Of note: While they're in session, lawmakers receive per diem payments whether they're working or not, so even if they don't come back to the Capitol once between now and Aug. 2, they'll still be getting paid.
Maricopa County legislators get $35 per day while those from outside the Valley get $238 for the first 100 days of session, but those amounts dropped to $10 and $119 after the 120th day of session, which was in early May. . . Lawmakers can opt out of per diem.4 hours ago - Politics
Legislative session expected to continue until August
Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios
GOP lawmakers will finish voting on legislation Tuesday but will push the long-running session until around the first week of August to continue exercising vetting authority over Gov. Katie Hobbs' executive nominees.
- That will make this year's regular session the longest in state history.
Context: Arizona has no set time frame for its legislative sessions, which begin in January and typically conclude sometime between April and the end of June.
- The only definitive deadline lawmakers face each session is July 1, the start of the fiscal year, and they must pass a budget before then.
- Once the budget is completed, lawmakers usually don't stick around much longer before they adjourn sine die.
- Hobbs signed the fiscal year 2024 budget last month.
State of play: Lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Monday after a nearly month-long break and will hear more bills Tuesday before recessing until the first week of August, Speaker Ben Toma tells Axios Phoenix.
- Toma says they won't hear any bills after Tuesday, making it the deadline for Republican legislative leaders and the Democratic governor to reach a deal on Proposition 400, the half-cent transportation sales tax for Maricopa County that will expire after next year. . ."
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