Children’s Action Alliance
A Voice for Arizona’s Children since 1988
2015 Priority Legislation Affecting Children and Families
April 15, 2015
HB 2022 tuition waiver scholarship; university; revisions
Sponsored by Representative Kate Brophy McGee
This legislation will amend the eligibility criteria for the tuition waiver pilot program
to allow eligible former foster youth to receive a waiver up to age 23.
CAA SUPPORTED
Passed by both Senate and House and signed by the Governor.
HB 2024 child safety oversight committee; continuation
Sponsored by Representative Kate Brophy McGee
HB 2024 will extended the Child Safety Oversight Committee and change reporting
deadlines.
CAA SUPPORTED
Passed by both Senate and House and signed by the Governor.
HB 2069 income tax reduction; online TPT
Sponsored by Representative J.D. Mesnard
This bill would have required the Arizona Department of Revenue to adjust income
tax rates downward to offset any revenues received if and when Congress passes the
Marketplace Fairness Act (which would bring additional sales tax into the state).
CAA OPPOSED
Passed the House, and the Senate Committee on Finance, but never received a full
vote in Senate.
HB 2098 department of child safety
Sponsored by Representative Kate Brophy McGee
CAA SUPPORTED
HB 2098 makes technical corrections that are needed for the recently-created
Department of Child Safety (DCS) and requires DCS to issue a Request for
Information to private entities and vendors to ask about their interest and capacity
to help handle the CPS case backlog.
Passed by both Senate and House and signed by the Governor.
HB 2166 DCS Information; Egregious Abuse; Neglect
Sponsored by Representative Kate Brophy McGee
CAA SUPPORTED
This legislation clarifies the requirements of confidentiality and release of
information regarding fatality and near fatality cases of child abuse and neglect.
Passed by both Senate and House and signed by the Governor.
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HB 2190 common core; replacement
Sponsored by Representatives Finchem, Lawrence and Barton
This bill would have repealed Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards for K-12
education.
CAA OPPOSED
Passed by the House, but failed in the Senate.
HB 2568 insurance premium tax reduction
Sponsored by Representatives Livingston, Cobb, Coleman, et al
CAA OPPOSED
This bill will reduce the tax rate on insurance premiums - except for premiums for
fire, disability, and health care service plans. It's a phased down rate cut that ends
the phase down in calendar year 2026 at an annual cost of $35.2 million.
Passed by both Senate and House and signed by the Governor.
HB 2611 consumer flex loans
Sponsored by Representative J.D. Mesnard
CAA OPPOSED
This bill would have created a new version of payday loans that circumvent
the 36% APR cap by applying a daily "customary fee" for the balance of the loan,
creating an effective APR over 200%.
Passed by the House, but was not heard by the Senate.
HB 2643 sovereign authority; affordable care act
Sponsored by Representatives Olson and Leach
CAA OPPOSED
HB 2643 will prohibit the state from working with federal agencies to establish its
own health care exchange. If the U.S. Supreme Court rules against federal exchange
subsidies, this bill will limit Arizona families from maintaining health insurance
coverage purchased through the Marketplace.
Passed by both Senate and House and signed by the Governor.
HCR 2003 application; Article V convention
Sponsored by Representatives Townsend, Thorpe, Borrelli, et al
HCR 2003 called for a U.S. Constitutional Convention that would create a free-for-all
to alter the Constitution.
CAA OPPOSED
Passed by the House, but did not receive a full vote by the Senate.
SB 1188 - IRS Conformity
Sponsored by Debbie Lesko
This bill increases the income tax deduction for certain business expenses from
$25,000 to $500,000 at a cost of $31 million a year.
CAA OPPOSED
Passed by both Senate and House and signed by the Governor.
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