Senate advances broad slate of bills; committee reports list dozens for passage

The Arizona State Senate completed multiple committee-of-the-whole sessions and reported a large number of bills across several subject areas on March 3, 2025.

Committee chairs read reports and amendments for bills covering education, elections, health, natural resources and regulatory changes. Committee amendments were adopted for numerous measures before the chamber returned them with "do pass" recommendations.

Several bills also received final passage on third reading and were transmitted to the House. Where a roll-call tally is recorded in the transcript, it is noted below; if no roll-call total was recorded in the transcript excerpt, tally is listed as not specified.

Votes at a glance (selection from the meeting record): - SB1006 (Supreme Court procedural changes) — Committee of the Whole: do pass; Third reading passage recorded: 29 ayes, 0 nays, 1 not voting. - SB1048 (animal control) — Third reading passage recorded: 24 ayes, 5 nays, 1 not voting. - SB1054 (health care institutions provision) — Third reading passage recorded: 17 ayes, 12 nays, 1 not voting. - SB1063 (jury summons changes) — Third reading passage recorded: 17 ayes, 12 nays, 1 not voting. - Many bills reported out of committee of the whole with committee amendments adopted and "do pass" recommendations — full list appears in the committee-of-the-whole reports read on the floor (transcript timestamps 2597–2626, 3423–3445, 4682–4701, 5816–5845).

Several contested bills and those with recorded floor debate are covered in separate articles in this package.

Ending: The Senate recorded committee reports and moved a large legislative load forward to the House and to later Senate action; text of committees' recommendations and the full list of bills are entered in the Senate journal per the clerk's announcement.