governor; question time
HB 2051 requires Arizona's governor to appear before the legislature monthly (starting January 2027) to answer questions from lawmakers. The governor must respond to two questions each from the majority and minority leaders, one question each from four randomly selected legislators, and follow-up questions if requested. This applies during legislative sessions on the third Wednesday of each month, alternating between the Senate and House of Representatives each year. The bill aims to increase public engagement with state government, as cited in the legislature's findings linking similar practices to higher voter turnout and political knowledge.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Last action Mar 19, 2025
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What changed between versions
Introduced Version
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House Engrossed Version
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4 edits
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Mar 5, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was reformatted from an introduced version to a house engrossed version, with substantive text remaining largely unchanged except for formatting, capitalization, and minor punctuation adjustments. The core policy establishing mandatory monthly question-and-answer sessions between the governor and legislature remains intact.
TECHNICAL
Removed prefiling metadata and introductory text, replaced with standard engrossed bill formatting including act title and statutory text markers.
Converted all-caps statutory text to sentence case for readability while maintaining identical legal content.
Added START_STATUTE and END_STATUTE markers to indicate where the actual statute text begins and ends.
Replaced line numbers and page markers with standard formatting used in engrossed bills.
Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2025
How they voted
32–26
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 60
Mar 5, 2025
D
Democratic27
96% Nay
R
Republican33
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
DP
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
DP
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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