Arizona Senate lists wide range of bills, appoints Fernandez to Public Safety committee and adjourns until March 12

The Arizona Senate on March 11, 2025 in Phoenix placed a long list of House bills on the calendar or referred them to committees, announced committee meeting schedules for March 12, and the presiding officer appointed Senator Fernandez to the Senate Committee on Public Safety as a temporary replacement for Senator Birch for Wednesday, March 12. The Senate adjourned to reconvene at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 12.

The appointment was announced on the floor by the presiding officer as: “I’m appointing Senator Fernandez to the Committee on Public Safety to temporarily replace Senator Birch for Wednesday, 03/12/2025.” The appointment is temporary and limited to the committee meeting on March 12, as stated on the floor.

Why it matters: the calendar and referrals organize which bills will receive committee consideration and hearings next, shaping which measures advance in the 2025 Arizona Legislature. Committee assignments and scheduling determine which issues will receive committee-level debate and witnesses.

On the floor, the Senate clerk and presiding officers read and placed numerous House bills under introduction, reference or second reading. Several bills were explicitly moved between committees; for example, House Bill 2880 was withdrawn from the Committee on Education and referred to the Committee on Public Safety. Many other House bills were read into the journal and placed on the calendar; the transcript records titles and bill numbers but does not include debate, committee amendments or vote results on those bills at this session.

Committee meeting notices announced on the floor for Wednesday, March 12 included: - Health and Human Services at 9:00 a.m. in Senate Hearing Room 2 (announced by Senator Warner). - Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency at 9:00 a.m. in Senate Hearing Room 109. - Education Committee at 1:30 p.m. (or upon adjournment of the floor) in Senate Hearing Room 1. - Judiciary and Elections at 1:30 p.m. (or upon adjournment of the floor) in Senate Hearing Room 2. - Public Safety Committee at 1:30 p.m. (or upon adjournment of the floor) in Senate Hearing Room 109.

The Senate took several routine floor actions: the reading of the journal from Monday, March 10, 2025 was dispensed with “without objection” and approved as recorded; reports to standing committees listed on the calendar were likewise entered into the journal without reading. The session concluded when the majority leader moved that the Senate stand adjourned until Wednesday, March 12 at 1:15 p.m.; the motion carried by voice vote and the presiding officer declared the Senate adjourned.

Votes at a glance - Motion to adjourn until Wednesday, March 12 at 1:15 p.m.: moved by the majority leader; carried by voice vote. No roll-call tally was recorded on the transcript; the floor record states the Senate was 24 present earlier in the session and the adjournment motion was approved by voice vote.

Full list of House bills placed on the calendar or referenced on the floor (as read on the record; transcript contains titles and numbers but no committee actions beyond referral where noted): HB 2052 (License and assembly and basic first aid); HB 2880 (withdrawn from Education, referred to Public Safety); HB 2005 (voter registration, recorder, inactive status); HB 2014 (public library annual report date); HB 2029 (academic standards, all citation posting); HB 2051 (governor question time); HB 28 (public retirement system administration); HB 2100 (waterproof of insurance — transcript phrasing unclear); HB 2152 (right to jury domestic relations); HB 2154 (early voting list, undeliverable valid); HB 2167 (school districts recorded non compliance penalties); HB 22206 (multi state voter registration system prohibition); HB 2220 (appropriation); HB 2222 (settlement agreement, report approval); HB 2234 (appropriation penal county transportation study); HB 2254 (domestic relation temporary order hearings); HB 2256 (parenting time hearing testimony prohibition); HB 2268 (Wildfire Prevention Authority Fund); HB 2295 (judge impartiality juveniles); HB 2322 (Business 1-stop non-lapsing — transcript phrasing not specified); HB 2324 (Forcher Digital Assets Reserve Fund); HB 2325 (Arizona Blockchain Budget Initiative, appropriation); HB 2340 (murder of law enforcement officer punishment); HB 2342 (blockchain technology regulation/computational power); HB 2370 (entrance fee refunds time frame); HB 2385 (product incentive program appropriation); HB 2430 (Marana transitional facility study); HB 2432 (parenting time neutral exchange location); HB 2440 (general election certification prohibition); HB 2455 (appropriation law enforcement records management); HB 2521 (elections foreign money); HB 2541 (hearing complete disclosure required); HB 2544 (appropriation agricultural brand inspection); HB 2557 (appropriation, State Route project widening — transcript partial); HB 2600 (local board support appropriation — transcript phrasing not specified); HB 2607 (federal motor vehicle sentencing); HB 2611 (aggravated assault accomplice classification); HB 2627 (pharmacy emergency authority — transcript phrasing not specified); HB 2631 (election procedures made on legislative approval); HB 2667 (campaign finance complaint resolution); HB 2677 (middle school CT courses); HB 2681 (abortion-inducing drugs requirements); HB 2689 (cancer insurance retirees public safety — transcript phrasing not specified); HB 2695 (financial exploitation protections — transcript phrasing not specified); HB 2700 (academic standard social studies geography); HB 2706 (mental health and sensitive treatment orders); HR/HP 2727 (county water authority mention — transcript phrasing not specified); HP 2735 (fingerprinting personnel committed youth contract); HP 2733 (unnamed aircraft qualified immunity — transcript phrasing not specified); HP 2739 (food procedures cultivated sales labeling); HP 2753 (groundwater replenishment mention — transcript phrasing not specified); HB 2767 (photo registration, transportation department recorded); HB 2769 (state land transfer, Bullhead City); HB 2779 (juvenile temporary custody); HB 2787 (ground ambulance registration); HB 2798 (Narcotic Injection Site Zoning Prohibition — transcript uses variant wording); HB 2800 (Fire Insurance Policy Cancellation Prohibition); HB 2803 (Mixed Hoteling Signage Requirements); HB 2861 (Social Media Protection Minors); HB 2863 (trailers HOV lanes prohibition wording unclear); HB 2866 (homeowners association and law enforcement damages); HB 2867 (antisemitism public schools prohibition penalties); HB 2872 (office of defense innovation); HB 2887 (alternate fuel / encampments / higher education institution — transcript phrasing unclear); HB 2894 (criteria notification); HB 2933 (appropriation nonprofit veterans organization); HEM 2011 (homeless urging Congress HUD — transcript tag unclear); HEM 2015 (proof of citizenship voter registration); HCR 2021 (food municipal tax exemption); HCR 2045 (law enforcement force responders honoring); HCR 2051 (Yuma agricultural water rights supporting); HR 2057 (referendum signature requirement count). The transcript records additional bills and committee referrals whose full descriptions were not specified on the floor record.

The session included customary ceremonial introductions (Doctor of the Day William Thrift and delegations from the Grand Canyon Council and other visitors) and brief announcements from senators introducing guests. Those ceremonial items did not produce substantive committee action in this session.

The Senate reconvenes at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 12 for floor session and committee work as scheduled.