Arizona House completes first readings of dozens of bills, adjourns to Jan. 22

The Arizona House of Representatives on Jan. 21, 2025 completed first readings of dozens of bills across health care, education, natural resources, transportation and appropriations and referred the measures for printing before voting to adjourn until 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

The action moves hundreds of bills to the next procedural step in the legislative process: committee referral, public hearing and possible amendment. A wide array of measures were read into the record, with committee referrals announced as each bill number was called; the clerk noted that all measures that were first read will be referred for printing.

Clerk announcements included, among many others, HB 2,004 (voter registration cards), HB 2,123 (religious legal personal information), HB 2,133 (nurses provisional licensure), HB 2,192 (capital appropriations), and a series of appropriations and natural-resources measures. The list covered bills assigned to committees including Health and Human Services; Education; Appropriations; Natural Resources, Energy and Water; Commerce; Judiciary; Transportation and Infrastructure; and Federalism, Military Affairs and Elections.

Committee scheduling and other procedural notices followed the reading. Several committee chairs announced committee meeting times and locations for the afternoon and the next morning (for example, Commerce Committee in Hearing Room 5 at 2 p.m.; House Education Committee in House Hearing Room 1 at 2 p.m.). House Rule 9(e) was invoked to permit committees to continue meeting during the recess.

The House recorded attendance prior to recess: 54 present, 0 absent, 6 excused. Majority Leader Carballo moved that the chamber adjourn until 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025; the motion was adopted by voice vote. No roll-call tally for the adjournment motion was recorded in the transcript.

The session included routine introductions and ceremonial recognitions — including guests from the Maricopa County Community College District, the mayor and council of Prescott and the “doctor of the day” — which the clerk and members acknowledged but did not change the procedural disposition of measures on the calendar.

Votes at a glance

- Motion to adjourn until 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 — Mover: Majority Leader Carballo; Outcome: approved by voice vote (no roll-call recorded).

- First readings and referrals for printing — Clerk announced dozens of bills across multiple subject areas; outcome for those measures as stated on the floor: referred for printing and referral to the committees listed with each bill when read.

What’s next

Each bill listed during the first reading must follow the committee process for hearings, amendments and potential floor action. Committee chairs and the clerk will post hearing schedules and agendas ahead of committee meetings announced on the floor.