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and campus engagement including facilitating speaking events with survivors, their families and liberators. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Sen. Anna Hernandez (D-Phoenix). HB 2779 requires Holocaust and genocide studies be taught for at least three school periods on at least two separate occasions for students grades seven to 12. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Sen. David Marshall (R-Snowflake). HB 2897 requires the Arizona Department of Public Safety to distribute funds for Law Enforcement Retention Initiatives to nine law enforcement agencies including $150,000 to Buckeye Police Department. The money will go for recruitment and retention services and software. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Rep. David Livingston (R-Peoria).
airport facilities. The vacation or short-term rental owner must reside on the property if the dwelling unit is constructed after Sept. 14. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Rep. Michael Carbone (R-Buckeye). HB 2721 requires all municipalities with 75,000 or more residents, by Jan. 1, 2026, to adopt medium-density housing controls permitting duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and townhomes on specific plots. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Rep. Michael Carbone (R-Buckeye). HB 2760 and HB 2779 establish the Education on the Holocaust and Other Genocides Study Committee, which will review study requirements, teacher lessons and trainings and public university incorporation of Holocaust and genocide teaching into courses
founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff in 1894 to support his research of the ninth planet, Planet X, which was discovered as Pluto later in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Rep. Justin Wilmeth (R-Phoenix). HB 2508 establishes a new classification of false reporting for anyone who initiates a report for an educational institution or place of worship or religious service knowing the report is false with the intention of instigating an emergency response. This act of false reporting is now a class 6 felony. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Rep. Matt Gress (R-Phoenix). HB 2720 declares accessory dwelling unit requirements are not applicable to lots or parcels on tribal land or land near specified
HB 2325 prevents municipalities and counties from adopting regulations prohibiting residents from keeping fowl in their backyard. However, a municipality may restrict fowl numbers to no more than six, prohibit male fowl including roosters and prohibit fowl from “running at large.” Municipalities may also require specific enclosure restrictions, maintenance of the enclosure and manure use, adequate overflow drainage and that food be stored in insect- and rodent-proof containers. Buckeye began adopting new backyard fowl restrictions in August. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Rep. Kevin Payne (R-Peoria). HB 2477 names Pluto as Arizona’s official state planet. Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet by NASA in 2006. The selection honors Percival Lowell who
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passenger without wearing a helmet. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Sine Kerr (R-Buckeye). SB 1680 allows police to issue citations for 16- and 17-year-olds not wearing protective helmets while operating or while being a passenger of an all-terrain vehicle, motorcycle or motor-driven vehicle. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Sen. David Gowan (R-Sierra Vista). SB 1734 repeals the criminal statute which prohibited abortion services not necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman. The partisan bill was sponsored by Sen. Anna Hernandez (D-Phoenix).
expansion area, withdrawing water up to 1,000 feet and not exceeding existing withdrawal rates. It must not cause the groundwater table to decline more than 10 feet per year. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Sen. T.J. Shope (R-Coolidge). SB 1567 requires driver’s license and education requirements for people operating off-highway vehicles and prohibits operation while under the influence of alcohol or having an open liquor container in the vehicle. The bill allows citations to be issued to parents of minors under 12 or minors between 12 and 15 who operate an OHV without a license. It prohibits people under 18 to operate an OHV or be an OHV
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1181 requires districts to replenish groundwater at an amount equivalent to the obligation for its active management area, detailing timeframes and other requirements for the process. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Rep. Warren Petersen (R-Gilbert). SB 1242 permits a groundwater replenishment district to lease a well for groundwater from an irrigation district located within the Harquahala irrigation non-
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SB 1081, SB 1181 and SB 1242 were components of HB 2201 before being split and signed June 19. All were companion bills to SB 1172, which was vetoed the same day. SB 1081 allows a municipality to obtain assured water supply if certain criteria are met. The bipartisan bill was sponsored by Sen. Sine Kerr (R-Buckeye). SB
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