| Bill Name: | House Concurrent Resolution 2001 |
| Type: | State Sovereignty |
| Requested Patriot Action: |
This bill HCR 2001 passed the house and the senate 4/21/2010
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Assigned to House Committees on GOV & RULES 01/11/2010 Passed House
Assigned to Senate Rules & Appropriations Committees 03/02/10
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House Sponsors: Burges 602-926-5861 Adams 602-926-5495 Antenori 602-926-5683 Ash 602-926-3160 Barnes 602-926-5503 Barto 602-926-5766 Boone 602-926-3297 Court 602-926-4467 Crandall 602-926-3020 Goodale 602-926-5408 Gowan 602-926-3312 Hendrix 602-926-5735 Jones 602-926-3002 Kavanagh 602-926-5170 Lesko 602-926-5413 Mason 602-926-5874 Montenegro 602-926-5955 Pratt 602-926-5761 Weiers J 602-926-5894 Weiers JP 602-926-4173 Williams 602-926-5839 Senate Sponsors: Allen S 602-926-4480 Burns 602-926-5993 Gould 602-926-4138 Gray C 602-926-5288 Gray L 602-926-3376 Harper 602-926-4178 Pearce R 602-926-5760 House Co-Sponsors: Biggs Driggs McComish McLain Murphy Nichols Quelland Reagan Seel Stevens Tobin Yarbrough Senate Co-Sporsors: Huppenthal Melvin Nelson Paton Verschoor
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Arizona House of Representatives 49th LEGISLATURE (2009–2010)
Speaker: Kirk Adams (R) Republicans: 35 (58%) Democrats: 25 (42%) Female legislators: 16 (27%) Incumbents: 38 (63%) Standing committees: 21
Basic structure—The Arizona Legislature consists of a 30-member Senate and a 60-member House of Representatives. All 90 legislators have two-year terms and are elected concurrently in November of even-numbered years. Term limits restrict legislators to four consecutive terms in the same office. (It is not uncommon for legislators to switch to the other chamber when they reach their eight-year maximum.)
Legislative sessions—The Arizona Legislature meets for only one regular session each year, beginning in January and typically lasting roughly 100 days. (However, recent sesions have been longer: The 2008 session lasted 165 days.)
An unlimited number of special sessions can be called by the governor or (more rarely) initiated by the legislature itself. If the session is called by the governor the legislature can only address the specific matters identified in the governor’s call. In recent years, the legislature has met for an average of three special sessions each year.
Such sessions can last only a few hours or up to several months. It is customary for the governor to call a special session during a regular session when the state’s general appropriations bill is ready for consideration. This compels the legislature to drop all other business and focus exclusively on the budget. Even when the legislature is not in formal session, legislators often work on upcoming legislation, participate in meetings, and respond to constituent needs.
A “citizen legislature”—The formal qualifications for serving in the legislature are fairly low: A legislator must only be at least 25 years old, an Arizona resident for three years, a county resident for one year, a registered voter, and English proficient. Because legislative service is only part-time and compensation is low (see below), most legislators have private-sector jobs on the side. This type of legislature is called a “citizen legislature” to distinguish it from legislatures like the U.S. Congress, which are made up of full-time, professional politicians.
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| Date Introduced: |
1/11/2010
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| Enacted: | Y |
| Status: | Passed House & Senate 04/21/10 |
| Passed House committee: | Y |
| Passed Senate committee: | Y |
| Passed Senate: | Y |
| Passed House: | Y |
| Link to Bill history: |
Go to Bill history
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| Bill History: |
BILL STATUS OVERVIEW HCR2001
SPONSORS: BURGES P ADAMS P ANTENORI P ASH P BARNES P BARTO P BOONE P COURT P CRANDALL P CRUMP P GOODALE P GOWAN P HENDRIX P JONES P KAVANAGH P LESKO P MASON P MONTENEGRO P PRATT P WEIERS J P WEIERS JP P WILLIAMS P ALLEN S P BURNS P GORMAN P GOULD P GRAY C P GRAY L P HARPER P PEARCE R P BIGGS C DRIGGS C MCCOMISH C MCLAIN C MURPHY C NICHOLS C QUELLAND C REAGAN C SEEL C STEVENS C TOBIN C YARBROUGH C HUPPENTHAL C MELVIN C NELSON C PATON C VERSCHOOR C
TITLE: sovereignty; tenth amendment
HOUSE FIRST READ: 01/11/10
COMMITTEES: ASSIGNED 01/11/10 GOV 01/11/10 RULES
Vote Detail 01/11/10 GOV 01/19/10 (6-3-0-0-0) DP Vote Detail 01/11/10 RULES 01/25/10 (6-2-0-0-0) C&P HOUSE SECOND READ: 01/12/10 MAJORITY CAUCUS 01/26/10 Y MINORITY CAUCUS: 01/26/10 Y CONSENT CALENDAR: 01/25/10 3:30 PM Object
COW ACTION 1: DATE ACTION AYES NAYS NV EXC 02/18/10 DP 0 0 0 0 THIRD READ: DATE AYES NAYS NV EXC EMER AMEND RFE 2/3 VOTE RESULT Vote Detail 02/23/10 35 22 3 0 PASSED
TRANSMIT TO SENATE: 02/23/10
SENATE FIRST READ: 02/24/10 SENATE SECOND READ: 03/02/10
COMMITTEES: ASSIGNED COMMITTEES ACTION 03/02/10 APPROP 03/02/10 RULES
MAJORITY CAUCUS: 04/20/10 Y MINORITY CAUCUS: 04/20/10 Y CONSENT CALENDAR: 04/05/10 3:05 PM THIRD READ: DATE AYES NAYS NV EXC EMER AMEND RFE 2/3 VOTE RESULT Vote Detail 04/21/10 18 11 1 0 PASSED TRANSMITTED TO: SECRETARY OF STATE 04/22/10
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Section 1. A frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is essential to the security of individual rights and the perpetuity of free government.
Section 2. All political power is inherent in the people, and governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and are established to protect and maintain individual rights. . . . Section 3. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Section 4. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
Section 5. The right of petition, and of the people peaceably to assemble for the common good, shall never be abridged.
Section 6. Every person may freely speak, write, and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right.
Section 7. The mode of administering an oath, or affirmation, shall be such as shall be most consistent with and binding upon the conscience of the person to whom such oath, or affirmation, may be administered.
Section 8. No person shall be disturbed in his private affairs, or his home invaded, without authority of law. . . .
Section 13. No law shall be enacted granting to any citizen, class of citizens, or corporation other than municipal, privileges or immunities which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens or corporations.
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