General Legislative Knowledge
Bill Process
Parliamentary Procedure
Capitol Leadership
Chaos!
100
The number of members in the Arizona House of Representatives
What is 60 members?
(2 from each of Arizona's 30 Legislative Districts)
100
The group responsible for drafting bills.
Who is Legislative Council (Leg Council)?
100
All actions and motions of a committee must go through this person.
Who is the Chairman?
100
Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives
Who is Steve Montenegro?
100
The Arizona Five C's.
What are
Copper, Cotton, Citrus, Cattle and Climate?
200
The majority party caucus elects the Speaker of the House, Majority Leader, Majority Whip but this leadership position, whose name contains Latin, is appointed by the Speaker.
What is the Speaker Pro Tempore?
(Pro Tempore is Latin for 'for the time being')
200
The event that assigns a bill to its committee/committees.
What is First Read?
200
According to proper parliamentary procedure, this is when the bill should be moved.
What is FIRST, before any discussion?
200
Arizona Attorney General
Who is Kris Mayes?
200
The location of Arizona's Territorial Capitol.
Where is Prescott?
300
In a bill, these are the colors of existing law, new law and struck law.
What are:
1. Existing law: Black
2. New law: (Upper Case) Blue
3. Struck law: Red ?
300
This committee hears every bill passed out of all other standing committees and contemplates if bills are 'Constitutional and in Proper Form'.
What is the Rules Committee?
300
The minimum amount of committee members must be present for a meeting.
I.e. a committee of 10 it is 6, a committee of 7 is 4 and COW is 31.
What is a Quorum?
300
Arizona Secretary of State
Adrian Fontes
300
The only verb on the 'Verb List' that has a warning to "USE SPARINGLY".
What is 'Clarifies'?
400
This clause puts a measure into effect immediately upon signature of the governor, but requires a 2/3 majority to pass floor votes.
What is an Emergency Clause?
400
After a bill is heard in Caucus it is placed on this calendar where members debate, discuss and can amend bills before voting on them.
What is Committee of the Whole (COW)?
400
Voting in COW is typically a voice vote, where members vote by all saying 'Aye' or 'Nay', where the outcome is determined by the presiding chair, unless a member yells this word.
Which prompts all members to stand up and be counted to determine the number of votes on a given side.
What is DIVISION!?!?!
400
President of the Arizona Senate
Warren Petersen
400
The difference between a Third Read Consent Calendar and a COW Consent Calendar.
What is...
Third Read Consent: Bypasses Committee of the Whole to move un-amended bills to Third Read; and
COW Consent: Includes measures amended in Committee that received zero "no" votes in a mass motion during COW to expedite voting?
500
Group who works on the state budget and produces 'fiscal notes'.
What is the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC)?
500
The final dispositions of bills once they reach the governor's office are: signed, vetoed and this action.
Which allows a bill to become law if the governor takes no action within 5 days of receiving the bill (this increases to 10 days upon Sine Die).
What is 'Without Signature' (W/O)?
500
The result of a motion 'for the previous question'.
What is the end of debate/comments and the committee immediately begins voting on the measure?
500
Arizona Treasurer
Kimberly Yee
500
This beloved cartoon was first published in a 1977 educational pamphlet put out by the Arizona Legislature that is still in circulation.
He dawns a pair of boots, spurs and a cowboy hat while he is seen hopping barriers, attending committees, being sewn back together and riding a horse.
Who is Arizona Bill?