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Vote Yes on this bill if you want to ban federal elected officials and their families from owning or trading individual stocks and similar assets, require quick divestment, allow broad index funds and bonds, impose fines and profit clawbacks, and publicly post violations to rebuild trust.
Organizations that support this bill may include government ethics and transparency nonprofits, anti-corruption watchdogs, and civic reform groups that aim to reduce conflicts of interest by public officials.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep current rules that allow stock ownership and trading with disclosures or blind trusts, avoid new limits on spouses and dependents, and prevent potential impacts on recruitment of qualified candidates.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include investor and securities industry associations, business groups, and civil liberties organizations concerned about property rights and family financial restrictions.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want the SCC to prevent households and other customers from subsidizing data-center-specific grid projects and to rebalance utility cost sharing by set deadlines.
Organizations that support this bill may include consumer and ratepayer advocates, local governments, small business groups, and community or environmental organizations seeking fairer electric bills.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep current utility cost-sharing methods, avoid potential rate hikes for data centers, and preserve utility flexibility in how grid costs are recovered.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include data center companies and their trade groups, some pro-growth business chambers, and electric utilities concerned about higher costs for data centers and added regulatory limits.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want streamlined alcohol rules, easier hotel and event licensing, cash‑rounding at registers, clearer beer warning signs, ID checks focused on those appearing 35 or younger, and tougher penalties for selling to minors.
Organizations that support this bill may include state restaurant and hotel associations, chambers of commerce, tourism and event venue groups, and alcohol retailers seeking simpler rules and added flexibility.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep stricter controls like mandatory ID‑scanner use and locked liquor storage, prevent moving drinks between venues, keep higher hotel room thresholds, limit license expansion near community locations, and avoid potential delays in enforcement.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include public health and substance‑abuse prevention coalitions, drunk‑driving prevention groups, and some faith‑based or parent organizations concerned about loosening alcohol controls.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to extend Pinal’s irrigation efficiency fee through 2030, keep the Arizona Water Banking fee at $0 in Pinal until 2030, and continue the upgrade fund through 2032 with leftover money returned.
Organizations that support this bill may include irrigation districts and farm groups in Pinal County, rural cities and counties seeking water infrastructure funds, and water-efficiency advocates who want grants for well and irrigation upgrades.
Vote No on this bill if you want the extra Pinal fee to end in 2026, to bring back the Water Banking fee sooner, or to wind down the irrigation upgrade fund earlier instead of extending it.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include environmental groups concerned about increased groundwater pumping, municipal water providers seeking stronger recharge funding, and taxpayer or business groups that oppose per‑acre‑foot fees.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want regular, statewide groundwater assessments with clear, uniform metrics, greater transparency about water levels and recharge, and better information for local planning, conservation, and drought response without new pumping limits.
Organizations that support this bill may include environmental and water conservation groups, cities and counties, water utilities and groundwater management districts, universities, and planning and drought-resilience advocates seeking better data.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new assessment and reporting mandates on the state agency, potential costs, or worry the data could later be used to justify growth limits or water-use restrictions.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include some agricultural and mining associations, real estate and homebuilding groups, rural well-user groups, and limited-government or budget watchdog organizations concerned about new state mandates and costs.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to allow tightly limited, metered groundwater transfers from McMullen Valley to cities and La Paz County, require studies and monthly reporting, charge export fees to fund local well and tank upgrades, expand home-sale water disclosures, and let districts build wells and standpipes with narrow eminent domain.
Organizations that support this bill may include municipal water providers in active management areas, regulated water utilities, county governments seeking export-fee revenue for local well assistance, the Arizona Water Banking Authority, and improvement districts that plan standpipes and water hauling.
Vote No on this bill if you want to stop new groundwater exports from rural basins, avoid potential declines in local wells, block any eminent domain for export infrastructure, and keep cities from increasing reliance on imported groundwater.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include rural groundwater conservation groups, residents and agricultural organizations in McMullen Valley and La Paz County concerned about aquifer declines, and property-rights advocates wary of eminent domain for well sites.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want to make secretly giving abortion-inducing drugs without a woman’s consent a serious felony, deter coerced abortions, and allow added charges when harm occurs while protecting standard contraception and needed medical treatments.
Organizations that support this bill may include victims’ advocacy and domestic violence groups, pro-life organizations, law enforcement and prosecutors’ associations, and patient-consent and women’s safety advocates.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid expanding criminal penalties and unborn child language, reduce risks of wrongful prosecution, and address coercion through noncriminal approaches like civil remedies, services, and education instead.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include reproductive rights groups, civil liberties and criminal justice reform organizations, and some medical associations concerned about overcriminalization and chilling effects on care.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want local agencies to post legal notices on their own or designated websites when cheaper than newspapers, expand which offices can do so, standardize online posting rules, cut costs, and keep opt-in mail or email options.
Organizations that support this bill may include county and city governments, clerks of court and tax collectors, taxpayer and government efficiency groups, and digital transparency advocates who favor cheaper, searchable online notices.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep legal notices primarily in newspapers to preserve broad offline access and support local journalism, require stronger mailed notice, and avoid shifting vital information to online-only channels.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include newspaper publishers and press associations, print media workers, and senior, rural, and disability advocacy groups concerned about the digital divide and reduced reach of public notices.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want pension and annuity tax withholding to be optional, letting retirees keep more cash each month and choose their own payment timing.
Organizations that support this bill may include retiree associations, taxpayer advocacy groups, and pension plan administrators who favor giving retirees the choice to withhold or not.
Vote No on this bill if you want pension payers to continue withholding state income tax by default to help retirees avoid surprise tax bills and underpayment fines.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include state revenue departments, senior protection and consumer groups, and tax preparer associations concerned about missed payments and penalties.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want eligible homeowners to defer special assessments on their primary homes until sale or one year after death, keep the benefit for a surviving spouse, make optional partial payments, and reduce immediate housing cost burdens.
Organizations that support this bill may include senior and disability advocates, affordable housing nonprofits, homeowner associations, and anti-poverty groups seeking to help residents manage sudden infrastructure charges.
Vote No on this bill if you want special assessments paid on schedule without deferrals, to preserve steady cash flow for local projects, avoid added state oversight and interest accrual rules, and keep uniform payment requirements.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include municipal finance and public works groups, special assessment districts, and taxpayer associations concerned about delayed revenue, higher administrative costs, and repayment risk.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want machines kept off the internet, sealed ports, strict chain-of-custody with signatures, two-party oversight of removable drives, nonstop public video of counting centers, stronger security and logging, and penalties to deter violations.
Organizations that support this bill may include election-integrity groups, cybersecurity professionals, good-government watchdogs, and community groups that want more transparent and secure elections.
Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new costs and staffing strain, limit risks from posting nonstop videos, keep flexibility for equipment and procedures, and prevent criminal charges for election workers who make mistakes under complex custody rules.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include county election offices, voting machine vendors, budget-minded local governments, and civil-liberties groups concerned about nonstop video and new criminal penalties.
Vote Yes on this bill if you want cities and towns to have the option to use ranked choice voting, end preliminary elections, elect winners with broader support, publish round‑by‑round results and data, and deliver voter education with state guidance.
Organizations that support this bill may include good‑government and voting‑rights groups, municipal reform advocates, civic tech nonprofits, and local coalitions seeking more representative elections.
Vote No on this bill if you want to keep current local voting methods and preliminary elections, avoid new ballot designs and tabulation rules, minimize administrative changes and potential costs, and prioritize simpler elections.
Organizations that oppose this bill may include groups favoring traditional plurality voting, some party committees or incumbency‑aligned organizations, and taxpayer watchdogs concerned about costs or complexity.