Arizona House approves multiple Senate bills, including measure on law-enforcement employee procedures

The Arizona House of Representatives on March 25, 2025, approved a slate of Senate bills on third reading, including a measure concerning due-process protections for law-enforcement employees and several fiscal and regulatory bills.

Law-enforcement procedure bill passed. The House approved Senate Bill 10 60, described on the floor as relating to law enforcement officers, by a recorded vote of 38 ayes to 20 nays. Representative Abatea, explaining a no vote, said the bill did not address local transparency in a police shooting and noted the victim’s family had not received video footage: “His family still has not received any video footage of that,” and “with that, I will be voting no.” Representative Collin said he supported the measure as a protection of due process for public safety employees: “Our men and women in uniform absolutely deserve due process,” and voted aye. Representative Volk similarly described the bill as affording notice and basic protections for public-sector employees and voted yes.

Tax deeds and other measures. The House passed Senate Bill 10 70 (amending Arizona Revised Statutes related to tax deeds) by a vote of 38-20. Representative Villegas explained his no vote, saying an amendment he sought would have helped more counties and expressing frustration about a lack of reciprocal consideration for his party’s amendments.

Utilities oversight. The chamber approved Senate Bill 11 19, relating to the Residential Utility Consumer Office, on a recorded vote of 37 ayes to 21 nays. The clerk was instructed to record the action and convey the bill back to the Senate.

Dental scope pilot drew debate. Senate Bill 11 24 (amending Title 32 provisions related to the State Board of Dental Examiners and establishing an oral preventive assistant, or OPA, pilot practice) passed 38-20 after floor explanations. Representative Patty Contreras urged colleagues to vote no, saying she opposed lowering standards and calling the proposal a pilot that should not be tried on rural residents: “Our rural residents should never be used as guinea pigs.” Representative Bliss, speaking in favor, said the bill establishes training, certification, supervision, and a limited scope of practice under dentist and hygienist oversight and voted aye.

Taxation amendments approved. Senate Bill 12 74, described as amending taxation statutes, passed on a vote of 55 ayes, 3 nays and 2 non-voting.

Procedural steps and next actions. Earlier in the day the House moved into the Committee of the Whole to consider multiple committee recommendations and then adopted the committee’s report placing several bills on third reading. Clerks were instructed to record the actions and convey passed Senate bills back to the Senate. The House adjourned to reconvene at 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

What happened on the floor was largely procedural votes on third reading; where members explained votes, the record shows both policy rationales (due-process protections, training and supervision protocols) and concerns about transparency and standards.

Next procedural step: clerks will transmit passed bills to the Senate for further processing and the House will reconvene March 26, 2025.