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Rules committee recommends large group of bills as constitutional and in proper form (mass motion)
Summary
The committee used a mass motion to recommend a long list of bills as constitutional and in proper form; counsel said staff reviewed the measures and found no issues warranting separate comment.
The Arizona Senate Rules Committee voted unanimously to recommend a package of bills as constitutional and in proper form under a single "mass motion." Committee counsel told members staff reviewed the listed measures closely and “couldn't find anything to comment about.”
The vice chair read a motion listing the bills included in the mass motion; counsel said the bills were examined "with a fine tooth comb" and the office found no legal deficiencies. The clerk recorded a roll call of eight ayes and zero nays, and the committee entered its recommendation for the listed measures.
The mass motion covered numerous bills by bill number; the transcript records the motion listing more than 60 bill numbers including, by way of example, 1003, 1040, 10507, 10704, 1103, 1117, 11404, 11506, 11601, 11908, 12211, 12302, 12501, 13503, 13905, 14505, 15305, 15606, 16803, 17006, 17009 and 1711 (list in transcript). The transcript did not include bill titles or substantive summaries for those measures during the mass motion; counsel said only that staff found no issues to comment on.
Because the items were bundled and had minimal discussion in committee, the record shows a committee recommendation advancing the measures without separate debate in the Rules Committee.
