Thread: ARIZONA (2011)

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Sample Message: Please call and write all AZ Lawmakers to say:

"Please stop illegal aliens from voting or receiving taxpayer benefits in Arizona. Please empower local police to enforce existing immigration laws. Please support/oppose Bill Numbers"

http://www.azleg.gov/bills.asp

SENATE BILL 1222

Introduced by Senator Biggs

AN ACT
amending sections 1-501 and 1-502, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 36, chapter 12, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36‑1409.02; relating to eligibility for public programs.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 1-501, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

Eligibility for federal public benefits; documentation; violation; classification; citizen suits; court costs and attorney fees; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other state law, any natural person who applies for a federal public benefit that is administered by this state or a political subdivision of this state, shall submit at least one of the following documents to the entity that administers the federal public benefit demonstrating lawful presence in the United States:

1. An Arizona driver license issued after 1996 or an Arizona non-operating identification license.
2. A birth certificate or delayed birth certificate issued in any state, territory or possession of the United States.
3. A United States certificate of birth abroad.
4. A United States passport.
5. A foreign passport with a United States visa.
6. An I-94 form with a photograph.
7. A United States citizenship and immigration services employment authorization document or refugee travel document.
8. A United States certificate of naturalization.
9. A United States certificate of citizenship.
10. A tribal certificate of Indian blood.
11. A tribal or bureau of Indian affairs affidavit of birth.

http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b1222p.htm

STATUS:
in HOUSE:
Second Reading Calendar 3/21/2011
First Reading Calendar 3/20/2011

in SENATE:
Third Reading Calendar 3/15/2011
COW Calendar 3/14/2011
COW Calendar 2/10/2011
Caucus Calendar 2/8/2011
Second Reading Calendar 1/26/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/25/2011

Committee: Government Reform 2/2/2011 9:00 A.M.

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

SB 1070

Introduced by Senator Pearce R

AN ACT

amending section 13-2929, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to offenses against public order.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 13-2929, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

Unlawful transporting, moving, concealing, harboring or shielding of unlawful aliens; vehicle impoundment; exception; classification

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b1070p.htm

STATUS:
Second Reading Calendar 1/12/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/11/2011

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

SB 1405

Introduced by Senators Smith: Biggs, Griffin, Klein, Melvin, Pearce R, Shooter

AN ACT

amending title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-415; relating to health care institutions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-415, to read:

Hospital admissions; proof of citizenship, legal residence or lawful presence; immunity

A. Before a hospital admits a person for nonemergency care, a hospital admissions officer must confirm that the person is a citizen of the United States, a legal resident of the United States or lawfully present in the United States. The admissions officer may use any method prescribed in section 1-501 to verify citizenship or legal status.

B. If the admissions officer determines that the person does not meet the requirements of subsection A of this section, the admissions officer must contact the local federal immigration office.

C. If the hospital provides emergency medical care pursuant to federal requirements to a person who does not meet the requirements of subsection A of this section, on successful treatment of the patient the admissions officer must contact the local federal immigration office.

D. A hospital that complies with the requirements of this section is not subject to civil liability.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b1405p.htm

STATUS:
COW Calendar 3/17/2011
Third Reading Calendar 3/17/2011
Caucus Calendar 3/15/2011
Second Reading Calendar 2/1/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/31/2011

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

HB 2203

Introduced by Representative Harper

AN ACT

amending section 41‑906, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to state institutions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 41-906, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

Return of alien and nonresident public charges

A. The governor shall cooperate with the United States commissioner general of immigration assistant secretary of the United States immigration and customs enforcement and the director of the United States citizenship and immigration services and with boards or officials of foreign countries for the purpose of arranging and providing for the return to the foreign countries of alien public charges confined in the state hospital or in the industrial school, and of aliens discharged from the state prison.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b2203p.htm

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

HOUSE BILL 2102

Introduced by Representative Kavanagh

AN ACT

amending section 41‑1080, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to licensing eligibility.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 41-1080, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

Licensing and fingerprint clearance card eligibility; authorized presence; documentation; applicability; definitions

A. After September 30, 2008 and Subject to subsections C and D of this section, an agency or political subdivision of this state shall not issue a license or fingerprint clearance card to an individual if the individual does not provide documentation of citizenship or alien status by presenting any of the following documents to the agency or political subdivision indicating that the individual's presence in the United States is authorized under federal law:

1. An Arizona driver license issued after 1996 or an Arizona nonoperating identification license.
2. A driver license issued by a state that verifies lawful presence in the United States.
3. A birth certificate or delayed birth certificate issued in any state, territory or possession of the United States.
4. A United States certificate of birth abroad.
5. A United States passport.
6. A foreign passport with a United States visa.
7. An I-94 form with a photograph.
8. A United States citizenship and immigration services employment authorization document or refugee travel document.
9. A United States certificate of naturalization.
10. A United States certificate of citizenship.
11. A tribal certificate of Indian blood.
12. A tribal or bureau of Indian affairs affidavit of birth.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b2102p.htm

STATUS:
in HOUSE
Third Reading Calendar 3/3/2011
COW Calendar 3/2/2011
COW Calendar 2/10/2011
Caucus Calendar 2/1/2011
Second Reading Calendar 1/19/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/18/2011

in SENATE
Second Reading Calendar 3/8/2011
First Reading Calendar 3/7/2011

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

HOUSE BILL 2058

Introduced by Representative Seel

AN ACT

amending section 23‑781, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to employment benefits.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 23-781, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

Denial of benefits to certain athletes and aliens

A. Benefits based on services, substantially all of which consist of participating in sports or athletic events or training or preparing to so participate, shall not be paid to an individual for any week of unemployment which begins during the period between two successive sport seasons, or similar periods, if the individual performed such services in the first of such seasons or similar periods and there is a reasonable assurance that such individual will perform such services in the later of such seasons or similar periods.

B. Benefits shall not be payable for weeks of unemployment beginning on and after January 1, 1978, on the basis of services performed by an alien unless such alien is an individual who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time such services were performed, who was lawfully present for purposes of performing such services, or who was permanently residing in the United States under color of law at the time such services were performed (including an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a result of the application of the provisions of section 203(a)(7) or section 212(d)(5) of the immigration and nationality act). Any data or information required of individuals applying for benefits to determine whether benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all applicants for benefits. In the case of an individual whose application for benefits would otherwise be approved, no determination that benefits to such individual are not payable because of his alien status shall be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp ... b2058p.htm

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

SCR 1006


Introduced by Senators Allen, Gray, Griffin; Representatives Ash, Barton: Senators Driggs, Klein, McComish, Melvin, Murphy, Smith, Yarbrough; Representative Harper

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

supporting the restore our border (ROB) security plan produced by the arizona cattle growers' association.

Whereas, crime and lawlessness have become rampant along the United States-Mexico border in recent years, and the resulting financial burden on the area's rural citizens and ranching operations has become substantial; and

Whereas, since organized criminals have extended their operations into southern Arizona, the resulting incidents of burglary, home invasions, drug smuggling, human smuggling, murder, extortion and kidnapping have created intolerable levels of fear and frustration among southern Arizona's residents and ranching families; and

Whereas, immediate and meaningful action is needed to establish border security and to begin to address the uncontrolled and dangerous crime levels in the region; and

Whereas, the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association has produced the Restore Our Border (ROB) Security Plan for local, state and federal authorities that will work toward securing our border with Mexico and providing security for Arizona's citizens; and

Whereas, based on the fundamental premise that the Nation must protect its citizens from foreign threats, the plan outlines numerous specific actions that local, state and federal entities can implement in order to achieve border security; and

Whereas, among the steps are the immediate deployment of United States military units to the border; authorization of use of force by government officials in apprehending persons in the country illegally; enforcement of all existing immigration laws; the addition of at least 3,000 Border Patrol field agents in Arizona; provision of felony prosecution of detainees; full‑time surveillance by electronic, optical and other technology; establishment of citizens' advisory boards, in cooperation with rancher liaison groups, in every Border Patrol Station; streamlining of the federal claims process for recovering damages caused by illegal alien crime; and adequate funding of state and federal attorneys' offices to ensure timely prosecution of border-related offenses.

Therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the Legislature supports the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association's plan to secure the United States-Mexico border and to restore order and safety for residents and ranchers of Arizona's border region.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/b ... r1006p.htm

STATUS:
in SENATE
Third Reading Calendar 2/8/2011
COW Calendar 2/3/2011
Caucus Calendar 2/1/2011
Consent Calendar 1/31/2011
Second Reading Calendar 1/11/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/10/2011

in HOUSE
Second Reading Calendar 2/16/2011
First Reading Calendar 2/15/2011

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

HCR 2003

Introduced by Representative Seel

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

proposing an amendment to the constitution of arizona; amending article II, section 35, constitution of arizona; relating to declaration of rights.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:

1. Article II, section 35, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

Actions by illegal aliens prohibited

A person who is present in this state in violation of any federal immigration law related to improper entry by an alien shall not be awarded punitive damages in any action in any court in this state.

2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/b ... r2003p.htm

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

THIS BILL MUST NOT PASS

SCM 1001

Introduced by Senator Gallardo

A CONCURRENT MEMORIAL

urging congress to enact comprehensive immigration reforms that encourage legal immigration, deter unauthorized immigration, promote economic growth and ensure secure borders.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/b ... m1001p.htm

STATUS:
Second Reading Calendar 1/12/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/11/2011

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102

THIS BILL MUST NOT PASS

SCM 1004

Introduced by Senator Gallardo

A CONCURRENT MEMORIAL
urging the congress of the united states to introduce and adopt the dream act.

To the Members of the United States Congress:

Your memorialist respectfully represents:

Whereas, known as the Wilson Four, Oscar Corona, Jaime Damian, Yuliana Huicochea and Luis Nava were illegally brought to the United States from Mexico by their undocumented parents when they were children. As successful high school students at Wilson Charter High School, they were competing in an international solar-powered boat competition in Buffalo, New York when they were detained by immigration officials at the United States-Canadian border in 2002. An exhaustive legal struggle followed in which the children sought to be permitted to remain in the United States; and

Whereas, because of their plight, the Wilson Four have become synonymous with the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, or DREAM, Act. First introduced in 2001, the bill would allow undocumented high school graduates who were brought to the United States as minors and who have lived here for at least five years to apply for legal status. Although the bill has undergone several changes, including denying undocumented students federal education grants and placing them on an international student tracking system, it has yet to pass Congress; and

Whereas, it is estimated that more than 65,000 undocumented students graduate each year from American high schools. Under current immigration laws, even bright and overachieving children, who have never known another home outside of this country, may be deported because of their parents' illegal action years ago. The DREAM Act would fix a law that now forces these children to pay the price for their parents' mistakes and would instead allow them the opportunity to become contributing members of our society.

Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring, prays:

1. That the Congress of the United States introduce and enact the DREAM Act into law.

2. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.

TEXT OF BILL: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/b ... m1004p.htm

STATUS:
Second Reading Calendar 1/27/2011
First Reading Calendar 1/26/2011

http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.a ... ion_ID=102