ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

House: GE DP 7-6-0-0


HCR 2023: elections; state authority; infringement; opposition

Sponsor:  Representative Hoffman, LD 12

House Engrossed

Overview

Expresses the opposition of the members of the Legislature to any attempt of the federal government to usurp the legislative authority over the control and administration of elections.

History

The United States (U.S.) Constitution provides for the power of each state by the Legislature to prescribe the times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, but Congress may at any time make or alter such regulations by law (U.S. Const. Art. I, Section 4).

H.R. 1 is an act by Congress that is cited as the For the People Act of 2021.  This Act is divided into three different sections with various specifications and requirements within each section.  The three different sections are Voting, Campaign Finance and Ethics (H.R. 1).

Provisions

1.   States the opposition of the members of the Legislature to any attempt by the federal government to usurp, or otherwise interfere with, the state legislative sovereign authority over the control, management and administration of elections.

2.   Expresses the opposition of the members of the Legislature to H.R. 1 and any subsequent enactment of the terms of that proposal and implores the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to oppose the same.

3.   Directs the Secretary of State to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the President of the U.S. Senate, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, each member of Congress from the state of Arizona and each Speaker of the House of Representatives and each President of the Senate of the other state legislatures.

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes)	     ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes)      ☐ Emergency (40 votes)	☐ Fiscal Note

 

 

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