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\"These proposed rules that are before you, are substantially exactly the same rules that we've seen for many, many legislatures,\" Tim Fleming, a House rules attorney, told members, adding the primary change updated language to reflect consent agendas and mass motions. The committee voted to adopt the rules as printed and distributed; the chair announced, \"Ayes have it. Do have it so ordered.\" The rules will be filed with the Office of the Chief Clerk in accordance with House Rule 9C.

Later in the meeting, Vice Chair Carter offered a mass motion recommending the following measures be found constitutional and in proper form: HB 2006, HB 2008, HB 2018, HB 2019, HB 2020, HB 2022, HB 2032, HB 2033, HB 2045, HB 2046, HB 2050, HB 2054, HB 2065, HB 2067, HB 2069, HB 2076, HB 2079, HB 2071, HB 2115, and HB 2153. (The transcript lists HB 2065 twice and contains formatting inconsistencies; each bill number above is listed as spoken in the committee.)

Rules counsel said they had reviewed the listed measures and opined each is constitutional and in proper form. The roll call on the mass motion recorded unanimous support: Michael Carbone — aye; Lupa Contreras — aye; Oscar de Los Santos — aye; Chris Mathis — aye; Steve Montenegro — aye; Julie Willoughby — aye; Vice Chair Carter — aye; Lauren Hendricks — aye. The tally was 8 ayes, 0 nays.

Ending: The committee adjourned after adopting its rules and advancing the mass-motion package to the House with an unanimous recommendation that the listed bills are constitutional and in proper form.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","01/27/2025 - House Rules","oneSentenceSummary","The Rules Committee adopted its committee rules and, by a mass motion, recommended a slate of bills (listed) are constitutional and in proper form; the mass-motion package passed 8-0.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature Arizona, Arizona","taxId",78572,"location","Arizona","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6366551,"Rules committee backs HB 2113 after counsel recommends floor amendment to narrow scope of flag-display restrictions",289,797000,1086000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2159457-a3d18c6cb2b0d509570b719090a9102e&start=797&end=1086","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2159457-a3d18c6cb2b0d509570b719090a9102e/thumbnail_797000.jpg","/articles/6366551/Arizona/Rules-committee-backs-HB-2113-after-counsel-recommends-floor-amendment-to-narrow-scope-of-flag-display-restrictions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6366551-a51f96145260c154e9e51d3e5ef798c1/orig.mp4?Expires=1771568743&Signature=W4XmFWAXapnml3inqbtUCdwaNzBNQEELhhxRbk~et~D3B2cxT6g5CXSbcijGwMbW77OaAHtZHWa9W6UEk3b5ScFIj0mkfyJ0~9RQIfuYdw0CnFIifmnu6YgUqowKekldbnmBgbxEaifiCinn05v1Y58oBCkex-L7k0Uea5hzwlc6nySfmgxAGE0hSA7L-jFrAG9Cld4nupA4A1uI7KRyEU3XEnNBllEcRDFiiaaryqDTKD2vNhK8-wtqSOoQutdsjXDn0WeueUWGKDmsjqagyZEHzOY4t-LILOFocgkFwzQIgJH6iEItemjmuhNUidsFv8KNNHGVaXu-W-N7dehpFg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Arizona House Rules Committee voted 5-3 to recommend House Bill 2113 as \"constitutional and in proper form,\" while rules counsel advised a floor amendment to narrow the measure's restrictions to government officials acting in an official capacity.

Tim Fleming, rules attorney, told the committee the bill as originally presented could be overbroad in light of First Amendment protections for private expression and cautioned about the bill's potential to limit an individual's private speech. \"What the First Amendment does protect is an individual's ability to engage in their own, private expression,\" Fleming said, adding that the government speech doctrine allows government entities to control their own messaging but does not fully eliminate individual-expression protections.

Fleming outlined a proposed floor amendment that would narrow the measure to restrict flag displays only when a person is acting in an official government capacity and would add a construction clause: \"nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit approved educational curricula, or to deny the civil and political liberties of any person as guaranteed by the United States and Arizona constitutions.\" Fleming said that language would help a court limit vagueness or overbreadth by providing a statutory rule of construction.

Representative Chris Mathis asked whether potential overbreadth remained after the amendment language; Fleming said the risk existed but the proposed changes reduced it. \"I guess there's the potential is there, but I that neither neither myself or miss Holder felt that the, the risk was high enough to have serious concern about it,\" Fleming said, referring to his and co-counsel's view.

The recorded roll call on the motion to recommend HB 2113 as constitutional and in proper form recorded the following: Michael Carbone — aye; Lupa Contreras — no; Oscar de Los Santos — nay; Chris Mathis — nay; Steve Montenegro (speaker) — aye; Julie Willoughby — aye; Vice Chair Carter — aye; Lauren Hendricks (chair) — aye. The committee tally was 5 ayes, 3 nays.

Fleming said the sponsor and staff had worked together on the clarifying amendment and that, with the floor change, the measure would be in proper form. The committee's action was limited to the rules committee determination of form and constitutionality; the transcript does not record whether the proposed floor amendment was subsequently filed or adopted on the House floor.

Ending: The committee advanced HB 2113 to the House with counsel's recommendation that a floor amendment narrow the restriction to official government speech to reduce First Amendment and vagueness risks.","The Rules Committee recommended House Bill 2113 be found constitutional and in proper form by a 5-3 vote after rules counsel said a floor amendment narrowing the bill to government speech would address First Amendment concerns and potential vagueness.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6366556,"House Rules Committee recommends HB 2062 'in constitutional and proper form' after attorney flags federal conflicts",343,452000,795000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2159457-a3d18c6cb2b0d509570b719090a9102e&start=452&end=795","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2159457-a3d18c6cb2b0d509570b719090a9102e/thumbnail_452000.jpg","/articles/6366556/Arizona/House-Rules-Committee-recommends-HB-2062-in-constitutional-and-proper-form-after-attorney-flags-federal-conflicts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6366556-df6e4236e4e006e96624a0a863762d27/orig.mp4?Expires=1771568743&Signature=PIi6PinjTT8MEfvycuz1fxLZGPb~pZtBOp3Teu~Dv4CU2v04gweglVlz41QnzvA6JUloxdK6puj1tHAFoXOGjxEd6yzpFwgAsSrVr4PABkB7YuslJyEG48ucqry323UHunGZcZgNTc4xJ9HOEMYBOI7YOCSzCisHsYPIzbKM6HHZmXq37BB7H4Y5494f3FPz-1~a4mbGxlkIf1qLFHivUfREVCS99e6c2gcxd4tvDOp9NBtJ9PtGqad2kPyltr7z3zvr~ufvXH2l2z2gFePILE3meo9FzAyH5OspSdDIKlRFEIVLYhT8jPHkEK9RSybHwBdHQr7V21tSwRgfxuDlrg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Arizona House Rules Committee on an unspecified date voted 5-3 to recommend that House Bill 2062 be given a due-pass recommendation as \"constitutional and in proper form.\" The committee considered attorney guidance that the bill could raise \"as-applied\" conflicts with federal civil-rights law and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Tim Fleming, a rules attorney for the House, told the committee the bill defines sex in biological terms and would require that laws prohibiting discrimination also prohibit \"unfair treatment of a female or male in relation to a member of the opposite [sex],\" language he said could produce as-applied legal issues. \"There could be, as applied type consequences,\" Fleming said, citing potential conflicts under federal statutes and equal-protection jurisprudence and noting splits among federal circuit courts.

Fleming told members the committee has seen similar measures in prior sessions and that the bill could permit political subdivisions to establish single-sex facilities by biological sex, which could create conflicts for transgender individuals seeking to use facilities aligned with their gender identity. He cited uncertainty in federal law, saying some circuits have held such laws unconstitutional while others have not.

Representative Chris Mathis asked Fleming to clarify the concerns; Fleming pointed to possible interactions with Title VII or Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause and noted a split in the federal circuits on comparable issues. \"We probably should talk more about these kinds of things in about 3 or 4 years, what the full state of the law is as it settles out,\" Fleming said.

The motion to give HB 2062 a due-pass recommendation was moved at the committee by the member identified in the transcript as Mr. O'Crowder. The roll call recorded the following votes: Michael Carbone — aye; Lupa Contreras — no; Oscar de los Santos — nay; Chris Mathis — nay; Steve Montenegro (speaker) — aye; Julie Willoughby — aye; Vice Chair McCarter — aye; Lauren Hendricks (chair) — aye. The committee tally was 5 ayes, 3 nays.

The committee's recommendation was limited to whether the bill was \"constitutional and in proper form\"; Fleming and staff repeatedly framed concerns as potential \"as-applied\" conflicts rather than a determination that the bill is facially unconstitutional.

The committee also noted a minor internal reference correction in the government committee amendment (page 2, line 32 of the amendment) that, according to Fleming, made the bill \"in proper form.\" No committee amendment to change substantive policy was adopted during the rules committee consideration.

Votes at the Rules Committee carry a recommendation to the full House; the transcript does not record further floor action on HB 2062.

Ending: The committee deferred detailed resolution of the federal-law issues to future developments in case law and accepted the technical amendment that corrected an internal reference. The bill moves forward to the House with the committee's recommendation that it is constitutional and in proper form.","The Arizona House Rules Committee voted 5-3 to recommend that House Bill 2062 be found constitutional and in proper form, while a rules attorney warned of possible \"as-applied\" conflicts with federal law and the Equal Protection Clause.","actionData","errors"]

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