AZ Legislature Week In Review – Week Ending April 20, 2025 – Arizona Daily Independent
Summary of legislative bill activity (Exclusive of budget bills):
| INTRODUCED HOUSE |
INTRODUCED SENATE |
INTRODUCED TOTAL |
TRACKING BY PEOPLES LOBBYISTS |
REACTED TO BY PEOPLES LOBBYISTS |
| 1,027 | 775 | 1,802 | 492 | 162 |
Our 6th year, 14th week. For an activity update on all the bills we are tracking, go to https://rb.gy/c9uff3
The 100th day of this session will be Tuesday, 4/22. The adjournment target date is the 1st Saturday after the 100th day, which will be Saturday, 4/26. However, the adjournment date may be postponed, which has happened often.
STRIKE EVERYTHING AMENDMENTS:
We are in the season of the STRIKE EVERYTHING amendments to bills. These “amendments” do not just amend bills, but replace all the content with a totally different content. For a list of bills being subjected to strike everything amendments, go to https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/StrikeEverything.
To put this in perspective, here are some recent numbers.
| YEAR | NUMBER PROPOSED | NUMBER ADOPTED |
| 2023 | 149 | 121 |
| 2024 | 121 | 99 |
| 2025 (so far) | 169 | 132 |
HOBBS WATCH – Hobbs Veto Track
| YEAR | SENT TO HOBBS | VETOED BY HOBBS | PERCENTAGE VETOED |
| 2023 | 348 | 143 | 41.1% |
| 2024 | 332 | 73 | 22.0% |
| 2025 (AS OF 4/16) | 101 | 19 | 18.8% |
| TOTAL | 781 | 235 | 30.1% |
To maintain perspective, Ducey, regarded by some as a no-good RINO, over his 8 years as governor had this record:
| Bills Sent by Legislature 2,745 | Bills Vetoed 111 | Veto Rate 4% |
Complete list of Bills Sent to Hobbs https://rb.gy/9n2614
Complete list of Bills Vetoed by Hobbs https://rb.gy/pxkzkp
Hobbs Contacts: Phone Phoenix: 602.542.4331 Tucson: 520.628.6580 Email https://rb.gy/zpy39v
BREAKING NEWS – On April 17, Hobbs issued a press release stating that she will not sign any bills until Republicans in the legislature pass a bill to provide supplemental funding for the Division of Developmental Disabilities.
Speaker Montenegro’s response to this demand may be read HERE
It is quite evident that this is a political stunt because ten days prior to the issuing of the press release, Republican Representative Livingston had introduced HB2945, a bill aimed at solving this problem.
Details about this bill may be read by going to HB2945 – developmental disabilities; appropriations; waivers
HOBBS ACTIVITY – Bills signed by the governor this week:
HB2164, public schools; ultraprocessed foods
HB2484, school policies; internet; wireless devices
HB2603, hunting; fishing; license; deferred prosecution
HOBBS ACTIVITY – Bills vetoed by the governor this week
HB2004, voter registration cards; mailing limitation
HB2058, now: immunizations; proof; exemptions; higher education
HB2060, state sovereign authority; elections
HB2062, sex-based terms; laws; rules; regulations
HB2063, parental notification; school immunization exemptions
HB2086, water improvements program; water hauling
HB2088, subsequent AMA; director; removal
HB2089, subsequent AMA; voters; removal
HB2090, acting in concert; evidence; exceptions
HB2094, real estate; definition of contiguous
HB2126, medical records; parental rights
HB2153, voting locations; political party observers
HB2165, SNAP; prohibited purchases; waiver
HB2202, subsequent AMA; previously nonirrigated land
HB2270, groundwater model; stormwater recharge; AMAs
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY – Among the bills we are tracking, these bills experienced action this week
