US EditionGov. Katie Hobbs vetoed 12 bills on Tuesday. Here's what they would have changed in Arizona.
- Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed 12 bills on May 6 in Phoenix that proposed changes to unemployment, elections, and food benefits.
- The bills included Republican-sponsored mandates seeking to cut off unemployment benefits after 12 weeks during low jobless rates and restrict election procedures.
- Arizona limits unemployment benefits to $320 weekly for up to 24 weeks, extendable to 26 weeks if the jobless rate exceeds 5%, while the current statewide rate is 4.1%.
- In her veto messages, Hobbs argued that reducing unemployment benefits would impose unnecessary financial strain on families and criticized the election-related bills as being based on unfounded claims instead of factual evidence.
- The vetoes maintain current benefits and voting access, signaling Hobbs will not sign bills that reduce aid or make voting harder despite legislative pressures.
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Hobbs vetoes GOP bill 'weaponizing' legislative contempt authority
Image via Getty ImagesThe Arizona Legislature won’t be able to sic county sheriff’s offices on people who ignore their subpoenas and people who testify at the state Capitol won’t face felony charges if they lie, after Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that GOP lawmakers sent her last month. The measure would have delegated the power to hold a person in contempt to individual legislators — the Senate president, speaker of the House of Representative…
Hobbs vetoes Republican proposals for unemployment benefits, abortion services
Key Points: Gov. Hobbs has rejected 87 measures sent to her by state lawmakers One now dead proposal would have limited the amount of time people could receive unemployment benefits Another would have mandated a link to adoption services on the websites of abortion providers Arizonans who are laid off won’t have to worry about their unemployment benefits being cut off sooner. And the state won’t add additional requirements for those who get…
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