REVISED REVISED REVISED
Forty-eighth Legislature
Second Regular Session
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
THIRD READING
April 10, 2008
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Expands the duties of the Arizona E-Learning Task Force (Task Force).
For Bill: Stan Barnes, American Electronics Association (03/17/2008); Ian Calkins, American Electronics Association (01/30/2008); Michael Cohen, Self (01/28/2008); Tom Dorn, Arizona Charter Schools Association (03/19/2008); Meghaen Duger, Arizona Technology Council (01/29/2008); Eric Emmert, EdOptions (03/19/2008); Oris Friesen, Self (01/30/2008); Lauren Girardot, Educational Options, Resolutions Inc. (03/19/2008); Lauren Giradot, Resolutions, Inc./Educational Options (01/30/2008); Mark Goldstein, Self (01/30/2008); Art Harding, Arizona Department of Education (03/19/2008); Theodore Kraver, eLearning System for Arizona Teachers and Students (03/19/2008); Ron Lee, Self (01/30/2008); Cathy Poplin, Arizona Department of Education (01/29/2008); Bob Rosenberg, eSATS (03/19/2008); Eileen B. Sigmund, Arizona Charter Schools Association (03/19/2008)
Neutral: Janice Palmer, Arizona School Boards Association (03/18/2008); Michael Smith, Arizona School Administrators (03/18/2008)
HB 2077 home inspectors; rules; standards committee
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Reduces the number of members a home inspector organization must have to be eligible to submit names for membership on the Home Inspector Rules and Standards Committee (Committee).
For Bill: Ron Dalrymple, Board of Technical Registration (02/06/2008); David Swartz, Arizona Home Inspectors Coalition (02/05/2008)
Against Bill: Scott Hubbard, Self (02/06/2008); Shannon Hubbard, Self (02/06/2008); Randy West, Self (01/30/2008)
Neutral: Greg Reller, Self (01/30/2008)
HB 2103 2008 tax corrections act.
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Corrects errors, obsolete language and blending problems in the tax statutes of the Arizona Revised Statutes.
For Bill: Kim Freeman, DOR (03/12/2008); Sean Laux, Department of Revenue (03/12/2008); Jennifer Schuldt, Arizona Tax Research Association (03/12/2008)
HB 2213 uniformed overseas voters; electronic transmittal
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Expands, to an electronic format, the method by which an absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters (UOCAVA voters) may vote by early ballot.
For Bill: Jan Brewer, Secretary of State (03/24/2008); Beth Lewallen, County Supervisors Association (03/21/2008); Karen Osborne, Maricopa County Elections (01/30/2008); Helen Purcell, Maricopa County Recorder & Az. Recorders Assn. (03/24/2008); Nicole Stickler, Arizona Association of Counties (03/24/2008); Jennifer Sweeney, Arizona Association of Counties (03/24/2008)
HB 2257 precinct registers; information; fee
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Decreases, from ten cents to one cent, the cost per name for an official precinct list in an electronic data medium.
For Bill: Helen Purcell, Maricopa County Recorder (03/10/2008); Jennifer Sweeney, Arizona Association of Counties (03/10/2008)
HB 2357 historic trucks; use fuel taxes
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Requires a use class vehicle to pay the use fuel tax rate for a light class motor vehicle if the vehicle is a truck and is at least 25 years old, has been issued a historic vehicle license plate and is not used as a commercial vehicle.
For Bill: John Wazorick, American Truck Historical Society (02/14/2008); John Wazorick, Self (03/18/2008)
HB 2366 DHS; licensing; electronic licensing
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Prescribes different requirements for renewal of certificates of child care group homes and licenses for health care institutions and child care facilities; allows the Department of Health Services (DHS) to accept electronic licensure and certification applications.
For Bill: Elizabeth Baskett, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (03/10/2008); Jason Bezozo, Banner Health (03/09/2008); Jerry Boehm, Arizona Council of Human Service Providers (02/06/2008); Kathryn Busby, Touchstone Behavioral Health (03/13/2008); Kevin B. DeMenna, Arizona Health Care Association (03/12/2008); Don Isaacson, Az Assoc. of Homes & Housing for the Aging (03/10/2008); Emily Jenkins, Az Council of Human Service Providers (02/06/2008); Bruce Liggett, Arizona Child Care Association (03/10/2008); Mitch Menlove, Arizona Health Care Association (03/12/2008); David Miller, Arizona Council of Human Service Providers (03/12/2008); Kathleen Pagels, Arizona Health Care Assn (03/10/2008); Jillynn Stevens, Children's Action Alliance (02/05/2008); Pete Wertheim, Department of Health Services (03/10/2008)
HB 2469 education accountability; crisis teams; receivership
(Now: schools; overexpenditure; crisis teams; receivership)
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): An emergency measure to delay the period for the Union Elementary, Saddle Mountain Unified and Peach Spring Unified school districts to repay overexpenditures, for nine years beginning in FY 2008-2009. Extends permanently, effective on July 1, 2008, the ability for the State Board of Education (SBE) to assign a receiver to a school district and institutes fiscal crisis teams or receivers to oversee and manage school districts that have overexpended their budgets.
For Bill: Robert Bacon, Union Elementary School District (03/12/2008); Louise Benson, Self and Tribal Council (03/12/2008); Gary Burton, Self (03/12/2008); Tim Carter, Self (03/12/2008); Sherry Counts, Self and Hualapai Tribe (03/12/2008); Addie Crozier, Self (03/12/2008); Peter Davis, Colorado City School District (03/12/2008); Charles Essigs, AZ Association of School Business Officials (03/12/2008); Paul Hanley, Self (03/12/2008); Art Harding, Arizona Department of Education (03/12/2008); Chuck Jones, Self (03/12/2008); Karen Liepmann, Hualapai Tribe (03/12/2008); Elizabeth Monty, Saddle Mountain and Peach Spring, Veriti Consulting LLC (03/12/2008); Tina Norton, Office of the Pima County School Superintendent (03/11/2008); Janice Palmer, Arizona School Boards Association (03/12/2008); Janice Shelton, Self (03/11/2008); Michael Smith, Arizona School Administrators (03/11/2008); Nicole Stickler, Arizona County School Superintendents (03/12/2008); Jennifer Sweeney, Arizona Association of Counties (03/12/2008); Alfredo Velasquez, Santa Cruz County School Sup. (02/27/2008); Wilfred Whatoname, Self and Hualapai Tribal Council (03/12/2008); John White, Self, Veriti Consulting LLC (03/12/2008)
Against Bill: Melynda Wescott, Self (02/22/2008); Melynda Wescott, Self (02/27/2008); Christina Wilder-Mertens, Self (02/27/2008)
Neutral: Jennifer Daily, Arizona Education Association (02/27/2008); Vince Yanez, State Board of Education (03/12/2008)
SB 1256 special districts; secondary levy limits.
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Includes certain Special Taxing Districts (districts) under the purview of the Property Tax Oversight Commission (Commission). Imposes levy limits on several districts. Allows for override votes for county fire districts.
For Bill: Penny Allee Taylor, Southwest Gas Corporation (02/05/2008); Tom Jenney, Arizona Foundation of Taxpayers, Americans for Prosperity (02/11/2008); Gretchen Kitchel, Pinnacle West Capital Corp. (02/03/2008); Larry Lucero, Tucson Electric Power (02/06/2008); Kevin McCarthy, Arizona Tax Research Association (02/06/2008); Scot Mussi, Home Builders Assoc of Central AZ (02/06/2008); Jeff Sandquist, Tucson Electric Power Company (02/11/2008); Kathy Senseman, Southwest Gas (02/06/2008); Russell Smoldon, SRP (02/06/2008); Tracy Spoon, Sun City Taxpayers Association (02/06/2008); Steve Voeller, Arizona Free Enterprise Club (02/01/2008)
Against Bill: Mark Barnes, Pinal County Board of Supervisors (02/06/2008); Robert Biscoe, Sun City West Fire District (02/06/2008); John Flynn, Arizona Urban Fire District Assoc. (02/06/2008); Lee Miller, Arizona Fire District Association (03/11/2008); Philip Miller, Self (02/06/2008); Carolyn Oberholtzer, Westpac Development Corporation and Walton International Development Corporation (02/06/2008); Michael Racy, Pima County (02/06/2008); Craig Sullivan, County Supervisors Assoc. (02/06/2008); Jennifer Sweeney, Arizona Association of Counties (02/06/2008)
Neutral: Tim Hill, Professional Firefighters of Arizona (02/06/2008)
CONSENT CALENDAR
HB 2130 residential property tax; homesite area
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Defines a homesite for the purpose of assessing owner-occupied residential property for property tax purposes.
For Bill: Bas Aja, Arizona Cattlemens Assoc (01/28/2008); Walter Dudley, Self (01/28/2008); Jennifer Schuldt, Arizona Tax Research Association (03/12/2008)
Against Bill: Paul Petersen, Maricopa County Assessor (01/28/2008); Keith Russell, Maricopa County Assessor (01/28/2008)
Neutral: Kim Freeman, DOR (01/28/2008); Sean Laux, Department of Revenue (01/28/2008); Todd Madeksza, County Supervisors Association (01/28/2008); Nicole Stickler, Arizona Association of Counties (01/28/2008); Jennifer Sweeney, Arizona Association of Counties (03/12/2008)
HB 2521 birth defects; folic acid supplements
Purpose (For more information see Fact Sheet): Allows the Department of Health Services (DHS) and the Arizona Early Intervention Program in the Department of Economic Security (DES) to use data in the Chronic Disease Surveillance System to notify families of children with birth defects about available services. Requires DHS to authorize other entities to distribute folic acid supplements and provide counseling and information services.
For Bill: Sue Braga, American Academy of Pediatrics - AZ Chapter (03/18/2008); Barbara Fanning, AZ Department of Health Services (03/19/2008); Jeff Gray, March of Dimes (03/20/2008); Susan Higgins, Arizona Public Health Association (03/20/2008); David Landrith, Arizona Medical Association (03/20/2008); Michelle Pabis, Scottsdale Healthcare (03/17/2008); Tara Plese, AZ Association of Community Health Centers (03/20/2008)
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