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Action Alert: Please Ask Your Legislators to Vote Yes for Religious Freedom
The Arizona House of Representatives tentatively approved a religious freedom bill yesterday that now faces an important Third Read vote probably next week. According to this bill (SB 1178), Arizona’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) statute would be updated in order to better allow individuals to assert these freedoms in court. Additionally, SB 1178 [...]
Legislative Update
ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE Legislative Update (04-18-13) School Choice Bill Passes Senate The Arizona Senate has passed an important school choice bill (HB 2617) today that would expand the pool of potential donors under the existing corporate scholarship (tuition) tax credit to include S corporations and Limited Liability Companies. HB 2617 now heads back to the [...]
Legislative Update
ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE Legislative Update (03/22/13) Movement on School Choice and Religious Freedom The Senate Finance Committee approved an important bill (HB 2617) this week relating to school choice. According to the provisions of HB 2617, the pool of potential donors under the existing corporate scholarship (tuition) tax credit would be expanded to include [...]
Legislative Update
ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE Legislative Update (03/08/13) House Passes Significant School Choice Bill On Thursday, the Arizona House of Representatives passed a significant school choice bill (HB 2617) that would expand the potential donors under the existing corporate tuition (scholarship) tax credit to include S corporations and Limited Liability Companies. The corporate tuition tax credit [...]
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ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE Legislative Update (03/01/13) Charitable Tax Credit Bill Moves Forward Following testimony from the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC), the House Ways and Means Committee passed legislation (SB 1172) this week designed to assist faith based and other nonprofit organizations serving low income people. Under the current law, donors are able to take [...]
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ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE Legislative Update (02/22/13) Important School Choice Bill Moves Forward On Thursday, important school choice legislation supported by the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) was approved by the House Ways and Means Committee and should be ready for a floor vote soon. Specifically, HB 2617 is a bill that will improve the corporate [...]
Legislative Update
ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE (02/08/13) Senate Bill Filing Deadline Arrives The deadline for filing bills in the Senate arrived on Monday with a flurry of activity as senators raced to get their bills introduced. A similar phenomenon will occur next Monday when the bill filing deadline for the House occurs. In the meantime, [...]
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ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE February 1, 2013 Arizona Bishops Make Huge Impression at the Capitol This week was an exciting and very productive week for the Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC). The Bishops met with a number of key elected officials over two days to discuss important issues ranging from religious freedom, the [...]
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ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE (01/25/13) Catholic Schools Rally Time! The Eleventh Annual Catholic Schools Rally will be held on the lawn in front of the Senate and the House on Wednesday, January 30th from noon until 1:00 p.m. You are encouraged to join the Catholic Bishops and nearly 1,000 students, teachers, and parents who [...]
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ARIZONA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Happy New Year! The 2013 legislative session began on Monday, January 14th. There are a large number of new legislators and some notable changes in leadership this year. House Speaker Andy Tobin remains in his position, but the new Senate President is Andy Biggs. The Arizona Catholic Conference (ACC) congratulates [...]