HB2144
Sponsor: Representative Justin Olson (R-AZ-010)
Summary: Amend SECTION 25-320, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES to read If child support has not been ordered by a child support order and if the court deems child support appropriate, the court shall direct, using a retroactive application of the child support guidelines to the date of filing a dissolution of marriage, legal separation, maintenance or child support proceeding OR THE DATE OF A POSITIVE PREGNANCY TEST THAT IS CONFIRMED BY A LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, WHICHEVER FIRST OCCURS. Attempt to achieve fetal personhood and limit reproductive rights.
More on the dangers of fetal personhood laws.
aligns Arizona’s tax code with federal legislation, adopting corporate and wealthy tax cuts while implementing a federal school voucher program. The plan accelerates privatization by allowing families to combine state ESA vouchers with federal tax kickbacks, notably providing zero accountability for the receiving private schools.
Attempt to codify fetal personhood. Would allow for death certificates to be issued for embryos and fetuses before 20 weeks of gestation, which is before the point at which a fetus can survive outside the uterus. Would replace the term “fetus” with “unborn child,” require doctors to tell anyone having an abortion that they may transfer the “bodily remains” to a funeral home, and would violate Prop 139. Learn more about fetal personhood here.
eliminating the requirement to show proof of a sexual assignment surgery to change someone’s birth certificate, a move that would align the state’s rules with recent court precedent.
HB2229
Sponsor: Rep Walt Blackman
Summary: Would appropriate $3m from the state general fund to “pregnancy resource centers,” which spread anti-abortion messaging. Monies could not be distributed to abortion clinics or centers that refer patients to abortion clinics. Reminder: Abortion is LEGAL in Arizona.
locks schools, employers, businesses, and government agencies from using basic health and safety requirements. It goes far beyond vaccines and could interfere with common-sense protections that help prevent the spread of illness, putting classrooms, workplaces, and vulnerable people at greater risk.
HB2266
Sponsor: Rep David Marshall (R-LD7)
Summary: Would amend SECTION 15-806, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES to allow students to be excused from school attendance for religious purposes. This opens the door for explicit religious instruction during school hours.
the limited list of organizations considered “patriotic” is problematic. This bill is designed to exclude some groups and privilege others. Who gets to decide what “patriotic” means?
Attempt to prevent “coerced abortion” by giving drugs that resuilt in abortion without the patient’s consent. Will be used to harass and criminalize medical providers..
requires Arizona health insurers to provide comprehensive coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptives and sterilization procedures without cost-sharing. It prohibits deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments for intrauterine devices, implants, barrier methods, and over-the-counter options. Notably, it also repeals previous exemptions that allowed religiously affiliated employers to exclude these services.
Repeat of a vetoed bill from last session. Bans public schools from teaching, promoting, funding or training “antisemitic conduct,
” a concept that’s poorly defined, impinges on religious freedom, and opens the door to banning open discussion. Eduators could b elegally liable;
parents or students could sue for damages if they hear a point of view they don’t like.
