Legislative Players
This Representative serves as Speaker of the House.
Who is Ben Toma?
This is the date upon which most measures signed by the Governor officially become law.
What is the General Effective Date?
The name of the Statue on the Roof of the Old Capitol.
Who is Winged Victory?
The number of Members who have resigned this year.
What is six?
Rep. Salman, Rep. Shah, Rep. Sun, Quinonez, Rep. Hodge & Rep. Longdon
Which of the following was a House Standing Committee during the 1st Legislature, 1st Regular Session:
A. Mail Suffrage
B. Bad Roads
C. Good Roads
D. Local Ordinances & Lawsuits
E. Navigation & Oceanography
What is C: The Committee on Good Roads?
This person is the longest serving legislator in Arizona state history.
Who is Polly Rosenbaum?
Polly Rosenbaum was born in 1899 and served in the Arizona State Legislature from 1949 - 1994.
As opposed to a meeting of a standing committee, at this step in the process the entire chamber meets to discuss or amend a measure.
What is Committee of the Whole?
Name the 5 C's of Arizona.
What is Climate, Cattle, Citrus, Copper & Cotton?
The number of Fridays in which we've been released early due to protests.
What is six?
in 2023 alone, Governor Hobbs vetoed this many bills - shattering the previous record: Governor Napolitano vetoed 58 bills in 2005.
What is 143 bills?
The people who have the power of initiative, referendum and recall.
Who is YOU! (the voters)
Known as the reserved powers:
Initiative: the power of the people to pass a law or amend the Arizona Constitution.
Referendum: the power of the people to repeal a law.
Recall: The power of the people to remove and replace a public official before the end of their term in office.
If a bill was amended in the opposite chamber and the sponsor refuses the amendment, the measure must go to ___________ or die.
What is a Conference Committee?
This mythical creature can be found painted on the ceiling of the Old Capitol.
What is a Jackalope?
Theoretically, Legislative Sessions are SUPPOSED to adjourn Sine Die within 100 days. What day does the 100th Day of Session fall on?
What is April 16th?
True or False: An Arizona Governor once appointed a Director to a state agency who was under investigation for murder.
What is True?
Governor Mecham appointed Albert Rodriguez to Director of the Department of Liquor License and Control in 1987, a man under investigation for a 1955 murder in Mexico.
This Representative serves as House Minority Whip.
Who is Melody Hernandez?
True or False: If the Governor does not sign a bill within 5 days after receipt of the bill, it is considered vetoed.
What is False?
A bill automatically becomes law if the Governor fails to sign the bill within 5 days or 10 days if the Legislature is not in session.
The number of federally recognized tribal nations in Arizona.
What is 22?
The Arizona Legislature's first Chaptered bill this year is an emergency measure that moves Arizona's Primary Election date from August 6th 2024 to _________.
What is July 30th?
Following his impeachment by the House of Representatives, Arizona Governor Evan Mecham was convicted by the Senate in this year.
What is 1988?
On April 4, 1988, the Senate convicted Mecham on obstruction of justice by a vote of 21 to 9, and on misusing government funds by a vote of 26 to 4.
Serving as the chief administrative officer of the House, this staff position is elected by a majority vote of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Chief Clerk (Krystle Isvoranu)?
True or False: The Governor may only perform a line item veto on the sections of a bill that contain an appropriation.
What is True?
Art. V, Sec. 7, Constitution of Arizona.
The 1991 event that led to the indictment of 7 Arizona legislators and other political figures on bribery, money laundering, and other charges related to the receipt of payments from a gambling consultant to ensure the legalization of casino gambling.
What is AzScam?
The number of House Bills introduced (dropped in the Hopper) by the 29-day deadline.
What is 896 bills?
Not including miscellaneous measures, more than any year since 2020 (899 bills introduced).
Which of the following reasons were cited in an Arizona Governor's Proclamation to call a Special Session:
A. To "ensure the continuation of the Dude Ranch Standardization and Practices Board."
B. To "strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of human liberty."
C. To "consider the allocation or sale of an abundance of jams and jellies accumulated by the Arizona National Guard."
D. To "consider the emergency appropriation of monies to the Arizona Department of Administration for a shortage of pencils, paperclips and other office supplies."
What is B?
Governor Hunt issued the proclamation calling a Special Session of the Legislature on April 18, 1918 in response to the outbreak of World War I.
Fun Fact: The 3rd Legislature, 1st Special Session was also called to consider the ratification of 18th and 19th amendments to the US Constitution (Prohibition and Women's Suffrage).