Arizona Senate lists dozens of bills for second reading, refers a concurrent resolution and adjourns until Feb. 6

The Arizona State Senate met Feb. 4, 2025, recorded 27 members present, 0 absent and 3 excused, dispensed with the reading of the journal and placed a long list of bills on the calendar for second reading and committee referral before adjourning until Feb. 6.

The move sets the Senate's agenda for several days of committee activity and floor consideration. The chamber also paused for guest introductions, including delegations from the Arizona chapter of the American College of OB-GYNs, Arizona Western College, and the Arizona Fair Association, but did not hold substantive debate on the bills listed.

At the opening of the session the presiding officer recorded attendance as 27 present, 0 absent and 3 excused. By unanimous consent the reading of the journal for Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, was dispensed with and approved as recorded. The clerk then read a long series of bills and resolutions that were placed on the calendar for second reading or referred to committees; the transcript lists bills on topics ranging from attorney discipline, school funding, tax-law interpretation and public-safety provisions to appropriations for behavioral-health facilities, regional medical centers and homelessness services. The chamber also noted several Senate concurrent resolutions (SCRs) on topics including federal land disposition, judicial elections, and ballot measures.

The transcript records one specific referral: "Senate concurrent resolution 106" was described as drafted for the Committee on Natural Resources and further referred to the Committee on Federalism. There was no roll-call vote recorded on the individual bills during the session; the actions taken on the calendar were procedural (placement for second reading and referral).

Late in the session Madam Majority Leader moved, "I move that the senate stand adjourned until Thursday, 02/06/2025 at 10AM." The presiding officer called the voice vote, the ayes were heard and the motion carried, adjourning the Senate until the stated date and time.

Among the bills the clerk read aloud (as transcribed) were Senate Bill 1435 (attorney-discipline investigations costs), SB 1436 (campaign contribution gift cards prohibition), SB 1437 (reporting minutes for school-employee investigations), SB 1438 (DCS information/central registry), SB 1439 (appropriations for braille transcription programs), SB 1440 (delivery systems), SB 1441 (school-district partisan election), SB 1442 (appropriations for secure behavioral-health facilities), SB 1443 (parental-rights-related damages), SB 1444 (helium exploration/aquifer-permit), SB 1445 (accreditation standards, vaping-related entities), SB 1446 (appropriations for anesthesia rotations), SB 1447 (health boards/complaints timelines), SB 1448 (on-farm irrigation-efficiency fund appropriations), and many others through the 14xx series and a later list of SCRs. Where the machine transcription was unclear or duplicated numbers, the article reflects only titles and topics as read into the record; specific bill text, committee assignments beyond the noted referral, and subsequent votes were not taken up on the floor in this session and are therefore not reported here.

The Senate also recognized multiple visiting delegations and students during the session; those introductions were ceremonial and not part of the legislative actions recorded on the floor. The next scheduled Senate floor session, per the adopted motion, is Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.