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Alright folks, we're approaching that time of year where the state legislature puts out its proposed bills, budgets etc. to be put out for the January 11th 2016 Session beginning Monday.
There are over 1000 bills introduced but here are few interesting ones to my knowledge:
1. SB 1007: Everyone obtaining or renewing an AZ driver's license will automatically be registered to vote unless they elect not to register. Andrew Sherwood D-Tempe
2. HB 1019: Overturns current state law prohibiting public schools from teaching, or providing information construed positive on the homosexual lifestyle. It would also lift the ban on safe sex methods for homosexuals from being discussed in sexual education courses in public schools. Martin Quezada D-Phoenix
3. HB 2007: individuals 21 or older could possess, consume, purchase, use, or transport less than 1oz of marijuana legally. They may grow up to 5 marijuana plants. It would still however be illegal to smoke marijuana in public and it would be taxed at $50/oz with that revenue going towards law enforcement, education, and drug rehabilitation programs. Mark Cadenas D-Phoenix
4. HCR 2002: Would change the current practice of electing the Superintendent of Public Instruction, currently Diane Douglas, to instead having the governor appoint the position. Randy Friese D-Tucson
5. SB 1054: Would make it a crime for someone w/n 20 feet of a Police Officer to knowingly videotape any law enforcement activity without the officer's explicit permission. The bill also gives officers the ability to force someone to stop recording law enforcement activity on their own property if police determine it is interfering with their work or the area is unsafe. John Kavanagh R-Fountain Hills
6. HB 2003: Would make it that one could only be eligible for a county school superintendent if that person holds a bacculaureate degree in any subject or an associate degree in business, finance, or accounting. Mark Finchem R-Oro Valley
7. HB 2001: Alters the current reading and adds terms making "revenge porn" illegal. J.D. Mesnard R-Gilbert/Chandler
8. HB 2033: Makes legal the use of concealed carry weapons on Arizona University campuses, provided that students and professors register the weapons with the administration of the campus in order to keep track of the weapons. Sonny Borelli R-Lake Havasu City
9. HB 2052: Requires all motorcycle riders to wear a helmet, altering the current law of only those under 18 being required to wear helmets. Randy Friese D-Tucson
10. SB 1020: Would require public schools to provide age appropriate and medically accurate sexual education. Parents are able to opt out altering the current rule that parents have to opt into sexual education programs. Andrew Sherwood D-Tempe
11. HB 2036: Would require that each roadside rest area have a sign clearly stating a telephone number for a national human trafficking hotline. Doug Coleman R-Apache Junction
12. SB 1011: A person who has been convicted of: Bestiality, Animal Cruelty, Animal Fighting, Presence at Animal Fighting, Fighting of Roosters (CD censors the four letter word rhyming w/ mock), presence at Rooster Fight, Equine Trapping is required to be placed onto a registry for the public record. Andrew Sherwood D-Tempe
13. SB 1050: Would add Residential and Community Gardens where food products are grown to the classification of food producers preventing a city or a county from restricting rights to sell and distribute their products. Edward Farnsworth R-Gilbert
14. SB 1048: Would appropriate 100k from the state general fund to the department of education to a statewide geographic alliance for the purpose of strengthening geographic literacy in Arizona. John Kavanagh R-Fountain Hills
15. SB 1055: Would require each school district to provide each pupil from grades 4-12 to participate in at least one hour of interactive computer instruction geared towards teaching students to read and understand computer code, however they may not require this course more than one time. John Kavanagh R-Fountain Hills
Some of these aren't terrible, some are predictably Arizonan, but these are IMO some of the more interesting bills being pushed forward. There are hundreds of proposals moving forward, and hopefully this thread can serve as both a discussion of these proposals as well as new ones that prop up, embarrassing or not.
1. As long as it's easy to opt out, that's fine I suppose. I suppose I could get off my rump and finally register to vote because for local stuff it could matter; I've just never bothered to because of the terrible electoral college bs for presidency.
2. Would be surprised if that passes, being AZ. It's good someone was forward thinking enough to have bought it up though (to be clear, I'm not against legalizing it; quite the opposite).
3. Jesus, 50 per ounce? Well, people wanted it legalized and taxed! Since I've never been into drugs of any kind, I'm not actually sure if that's a high price or not.
5. One of those predictably AZ things that was mentioned. Being AZ, I guarantee that second sentence is going to be heavily abused. Be default every officer is going to be like oh yeah sorry that would interfere. At least for the first part you can simply be more than 20 feet away, that's not that far.
7. Reading of what?
9. Surprised this isn't already a thing. That's just common sense and obvious safety.
10. Sounds good. Keeping it a big mystery and everyone on both sides (teacher and student) being embarassed to talk about it is a big contributor to various sexually-related problems in society. I once read somewhere that someone told their kid, when asked if they were ready for sex, "If you and your partner can't talk about it a serious and mature way, you aren't ready."
15. Awesome! Hopefully it includes stuff like C/C++ and they don't sit kids in front of html and css and call it learning code. While very useful tools in the toolbox, that isn't code! Hell, I'd accept java before telling them html and css is code. If you have the right teacher, the basics of a language are not hard to grasp. Given that computers and software are everywhere these days, it's good that people be familiar with it to some extent and demystify it.
1. Everybody should be encouraged to vote, but making it mandatory is deemed unnecessary.
2. Just have privately funding groups do this sort of stuff.
3. Sounds similar to the Colorado law, except it's 6 plants and 1 oz and less. It will boost the economy.
4. How does that work, the people vote them in?
5. I'll neutral on this, however some will abuse their power if on private property.
6. I guess so, but it's better if their degree is related to the field.
7. Uh, what?
8. I'm for it, people need to be educated more on conceal carry.
9. Don't be like Nebraska, we're adults and should be able to wear a helmet or not without government intrusion.
10. Sooner or later, kids will find out anyway. So this is fine, however I'd prefer the parents educate their kids.
11. Good idea.
12. Unsure
13. If you grow produce or have a garden on your private property, then yes. People should be able to make some money during hard times with their food and be self reliant. Good idea.
To clarify #7, certain types of amateur pornography are illegal to be distributed under the current statute, this alteration makes it an identified crime to do it for revengeful purposes. It also defines, it simply clarified it to make sure that that is included. It's being held up in court so don't count on it.
Alright folks, we're approaching that time of year where the state legislature puts out its proposed bills, budgets etc. to be put out for the January 11th 2016 Session beginning Monday.
There are over 1000 bills introduced but here are few interesting ones to my knowledge:
1. SB 1007: Everyone obtaining or renewing an AZ driver's license will automatically be registered to vote unless they elect not to register. Andrew Sherwood D-Tempe
2. HB 1019: Overturns current state law prohibiting public schools from teaching, or providing information construed positive on the homosexual lifestyle. It would also lift the ban on safe sex methods for homosexuals from being discussed in sexual education courses in public schools. Martin Quezada D-Phoenix
3. HB 2007: individuals 21 or older could possess, consume, purchase, use, or transport less than 1oz of marijuana legally. They may grow up to 5 marijuana plants. It would still however be illegal to smoke marijuana in public and it would be taxed at $50/oz with that revenue going towards law enforcement, education, and drug rehabilitation programs. Mark Cadenas D-Phoenix
4. HCR 2002: Would change the current practice of electing the Superintendent of Public Instruction, currently Diane Douglas, to instead having the governor appoint the position. Randy Friese D-Tucson
5. SB 1054: Would make it a crime for someone w/n 20 feet of a Police Officer to knowingly videotape any law enforcement activity without the officer's explicit permission. The bill also gives officers the ability to force someone to stop recording law enforcement activity on their own property if police determine it is interfering with their work or the area is unsafe. John Kavanagh R-Fountain Hills
6. HB 2003: Would make it that one could only be eligible for a county school superintendent if that person holds a bacculaureate degree in any subject or an associate degree in business, finance, or accounting. Mark Finchem R-Oro Valley
7. HB 2001: Alters the current reading and adds terms making "revenge porn" illegal. J.D. Mesnard R-Gilbert/Chandler
8. HB 2033: Makes legal the use of concealed carry weapons on Arizona University campuses, provided that students and professors register the weapons with the administration of the campus in order to keep track of the weapons. Sonny Borelli R-Lake Havasu City
9. HB 2052: Requires all motorcycle riders to wear a helmet, altering the current law of only those under 18 being required to wear helmets. Randy Friese D-Tucson
10. SB 1020: Would require public schools to provide age appropriate and medically accurate sexual education. Parents are able to opt out altering the current rule that parents have to opt into sexual education programs. Andrew Sherwood D-Tempe
11. HB 2036: Would require that each roadside rest area have a sign clearly stating a telephone number for a national human trafficking hotline. Doug Coleman R-Apache Junction
12. SB 1011: A person who has been convicted of: Bestiality, Animal Cruelty, Animal Fighting, Presence at Animal Fighting, Fighting of Roosters (CD censors the four letter word rhyming w/ mock), presence at Rooster Fight, Equine Trapping is required to be placed onto a registry for the public record. Andrew Sherwood D-Tempe
13. SB 1050: Would add Residential and Community Gardens where food products are grown to the classification of food producers preventing a city or a county from restricting rights to sell and distribute their products. Edward Farnsworth R-Gilbert
14. SB 1048: Would appropriate 100k from the state general fund to the department of education to a statewide geographic alliance for the purpose of strengthening geographic literacy in Arizona. John Kavanagh R-Fountain Hills
15. SB 1055: Would require each school district to provide each pupil from grades 4-12 to participate in at least one hour of interactive computer instruction geared towards teaching students to read and understand computer code, however they may not require this course more than one time. John Kavanagh R-Fountain Hills
Some of these aren't terrible, some are predictably Arizonan, but these are IMO some of the more interesting bills being pushed forward. There are hundreds of proposals moving forward, and hopefully this thread can serve as both a discussion of these proposals as well as new ones that prop up, embarrassing or not.
Even though I am not an Arizonian the most interesting ones to me I wouldn't mind keeping an eye out for are HB1019,SB1054,HB2033,HB2052,SB1020. I pretty much disagree with what they want to do on most of them. I agree on the concealed carry one that's about it.
3. HB 2007: individuals 21 or older could possess, consume, purchase, use, or transport less than 1oz of marijuana legally. They may grow up to 5 marijuana plants. It would still however be illegal to smoke marijuana in public and it would be taxed at $50/oz with that revenue going towards law enforcement, education, and drug rehabilitation programs. Mark Cadenas D-Phoenix
5. SB 1054: Would make it a crime for someone w/n 20 feet of a Police Officer to knowingly videotape any law enforcement activity without the officer's explicit permission. The bill also gives officers the ability to force someone to stop recording law enforcement activity on their own property if police determine it is interfering with their work or the area is unsafe. John Kavanagh R-Fountain Hills
Both of these are a joke. Cardenas is looking to fund his own special interest projects under the guise of modernity. Kavanagh's proposal would be struck down in any court as blatantly anti-Constitutional. Not surprising coming from Kavanagh.
Both of these are a joke. Cardenas is looking to fund his own special interest projects under the guise of modernity. Kavanagh's proposal would be struck down in any court as blatantly anti-Constitutional. Not surprising coming from Kavanagh.
The fact that we have a Bill and a Prop to the same effect in the same year is a huge step in the legalization direction.
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1. I'm neutral to this, but I don't think it will make much difference because Arizona has relatively low voter turnout regardless. I would be more opposed to this if it required mandatory voting even with exceptions, such as Australia or Brazil.
2. I think this is a great idea. Most people can identify general problems and mistakes this country made in regards to black and indigenous people, and to a much lesser extent Latinos and Asians, but there's an entire dark history the United States at large and individual states have imposed. No, there wasn't slavery or taking lands away, but it was perfectly acceptable to perform castration, electroshock, institutionalization and lobotomies on gays/lesbians through the 1960s, which they don't teach now.
3. For and against. The only thing I'm against is that tax, because it's very high. That actually exceeds localized and federal cigarette taxes by far. I think a black market will still thrive without more competitive pricing, or tribal shops may sell it tax-free as they do with smoke shops, as long as that tribe legalizes marijuana on their lands too.
4. I'm mixed on this one too. While Douglas is a reminder that voters don't always know what they're doing, I could see this leading to cronyism.
5. Against.
6. Also against, because of that associate's bit.
7. For, because that's just common sense.8. Against. I think Arizona has way too much of a gun fetish, and people can't seem to get it through their heads that this does nothing. While it may seem more secure, it also means a shooter can blend in more easily. If someone notices a person with a gun now, it's much more conspicuous. On top of that, if someone barges into an unsuspecting classroom and opens fire, it's extremely unlikely the "hero" in that room is going to be able to react fast enough. I think people who support these measures watch way too many action movies and have, at best, a schizophrenic grasp on reality when they think the bad guy is going to miss with every bullet or give people a curious amount of time to prepare themselves, and the good guy will take him down. Furthermore, I think other people who don't want to carry guns have a right to feel comfortable where they are.
9. Against.
10. For. I've heard that STDs are on the rise in youths, and it could help to lower teen pregnancy rates.
11. Mixed. I don't think people will call it, and if they do they might be suspicious but wrong. I don't think people engaging in human trafficking are going to parade about with it, but would be discreet about it.
12. For.
13. No opinion.
14. For.
15. Begrudgingly, for. I didn't go to school to learn computer code, however a few years ago when I was desperate for work I noticed that A LOT of employers are starting to shift other duties onto other positions. In addition to expected job duties for me, almost every employer wanted knowledge of graphic design, HTML code, advanced software, etc. This wasn't the odd one here and there either, as most positions wanted it. It's obvious computers are here to stay, and their omnipresence has changed the workplace permanently, so it would be beneficial for students to be more well-rounded. For example, throughout his career my dad never needed to type or use Microsoft Word. After retirement he wanted another similar job and was amazed that every single open position expected people to be able to use the program. Though I don't like that companies have gone this direction, I think in the future there are niche things now that employers will assume everyone knows.
1. SB 1007: I had to register for the draft at 18, so everyone should have to register to vote as well. However, I wish people would only vote if they educated themselves on candidates and props.
2. HB 1019: Wasn't even aware we had a state law like that to overturn.
3. HB 2007: Colorado makes good money off their pot, lets get on board
4. HCR 2002: Not a good idea, what they should do is take the political party affiliation off so people vote based on the person and not the party.
5. SB 1054: This is probably illegal. But you can edit any video to make a cop look bad. However, as long as it is safe to be in the area with law enforcement, there isn't any reason to restrict recording
6. HB 2003: Why would they hire someone without the proper education anyways. Should be a Masters degree
8. HB 2033: I am a gun owner, but I am so sick of wasting all the time on gun agenda stuff. The anti and pro gun lobbies are all getting out of hand
9. HB 2052: I would wear one, but people should be able to make their own mistakes. We actually get a lot of tourism from bikers. I can't imagine all this Harley guys wearing helmets.
10. SB 1020: So we are getting rid of the opt-in unless you opt-out - makes a lot of sense.
11. HB 2036: sure, why not
12. SB 1011: Would require a lot of money to setup and maintain. Hearts in the right place, but not practical.
13. SB 1050: His district must include Agritopia
14. SB 1048: Not sure how money will help here, more maps?
15. SB 1055: Should still be an elective.
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