173 81 participation; jurisdictional elections) 155 HB 2304 public buildings; omnibus 59 156 HB 2449 child care assistance; tiered reimbursement 73
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CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 157 SB 1008 common schools; average daily membership 32 158 SB 1112 insurance; surplus lines; exemption 42 159 SB 1117 liquor establishments; peace officers; firearms 21 160 SB 1164 DES; fingerprint card; tax information 63 161 SB 1166 permanent guardianship; subsidy 64 162 SB 1201 county treasurer; electronic records; liens 55 163 SB 1208 ATVs; off-highway vehicles 93 164 SB 1217 insurance; small employers; continuation coverage 42 165 SB 1247 health insurance; mandated provision prohibited 55 166 SB 1287 ADOT revisions 93 167 SB 1289 schools; national motto; state motto 33 168 SB 1353 limited liability company act; revisions 23 169 SB 1389 HIV; needs assessment; prevention 65 170 SB 1494 environment; underground injection control program 89 171 SB 1500 employment security; employee; employer; status 25 172 SB 1517 state dinosaur; Sonorasaurus 57 173 HB 2006 marriage; minimum age (NOW: minimum age; marriage) 80 174 HB 2042 insurance coverage; telemedicine; urology 68 175 HB 2047 workers' compensation; employee definition; LLCs 26 joint power authorities; fingerprinting. (NOW: fingerprinting; joint 176 E HB 2152 58 powers authority) 177 HB 2154 personal information; data security breaches 94 secretary of state; rulemaking (NOW: secretary of state; counties; 178 HB 2184 58 rulemaking) 179 HB 2216 schools; dropout recovery programs; report 37 180 HB 2238 administrative decisions; review; scope 82 181 HB 2244 dangerous crimes; children; fictitious age 82 182 HB 2305 vehicle dealers; franchise regulations 95 183 HB 2323 schools; inhalers; contracted nurses 38 184 HB 2342 off-highway vehicles; definition; user indicia 96 185 HB 2464 sale of eggs; expiration date 91 186 SB 1041 residency restrictions; sex offenders; victims 78 187 SB 1281 street lighting improvement districts; consolidation 56 188 SB 1355 border security trust fund; repeal 56 189 SB 1382 TPT; online lodging marketplace; registration 44 190 SB 1386 high-tech tax fraud 44 191 SB 1395 temporary custody without court order 66 192 SB 1421 environmental quality; amendments 89 193 SB 1436 prohibition; criminal history; occupational regulation 24 194 SB 1465 sober living homes; certification 67 195 HB 2081 insurance adjusters; application of laws 47 196 HB 2083 insurance contracts (NOW: insurance contracts; construction) 47 197 HB 2086 schools; diabetes management policies; pharmacists 36 198 HB 2188 prisoners; special services fund; uses 27
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CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 199 HB 2192 military family relief fund; extension 2 200 HB 2211 bankruptcy exemption; personal property 81 201 HB 2228 AHCCCS; annual waiver; applicability. 70 202 HB 2246 jail; prohibited items; drugs 82 203 HB 2314 misdemeanor sentence; authorized disposition 84 204 HB 2315 intensive probation; employment wages; monitoring 84 acupuncture board; visiting professor certificate (NOW: auricular 205 HB 2321 72 acupuncturists; fingerprinting) 206 HB 2328 concealed weapons permit; electronic reports 59 207 HB 2601 securities; crowdfunding; virtual coin offerings 51 208 HB 2602 running nodes; blockchain; regulation prohibition 99 209 SB 1034 committee of reference; standing committee 53 210 SB 1054 ASRS; nonparticipating employers 41 211 SB 1090 Beirut barracks bombing remembrance day 20 212 SB 1100 workers' compensation; claim settlement 20 213 SB 1113 zoning violations; notice; service 54 214 SB 1150 application fees; financial institutions department 42 215 SB 1185 appropriations; named claimants 1 216 SB 1260 law enforcement officers; interviews; rights 55 217 E SB 1379 flood protection districts; divisions; electors 56 218 SB 1385 tax appeals; administrative hearings; confidentiality 44 219 SB 1394 DHS; reporting; abortions 66 220 SB 1431 memorial; veterans; suicide 56 221 SB 1442 personal finance 34 222 SB 1447 juror questionnaire; investigations 80 223 SB 1451 patient referral inducements; prohibited compensation 67 224 SB 1455 civil traffic violations; procedures; penalties 94 225 SB 1493 environmental quality; dredge, fill permits 89 delinquent restitution; monthly report; hearing (NOW: delinquent 226 SB 1503 25 restitution; procedure) 227 HB 2040 pharmacy board; definitions; reporting 68 228 HB 2041 pharmacy board; licenses; permits 68 229 HB 2065 public meetings; definition; penalties 57 230 HB 2125 tow truck lighting (NOW: task force; towing safety) 94 231 HB 2126 government property; abatement; slum; blight 48 232 HB 2249 protective orders; filing requirements 83 233 HB 2250 physician assistants; prescribing authority; delegation 71 234 HB 2257 radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS 71 235 HB 2262 condominiums; termination; appraisals 59 236 HB 2306 towing companies; insurance companies; owners 96 237 HB 2313 sentencing; monetary obligations; fine mitigation 84 238 HB 2322 health insurers; provider credentialing 72 supreme court; annual report; fees (NOW: federal officers; personal 239 HB 2327 84 information; confidentiality)
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CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 240 HB 2334 liquor omnibus 27 homeopathic physicians; board; repeal (NOW: homeopathic physicians; 241 HB 2411 73 board; reporting) (NOW: health professionals; licensure; report) 242 HB 2521 vehicle size, weight and load 98 243 HB 2549 controlled substances; dosage limit 74 contractors; inactive licenses (NOW: contractor qualifications; 244 HB 2550 30 work experience) 245 HB 2558 drug disposal; education 74 appropriations; essential county services (NOW: essential county 246 HB 2588 60 services; appropriation) (NOW: misrepresentation; service animals) 247 HB 2604 consolidated elections; voter turnout 61 communication service information; technical correction (NOW: 248 SB 1065 92 commercial vehicles; ports of entry) 249 SB 1120 tax exemption; special events; nonprofits 42 250 SB 1152 education; appropriation; noncustodial federal monies 1 251 SB 1218 developmental homes; licensure; investigations 64 bank deposits; technical correction (NOW: gift cards; dormancy 252 SB 1264 43 fee; prohibition) 253 SB 1274 public monies; recovery; illegal payments 79 254 SB 1291 schools; pupil assessment data 33 animal cruelty; domestic animals; classification (NOW: producer 255 SB 1295 44 fees; insurance) 256 SB 1400 aggravated DUI; sentence; county jail 24 257 SB 1450 independent oversight committees; appointment; duties 67 258 HB 2191 military families; assistance; subaccounts 2 child abuse prevention education; schools (NOW: traumatic event 259 HB 2502 29 counseling; public safety) 260 SB 1200 transportation revisions 92 261 SB 1437 elections; equipment; amendments 79 262 SB 1449 schools; statewide assessment contracts; review 35 263 HB 2003 coal mining; TPT; repeal 46 confidentiality agreements; sexual assault; harassment (NOW: 264 HB 2020 80 sexual assault; harassment confidentiality agreements) 265 HB 2166 vehicle fees; alternative fuel VLT 95 sexual offenses; definition; defenses (NOW: definition; defenses; 266 HB 2283 83 sexual offenses) 267 HB 2563 postsecondary institutions; free expression policies 39 268 SB 1443 certified public accountants 24 269 SB 1211 sentence; life imprisonment; parole eligibility 79 270 SB 1263 reviser's technical corrections; 2018 55 271 HB 2575 license; nonoperating identification; homeless veterans 98 technical correction; estates (NOW: insurers; health providers; 272 SB 1064 41 claim arbitration) 273 SB 1101 property tax appeals; court findings (NOW: captive insurers; licensing) 42 274 SB 1399 board of barbers; cosmetology; apprenticeships 24
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CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 275 SB 1411 schools; annual achievement profiles 34 276 SB 1520 general appropriations act; 2018-2019 3 277 SB 1522 capital outlay; appropriations; 2018-2019 10 278 SB 1523 criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 12 279 SB 1524 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 280 SB 1525 environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 281 SB 1527 higher education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 282 SB 1528 human services; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 283 SB 1529 revenues; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 15 284 HB 2659 health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 16 285 HB 2663 K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 17 286 HB 2371 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48 287 SB 1098 industrial hemp; licensing 54 288 HB 2108 ASDB; teacher salaries; personnel fingerprinting 37 289 SB 1444 schools; American civics education 35 technical correction; petroleum product storage (NOW: Native 290 SB 1505 2 American code writers program) 291 HB 2022 appropriation; ASDB; education program 35 292 HB 2088 pupils; concussions; parental notification 36 293 HB 2197 health professionals; workforce data 70 municipalities; parking; public vehicles. (NOW: internet protocol; 294 HB 2209 58 corporation commission) 295 HB 2212 firearm possession; peace officers; definition 82 municipal improvement districts; sale certificates (NOW: dental 296 HB 2235 70 therapy; regulation; licensure) 297 HB 2253 schools; exchange teachers; employment duration 37 298 HB 2307 scrap vehicles; sales 96 game and fish; licenses; fees (NOW: underground storage tanks; 299 HB 2310 91 reimbursement claims) 300 HB 2324 community health workers; voluntary certification 72 301 HB 2356 juvenile court; jurisdiction; age 85 authorized emergency vehicles; probation officers (NOW: HOV 302 HB 2383 97 lanes; emergency vehicles) 303 HB 2384 unlawful flight; vehicle impoundment 28 304 HB 2414 state employee health plan; incentives 60 305 HB 2416 appropriation; study; prime contracting classification 50 306 HB 2422 personal delivery devices 97 307 HB 2455 commercial vehicles definition; driver licenses 97 308 HB 2510 auto dealers; task force; fund 98 309 HB 2520 schools; reading requirements 38 310 HB 2522 traffic violations; penalties 98
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CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 311 HB 2526 career technical education districts. 39 driver license testing; required question (NOW: ticket surcharge; 312 HB 2527 29 public safety equipment) sober living homes; certification. (NOW: assisted living; referrals; 313 HB 2529 73 disclosure) occupational regulation; municipalities; counties; prohibition 314 HB 2532 29 (NOW: occupational regulation; municipalities; counties; hearings) 315 HB 2534 teachers; certification requirements 39 316 HB 2538 U.S. House vacancy; special election 60 317 RFE HB 2564 court fees; EORP; state contribution 85 318 HB 2589 department of gaming omnibus 60 natural resource conservation districts; administration. (NOW: 319 HB 2596 51 property taxes; procedures; abatement) 320 HB 2648 ballot measures; paid circulator definition 85 321 HB 2649 public meetings; recordings; posting; definition 61 322 HB 2650 commercial license; defensive driving school 99 323 HB 2651 landlord tenant; security deposits 30 324 HB 2652 electric bicycles; definition; use 99 325 HB 2653 expenditure limitation; waiver of penalties 2 326 HB 2654 illegal substances education; partnership 74 327 HB 2655 real estate licenses; online classes 30 328 HB 2656 electronic wills and trusts. 85 329 HB 2657 interscholastic activities; health dangers; information 40 330 SB 1039 appropriation; Arizona water protection fund 87 state land department; continuation. (NOW: certificates of 331 SB 1140 21 authority; video service) veterans; increased income tax subtraction (NOW: merit council; 332 SB 1167 22 law enforcement qualifications) technical correction; county library district (NOW: corporation 333 SB 1181 1 commission; railway safety inspectors) 334 SB 1245 appropriation; SNAP; benefit match; produce 64 335 SB 1254 special education; cost study (NOW: school district consolidation) 33 construction contracts; indemnification; liability provisions (NOW: 336 SB 1271 dwelling actions; construction professional; parties) (NOW: 22 construction liability; apportionment; study) GRRC; review; licensing requirements (NOW: administrative 337 SB 1273 56 proceedings; rules; contested cases) 338 SB 1293 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 339 SB 1296 government communications; emergency response interpreters 56 340 SB 1398 unemployment; return-to-work program; suitable work 23 341 SB 1409 TPT; prime contracting; alteration; replacement 45
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CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER pre-arrest diversion; precomplaint education program (NOW: 342 SB 1476 24 county sheriff; reentry planning; appropriation) retirement systems; member information; confidentiality (NOW: 343 E SB 1478 45 employer contributions; EORP) 344 SB 1496 prisoners; drug sentences; out-of-custody treatment 25 AZPOST; prohibited peace officer discipline (NOW: AZPOST; 345 SB 1498 membership) (NOW: membership; AZPOST) (NOW: AZPOST; 25 membership; training; AMBER alert) 346 SB 1504 developmental disability rates; appropriation 68
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION (2018)
CHAPTER BILL PAGE SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 1 SB 1001 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75
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E – Emergency W/S – Without Signature W/O – Without Emergency LIVS – Line Item Veto Signed V/O – Veto Override RFE – Requirements for Enactment RFEIR – Requirements for Enactment; Initiative or Referendum
A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1089 24 purple heart day 20 SB 1090 211 Beirut barracks bombing remembrance day 20 1 state holiday; Native American day (NOW: Native SB 1235 148 55 American day; state holiday) SB 1063 48 produce safety rule; state administration 87 SB 1098 287 industrial hemp; licensing 54 3 SB 1240 126 weights and measures; duties; systems 88 HB 2464 185 sale of eggs; expiration date 91 SB 1117 159 liquor establishments; peace officers; firearms 21 4 HB 2334 240 liquor omnibus 27 SB 1253 103 game and fish; licenses; fees. 88 SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 5 HB 2331 72 state lottery; multijurisdictional games 27 HB 2589 318 department of gaming omnibus 60 SB 1150 214 application fees; financial institutions department 42 SB 1529 283 revenues; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 15 6 HB 2013 3 trust companies; liquid capital; definition 46 HB 2061 8 financial institutions department; superintendent duties 46 SB 1071 144 adoption; subsidy; review; nonrecurring expenses 63 SB 1072 21 DCS; contractor employees; fingerprint requirement 63 SB 1166 161 permanent guardianship; subsidy 64 SB 1198 54 blind persons' rights; adoption; custody 64 SB 1380 149 children; out-of-home placement 65 SB 1395 191 temporary custody without court order 66 8 SB 1450 257 independent oversight committees; appointment; duties 67 schools; civics literacy state seal (NOW: kinship care; SB 1473 153 67 aggravated circumstances; dependency) SB 1518 110 department of child safety; reports 68 HB 2259 136 juvenile court facilities; shelters; use 83 HB 2356 301 juvenile court; jurisdiction; age 85 state land department; continuation. (NOW: certificates SB 1140 331 21 of authority; video service) SB 1247 165 health insurance; mandated provision prohibited 55 9 government communications; emergency response SB 1296 339 56 interpreters SB 1443 268 certified public accountants 24 SB 1465 194 sober living homes; certification 67
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2371 286 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48 HB 2461 86 zoning regulations; private schools 38 occupational regulation; municipalities; counties; 9 HB 2532 314 prohibition (NOW: occupational regulation; 29 municipalities; counties; hearings) HB 2558 245 drug disposal; education 74 HB 2602 208 running nodes; blockchain; regulation prohibition 99 SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 SB 1353 168 limited liability company act; revisions 23 10 SB 1412 59 unclaimed property; electric cooperatives; credits 45 HB 2457 119 corporation commission; database fee; prohibited 28 HB 2603 122 corporations; blockchain technology 99 SB 1043 143 county recorder; recording fees 53 SB 1113 213 zoning violations; notice; service 54 SB 1201 162 county treasurer; electronic records; liens 55 SB 1247 165 health insurance; mandated provision prohibited 55 SB 1274 253 public monies; recovery; illegal payments 79 government communications; emergency response SB 1296 339 56 interpreters SB 1465 194 sober living homes; certification 67 supreme court; annual report; fees (NOW: federal HB 2327 239 84 officers; personal information; confidentiality) 11 HB 2371 286 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48 HB 2461 86 zoning regulations; private schools 38 HB 2503 139 building code exemptions; public notice 60 occupational regulation; municipalities; counties; HB 2532 314 prohibition (NOW: occupational regulation; 29 municipalities; counties; hearings) HB 2558 245 drug disposal; education 74 appropriations; essential county services (NOW: HB 2588 246 essential county services; appropriation) (NOW: 60 misrepresentation; service animals) HB 2602 208 running nodes; blockchain; regulation prohibition 99 SB 1523 278 criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 12 confidentiality agreements; sexual assault; harassment HB 2020 264 (NOW: sexual assault; harassment confidentiality 80 agreements) HB 2238 180 administrative decisions; review; scope 82 HB 2240 36 judgment renewal; time period 82 12 HB 2249 232 protective orders; filing requirements 83 HB 2311 137 limited liability; employers; ex-offenders 83 HB 2313 237 sentencing; monetary obligations; fine mitigation 84 supreme court; annual report; fees (NOW: federal HB 2327 239 84 officers; personal information; confidentiality) driver license testing; required question (NOW: ticket HB 2527 312 29 surcharge; public safety equipment)
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2564 317 RFE court fees; EORP; state contribution 85 12 HB 2650 322 commercial license; defensive driving school 99 SB 1041 186 residency restrictions; sex offenders; victims 78 SB 1076 22 assault; public safety contractors; workers 78 SB 1098 287 industrial hemp; licensing 54 SB 1211 269 sentence; life imprisonment; parole eligibility 79 SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 SB 1436 193 prohibition; criminal history; occupational regulation 24 SB 1451 223 patient referral inducements; prohibited compensation 67 delinquent restitution; monthly report; hearing (NOW: SB 1503 226 25 delinquent restitution; procedure) personal disguises; crime; evasion (NOW: evasion; HB 2007 61 80 crime; personal disguises) theft by extortion; sexual acts (NOW: sexual acts; theft HB 2053 76 81 13 by extortion) HB 2244 181 dangerous crimes; children; fictitious age 82 HB 2245 115 prohibited bail; sexual conduct; molestation 82 HB 2248 135 incompetency; screening; sexually violent persons 83 HB 2249 232 protective orders; filing requirements 83 sexual offenses; definition; defenses (NOW: definition; HB 2283 266 83 defenses; sexual offenses) HB 2307 298 scrap vehicles; sales 96 HB 2312 83 setting aside conviction; requirements 84 HB 2313 237 sentencing; monetary obligations; fine mitigation 84 HB 2314 203 misdemeanor sentence; authorized disposition 84 HB 2315 204 intensive probation; employment wages; monitoring 84 HB 2328 206 concealed weapons permit; electronic reports 59 SB 1198 54 blind persons' rights; adoption; custody 64 14 SB 1204 102 trusts and estates 78 HB 2656 328 electronic wills and trusts. 85 SB 1008 157 common schools; average daily membership 32 SB 1055 1 charter schools; rulemaking exemption 32 SB 1057 20 county school superintendent; report; approval 32 SB 1082 23 full-day kindergarten; instruction requirements 32 SB 1083 130 schools; recess periods 32 SB 1152 250 education; appropriation; noncustodial federal monies 1 special education; cost study (NOW: school district SB 1254 335 33 15 consolidation) SB 1255 57 teachers; alternative performance evaluations 33 SB 1256 58 school bus definition; vans 33 SB 1263 270 reviser's technical corrections; 2018 55 SB 1289 167 schools; national motto; state motto 33 SB 1291 254 schools; pupil assessment data 33 SB 1390 74 RFE TPT; additional rate; education. 34 SB 1411 275 schools; annual achievement profiles 34
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1422 107 universities; tuition and fees 34 SB 1423 89 common school districts; lapsing; procedure 34 SB 1442 221 personal finance 34 SB 1444 289 schools; American civics education 35 SB 1449 262 schools; statewide assessment contracts; review 35 SB 1527 281 higher education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 SB 1529 283 revenues; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 15 HB 2026 6 county school superintendent; services; entities 36 HB 2036 111 substitute teachers; experience; certification 36 HB 2085 78 schools; emergency epinephrine administration 36 HB 2086 197 schools; diabetes management policies; pharmacists 36 HB 2088 292 pupils; concussions; parental notification 36 HB 2108 288 ASDB; teacher salaries; personnel fingerprinting 37 HB 2115 11 bonds; ballot language; procedures 37 15 HB 2185 68 school districts; tax levy; calculation 37 HB 2216 179 schools; dropout recovery programs; report 37 HB 2253 297 schools; exchange teachers; employment duration 37 HB 2323 183 schools; inhalers; contracted nurses 38 HB 2460 85 charter schools; vacant buildings; equipment 38 HB 2477 96 high school mathematics; proficiency; notification 38 HB 2520 309 schools; reading requirements 38 HB 2526 311 career technical education districts. 39 HB 2534 315 teachers; certification requirements 39 HB 2536 99 E dual enrollment; homeschooled children 39 HB 2561 120 schools; civics literacy state seal. 39 HB 2563 267 postsecondary institutions; free expression policies 39 HB 2657 329 interscholastic activities; health dangers; information 40 HB 2663 285 K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 17 SB 1249 56 campaign finance violations; appeals 79 SB 1437 261 elections; equipment; amendments 79 electronic filing system; political subdivisions (NOW: HB 2078 77 political subdivisions; electronic filing system) (NOW: 57 political subdivisions; candidate committee) HB 2153 134 campaign finance; nonprofits; disclosure 81 16 jurisdictional elections; notice of participation (NOW: HB 2173 154 81 notice of participation; jurisdictional elections) supreme court; annual report; fees (NOW: federal HB 2327 239 84 officers; personal information; confidentiality) HB 2526 311 career technical education districts. 39 HB 2538 316 U.S. House vacancy; special election 60 HB 2604 247 consolidated elections; voter turnout 61 SB 1253 103 game and fish; licenses; fees. 88 17 SB 1493 225 environmental quality; dredge, fill permits 89 HB 2342 184 off-highway vehicles; definition; user indicia 96
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER license to practice taxidermy; repeal (NOW: taxidermy; 17 HB 2404 84 28 registry) SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 18 HB 2154 177 personal information; data security breaches 94 19 HB 2648 320 ballot measures; paid circulator definition 85 technical correction; estates (NOW: insurers; health SB 1064 272 41 providers; claim arbitration) property tax appeals; court findings (NOW: captive SB 1101 273 42 insurers; licensing) SB 1112 158 insurance; surplus lines; exemption 42 SB 1217 164 insurance; small employers; continuation coverage 42 SB 1263 270 reviser's technical corrections; 2018 55 SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 SB 1294 104 tax corrections act of 2018 44 animal cruelty; domestic animals; classification (NOW: SB 1295 255 44 producer fees; insurance) 20 SB 1381 150 service contracts 23 HB 2025 5 workers' compensation; rate deviations 26 HB 2042 174 insurance coverage; telemedicine; urology 68 HB 2081 195 insurance adjusters; application of laws 47 HB 2082 31 insurance producers; convictions; reporting 47 insurance contracts (NOW: insurance contracts; HB 2083 196 47 construction) HB 2098 10 insurance; inducements 47 HB 2123 32 insurance department; director; residency 47 HB 2124 64 life and disability insurance; insolvencies 47 HB 2322 238 health insurers; provider credentialing 72 21 SB 1447 222 juror questionnaire; investigations 80 22 HB 2564 317 RFE court fees; EORP; state contribution 85 SB 1100 212 workers' compensation; claim settlement 20 SB 1111 101 workers' compensation; opioids; dispensed medications 21 technical correction; joint school district (NOW: school SB 1159 124 32 employees; contracts; revisions) SB 1205 25 unemployment insurance; educational employers; interest 22 23 SB 1398 340 unemployment; return-to-work program; suitable work 23 SB 1500 171 employment security; employee; employer; status 25 HB 2047 175 workers' compensation; employee definition; LLCs 26 secretary of state; rulemaking (NOW: secretary of state; HB 2184 178 58 counties; rulemaking) SB 1198 54 blind persons' rights; adoption; custody 64 SB 1393 128 dissolution; human embryos; disposition 66 25 HB 2006 173 marriage; minimum age (NOW: minimum age; marriage) 80 HB 2031 132 spousal maintenance; significant contribution; reduction 80 HB 2169 113 driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties 95
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2272 116 unmanned aircraft; emergencies; immunity 27 26 HB 2412 95 leave of absence; day; definition 28 HB 2421 118 national guard; employment rights 28 SB 1043 143 county recorder; recording fees 53 27 HB 2060 43 aggregate mined land reclamation; variances 90 communication service information; technical correction SB 1065 248 92 (NOW: commercial vehicles; ports of entry) SB 1110 123 photo radar; review; penalty 92 SB 1200 260 transportation revisions 92 SB 1203 147 vehicle towing 92 SB 1207 26 lease authority; airports; air terminals 93 SB 1208 163 ATVs; off-highway vehicles 93 SB 1287 166 ADOT revisions 93 SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 SB 1400 256 aggravated DUI; sentence; county jail 24 SB 1401 105 ignition interlock device; installer; manufacturer 93 SB 1455 224 civil traffic violations; procedures; penalties 94 SB 1502 109 ignition interlock device; incarceration credits 94 SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 HB 2027 131 alternative fuel special plates; veterans 94 HB 2079 9 single axle tow dolly; definition 94 HB 2166 265 vehicle fees; alternative fuel VLT 95 HB 2169 113 driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties 95 HB 2243 81 wrong-way driving; violation; DUI 95 28 HB 2305 182 vehicle dealers; franchise regulations 95 HB 2306 236 towing companies; insurance companies; owners 96 HB 2307 298 scrap vehicles; sales 96 HB 2317 15 disability plates; permanent placards 96 supreme court; annual report; fees (NOW: federal HB 2327 239 84 officers; personal information; confidentiality) HB 2342 184 off-highway vehicles; definition; user indicia 96 authorized emergency vehicles; probation officers HB 2383 302 97 (NOW: HOV lanes; emergency vehicles) HB 2384 303 unlawful flight; vehicle impoundment 28 HB 2413 16 public road maintenance; primitive designation 59 HB 2422 306 personal delivery devices 97 HB 2455 307 commercial vehicles definition; driver licenses 97 HB 2510 308 auto dealers; task force; fund 98 HB 2521 242 vehicle size, weight and load 98 HB 2522 310 traffic violations; penalties 98 HB 2575 271 license; nonoperating identification; homeless veterans 98 HB 2650 322 commercial license; defensive driving school 99 HB 2652 324 electric bicycles; definition; use 99
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1353 168 limited liability company act; revisions 23 29 SB 1443 268 certified public accountants 24 HB 2505 97 converted entities; claims 29 HB 2257 234 radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS 71 30 HB 2659 284 health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 16 SB 1496 344 prisoners; drug sentences; out-of-custody treatment 25 SB 1523 278 criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 12 HB 2189 69 prisoners; dedicated discharge account; use 27 31 HB 2244 181 dangerous crimes; children; fictitious age 82 HB 2246 202 jail; prohibited items; drugs 82 HB 2257 234 radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS 71 HB 2313 237 sentencing; monetary obligations; fine mitigation 84 SB 1034 209 committee of reference; standing committee 53 SB 1045 46 home inspectors 20 SB 1246 55 behavioral health board 65 SB 1375 88 contractor licensure 23 SB 1399 274 board of barbers; cosmetology; apprenticeships 24 SB 1443 268 certified public accountants 24 HB 2040 227 pharmacy board; definitions; reporting 68 HB 2041 228 pharmacy board; licenses; permits 68 HB 2149 33 pharmacies; remote dispensing 69 HB 2197 293 health professionals; workforce data 70 municipal improvement districts; sale certificates HB 2235 296 70 (NOW: dental therapy; regulation; licensure) HB 2250 233 physician assistants; prescribing authority; delegation 71 HB 2256 71 podiatrists; examination; repeal 71 HB 2257 234 radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS 71 32 HB 2261 37 veterinary faculty members; licensure requirements 90 private postsecondary education board; terms (NOW: HB 2302 117 38 private postsecondary regulation; opt-in) acupuncture board; visiting professor certificate (NOW: HB 2321 205 72 auricular acupuncturists; fingerprinting) homeopathic physicians; board; repeal (NOW: homeopathic HB 2411 241 physicians; board; reporting) (NOW: health professionals; 73 licensure; report) HB 2526 311 career technical education districts. 39 HB 2548 141 health professionals; continuing education; opioids 74 HB 2549 243 controlled substances; dosage limit 74 contractors; inactive licenses (NOW: contractor HB 2550 244 30 qualifications; work experience) HB 2633 87 pharmacists; controlled substances 74 HB 2649 321 public meetings; recordings; posting; definition 61 HB 2655 327 real estate licenses; online classes 30 HB 2659 284 health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 16
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1144 52 conservation easements; notice; valuation 88 SB 1376 127 landlord tenant act; personal property 23 HB 2154 177 personal information; data security breaches 94 HB 2168 79 mobile homes; recreational vehicles; fund 26 33 HB 2211 200 bankruptcy exemption; personal property 81 HB 2240 36 judgment renewal; time period 82 HB 2262 235 condominiums; termination; appraisals 59 HB 2651 323 landlord tenant; security deposits 30 SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 34 HB 2304 155 public buildings; omnibus 59 SB 1274 253 public monies; recovery; illegal payments 79 SB 1493 225 environmental quality; dredge, fill permits 89 35 SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 HB 2526 311 career technical education districts. 39 SB 1022 45 DHS; homemade food products 63 SB 1063 48 produce safety rule; state administration 87 SB 1073 100 orthotics; prosthetic devices; valid prescription 63 SB 1218 251 developmental homes; licensure; investigations 64 SB 1389 169 HIV; needs assessment; prevention 65 SB 1394 219 DHS; reporting; abortions 66 SB 1450 257 independent oversight committees; appointment; duties 67 SB 1465 194 sober living homes; certification 67 SB 1504 346 developmental disability rates; appropriation 68 HB 2038 28 drug overdose review teams; records 68 HB 2040 227 pharmacy board; definitions; reporting 68 HB 2041 228 pharmacy board; licenses; permits 68 HB 2149 33 pharmacies; remote dispensing 69 36 HB 2154 177 personal information; data security breaches 94 HB 2196 92 certificates of necessity; hearings; duration 69 HB 2197 293 health professionals; workforce data 70 HB 2228 201 AHCCCS; annual waiver; applicability. 70 HB 2258 94 diabetes; annual report 72 HB 2324 300 community health workers; voluntary certification 72 HB 2371 286 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48 sober living homes; certification. (NOW: assisted HB 2529 313 73 living; referrals; disclosure) HB 2549 243 controlled substances; dosage limit 74 HB 2558 245 drug disposal; education 74 HB 2633 87 pharmacists; controlled substances 74 HB 2659 284 health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 16 SB 1038 18 state land sales; payment method 87 37 SB 1042 19 backflow prevention; state fire code 53 SB 1432 129 ranchers; landowners; fire training 89
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1054 210 ASRS; nonparticipating employers 41 veterans; increased income tax subtraction (NOW: SB 1167 332 22 merit council; law enforcement qualifications) SB 1251 42 PSPRS; CORP; modifications 43 SB 1260 216 law enforcement officers; interviews; rights 55 retirement systems; member information; confidentiality SB 1478 343 E 45 (NOW: employer contributions; EORP) SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 HB 2034 75 social security; state agency designation 46 38 HB 2035 90 deferred compensation plans; governing committee 46 HB 2065 229 public meetings; definition; penalties 57 HB 2097 112 pension funding policies; employers 47 HB 2178 13 secretary of state; notary public 27 HB 2212 295 firearm possession; peace officers; definition 82 HB 2412 95 leave of absence; day; definition 28 HB 2414 304 state employee health plan; incentives 60 child abuse prevention education; schools (NOW: HB 2502 259 29 traumatic event counseling; public safety) HB 2545 140 EORP; cost-of-living adjustment. 50 SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 municipal economic development; sale; lease (NOW: HB 2005 60 57 40 public service corporations; penalties) municipalities; parking; public vehicles. (NOW: HB 2209 294 58 internet protocol; corporation commission) SB 1034 209 committee of reference; standing committee 53 SB 1045 46 home inspectors 20 SB 1055 1 charter schools; rulemaking exemption 32 SB 1063 48 produce safety rule; state administration 87 SB 1098 287 industrial hemp; licensing 54 state land department; continuation. (NOW: certificates SB 1140 331 21 of authority; video service) SB 1162 39 silver alert notification; developmental disability 22 SB 1164 160 DES; fingerprint card; tax information 63 SB 1165 145 child care assistance; rates 64 41 SB 1200 260 transportation revisions 92 SB 1203 147 vehicle towing 92 SB 1211 269 sentence; life imprisonment; parole eligibility 79 SB 1215 41 WICHE; continuation. 33 SB 1263 270 reviser's technical corrections; 2018 55 GRRC; review; licensing requirements (NOW: SB 1273 337 56 administrative proceedings; rules; contested cases) SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 government communications; emergency response SB 1296 339 56 interpreters SB 1355 188 border security trust fund; repeal 56
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1400 256 aggravated DUI; sentence; county jail 24 SB 1436 193 prohibition; criminal history; occupational regulation 24 SB 1443 268 certified public accountants 24 SB 1450 257 independent oversight committees; appointment; duties 67 AZPOST; prohibited peace officer discipline (NOW: SB 1498 345 AZPOST; membership) (NOW: membership; AZPOST) 25 (NOW: AZPOST; membership; training; AMBER alert) SB 1517 172 state dinosaur; Sonorasaurus 57 SB 1523 278 criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 12 SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 SB 1527 281 higher education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 HB 2016 27 Arizona beef council; continuation 90 HB 2017 62 state land department; continuation 90 HB 2019 4 civil rights advisory board; continuation 80 HB 2043 7 occupational therapy board; continuation 69 HB 2044 29 physician assistants board; continuation 69 HB 2045 63 acupuncture board; continuation 69 HB 2046 30 department of economic security; continuation 69 HB 2150 12 manufactured home sales; licensure; exemption 26 HB 2155 34 notaries public; immigration law; prohibition 26 HB 2156 91 legislative vacancy; appointment; time frame 81 HB 2166 265 vehicle fees; alternative fuel VLT 95 HB 2167 66 Arizona commerce authority; continuation; requirements 26 41 HB 2170 35 boxing; mixed martial arts; continuation 27 HB 2178 13 secretary of state; notary public 27 secretary of state; rulemaking (NOW: secretary of state; HB 2184 178 58 counties; rulemaking) HB 2188 198 prisoners; special services fund; uses 27 HB 2191 258 military families; assistance; subaccounts 2 HB 2192 199 military family relief fund; extension 2 HB 2215 70 veterinary medical examining board; continuation 90 municipal improvement districts; sale certificates (NOW: HB 2235 296 70 dental therapy; regulation; licensure) HB 2244 181 dangerous crimes; children; fictitious age 82 HB 2247 82 criminal justice commission; reporting requirements 83 HB 2257 234 radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS 71 HB 2307 298 scrap vehicles; sales 96 HB 2313 237 sentencing; monetary obligations; fine mitigation 84 HB 2356 301 juvenile court; jurisdiction; age 85 HB 2371 286 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48 HB 2434 44 financial products; regulatory exemption program 50 HB 2513 98 hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans; fund 2 driver license testing; required question (NOW: ticket HB 2527 312 29 surcharge; public safety equipment) HB 2654 326 illegal substances education; partnership 74 HB 2663 285 K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 17
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1120 249 tax exemption; special events; nonprofits 42 SB 1144 52 conservation easements; notice; valuation 88 SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 SB 1294 104 tax corrections act of 2018 44 SB 1382 189 TPT; online lodging marketplace; registration 44 SB 1385 218 tax appeals; administrative hearings; confidentiality 44 SB 1386 190 high-tech tax fraud 44 SB 1390 74 RFE TPT; additional rate; education. 34 SB 1409 341 TPT; prime contracting; alteration; replacement 45 SB 1527 281 higher education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 42 HB 2003 263 coal mining; TPT; repeal 46 HB 2126 231 government property; abatement; slum; blight 48 HB 2198 114 property tax; delinquent tax list 48 HB 2371 286 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48 HB 2385 73 E property tax appeals; court findings. 49 HB 2456 138 stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo 50 HB 2484 17 local food tax; equality 50 natural resource conservation districts; administration. HB 2596 319 51 (NOW: property taxes; procedures; abatement) HB 2647 142 internal revenue code conformity 51 SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 SB 1294 104 tax corrections act of 2018 44 SB 1390 74 RFE TPT; additional rate; education. 34 SB 1405 106 corporate income tax allocation; sales 45 43 SB 1529 283 revenues; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 15 HB 2191 258 military families; assistance; subaccounts 2 HB 2192 199 military family relief fund; extension 2 HB 2526 311 career technical education districts. 39 HB 2647 142 internal revenue code conformity 51 SB 1077 49 fund solicitations; charities; unlawful acts 78 SB 1097 50 unclaimed property; notice; publication; claims 41 SB 1163 125 credit security freezes; fees; prohibition 42 SB 1209 40 scrap metal dealers; DPS report 55 bank deposits; technical correction (NOW: gift cards; SB 1264 252 43 dormancy fee; prohibition) SB 1412 59 unclaimed property; electric cooperatives; credits 45 44 prescription drug costs; patient notification (NOW: HB 2107 133 69 pharmacies; practices; pharmacy benefits managers) HB 2178 13 secretary of state; notary public 27 HB 2307 298 scrap vehicles; sales 96 HB 2434 44 financial products; regulatory exemption program 50 HB 2601 207 securities; crowdfunding; virtual coin offerings 51 HB 2603 122 corporations; blockchain technology 99
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A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1165 145 child care assistance; rates 64 46 HB 2278 14 child support rights transfer 72 HB 2449 156 child care assistance; tiered reimbursement 73 SB 1052 47 county flood control districts; easements 87 SB 1114 38 E joint power authorities; fingerprinting 54 building code moratorium; repeal (NOW: conservation SB 1182 53 88 districts; additional directors) SB 1281 187 street lighting improvement districts; consolidation 56 SB 1379 217 E flood protection districts; divisions; electors 56 SB 1382 189 TPT; online lodging marketplace; registration 44 48 SB 1499 108 E community facilities districts; directors 25 HB 2151 65 joint powers; fire protection services 57 joint power authorities; fingerprinting. (NOW: HB 2152 176 E 58 fingerprinting; joint powers authority) HB 2180 67 fire district budget hearings 58 HB 2190 80 county improvement districts; repayment agreements 90 HB 2242 93 fire districts; revisions; county islands 59 HB 2456 138 stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo 50 SB 1063 48 produce safety rule; state administration 87 SB 1421 192 environmental quality; amendments 89 SB 1493 225 environmental quality; dredge, fill permits 89 SB 1494 170 environment; underground injection control program 89 49 SB 1525 280 environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 secretary of state; rulemaking (NOW: secretary of state; HB 2184 178 58 counties; rulemaking) game and fish; licenses; fees (NOW: underground HB 2310 299 91 storage tanks; reimbursement claims)
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION (2018)
A.R.S. BILL CHAPTER PAGE SHORT TITLE TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 9 SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 11 SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 13 SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 15 SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 20 SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 32 SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 36 SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75
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E – Emergency W/S – Without Signature W/O – Without Emergency LIVS – Line Item Veto Signed V/O – Veto Override RFE – Requirements for Enactment RFEIR – Requirements for Enactment; Initiative or Referendum
BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER Abortion SB 1394 219 DHS; reporting; abortions 66 Accountants SB 1443 268 certified public accountants 24 HB 2045 63 acupuncture board; continuation 69 Acupuncture acupuncture board; visiting professor certificate HB 2321 205 72 (NOW: auricular acupuncturists; fingerprinting) SB 1179 146 memorial; buffalo soldiers. 55 SB 1450 257 independent oversight committees; appointment; duties 67 public meetings; audiovisual recordings; Administration, HB 2207 V posting (NOW: public meetings; recordings; 62 Arizona Department of posting; definition) HB 2414 304 state employee health plan; incentives 60 HB 2591 121 fallen correctional employees memorial; extension 61 HB 2649 321 public meetings; recordings; posting; definition 61 Administrative HB 2523 V administrative hearings; procedures 62 procedures SB 1071 144 adoption; subsidy; review; nonrecurring expenses 63 Adoption SB 1166 161 permanent guardianship; subsidy 64 SB 1198 54 blind persons' rights; adoption; custody 64 SB 1063 48 produce safety rule; state administration 87 Agriculture HB 2016 27 Arizona beef council; continuation 90 HB 2464 185 sale of eggs; expiration date 91 SB 1063 48 produce safety rule; state administration 87 Agriculture, Arizona SB 1098 287 industrial hemp; licensing 54 Department of SB 1240 126 weights and measures; duties; systems 88 Airports SB 1207 26 lease authority; airports; air terminals 93 SCM 1008 -- endangered species act; urging Congress 101 Animals appropriations; essential county services (NOW: HB 2588 246 essential county services; appropriation) (NOW: 60 misrepresentation; service animals) SB 1039 330 appropriation; Arizona water protection fund 87 SB 1058 2 secretary of state; appropriation; elections. 78 technical correction; county library district (NOW: SB 1181 333 1 corporation commission; railway safety inspectors) Appropriation SB 1185 215 appropriations; named claimants 1 SB 1245 334 appropriation; SNAP; benefit match; produce 64 SB 1444 289 schools; American civics education 35 pre-arrest diversion; precomplaint education program SB 1476 342 24 (NOW: county sheriff; reentry planning; appropriation)
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1504 346 developmental disability rates; appropriation 68 technical correction; petroleum product storage SB 1505 290 2 (NOW: Native American code writers program) SB 1520 276 general appropriations act; 2018-2019 3 SB 1522 277 capital outlay; appropriations; 2018-2019 10 SB 1523 278 criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 12 Appropriation SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 SB 1529 283 revenues; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 15 HB 2002 V automobile theft authority; appropriation 19 HB 2022 291 appropriation; ASDB; education program 35 HB 2416 305 appropriation; study; prime contracting classification 50 HB 2663 285 K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 17 technical correction; estates (NOW: insurers; Arbitration SB 1064 272 41 health providers; claim arbitration) SB 1396 151 group home beds; mentally ill 66 Arizona Health Care SB 1397 152 behavioral health; dependent children; reports 66 Cost Containment System HB 2228 201 AHCCCS; annual waiver; applicability. 70 HB 2659 284 health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 16 Arizona Power HB 2114 V power authority; procurement code; exemption 62 Authority SB 1054 210 ASRS; nonparticipating employers 41 Arizona State HB 2004 V ASRS; waiting period; repeal 52 Retirement System HB 2034 75 social security; state agency designation 46 Arizona State HB 2022 291 appropriation; ASDB; education program 35 Schools for the Deaf and Blind HB 2108 288 ASDB; teacher salaries; personnel fingerprinting 37 sober living homes; certification. (NOW: Assisted living HB 2529 313 73 assisted living; referrals; disclosure) SB 1274 253 public monies; recovery; illegal payments 79 Attorney General HB 2154 177 personal information; data security breaches 94 HB 2434 44 financial products; regulatory exemption program 50 Auditor General SCR 1039 -- Lindsey Perry; auditor general 102 Automobile Theft HB 2002 V automobile theft authority; appropriation 19 Authority SB 1246 55 behavioral health board 65 Behavioral health SB 1396 151 group home beds; mentally ill 66 SB 1397 152 behavioral health; dependent children; reports 66 dark sky lighting special plates (NOW: HB 2266 V 100 Bicycles electric bicycles; definition; use) HB 2652 324 electric bicycles; definition; use 99 HB 2602 208 running nodes; blockchain; regulation prohibition 99 Blockchain HB 2603 122 corporations; blockchain technology 99 building code moratorium; repeal (NOW: Board membership SB 1182 53 88 conservation districts; additional directors) Board of Supervisors HB 2156 91 legislative vacancy; appointment; time frame 81
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1045 46 home inspectors 20 SB 1246 55 behavioral health board 65 SB 1399 274 board of barbers; cosmetology; apprenticeships 24 SB 1436 193 prohibition; criminal history; occupational regulation 24 HB 2215 70 veterinary medical examining board; continuation 90 HB 2043 7 occupational therapy board; continuation 69 HB 2045 63 acupuncture board; continuation 69 Boards and Commissions HB 2062 V permits; licenses; denials; agency hearings 30 HB 2170 35 boxing; mixed martial arts; continuation 27 public meetings; audiovisual recordings; HB 2207 V posting (NOW: public meetings; recordings; 62 posting; definition) HB 2257 234 radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS 71 HB 2633 87 pharmacists; controlled substances 74 HB 2649 321 public meetings; recordings; posting; definition 61 Bonds HB 2115 11 bonds; ballot language; procedures 37 SB 1355 188 border security trust fund; repeal 56 Border security HCM 2002 -- urging Congress; increase customs personnel 102 SB 1520 276 general appropriations act; 2018-2019 3 Budget SB 1522 277 capital outlay; appropriations; 2018-2019 10 SB 1523 278 criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 12 SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 SB 1525 280 environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 Budget SB 1527 281 higher education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 reconciliation SB 1528 282 human services; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 SB 1529 283 revenues; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 15 HB 2659 284 health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 16 HB 2663 285 K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 17 SB 1353 168 limited liability company act; revisions 23 SB 1381 150 service contracts 23 Business HB 2457 119 corporation commission; database fee; prohibited 28 HB 2505 97 converted entities; claims 29 SB 1249 56 campaign finance violations; appeals 79 Campaign finance HB 2153 134 campaign finance; nonprofits; disclosure 81 HCR 2007 -- clean elections; unlawful contributions; rulemaking 86 SB 1522 277 capital outlay; appropriations; 2018-2019 10 Capital HB 2013 3 trust companies; liquid capital; definition 46 property tax appeals; court findings (NOW: Captive insurer SB 1101 273 42 captive insurers; licensing) Certificate of HB 2196 92 certificates of necessity; hearings; duration 69 necessity Charities SB 1077 49 fund solicitations; charities; unlawful acts 78 SB 1083 130 schools; recess periods 32 Charter schools HB 2085 78 schools; emergency epinephrine administration 36
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2088 292 pupils; concussions; parental notification 36 HB 2323 183 schools; inhalers; contracted nurses 38 Charter schools HB 2460 85 charter schools; vacant buildings; equipment 38 HB 2477 96 high school mathematics; proficiency; notification 38 HB 2561 120 schools; civics literacy state seal. 39 Charter Schools, SB 1055 1 charter schools; rulemaking exemption 32 State Board for SB 1165 145 child care assistance; rates 64 Child care HB 2449 156 child care assistance; tiered reimbursement 73 SB 1395 191 temporary custody without court order 66 Child custody schools; civics literacy state seal (NOW: kinship SB 1473 153 67 care; aggravated circumstances; dependency) AZPOST; prohibited peace officer discipline (NOW: AZPOST; membership) (NOW: SB 1498 345 25 membership; AZPOST) (NOW: AZPOST; Child safety membership; training; AMBER alert) HB 2259 136 juvenile court facilities; shelters; use 83 HCR 2026 -- care enough month 103 SB 1071 144 adoption; subsidy; review; nonrecurring expenses 63 SB 1072 21 DCS; contractor employees; fingerprint requirement 63 SB 1166 161 permanent guardianship; subsidy 64 SB 1198 54 blind persons' rights; adoption; custody 64 SB 1380 149 children; out-of-home placement 65 Child Safety, Department of SB 1395 191 temporary custody without court order 66 SB 1397 152 behavioral health; dependent children; reports 66 schools; civics literacy state seal (NOW: kinship SB 1473 153 67 care; aggravated circumstances; dependency) SB 1518 110 department of child safety; reports 68 SB 1528 282 human services; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 Child support HB 2278 14 child support rights transfer 72 Children HB 2244 181 dangerous crimes; children; fictitious age 82 SB 1043 143 county recorder; recording fees 53 SB 1113 213 zoning violations; notice; service 54 state land department; continuation. (NOW: SB 1140 331 21 certificates of authority; video service) SB 1201 162 county treasurer; electronic records; liens 55 SB 1247 165 health insurance; mandated provision prohibited 55 SB 1281 187 street lighting improvement districts; consolidation 56 Cities, towns and counties SB 1400 256 aggravated DUI; sentence; county jail 24 HB 2062 V permits; licenses; denials; agency hearings 30 electronic filing system; political subdivisions (NOW: HB 2078 77 political subdivisions; electronic filing system) 57 (NOW: political subdivisions; candidate committee) HB 2126 231 government property; abatement; slum; blight 48 HB 2151 65 joint powers; fire protection services 57 HB 2304 155 public buildings; omnibus 59
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2461 86 zoning regulations; private schools 38 HB 2503 139 building code exemptions; public notice 60 occupational regulation; municipalities; Cities, towns and HB 2532 314 counties; prohibition (NOW: occupational 29 counties regulation; municipalities; counties; hearings) HB 2558 245 drug disposal; education 74 HB 2604 247 consolidated elections; voter turnout 61 construction contracts; indemnification; liability provisions (NOW: dwelling actions; SB 1271 336 22 construction professional; parties) (NOW: construction liability; apportionment; study) HB 2065 229 public meetings; definition; penalties 57 Civil action HB 2155 34 notaries public; immigration law; prohibition 26 HB 2505 97 converted entities; claims 29 appropriations; essential county services (NOW: HB 2588 246 essential county services; appropriation) (NOW: 60 misrepresentation; service animals) Commerce Arizona commerce authority; continuation; HB 2167 66 26 Authority, Arizona requirements communication service information; SB 1065 248 technical correction (NOW: commercial 92 vehicles; ports of entry) Commercial vehicles HB 2260 V commercial license; defensive driving school 100 HB 2521 242 vehicle size, weight and load 98 HB 2650 322 commercial license; defensive driving school 99 Committees of SB 1034 209 committee of reference; standing committee 53 reference SB 1527 281 higher education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 Community colleges HB 2536 99 E dual enrollment; homeschooled children 39 HB 2563 267 postsecondary institutions; free expression policies 39 Conservation building code moratorium; repeal (NOW: SB 1182 53 88 districts conservation districts; additional directors) Conservation SB 1144 52 conservation easements; notice; valuation 88 easements communication service information; SB 1065 248 technical correction (NOW: commercial 92 vehicles; ports of entry) construction contracts; indemnification; liability provisions (NOW: dwelling actions; SB 1271 336 22 Construction construction professional; parties) (NOW: construction liability; apportionment; study) SB 1409 341 TPT; prime contracting; alteration; replacement 45 HB 2304 155 public buildings; omnibus 59 contractors; inactive licenses (NOW: HB 2550 244 30 contractor qualifications; work experience) Consumer reporting SB 1163 125 credit security freezes; fees; prohibition 42 agency
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1215 41 WICHE; continuation. 33 SB 1524 279 budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 HB 2016 27 Arizona beef council; continuation 90 HB 2017 62 state land department; continuation 90 HB 2019 4 civil rights advisory board; continuation 80 Continuation HB 2043 7 occupational therapy board; continuation 69 HB 2044 29 physician assistants board; continuation 69 HB 2045 63 acupuncture board; continuation 69 HB 2046 30 department of economic security; continuation 69 HB 2167 66 Arizona commerce authority; continuation; requirements 26 HB 2215 70 veterinary medical examining board; continuation 90 Continuation SB 1217 164 insurance; small employers; continuation coverage 42 coverage Corporate income tax SB 1405 106 corporate income tax allocation; sales 45 technical correction; county library district (NOW: SB 1181 333 1 corporation commission; railway safety inspectors) SB 1375 88 contractor licensure 23 municipal economic development; sale; lease HB 2005 60 57 (NOW: public service corporations; penalties) Corporation HB 2153 134 campaign finance; nonprofits; disclosure 81 municipalities; parking; public vehicles. (NOW: Commission, Arizona HB 2209 294 58 internet protocol; corporation commission) HB 2238 180 administrative decisions; review; scope 82 HB 2457 119 corporation commission; database fee; prohibited 28 HB 2505 97 converted entities; claims 29 HB 2601 207 securities; crowdfunding; virtual coin offerings 51 Corrections Officers' SB 1251 42 PSPRS; CORP; modifications 43 Retirement Plan Corrections, Arizona HB 2189 69 prisoners; dedicated discharge account; use 27 Department of HB 2591 121 fallen correctional employees memorial; extension 61 pre-arrest diversion; precomplaint education program SB 1476 342 24 (NOW: county sheriff; reentry planning; appropriation) Counties HB 2290 V expenditure limitation; waiver of penalties 19 HB 2653 325 expenditure limitation; waiver of penalties 2 County assessor HB 2385 73 E property tax appeals; court findings. 49 County attorney SB 1447 222 juror questionnaire; investigations 80 County flood control SB 1052 47 county flood control districts; easements 87 district County treasurer SB 1201 162 county treasurer; electronic records; liens 55 SB 1198 54 blind persons' rights; adoption; custody 64 SB 1204 102 trusts and estates 78 SB 1249 56 campaign finance violations; appeals 79 Courts SB 1393 128 dissolution; human embryos; disposition 66 SB 1395 191 temporary custody without court order 66 SB 1447 222 juror questionnaire; investigations 80
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER schools; civics literacy state seal (NOW: kinship SB 1473 153 67 care; aggravated circumstances; dependency) delinquent restitution; monthly report; hearing SB 1503 226 25 (NOW: delinquent restitution; procedure) spousal maintenance; significant contribution; HB 2031 132 80 reduction HB 2155 34 notaries public; immigration law; prohibition 26 HB 2238 180 administrative decisions; review; scope 82 HB 2240 36 judgment renewal; time period 82 Courts HB 2249 232 protective orders; filing requirements 83 HB 2259 136 juvenile court facilities; shelters; use 83 HB 2312 83 setting aside conviction; requirements 84 HB 2313 237 sentencing; monetary obligations; fine mitigation 84 HB 2314 203 misdemeanor sentence; authorized disposition 84 supreme court; annual report; fees (NOW: federal HB 2327 239 84 officers; personal information; confidentiality) HB 2356 301 juvenile court; jurisdiction; age 85 HB 2385 73 E property tax appeals; court findings. 49 HB 2564 317 RFE court fees; EORP; state contribution 85 delinquent restitution; monthly report; hearing SB 1503 226 25 (NOW: delinquent restitution; procedure) SB 1523 278 criminal justice; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 12 Criminal justice HB 2188 198 prisoners; special services fund; uses 27 HB 2249 232 protective orders; filing requirements 83 HB 2356 301 juvenile court; jurisdiction; age 85 HB 2384 303 unlawful flight; vehicle impoundment 28 SB 1041 186 residency restrictions; sex offenders; victims 78 SB 1211 269 sentence; life imprisonment; parole eligibility 79 personal disguises; crime; evasion (NOW: HB 2007 61 80 evasion; crime; personal disguises) confidentiality agreements; sexual assault; HB 2020 264 harassment (NOW: sexual assault; 80 harassment confidentiality agreements) Criminal law theft by extortion; sexual acts (NOW: sexual HB 2053 76 81 acts; theft by extortion) HB 2248 135 incompetency; screening; sexually violent persons 83 sexual offenses; definition; defenses (NOW: HB 2283 266 83 definition; defenses; sexual offenses) HB 2384 303 unlawful flight; vehicle impoundment 28 HB 2522 310 traffic violations; penalties 98 SB 1436 193 prohibition; criminal history; occupational regulation 24 Criminal records HB 2311 137 limited liability; employers; ex-offenders 83 HB 2312 83 setting aside conviction; requirements 84 Crowdfunding HB 2601 207 securities; crowdfunding; virtual coin offerings 51 Dangerous crimes HB 2244 181 dangerous crimes; children; fictitious age 82
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HCR 2044 -- death resolution: Minnie A. Griffin 103 HR 2001 -- Robert Rene Robles; death resolution 103 Death resolution HR 2004 -- death resolution; LeRoy Jones 104 HR 2005 -- Reyna Isabel Estrada; death resolution 104 HB 2260 V commercial license; defensive driving school 100 Defensive driving HB 2650 322 commercial license; defensive driving school 99 Deferred deferred compensation plans; governing HB 2035 90 46 compensation committee Dental Examiners, municipal improvement districts; sale certificates HB 2235 296 70 State Board of (NOW: dental therapy; regulation; licensure) municipal improvement districts; sale certificates Dentistry HB 2235 296 70 (NOW: dental therapy; regulation; licensure) HB 2263 V landlord tenant; security deposits 31 Deposits HB 2651 323 landlord tenant; security deposits 30 Developmental SB 1162 39 silver alert notification; developmental disability 22 disabilities, SB 1218 251 developmental homes; licensure; investigations 64 persons with SB 1504 346 developmental disability rates; appropriation 68 Diabetes HB 2086 197 schools; diabetes management policies; pharmacists 36 government communications; emergency SB 1296 339 56 response interpreters SB 1455 224 civil traffic violations; procedures; penalties 94 Disabilities, persons with HB 2317 15 disability plates; permanent placards 96 appropriations; essential county services (NOW: HB 2588 246 essential county services; appropriation) (NOW: 60 misrepresentation; service animals) sober living homes; certification. (NOW: Disclosure HB 2529 313 73 assisted living; referrals; disclosure) Divorce SB 1393 128 dissolution; human embryos; disposition 66 spousal maintenance; significant contribution; Domestic relations HB 2031 132 80 reduction SB 1287 166 ADOT revisions 93 HB 2169 113 driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties 95 HB 2260 V commercial license; defensive driving school 100 Driver license HB 2455 307 commercial vehicles definition; driver licenses 97 license; nonoperating identification; HB 2575 271 98 homeless veterans HB 2650 322 commercial license; defensive driving school 99 SB 1400 256 aggravated DUI; sentence; county jail 24 SB 1401 105 ignition interlock device; installer; manufacturer 93 Driving under the SB 1502 109 ignition interlock device; incarceration credits 94 influence HB 2243 81 wrong-way driving; violation; DUI 95 HB 2522 310 traffic violations; penalties 98 SB 1496 344 prisoners; drug sentences; out-of-custody treatment 25 Drugs SB 1502 109 ignition interlock device; incarceration credits 94 HB 2038 28 drug overdose review teams; records 68
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2246 202 jail; prohibited items; drugs 82 HB 2250 233 physician assistants; prescribing authority; delegation 71 health education; marijuana; opioids; alcohol HB 2398 V 75 (NOW: illegal substances education; partnership) Drugs HB 2548 141 health professionals; continuing education; opioids 74 HB 2549 243 controlled substances; dosage limit 74 HB 2558 245 drug disposal; education 74 HB 2633 87 pharmacists; controlled substances 74 HB 2654 326 illegal substances education; partnership 74 Easements SB 1052 47 county flood control districts; easements 87 SB 1499 108 E community facilities districts; directors 25 Economic HB 2167 66 Arizona commerce authority; continuation; requirements 26 development HB 2478 V sports authority districts; extension 31 SB 1164 160 DES; fingerprint card; tax information 63 SB 1165 145 child care assistance; rates 64 unemployment insurance; educational SB 1205 25 22 employers; interest SB 1218 251 developmental homes; licensure; investigations 64 SB 1245 334 appropriation; SNAP; benefit match; produce 64 Economic Security, SB 1398 340 unemployment; return-to-work program; suitable work 23 Department of SB 1399 274 board of barbers; cosmetology; apprenticeships 24 SB 1500 171 employment security; employee; employer; status 25 SB 1504 346 developmental disability rates; appropriation 68 SB 1528 282 human services; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 HB 2046 30 department of economic security; continuation 69 HB 2278 14 child support rights transfer 72 HB 2449 156 child care assistance; tiered reimbursement 73 education; appropriation; noncustodial SB 1152 250 1 federal monies Education health education; marijuana; opioids; alcohol HB 2398 V 75 (NOW: illegal substances education; partnership) HB 2654 326 illegal substances education; partnership 74 SB 1291 254 schools; pupil assessment data 33 SB 1411 275 schools; annual achievement profiles 34 SB 1444 289 schools; American civics education 35 Education, Arizona SB 1449 262 schools; statewide assessment contracts; review 35 Department of technical correction; petroleum product storage SB 1505 290 2 (NOW: Native American code writers program) HB 2216 179 schools; dropout recovery programs; report 37 HB 2534 315 teachers; certification requirements 39 HB 2036 111 substitute teachers; experience; certification 36 Education, State SB 1411 275 schools; annual achievement profiles 34 Board of SB 1442 221 personal finance 34 SB 1444 289 schools; American civics education 35 Eggs HB 2464 185 sale of eggs; expiration date 91
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1118 V expenditure reporting; fair market value 86 Elected officials retirement systems; member information; confidentiality SB 1478 343 E 45 (NOW: employer contributions; EORP) retirement systems; member information; confidentiality SB 1478 343 E 45 Elected Officials (NOW: employer contributions; EORP) Retirement Plan HB 2545 140 EORP; cost-of-living adjustment. 50 SB 1058 2 secretary of state; appropriation; elections. 78 SB 1379 217 E flood protection districts; divisions; electors 56 SB 1437 261 elections; equipment; amendments 79 electronic filing system; political subdivisions (NOW: HB 2078 77 political subdivisions; electronic filing system) 57 (NOW: political subdivisions; candidate committee) Elections HB 2121 V ballot measures; paid circulator definition 86 HB 2156 91 legislative vacancy; appointment; time frame 81 jurisdictional elections; notice of participation (NOW: HB 2173 154 81 notice of participation; jurisdictional elections) HB 2538 316 U.S. House vacancy; special election 60 HB 2604 247 consolidated elections; voter turnout 61 HB 2648 320 ballot measures; paid circulator definition 85 Electric cooperative SB 1412 59 unclaimed property; electric cooperatives; credits 45 HB 2178 13 secretary of state; notary public 27 HB 2322 238 health insurers; provider credentialing 72 Electronic processes HB 2399 V real estate licenses; online classes 31 HB 2655 327 real estate licenses; online classes 30 HB 2154 177 personal information; data security breaches 94 public meetings; audiovisual recordings; HB 2207 V posting (NOW: public meetings; recordings; 62 posting; definition) Electronic records HB 2328 206 concealed weapons permit; electronic reports 59 HB 2457 119 corporation commission; database fee; prohibited 28 HB 2471 V electronic wills and trusts. 86 HB 2649 321 public meetings; recordings; posting; definition 61 HB 2656 328 electronic wills and trusts. 85 Emergency and Military Affairs, HB 2421 118 national guard; employment rights 28 Department of Emergency HB 2272 116 unmanned aircraft; emergencies; immunity 27 management SB 1162 39 silver alert notification; developmental disability 22 government communications; emergency SB 1296 339 56 response interpreters Emergency services HB 2272 116 unmanned aircraft; emergencies; immunity 27 authorized emergency vehicles; probation officers HB 2383 302 97 (NOW: HOV lanes; emergency vehicles) Emissions SB 1421 192 environmental quality; amendments 89 Employers HB 2311 137 limited liability; employers; ex-offenders 83
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1100 212 workers' compensation; claim settlement 20 technical correction; joint school district SB 1159 124 32 (NOW: school employees; contracts; revisions) veterans; increased income tax subtraction (NOW: SB 1167 332 22 merit council; law enforcement qualifications) unemployment insurance; educational SB 1205 25 22 employers; interest Employment SB 1398 340 unemployment; return-to-work program; suitable work 23 SB 1500 171 employment security; employee; employer; status 25 HB 2315 204 intensive probation; employment wages; monitoring 84 HB 2412 95 leave of absence; day; definition 28 HB 2421 118 national guard; employment rights 28 occupational regulation; municipalities; HB 2532 314 counties; prohibition (NOW: occupational 29 regulation; municipalities; counties; hearings) Endangered species SCM 1008 -- endangered species act; urging Congress 101 municipal economic development; sale; lease Energy HB 2005 60 57 (NOW: public service corporations; penalties) Environment SB 1525 280 environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 SB 1421 192 environmental quality; amendments 89 Environmental SB 1493 225 environmental quality; dredge, fill permits 89 Quality, Arizona SB 1494 170 environment; underground injection control program 89 Department of game and fish; licenses; fees (NOW: underground HB 2310 299 91 storage tanks; reimbursement claims) HB 2061 8 financial institutions department; superintendent duties 46 Examination HB 2331 72 state lottery; multijurisdictional games 27 Excise tax HB 2126 231 government property; abatement; slum; blight 48 Expenditure HB 2290 V expenditure limitation; waiver of penalties 19 limitation HB 2653 325 expenditure limitation; waiver of penalties 2 Federal government HB 2538 316 U.S. House vacancy; special election 60 SB 1043 143 county recorder; recording fees 53 SB 1150 214 application fees; financial institutions department 42 SB 1163 125 credit security freezes; fees; prohibition 42 SB 1253 103 game and fish; licenses; fees. 88 bank deposits; technical correction (NOW: SB 1264 252 43 gift cards; dormancy fee; prohibition) animal cruelty; domestic animals; classification SB 1295 255 44 Fees (NOW: producer fees; insurance) SB 1422 107 universities; tuition and fees 34 HB 2166 265 vehicle fees; alternative fuel VLT 95 HB 2166 265 vehicle fees; alternative fuel VLT 95 driver license testing; required question (NOW: HB 2527 312 29 ticket surcharge; public safety equipment) sober living homes; certification. (NOW: HB 2529 313 73 assisted living; referrals; disclosure) Fictitious age HB 2244 181 dangerous crimes; children; fictitious age 82
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1150 214 application fees; financial institutions department 42 Financial institutions HB 2061 8 financial institutions department; superintendent duties 46 SB 1045 46 home inspectors 20 SB 1072 21 DCS; contractor employees; fingerprint requirement 63 SB 1114 38 E joint power authorities; fingerprinting 54 SB 1164 160 DES; fingerprint card; tax information 63 Fingerprinting HB 2108 288 ASDB; teacher salaries; personnel fingerprinting 37 joint power authorities; fingerprinting. HB 2152 176 E 58 (NOW: fingerprinting; joint powers authority) acupuncture board; visiting professor certificate HB 2321 205 72 (NOW: auricular acupuncturists; fingerprinting) Fire code SB 1042 19 backflow prevention; state fire code 53 SB 1114 38 E joint power authorities; fingerprinting 54 HB 2151 65 joint powers; fire protection services 57 joint power authorities; fingerprinting. Fire districts HB 2152 176 E 58 (NOW: fingerprinting; joint powers authority) HB 2180 67 fire district budget hearings 58 HB 2242 93 fire districts; revisions; county islands 59 SB 1117 159 liquor establishments; peace officers; firearms 21 Firearms HB 2212 295 firearm possession; peace officers; definition 82 HB 2328 206 concealed weapons permit; electronic reports 59 HB 2092 V police vehicles; HOV lanes 99 authorized emergency vehicles; probation officers HB 2383 302 97 First responders (NOW: HOV lanes; emergency vehicles) child abuse prevention education; schools (NOW: HB 2502 259 29 traumatic event counseling; public safety) Food HB 2484 17 local food tax; equality 50 Forest fires SB 1432 129 ranchers; landowners; fire training 89 Forestry and Fire Management, SB 1432 129 ranchers; landowners; fire training 89 Department of Forests SCM 1009 -- forest management; beneficial policies 101 Foster care SB 1380 149 children; out-of-home placement 65 Fraud SB 1386 190 high-tech tax fraud 44 SB 1063 48 produce safety rule; state administration 87 SB 1355 188 border security trust fund; repeal 56 HB 2510 308 auto dealers; task force; fund 98 Funds HB 2168 79 mobile homes; recreational vehicles; fund 26 HB 2191 258 military families; assistance; subaccounts 2 HB 2192 199 military family relief fund; extension 2 HB 2513 98 hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans; fund 2 SB 1253 103 game and fish; licenses; fees. 88 Game and Fish HB 2342 184 off-highway vehicles; definition; user indicia 96 Department, Arizona license to practice taxidermy; repeal (NOW: HB 2404 84 28 taxidermy; registry)
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER Gaming, Department of HB 2589 318 department of gaming omnibus 60 bank deposits; technical correction (NOW: Gift cards SB 1264 252 43 gift cards; dormancy fee; prohibition) Government property lease excise HB 2126 231 government property; abatement; slum; blight 48 tax Governor's GRRC; review; licensing requirements (NOW: Regulatory Review SB 1273 337 56 administrative proceedings; rules; contested cases) Council Guardianship SB 1166 161 permanent guardianship; subsidy 64 technical correction; estates (NOW: insurers; SB 1064 272 41 health providers; claim arbitration) SB 1217 164 insurance; small employers; continuation coverage 42 SB 1247 165 health insurance; mandated provision prohibited 55 HB 2042 174 insurance coverage; telemedicine; urology 68 Health insurance prescription drug costs; patient notification HB 2107 133 (NOW: pharmacies; practices; pharmacy 69 benefits managers) HB 2124 64 life and disability insurance; insolvencies 47 HB 2322 238 health insurers; provider credentialing 72 HB 2414 304 state employee health plan; incentives 60 SB 1022 45 DHS; homemade food products 63 SB 1389 169 HIV; needs assessment; prevention 65 SB 1394 219 DHS; reporting; abortions 66 SB 1465 194 sober living homes; certification 67 HB 2038 28 drug overdose review teams; records 68 HB 2088 292 pupils; concussions; parental notification 36 HB 2196 92 certificates of necessity; hearings; duration 69 HB 2197 293 health professionals; workforce data 70 municipal improvement districts; sale certificates HB 2235 296 70 Health Services, (NOW: dental therapy; regulation; licensure) Department of HB 2257 234 radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS 71 HB 2258 94 diabetes; annual report 72 HB 2324 300 community health workers; voluntary certification 72 HB 2371 286 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48 health education; marijuana; opioids; alcohol HB 2398 V 75 (NOW: illegal substances education; partnership) HB 2549 243 controlled substances; dosage limit 74 HB 2558 245 drug disposal; education 74 HB 2654 326 illegal substances education; partnership 74 HB 2659 284 health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 16 SB 1073 100 orthotics; prosthetic devices; valid prescription 63 SB 1451 223 patient referral inducements; prohibited compensation 67 Health care HB 2042 174 insurance coverage; telemedicine; urology 68 HB 2085 78 schools; emergency epinephrine administration 36 HB 2228 201 AHCCCS; annual waiver; applicability. 70
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2323 183 schools; inhalers; contracted nurses 38 HB 2324 300 community health workers; voluntary certification 72 Health care child abuse prevention education; schools (NOW: HB 2502 259 29 traumatic event counseling; public safety) SB 1034 209 committee of reference; standing committee 53 HB 2197 293 health professionals; workforce data 70 Healthcare HB 2324 300 community health workers; voluntary certification 72 professionals homeopathic physicians; board; repeal (NOW: HB 2411 241 homeopathic physicians; board; reporting) 73 (NOW: health professionals; licensure; report) HB 2548 141 health professionals; continuing education; opioids 74 private postsecondary education board; terms Higher education HB 2302 117 38 (NOW: private postsecondary regulation; opt-in) communication service information; SB 1065 248 technical correction (NOW: commercial 92 vehicles; ports of entry) HB 2092 V police vehicles; HOV lanes 99 Highways authorized emergency vehicles; probation officers HB 2383 302 97 (NOW: HOV lanes; emergency vehicles) HB 2413 16 public road maintenance; primitive designation 59 HB 2521 242 vehicle size, weight and load 98 Home-based SB 1022 45 DHS; homemade food products 63 businesses Homeowners' HB 2262 235 condominiums; termination; appraisals 59 associations Hospitals HB 2322 238 health insurers; provider credentialing 72 Human embryos SB 1393 128 dissolution; human embryos; disposition 66 Ignition interlock SB 1401 105 ignition interlock device; installer; manufacturer 93 devices SB 1502 109 ignition interlock device; incarceration credits 94 Immigration HB 2155 34 notaries public; immigration law; prohibition 26 Income tax HB 2647 142 internal revenue code conformity 51 Inducements HB 2098 10 insurance; inducements 47 Industrial SB 1100 212 workers' compensation; claim settlement 20 Commission of SB 1111 101 workers' compensation; opioids; dispensed medications 21 Arizona HB 2047 175 workers' compensation; employee definition; LLCs 26 Industrial hemp SB 1098 287 industrial hemp; licensing 54 communication service information; SB 1065 248 technical correction (NOW: commercial 92 vehicles; ports of entry) state land department; continuation. (NOW: SB 1140 331 21 Infrastructure certificates of authority; video service) SB 1281 187 street lighting improvement districts; consolidation 56 HB 2190 80 county improvement districts; repayment agreements 90 HB 2478 V sports authority districts; extension 31 Initiative and HB 2648 320 ballot measures; paid circulator definition 85 referendum HB 2121 V ballot measures; paid circulator definition 86
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER Insolvency HB 2124 64 life and disability insurance; insolvencies 47 technical correction; estates (NOW: insurers; SB 1064 272 41 health providers; claim arbitration) property tax appeals; court findings (NOW: SB 1101 273 42 captive insurers; licensing) SB 1112 158 insurance; surplus lines; exemption 42 animal cruelty; domestic animals; classification SB 1295 255 44 (NOW: producer fees; insurance) SB 1353 168 limited liability company act; revisions 23 SB 1381 150 service contracts 23 SB 1455 224 civil traffic violations; procedures; penalties 94 Insurance HB 2025 5 workers' compensation; rate deviations 26 HB 2081 195 insurance adjusters; application of laws 47 HB 2082 31 insurance producers; convictions; reporting 47 insurance contracts (NOW: insurance HB 2083 196 47 contracts; construction) HB 2098 10 insurance; inducements 47 HB 2123 32 insurance department; director; residency 47 HB 2124 64 life and disability insurance; insolvencies 47 computation of time; day; portion (NOW: HB 2254 V 99 minimum limits; vehicle liability insurance) SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 Internal Revenue SB 1500 171 employment security; employee; employer; status 25 Code HB 2647 142 internal revenue code conformity 51 municipalities; parking; public vehicles. (NOW: Internet HB 2209 294 58 internet protocol; corporation commission) Joint technical HB 2205 V JTED governing boards; membership; prohibition 40 education districts HB 2526 311 career technical education districts. 39 Jurors SB 1447 222 juror questionnaire; investigations 80 SB 1082 23 full-day kindergarten; instruction requirements 32 SB 1083 130 schools; recess periods 32 K-12 education SB 1442 221 personal finance 34 SCM 1007 -- rural schools; reauthorization; urging Congress 101 HB 2663 285 K-12 education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 17 Land management SB 1499 108 E community facilities districts; directors 25 SB 1376 127 landlord tenant act; personal property 23 Landlord/tenant HB 2263 V landlord tenant; security deposits 31 HB 2651 323 landlord tenant; security deposits 30 SB 1076 22 assault; public safety contractors; workers 78 SB 1110 123 photo radar; review; penalty 92 Law enforcement veterans; increased income tax subtraction (NOW: SB 1167 332 22 merit council; law enforcement qualifications) SB 1260 216 law enforcement officers; interviews; rights 55
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER AZPOST; prohibited peace officer discipline (NOW: AZPOST; membership) (NOW: SB 1498 345 25 membership; AZPOST) (NOW: AZPOST; membership; training; AMBER alert) HB 2092 V police vehicles; HOV lanes 99 confidentiality agreements; sexual assault; HB 2020 264 harassment (NOW: sexual assault; 80 Law enforcement harassment confidentiality agreements) HB 2212 295 firearm possession; peace officers; definition 82 supreme court; annual report; fees (NOW: federal HB 2327 239 84 officers; personal information; confidentiality) HB 2384 303 unlawful flight; vehicle impoundment 28 driver license testing; required question (NOW: HB 2527 312 29 ticket surcharge; public safety equipment) Legal tender HB 2013 3 trust companies; liquid capital; definition 46 Legislative Council SB 1263 270 reviser's technical corrections; 2018 55 SB 1274 253 public monies; recovery; illegal payments 79 SB 1376 127 landlord tenant act; personal property 23 Liability HB 2272 116 unmanned aircraft; emergencies; immunity 27 HB 2311 137 limited liability; employers; ex-offenders 83 HB 2027 131 alternative fuel special plates; veterans 94 License plates HB 2317 15 disability plates; permanent placards 96 SB 1098 287 industrial hemp; licensing 54 SB 1218 251 developmental homes; licensure; investigations 64 SB 1246 55 behavioral health board 65 SB 1399 274 board of barbers; cosmetology; apprenticeships 24 SB 1436 193 prohibition; criminal history; occupational regulation 24 SB 1465 194 sober living homes; certification 67 HB 2040 227 pharmacy board; definitions; reporting 68 HB 2041 228 pharmacy board; licenses; permits 68 HB 2150 12 manufactured home sales; licensure; exemption 26 municipal improvement districts; sale certificates HB 2235 296 70 Licensure (NOW: dental therapy; regulation; licensure) HB 2256 71 podiatrists; examination; repeal 71 HB 2257 234 radiation regulatory boards; repeal; DHS 71 HB 2261 37 veterinary faculty members; licensure requirements 90 HB 2334 240 liquor omnibus 27 HB 2371 286 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48 HB 2399 V real estate licenses; online classes 31 license to practice taxidermy; repeal (NOW: HB 2404 84 28 taxidermy; registry) homeopathic physicians; board; repeal (NOW: HB 2411 241 homeopathic physicians; board; reporting) (NOW: 73 health professionals; licensure; report)
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER occupational regulation; municipalities; HB 2532 314 counties; prohibition (NOW: occupational 29 regulation; municipalities; counties; hearings) Licensure contractors; inactive licenses (NOW: HB 2550 244 30 contractor qualifications; work experience) HB 2655 327 real estate licenses; online classes 30 HB 2198 114 property tax; delinquent tax list 48 Liens natural resource conservation districts; administration. HB 2596 319 51 (NOW: property taxes; procedures; abatement) SB 1117 159 liquor establishments; peace officers; firearms 21 Liquor HB 2334 240 liquor omnibus 27 Lobbyists SB 1118 V expenditure reporting; fair market value 86 Lottery HB 2331 72 state lottery; multijurisdictional games 27 marriage; minimum age (NOW: minimum Marriage HB 2006 173 80 age; marriage) SCM 1007 -- rural schools; reauthorization; urging Congress 101 SCM 1008 -- endangered species act; urging Congress 101 SCM 1009 -- forest management; beneficial policies 101 SCM 1010 -- Charles Keating; naming peak; urging 101 SCM 1012 -- Nogales wastewater fairness act 101 Memorial SCM 1016 -- NAFTA; urging renegotiation; ratification 101 HCM 2002 -- urging Congress; increase customs personnel 102 HCM 2004 -- forced organ harvesting; China 102 HCM 2007 -- blue water navy; Vietnam veterans 103 HCM 2008 -- ghost army; urging recognition 103 SB 1449 262 schools; statewide assessment contracts; review 35 Menu of assessments HB 2534 315 teachers; certification requirements 39 SB 1089 24 purple heart day 20 SB 1090 211 Beirut barracks bombing remembrance day 20 SCM 1010 -- Charles Keating; naming peak; urging 101 SCR 1004 -- Beirut bombing; remembrance day 102 SCR 1032 -- Doris Caldwell; military service 102 Military HB 2191 258 military families; assistance; subaccounts 2 HB 2192 199 military family relief fund; extension 2 HB 2412 95 leave of absence; day; definition 28 HB 2421 118 national guard; employment rights 28 HCR 2040 -- military service; honoring Bruce Williams 103 HB 2003 263 coal mining; TPT; repeal 46 Mining HB 2060 43 aggregate mined land reclamation; variances 90 marriage; minimum age (NOW: minimum HB 2006 173 80 age; marriage) Minors HB 2244 181 dangerous crimes; children; fictitious age 82 HB 2245 115 prohibited bail; sexual conduct; molestation 82 HB 2356 301 juvenile court; jurisdiction; age 85 Mobile food vendors HB 2371 286 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2150 12 manufactured home sales; licensure; exemption 26 Mobile homes HB 2168 79 mobile homes; recreational vehicles; fund 26 SB 1179 146 memorial; buffalo soldiers. 55 Monument SB 1431 220 memorial; veterans; suicide 56 HB 2591 121 fallen correctional employees memorial; extension 61 Motor vehicle HB 2305 182 vehicle dealers; franchise regulations 95 dealers SB 1203 147 vehicle towing 92 SB 1208 163 ATVs; off-highway vehicles 93 SB 1287 166 ADOT revisions 93 SB 1455 224 civil traffic violations; procedures; penalties 94 HB 2027 131 alternative fuel special plates; veterans 94 HB 2166 265 vehicle fees; alternative fuel VLT 95 HB 2169 113 driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties 95 Motor vehicles computation of time; day; portion (NOW: HB 2254 V 99 minimum limits; vehicle liability insurance) HB 2305 182 vehicle dealers; franchise regulations 95 HB 2306 236 towing companies; insurance companies; owners 96 HB 2342 184 off-highway vehicles; definition; user indicia 96 HB 2455 307 commercial vehicles definition; driver licenses 97 HB 2510 308 auto dealers; task force; fund 98 HB 2522 310 traffic violations; penalties 98 Multistate service SB 1405 106 corporate income tax allocation; sales 45 providers SB 1120 249 tax exemption; special events; nonprofits 42 Municipal taxation HB 2484 17 local food tax; equality 50 Named claimants SB 1185 215 appropriations; named claimants 1 SB 1120 249 tax exemption; special events; nonprofits 42 Nonprofits HB 2153 134 campaign finance; nonprofits; disclosure 81 SB 1117 159 liquor establishments; peace officers; firearms 21 Officers SB 1260 216 law enforcement officers; interviews; rights 55 HB 2304 155 public buildings; omnibus 59 Omnibus HB 2334 240 liquor omnibus 27 HB 2589 318 department of gaming omnibus 60 Online lodging SB 1382 189 TPT; online lodging marketplace; registration 44 SB 1111 101 workers' compensation; opioids; dispensed medications 21 health education; marijuana; opioids; alcohol HB 2398 V 75 (NOW: illegal substances education; partnership) Opioids HB 2548 141 health professionals; continuing education; opioids 74 HB 2549 243 controlled substances; dosage limit 74 HB 2633 87 pharmacists; controlled substances 74 HB 2654 326 illegal substances education; partnership 74 Parks HCR 2019 -- Arizona state parks; award 103 Permits HB 2041 228 pharmacy board; licenses; permits 68
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1493 225 environmental quality; dredge, fill permits 89 Permits SB 1494 170 environment; underground injection control program 89 Personal delivery HB 2422 306 personal delivery devices 97 devices Pharmacists HB 2086 197 schools; diabetes management policies; pharmacists 36 SB 1111 101 workers' compensation; opioids; dispensed medications 21 HB 2040 227 pharmacy board; definitions; reporting 68 HB 2041 228 pharmacy board; licenses; permits 68 Pharmacy prescription drug costs; patient notification HB 2107 133 (NOW: pharmacies; practices; pharmacy 69 benefits managers) HB 2149 33 pharmacies; remote dispensing 69 Photo traffic SB 1110 123 photo radar; review; penalty 92 enforcement HB 2044 29 physician assistants board; continuation 69 Physician assistants HB 2250 233 physician assistants; prescribing authority; delegation 71 Podiatry HB 2256 71 podiatrists; examination; repeal 71 Pollution SB 1421 192 environmental quality; amendments 89 Post-traumatic stress child abuse prevention education; schools (NOW: HB 2502 259 29 disorder traumatic event counseling; public safety) SB 1073 100 orthotics; prosthetic devices; valid prescription 63 Prescriptions HB 2250 233 physician assistants; prescribing authority; delegation 71 HB 2549 243 controlled substances; dosage limit 74 SB 1409 341 TPT; prime contracting; alteration; replacement 45 Prime contracting HB 2416 305 appropriation; study; prime contracting classification 50 SB 1400 256 aggravated DUI; sentence; county jail 24 SB 1496 344 prisoners; drug sentences; out-of-custody treatment 25 HB 2178 13 secretary of state; notary public 27 Prisoners HB 2188 198 prisoners; special services fund; uses 27 HB 2189 69 prisoners; dedicated discharge account; use 27 HB 2246 202 jail; prohibited items; drugs 82 SB 1142 51 private land acquisition; committee; continuation 88 Private lands SB 1144 52 conservation easements; notice; valuation 88 SB 1204 102 trusts and estates 78 Probate HB 2471 V electronic wills and trusts. 86 HB 2656 328 electronic wills and trusts. 85 HB 2314 203 misdemeanor sentence; authorized disposition 84 Probation HB 2315 204 intensive probation; employment wages; monitoring 84 SB 1063 48 produce safety rule; state administration 87 Produce SB 1245 334 appropriation; SNAP; benefit match; produce 64 SB 1376 127 landlord tenant act; personal property 23 water management; sources; policies; support SCR 1031 -- 102 Property (NOW: support; water management policies) HB 2126 231 government property; abatement; slum; blight 48 HB 2168 79 mobile homes; recreational vehicles; fund 26
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2211 200 bankruptcy exemption; personal property 81 Property HB 2262 235 condominiums; termination; appraisals 59 HB 2503 139 building code exemptions; public notice 60 HB 2126 231 government property; abatement; slum; blight 48 HB 2198 114 property tax; delinquent tax list 48 Property tax HB 2385 73 E property tax appeals; court findings. 49 natural resource conservation districts; administration. HB 2596 319 51 (NOW: property taxes; procedures; abatement) Public buildings HB 2304 155 public buildings; omnibus 59 HB 2065 229 public meetings; definition; penalties 57 Public employees HB 2412 95 leave of absence; day; definition 28 Public meetings HB 2065 229 public meetings; definition; penalties 57 Public monies SB 1274 253 public monies; recovery; illegal payments 79 SB 1043 143 county recorder; recording fees 53 SB 1144 52 conservation easements; notice; valuation 88 Public records supreme court; annual report; fees (NOW: federal HB 2327 239 84 officers; personal information; confidentiality) SB 1076 22 assault; public safety contractors; workers 78 SB 1117 159 liquor establishments; peace officers; firearms 21 SB 1260 216 law enforcement officers; interviews; rights 55 Public safety HB 2249 232 protective orders; filing requirements 83 child abuse prevention education; schools (NOW: HB 2502 259 29 traumatic event counseling; public safety) Public Safety SB 1251 42 PSPRS; CORP; modifications 43 Personnel Retirement System HB 2097 112 pension funding policies; employers 47 SB 1114 38 E joint power authorities; fingerprinting 54 SB 1162 39 silver alert notification; developmental disability 22 SB 1209 40 scrap metal dealers; DPS report 55 AZPOST; prohibited peace officer discipline (NOW: AZPOST; membership) (NOW: SB 1498 345 25 membership; AZPOST) (NOW: AZPOST; Public Safety, membership; training; AMBER alert) Department of joint power authorities; fingerprinting. HB 2152 176 E 58 (NOW: fingerprinting; joint powers authority) HB 2247 82 criminal justice commission; reporting requirements 83 HB 2328 206 concealed weapons permit; electronic reports 59 driver license testing; required question (NOW: HB 2527 312 29 ticket surcharge; public safety equipment) Public service municipal economic development; sale; lease HB 2005 60 57 corporations (NOW: public service corporations; penalties) Racing HB 2589 318 department of gaming omnibus 60 Rangeland historic preservation; rangeland HB 2498 V 91 improvements improvements; requirements SB 1045 46 home inspectors 20 Real estate HB 2150 12 manufactured home sales; licensure; exemption 26
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2399 V real estate licenses; online classes 31 Real estate HB 2655 327 real estate licenses; online classes 30 SB 1375 88 contractor licensure 23 Registrar of contractors; inactive licenses (NOW: Contractors HB 2550 244 30 contractor qualifications; work experience) SB 1355 188 border security trust fund; repeal 56 Repeal HB 2003 263 coal mining; TPT; repeal 46 HB 2004 V ASRS; waiting period; repeal 52 SB 1209 40 scrap metal dealers; DPS report 55 SB 1353 168 limited liability company act; revisions 23 SB 1375 88 contractor licensure 23 SB 1381 150 service contracts 23 SB 1389 169 HIV; needs assessment; prevention 65 SB 1394 219 DHS; reporting; abortions 66 SB 1396 151 group home beds; mentally ill 66 SB 1397 152 behavioral health; dependent children; reports 66 SB 1443 268 certified public accountants 24 SB 1518 110 department of child safety; reports 68 Reporting HB 2040 227 pharmacy board; definitions; reporting 68 requirement HB 2082 31 insurance producers; convictions; reporting 47 HB 2197 293 health professionals; workforce data 70 HB 2216 179 schools; dropout recovery programs; report 37 HB 2247 82 criminal justice commission; reporting requirements 83 HB 2258 94 diabetes; annual report 72 HB 2307 298 scrap vehicles; sales 96 license to practice taxidermy; repeal (NOW: HB 2404 84 28 taxidermy; registry) homeopathic physicians; board; repeal (NOW: HB 2411 241 homeopathic physicians; board; reporting) (NOW: 73 health professionals; licensure; report) HB 2659 284 health; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019. 16 SCR 1003 -- Special Olympics day. 101 SCR 1004 -- Beirut bombing; remembrance day 102 SCR 1027 -- Taiwan trade; support 102 water management; sources; policies; support SCR 1031 -- 102 (NOW: support; water management policies) SCR 1032 -- Doris Caldwell; military service 102 SCR 1039 -- Lindsey Perry; auditor general 102 Resolution HCM 2005 -- flight-hour requirements; rule; waiver 102 HCR 2007 -- clean elections; unlawful contributions; rulemaking 86 HCR 2019 -- Arizona state parks; award 103 HCR 2026 -- care enough month 103 HCR 2032 -- public retirement systems. 51 HCR 2040 -- military service; honoring Bruce Williams 103 HR 2003 -- Don Shooter; expulsion 104
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1054 210 ASRS; nonparticipating employers 41 SB 1251 42 PSPRS; CORP; modifications 43 retirement systems; member information; confidentiality SB 1478 343 E 45 (NOW: employer contributions; EORP) HB 2004 V ASRS; waiting period; repeal 52 Retirement HB 2034 75 social security; state agency designation 46 HB 2035 90 deferred compensation plans; governing committee 46 HB 2097 112 pension funding policies; employers 47 HB 2545 140 EORP; cost-of-living adjustment. 50 HB 2564 317 RFE court fees; EORP; state contribution 85 HCR 2032 -- public retirement systems. 51 SB 1201 162 county treasurer; electronic records; liens 55 Revenue SB 1529 283 revenues; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 15 SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 SB 1294 104 tax corrections act of 2018 44 SB 1091 V income tax payments; bitcoin 52 Revenue, Arizona SB 1097 50 unclaimed property; notice; publication; claims 41 Department of SB 1385 218 tax appeals; administrative hearings; confidentiality 44 SB 1386 190 high-tech tax fraud 44 HB 2416 305 appropriation; study; prime contracting classification 50 SB 1382 189 TPT; online lodging marketplace; registration 44 Rio Nuevo HB 2456 138 stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo 50 SB 1055 1 charter schools; rulemaking exemption 32 Rulemaking secretary of state; rulemaking (NOW: HB 2184 178 58 secretary of state; counties; rulemaking) Sandbox HB 2434 44 financial products; regulatory exemption program 50 School district special education; cost study (NOW: school SB 1254 335 33 consolidation district consolidation) SB 1057 20 county school superintendent; report; approval 32 SB 1083 130 schools; recess periods 32 technical correction; joint school district SB 1159 124 32 (NOW: school employees; contracts; revisions) special education; cost study (NOW: school SB 1254 335 33 district consolidation) SB 1255 57 teachers; alternative performance evaluations 33 SB 1256 58 school bus definition; vans 33 School districts SB 1423 89 common school districts; lapsing; procedure 34 HB 2026 6 county school superintendent; services; entities 36 HB 2085 78 schools; emergency epinephrine administration 36 HB 2088 292 pupils; concussions; parental notification 36 HB 2089 V interscholastic activities; health dangers; information 40 jurisdictional elections; notice of participation (NOW: HB 2173 154 81 notice of participation; jurisdictional elections) HB 2185 68 school districts; tax levy; calculation 37 HB 2323 183 schools; inhalers; contracted nurses 38
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER HB 2460 85 charter schools; vacant buildings; equipment 38 HB 2477 96 high school mathematics; proficiency; notification 38 School districts HB 2561 120 schools; civics literacy state seal. 39 HB 2657 329 interscholastic activities; health dangers; information 40 SB 1008 157 common schools; average daily membership 32 SB 1256 58 school bus definition; vans 33 SB 1390 74 RFE TPT; additional rate; education. 34 School finance SCM 1007 -- rural schools; reauthorization; urging Congress 101 HB 2115 11 bonds; ballot language; procedures 37 HB 2185 68 school districts; tax levy; calculation 37 SB 1082 23 full-day kindergarten; instruction requirements 32 SB 1255 57 teachers; alternative performance evaluations 33 SB 1289 167 schools; national motto; state motto 33 SB 1291 254 schools; pupil assessment data 33 SB 1411 275 schools; annual achievement profiles 34 SB 1442 221 personal finance 34 HB 2026 6 county school superintendent; services; entities 36 Schools HB 2086 197 schools; diabetes management policies; pharmacists 36 HB 2089 V interscholastic activities; health dangers; information 40 HB 2253 297 schools; exchange teachers; employment duration 37 HB 2461 86 zoning regulations; private schools 38 HB 2520 309 schools; reading requirements 38 HB 2657 329 interscholastic activities; health dangers; information 40 HCR 2026 -- care enough month 103 Scope of practice SB 1034 209 committee of reference; standing committee 53 SB 1209 40 scrap metal dealers; DPS report 55 Scrap metal HB 2307 298 scrap vehicles; sales 96 SB 1058 2 secretary of state; appropriation; elections. 78 electronic filing system; political subdivisions (NOW: HB 2078 77 political subdivisions; electronic filing system) 57 (NOW: political subdivisions; candidate committee) Secretary of State HB 2156 91 legislative vacancy; appointment; time frame 81 HB 2178 13 secretary of state; notary public 27 secretary of state; rulemaking (NOW: HB 2184 178 58 secretary of state; counties; rulemaking) HB 2604 247 consolidated elections; voter turnout 61 Securities HB 2601 207 securities; crowdfunding; virtual coin offerings 51 Security freeze SB 1163 125 credit security freezes; fees; prohibition 42 SB 1211 269 sentence; life imprisonment; parole eligibility 79 SB 1400 256 aggravated DUI; sentence; county jail 24 prisoners; drug sentences; out-of-custody Sentencing SB 1496 344 25 treatment personal disguises; crime; evasion (NOW: HB 2007 61 80 evasion; crime; personal disguises)
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER sentencing; monetary obligations; fine HB 2313 237 84 Sentencing mitigation HB 2314 203 misdemeanor sentence; authorized disposition 84 Sewage SCM 1012 -- Nogales wastewater fairness act 101 SB 1041 186 residency restrictions; sex offenders; victims 78 confidentiality agreements; sexual assault; HB 2020 264 harassment (NOW: sexual assault; 80 harassment confidentiality agreements) theft by extortion; sexual acts (NOW: sexual HB 2053 76 81 acts; theft by extortion) Sexual offense HB 2245 115 prohibited bail; sexual conduct; molestation 82 HB 2247 82 criminal justice commission; reporting requirements 83 HB 2248 135 incompetency; screening; sexually violent persons 83 HB 2263 V landlord tenant; security deposits 31 sexual offenses; definition; defenses (NOW: HB 2283 266 83 definition; defenses; sexual offenses) HB 2651 323 landlord tenant; security deposits 30 SB 1451 223 patient referral inducements; prohibited compensation 67 Sober living homes SB 1465 194 sober living homes; certification 67 Social security HB 2034 75 social security; state agency designation 46 SB 1281 187 street lighting improvement districts; consolidation 56 SB 1379 217 E flood protection districts; divisions; electors 56 SB 1499 108 E community facilities districts; directors 25 Special taxing districts HB 2180 67 fire district budget hearings 58 HB 2242 93 fire districts; revisions; county islands 59 HB 2478 V sports authority districts; extension 31 GRRC; review; licensing requirements (NOW: SB 1273 337 56 administrative proceedings; rules; contested cases) HB 2004 V ASRS; waiting period; repeal 52 State agencies HB 2062 V permits; licenses; denials; agency hearings 30 HB 2167 66 Arizona commerce authority; continuation; requirements 26 HB 2331 72 state lottery; multijurisdictional games 27 HB 2523 V administrative hearings; procedures 62 State emblems SB 1517 172 state dinosaur; Sonorasaurus 57 State Historic historic preservation; rangeland HB 2498 V 91 Preservation Office improvements; requirements state holiday; Native American day (NOW: State holidays SB 1235 148 55 Native American day; state holiday) State Land SB 1038 18 state land sales; payment method 87 Department HB 2017 62 state land department; continuation 90 State trust land SB 1038 18 state land sales; payment method 87 HB 2125 230 tow truck lighting (NOW: task force; towing safety) 94 Study committee SB 1142 51 private land acquisition; committee; continuation 88
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER construction contracts; indemnification; liability provisions (NOW: dwelling actions; Study committee SB 1271 336 22 construction professional; parties) (NOW: construction liability; apportionment; study) Tax appeals SB 1385 218 tax appeals; administrative hearings; confidentiality 44 Tax credits SB 1077 49 fund solicitations; charities; unlawful acts 78 Tax increment HB 2456 138 stadium district; extension; Rio Nuevo 50 financing SB 1120 249 tax exemption; special events; nonprofits 42 SB 1293 338 department of revenue; administrative efficiency 43 SB 1294 104 tax corrections act of 2018 44 SB 1386 190 high-tech tax fraud 44 Taxation SB 1390 74 RFE TPT; additional rate; education. 34 SB 1405 106 corporate income tax allocation; sales 45 HB 2371 286 mobile food vendors; state licensure 48 HB 2647 142 internal revenue code conformity 51 HB 2036 111 substitute teachers; experience; certification 36 Teacher certification HB 2534 315 teachers; certification requirements 39 Technical corrections SB 1263 270 reviser's technical corrections; 2018 55 state land department; continuation. (NOW: SB 1140 331 21 certificates of authority; video service) SB 1386 190 high-tech tax fraud 44 HB 2154 177 personal information; data security breaches 94 Technology HB 2188 198 prisoners; special services fund; uses 27 HB 2434 44 financial products; regulatory exemption program 50 HB 2602 208 running nodes; blockchain; regulation prohibition 99 HB 2603 122 corporations; blockchain technology 99 Telemedicine HB 2042 174 insurance coverage; telemedicine; urology 68 SB 1203 147 vehicle towing 92 HB 2079 9 single axle tow dolly; definition 94 Towing HB 2125 230 tow truck lighting (NOW: task force; towing safety) 94 HB 2306 236 towing companies; insurance companies; owners 96 SCM 1016 -- NAFTA; urging renegotiation; ratification 101 Trade SCR 1027 -- Taiwan trade; support 102 Traffic survival HB 2243 81 wrong-way driving; violation; DUI 95 school HB 2455 307 commercial vehicles definition; driver licenses 97 SB 1091 V income tax payments; bitcoin 52 SB 1120 249 tax exemption; special events; nonprofits 42 SB 1382 189 TPT; online lodging marketplace; registration 44 Transaction SB 1390 74 RFE TPT; additional rate; education. 34 privilege tax SB 1409 341 TPT; prime contracting; alteration; replacement 45 HB 2003 263 coal mining; TPT; repeal 46 HB 2416 305 appropriation; study; prime contracting classification 50 HB 2484 17 local food tax; equality 50 Transfer SB 1450 257 independent oversight committees; appointment; duties 67
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1200 260 transportation revisions 92 Transportation HCM 2005 -- flight-hour requirements; rule; waiver 102 SB 1200 260 transportation revisions 92 SB 1287 166 ADOT revisions 93 Transportation, SB 1401 105 ignition interlock device; installer; manufacturer 93 Arizona Department of HB 2307 298 scrap vehicles; sales 96 HB 2521 242 vehicle size, weight and load 98 SB 1112 158 insurance; surplus lines; exemption 42 state holiday; Native American day (NOW: SB 1235 148 55 Native American day; state holiday) Tribes technical correction; petroleum product storage SB 1505 290 2 (NOW: Native American code writers program) HB 2228 201 AHCCCS; annual waiver; applicability. 70 HCR 2040 -- military service; honoring Bruce Williams 103 Trust companies HB 2013 3 trust companies; liquid capital; definition 46 Trusts and estates SB 1204 102 trusts and estates 78 SB 1097 50 unclaimed property; notice; publication; claims 41 Unclaimed property SB 1412 59 unclaimed property; electric cooperatives; credits 45 Underground game and fish; licenses; fees (NOW: underground HB 2310 299 91 storage tanks storage tanks; reimbursement claims) unemployment insurance; educational SB 1205 25 22 Unemployment employers; interest insurance SB 1398 340 unemployment; return-to-work program; suitable work 23 SB 1422 107 universities; tuition and fees 34 Universities SB 1527 281 higher education; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 14 HB 2563 267 postsecondary institutions; free expression policies 39 SB 1089 24 purple heart day 20 SB 1090 211 Beirut barracks bombing remembrance day 20 SB 1431 220 memorial; veterans; suicide 56 HB 2027 131 alternative fuel special plates; veterans 94 HB 2191 258 military families; assistance; subaccounts 2 Veterans HB 2192 199 military family relief fund; extension 2 HB 2513 98 hyperbaric oxygen therapy; veterans; fund 2 license; nonoperating identification; HB 2575 271 98 homeless veterans HCM 2007 -- blue water navy; Vietnam veterans 103 HCM 2008 -- ghost army; urging recognition 103 HB 2215 70 veterinary medical examining board; continuation 90 Veterinary HB 2261 37 veterinary faculty members; licensure requirements 90 delinquent restitution; monthly report; hearing SB 1503 226 25 Victims (NOW: delinquent restitution; procedure) HB 2313 237 sentencing; monetary obligations; fine mitigation 84 SB 1091 V income tax payments; bitcoin 52 Virtual currency HB 2601 207 securities; crowdfunding; virtual coin offerings 51
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BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER SB 1437 261 elections; equipment; amendments 79 Voting HB 2538 316 U.S. House vacancy; special election 60 SB 1039 330 appropriation; Arizona water protection fund 87 SB 1510 V irrigation grandfathered right; containerized plants 91 SB 1525 280 environment; budget reconciliation; 2018-2019 13 Water water management; sources; policies; support SCR 1031 -- 102 (NOW: support; water management policies) HB 2190 80 county improvement districts; repayment agreements 90 Water Infrastructure HB 2190 80 county improvement districts; repayment agreements 90 Finance Authority Weights and SB 1240 126 weights and measures; duties; systems 88 measures WICHE SB 1215 41 WICHE; continuation. 33 Wildfire SCM 1009 -- forest management; beneficial policies 101 HB 2471 V electronic wills and trusts. 86 Wills and trusts HB 2656 328 electronic wills and trusts. 85 SB 1100 212 workers' compensation; claim settlement 20 Workers' SB 1111 101 workers' compensation; opioids; dispensed medications 21 compensation HB 2025 5 workers' compensation; rate deviations 26 HB 2047 175 workers' compensation; employee definition; LLCs 26 SB 1113 213 zoning violations; notice; service 54 Zoning HB 2461 86 zoning regulations; private schools 38 HB 2503 139 building code exemptions; public notice 60
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION (2018)
BILL CHAPTER PAGE KEYWORD SHORT TITLE NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER Appropriation SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 Arizona Health Care Cost Containment SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 System Drugs SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 Healthcare SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 professionals Opioids SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 Reporting SB 1001 1 controlled substances; regulation; appropriation. 75 requirement
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