House Rules Committee certifies dozens of measures as constitutional and in proper form

An unidentified representative moved that a group of House and Senate measures introduced in the 2025 Arizona Legislature be declared “constitutional and in proper form” during a meeting of the Arizona House Rules Committee. The committee approved the motion by roll call, with eight members voting yes and none recorded as opposing or abstaining.

The rules office told the committee it had reviewed each measure listed in the motion and concluded they were constitutional and in proper form. The rules attorney said the office was available to answer questions but none were offered before the vote.

The motion named a long list of bills by number; committee minutes record the mover as an unnamed representative and do not show a second. The secretary conducted a roll call that recorded the following yes votes: Representative Carbone; Representative Contreras; Representative Veil Los Santos; Representative Mathis; Speaker Montenegro; Representative Wilby; Vice Chairman Carter; and Chairman Hendricks. The roll-call tally was 8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.

The committee’s procedural finding — that the measures are constitutional and in proper form — is a routine step by which the rules office checks draft measures. The rules attorney’s review was presented verbally to the committee and no substantive debate or amendment of the listed measures was recorded during this item.

The motion listed approximately 45 measures by bill number (transcript excerpt lists them in full). The transcript shows the rules attorney’s statement and the subsequent roll-call vote; the committee moved on after the secretary announced the tally.