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The vice chair read a motion listing the bills included in the mass motion; counsel said the bills were examined \"with a fine tooth comb\" and the office found no legal deficiencies. The clerk recorded a roll call of eight ayes and zero nays, and the committee entered its recommendation for the listed measures.

The mass motion covered numerous bills by bill number; the transcript records the motion listing more than 60 bill numbers including, by way of example, 1003, 1040, 10507, 10704, 1103, 1117, 11404, 11506, 11601, 11908, 12211, 12302, 12501, 13503, 13905, 14505, 15305, 15606, 16803, 17006, 17009 and 1711 (list in transcript). The transcript did not include bill titles or substantive summaries for those measures during the mass motion; counsel said only that staff found no issues to comment on.

Because the items were bundled and had minimal discussion in committee, the record shows a committee recommendation advancing the measures without separate debate in the Rules Committee.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","04/14/2025 - House Rules","oneSentenceSummary","The committee used a mass motion to recommend a long list of bills as constitutional and in proper form; counsel said staff reviewed the measures and found no issues warranting separate comment.","taxTitle","2025 Legislature Arizona, Arizona","taxId",78572,"location","Arizona","headline","","shortSummary",{"_32":76,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":77,"_40":78,"_42":79,"_44":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6603968,"Rules committee recommends Senate Bill 1509 on juror peremptory challenges but warns of separation‑of‑powers risk",170,628640,798765,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2994877-7200051ff6b6c49fa090359ae28c1558&start=628&end=798","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2994877-7200051ff6b6c49fa090359ae28c1558/thumbnail_628640.jpg","/articles/6603968/Arizona/Rules-committee-recommends-Senate-Bill-1509-on-juror-peremptory-challenges-but-warns-of-separationofpowers-risk","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6603968-3c823468c816154230d8666755c29976/orig.mp4?Expires=1770015982&Signature=CiWWXylhrD4uzpc6EkxRqJK2VMhnu-mX92VGaV4mRGpD2U01xU33UgBNgfqpkGnWCFeWK54pUYfoFOW2LCKNdSNdtk-8GjIAM~lYTxOBt1v5EOtrjXTuKsVkNAWdF0UkLm0rM5RzbuDwWGsr-kpp3SgB2IxOXSzTycMBB6JNrbEp6p7vGXilopdR7OE5GAbIvcrWyMy4t-eZdXm4EqhDwA25PKHl2rKbEJE7mgg~HJWTKkbSc1snLS3KyqSalrmE-xjQvf3of5IGhaeMhe-fFxOpOF4iyJYTLoCdFjUI3AccVa2bLf9Nm1LEAx88TP9scOJkMFZwBLfrv6vClyCUBQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Arizona Senate Rules Committee recommended Senate Bill 1509 as constitutional and in proper form while committee counsel warned the bill could raise separation‑of‑powers questions with the courts.

Tim Fleming, rules attorney, told members that the strike‑everything amendment to SB1509 deals with jurors and peremptory challenges. He said the measure raises distribution‑of‑powers questions under Article 3 of the Arizona Constitution because the Arizona Supreme Court recently amended court rules removing the availability of peremptory challenges in civil and criminal trials.

Fleming noted that an older Arizona case, Thompson (1949), has been read to support the legislature’s authority to regulate peremptory challenges as substantive rights, but he said subsequent decisions by the United States Supreme Court and the Arizona Supreme Court have treated peremptory challenges as more procedural. “Our sense is that, given the more recent case development, that a court, if there was a challenge, a court could find a separation of powers issue,” Fleming said. He advised that, for that reason, the bill could be vulnerable to constitutional challenge even though the committee ultimately recommended it as in proper form.

After brief discussion, the committee took a roll call and recorded five ayes and three nays: Representative Carbone (Aye); Representative Contreras (Nay); Representative Delos Santos (Nay); Representative Mathis (Nay); Speaker Montenegro (Aye); Representative Willoughby (Aye); Vice Chairman Carter (Aye); Chairman Hendricks (Aye). The committee’s action was entered as a recommendation that SB1509 is constitutional and in proper form.

The committee record separates staff legal advice from judicial determinations: counsel identified a plausible separation‑of‑powers vulnerability but did not state that a court would necessarily invalidate the measure.","The Rules Committee recommended Senate Bill 1509, which would alter peremptory jury challenges, but committee counsel said the bill may present a separation‑of‑powers issue with the judiciary and could be subject to legal challenge.",{"_32":88,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":89,"_40":90,"_42":91,"_44":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6603973,"Committee backs Senate Bill 1150 strike‑everything amendment on wind farms but flags potential federal law issues",312,311030,623140,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2994877-7200051ff6b6c49fa090359ae28c1558&start=311&end=623","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2994877-7200051ff6b6c49fa090359ae28c1558/thumbnail_311030.jpg","/articles/6603973/Arizona/Committee-backs-Senate-Bill-1150-strikeeverything-amendment-on-wind-farms-but-flags-potential-federal-law-issues","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6603973-ac9658f67d93525eb094a85a7d9c7827/orig.mp4?Expires=1770015982&Signature=nwTu9HXtOcWoacNFoHPuADs4nFfpCWFTLwD7XILJNMVbzVpMHnEhXUflvUSiCHoWeyiTlt8hU0~mWwYWAOjqzwC8T1HNr3~t6La9yLk7YWiBAlXLDOXf-UA5fHmAR6Q8b5rm4rKCZpVsK3rmBzuYUh-2tSbW6DZBWVjcZPkp9piRESZM4el~C9W7vnM1EWNO8ZujDWDcy7IAhyhPEpDXH6A5ZR~BS5AWlw9Yk1ywoVWAOO9c3a4EhK3LRCG8Ds7ON~7ysexGmTyLxuTdojDeKmOAP8yK2MGKqS-PyuQ3zyEadPuMPcvCpkCXQWEQ81FzdXQFnWWwOfOOqeyI3iRXBA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Arizona Senate Rules Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 1150, including a strike‑everything amendment, as constitutional and in proper form, while counsel said some provisions may raise potential conflicts with federal law.

Tim Fleming, rules attorney, told members the strike‑everything amendment contains several provisions regulating renewable-energy wind farms, including restrictions tied to the use of state land and provisions that would apply to federally authorized facilities. He said the amendment includes a provision that would require county supervisor consent before the transfer of ownership of a wind farm sited on certain federal facilities and a distance restriction barring a wind farm within six miles of an area rezoned for residential use.

Fleming said he found a “possibility” of federal-law interplay or conflict, particularly where the amendment applies state-level transfer restrictions to facilities on federal land. He also noted federal oversight and multiple federal statutes, including potential Clean Water Act implications, govern some land and siting decisions. “I couldn't find anything in federal law that created the same kind of a distance limitation,” Fleming said, adding that he had not conducted an exhaustive search and could not conclude whether a conflict actually exists.

On potential remedies, Fleming suggested legislators could add language recognizing federal law limits — for example, a savings clause such as “unless prohibited by federal law” or similar safety guards at the specific points of concern. “Whether it's necessary or not, I can't say that it is,” he said.

The committee recorded a roll call of five ayes and three nays: Representative Carbone (Aye); Representative Contreras (Nay); Representative Delos Santos (Nay); Representative Mathis (Nay); Speaker Montenegro (Aye); Representative Willoughby (Aye); Vice Chairman Carter (Aye); Chairman Hendricks (Aye). The committee recommended the bill as constitutional and in proper form.

Committee counsel characterized the federal‑preemption questions as unresolved and recommended further review if members are concerned about conflicts with federal statutes or federal agency approvals.","The Rules Committee recommended Senate Bill 1150, which imposes state-level restrictions on wind farms including ownership-transfer consent and a six‑mile buffer from rezoned residential areas, while committee counsel said federal-law interplay needs further review.",{"_32":100,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":101,"_40":102,"_42":103,"_44":104,"_46":105,"_48":106,"_50":107,"_52":108,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":109,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":110,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6603978,"Rules committee recommends Senate Bill 1002 on school pronoun use, cites constitutional uncertainties",290,3600,294565,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2994877-7200051ff6b6c49fa090359ae28c1558&start=3&end=294","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2994877-7200051ff6b6c49fa090359ae28c1558/thumbnail_3600.jpg","/articles/6603978/Arizona/Rules-committee-recommends-Senate-Bill-1002-on-school-pronoun-use-cites-constitutional-uncertainties","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6603978-8f3a847c2e9e80ef5605158021330039/orig.mp4?Expires=1770015982&Signature=I2cTT3~e7wj2fVjO~fEpHS18pghr98FKVulQe-TwZkeSsc6rjAxnPyN1sWIcROOYA6EmN~Pynv6trPrR4~tTxxt1s0OTlFwKjy67ehJRbzHzoiRhOkCN7PJ-U4xGYBtrpDbYRy4l-PV2xloqzTKvRLcdWlPDguhRlE8rf~9~TYvG1fUEMOaWpczqr~VKRw9FA7aKEa2ko2ynw-hgMlfqh8zb69GI5oAFe5ANxg74VGeFB-oSDKvcU-lYUmLdxDFHRr9b26dnWh04YKl4lgrz-4CNqO~6fxDN6kmTiFTmlnnAujeGpjRLt0OAzOf7XTHY0tkHfgrwRvZ1NzChEC5g1Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Arizona Senate Rules Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 1002 as constitutional and in proper form after a rules office review found significant unresolved constitutional issues.

Tim Fleming, rules attorney with the Rules Committee staff, told members the bill would prohibit school district employees from addressing students under age 18 by a pronoun that differs from the student’s biological sex or by a name other than the student’s first or middle name in school records unless a parent consents. Fleming said the bill “regulates the teachers use of pronouns when they're referring to students.”

Fleming told the committee the measure raises multiple constitutional questions, including parents’ fundamental rights under the Fourteenth Amendment, student speech and expression protected by the First Amendment, and potential compelled-speech or religious-free-exercise issues for teachers. “The state of the law on the subject of pronouns is very much in flux right now,” Fleming said. “Different courts have been developing case law that leads to different outcomes, based on similar facts.” He added, “This is something that we're gonna learn more about over time, I'm certain.”

Fleming said the office could not confidently predict how courts would resolve those conflicts and that the bill presents “so many issues in a very compact space” that he expected it might be litigated. “We hope that this is the 1 that gets challenged so we'll know the answers,” he said, and otherwise described the bill as “improper form” only if courts found constitutional defects.

After discussion, the committee took a roll call. The clerk recorded five ayes and three nays: Representative Carbone (Aye); Representative Contreras (Nay); Representative Delos Santos (Nay); Representative Mathis (Nay); Speaker Montenegro (Aye); Representative Willoughby (Aye); Vice Chairman Carter (Aye); Chairman Hendricks (Aye). The committee’s action was recorded as a recommendation that the bill is constitutional and in proper form.

The committee record distinguishes staff legal analysis and committee recommendation from judicial outcomes: the committee recommendation does not resolve how a court might rule if the law were challenged.","The Arizona Senate Rules Committee recommended Senate Bill 1002, which would limit teachers' use of pronouns and names for students under 18 absent parental consent, but the committee record notes unresolved First and Fourteenth Amendment questions.","actionData","errors"]

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