First Regular Session H.B. 2469
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2469
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Title 1, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 1-273, to read:
1-273. Sovereign authority; self-defense and invasion; definitions
A. Pursuant to article I, section 10 and article IV, section 4, United States Constitution, and article II, section 3, Constitution of Arizona, the legislature declares it is the public policy of this state to protect this state from drug cartels that threaten the public safety, health or general welfare of the people.
B. The legislature further declares that the federal government's failure to secure the Arizona border to protect this state from an unlawful invasion is dangerous and unprecedented.
C. The laws of this state shall be interpreted and construed to protect this state's sovereign authority against any unlawful invasion at Arizona's border with Mexico.
D. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Drug cartel" means an ongoing formal or informal association of persons in which members or associates individually or collectively engage in:
(a) Unlawful human smuggling.
(b) Trafficking of fentanyl or any other lethal drug for profit.
(c) Any act of terrorism as defined in section 13-2301.
2. "Unlawful invasion" means illicit activities of a drug cartel."
Renumber to conform
Page 1, line 5, after "that" insert "the trafficking of"; strike "coming"
Line 6, after the period insert "This state further declares that overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids are primarily driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl."; strike "of health services"
Line 7, strike "stem" insert "address"
Amend title to conform