Signed into law: HB 2408 gives the Arizona State Board of Nursing 180 days to act on a complaint and creates a way to expunge certain past disciplinary actions. Faster answers for nurses. #AZLeg#Nurses@AZHouseGOP@JeffWeninger
Rep. Walter Blackman, a combat veteran, on police mental health: "Our officers see and deal with some very hard things every day." And: "I think our law enforcement officers deserve all the help we can get." #BackTheBlue#AZLeg@AZHouseGOP@BlackmanForAZ
A legal immigrant, 32 years in Arizona, to the House Judiciary Committee on HB 2136: "We follow the law because we respect this nation and what it stands for. America cannot become what we ran away from." #AZLeg@AZHouseGOP
Rep. Matt Gress on superintendent perks: "if you don't offer a benefit to the rest, then you can't offer it to the superintendent." Same benefits for everyone. HB 2381. #AZLeg#Taxpayers@AZHouseGOP@MatthewGress
Rep. Julie Willoughby on HB 2184: "Families do not have the immediate right to bury the baby if they would like to. This will allow that to happen." Closure for families who lose a baby too soon. #AZLeg@AZHouseGOP@JWilloughbyAZ
Rep. Alexander Kolodin on the Arizona House floor, as the House honored Charlie Kirk: "The First Amendment exists because we are creatures created in the image of God." "To take away that right is to deny the humanity of the person." #FreeSpeech#AZLeg
On the Arizona House floor, Rep. Quang Nguyen remembered former Rep. Noel Campbell and the advice Campbell gave him as a new candidate: "never go back on your word, because that is all you have as a state legislator." #AZLeg@AZHouseGOP@QuangNguyenAZ
Checking voter rolls against federal records "just to make sure that we're only letting citizens of the United States vote." Rep. Alexander Kolodin: "Nothing radical about that." #AZLeg#ElectionIntegrity@AZHouseGOP@realAlexKolodin
State schools chief Tom Horne to the House Education Committee: "So I made it a high priority to increase the number of police officers in schools to make them safe from deadly invasions." #SafeSchools#AZLeg@AZHouseGOP
Rep. Lisa Fink: "we trust the parents." HB 2249 would have given parents the right to consent and be informed if a school employee facilitates a child's social transition. Vetoed by Gov. Hobbs. #ParentsRights#AZLeg@AZHouseGOP@LisaFink4AZ@MatthewGress
Rep. Alexander Kolodin called HB 2022 "the least spicy bill on the agenda." It still mattered: "We can't let our overseas members of the military be disenfranchised." Signed into law. #AZLeg@AZHouseGOP@realAlexKolodin
Rep. Walt Blackman, who has been called names to his face: "I don't agree with what you say, however, you are protected under the First Amendment." Free speech protects everyone, even the speech we dislike. #FreeSpeech#AZLeg@AZHouseGOP@BlackmanForAZ
Rep. Pamela Carter on the Arizona House floor: "I was 16 years old, working in a restaurant." "To anyone who has ever been assaulted like this, something needs to be done." #AZLeg@AZHouseGOP@pamelacarter888
Arizona's statewide instructional spending is 52.1%. Prop 320 requires larger districts to reach 60%, rising at least 0.5% a year. "How many more years?" Rep. Matt Gress. Vote YES on Prop 320. #Prop320#AZLeg@AZHouseGOP@MatthewGress
Arizona's statewide instructional spending is 52.1%. Prop 320 requires larger districts to reach 60%, rising at least 0.5% a year. "How many more years?" Rep. Matt Gress. Vote YES on Prop 320. #Prop320#AZLeg@AZHouseGOP@MatthewGress
Signed into law: in custody cases, Arizona courts must give the highest priority to the safety of the child and the domestic violence victim. HB 2995. Rep. Rachel Keshel: "We definitely need reform so that this never happens again." #AZLeg@AZHouseGOP@RJ4arizona@LisaFink4AZ
"Sexual abuse doesn't usually start with force. It often starts with manipulation, coercion, and slowly gaining control." A trafficking survivor testified for HB 2992 at the Arizona House. Teach kids the signs before it's too late. #AZLeg#ProtectKids@AZHouseGOP@JWilloughbyAZ
Signed into law: HB 4011 says Arizona HOAs have a duty to act reasonably, using their powers neutrally, fairly, without favoritism and in a nonarbitrary fashion. Passed 54-0 and 24-0. #AZLeg#HOA@AZHouseGOP@BlackmanForAZ