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House committee of the whole advances several Senate bills including workforce housing and public‑safety measures
Summary
During an extended committee‑of‑the‑whole session the Arizona House advanced multiple Senate bills (SB1060, SB1093, SB1162, SB1270, SB1814, SB1345, SB1401), adopting committee and subfloor amendments and referring some measures to additional committee consideration.
The Arizona House resolved into the committee of the whole to consider a multi‑item calendar and advanced several Senate measures after committee presentations and floor amendments.
Committee reports and floor actions: the committee recommended SB 10‑60 (voting/residency language concerning military families) and SB 10‑93 (public‑order provisions) do pass; SB 11‑62 and SB 12‑70 were reported as passable with committee and subfloor amendments adopted on the floor. Representative de Los Santos urged members to oppose SB 10‑60, calling it a potential disenfranchisement for children of service members born or raised overseas; proponents said residency rules and intent tests remain the controlling legal standard.
On housing policy, Representative Bliss and Representative Martinez described Senate Bill 14‑01, the Workforce Housing Accelerator Act, as a four‑part effort to expedite permitting, create a single point of contact for projects and lower cost‑to‑build barriers. Representative Villegas and others raised concerns that the bill's affordability definition could be weaker than existing standards and that public benefit and long‑term affordability protections (e.g., 30‑year affordability covenants cited from county statute) should be preserved.
The committee adopted a number of floor and subfloor amendments and referred SB 13‑45 and SB 14‑01 to an additional committee of the whole for further amendment; the additional committee later adopted floor amendments and reported bills to engrossing or third reading as appropriate.
Several measures reported by the committee were placed on the calendar for third reading or engrossing. Members then returned to the full House to continue the day's third‑reading calendar.
No final vote outcomes for most committee items were taken on the floor beyond the committee recommendations, except that bills recommended by the committee were placed on the third‑reading calendar or sent to engrossing for final processing.
