Bill Amendment: AZ HB2570 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular
Bill Title: Study committee; murdered indigenous women.
Status: 2019-05-14 - Chapter 232 [HB2570 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2019-HB2570-SENATE_-_Carter_flr_amend_ref_Bill_adopted.html
Bill
Number: H.B. 2570
Carter Floor Amendment
Reference to: House engrossed bill
Amendment drafted by: Cherie Stone
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Requires that the presiding officer in each legislative chamber, rather than the Governor, appoint specified members of the Study Committee on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (Study Committee).
2. Requires the presiding officer in each legislative chamber to appoint four Study Committee members who are of indigenous decent or who attend meetings and actively work on issues relating to indigenous peoples.
3. Directs the House of Representatives members to select one member to serve as chairperson of the Study Committee and the Senate members to select one member to serve as vice chairperson of the Study Committee.
4. Makes conforming changes.
Fifty-fourth Legislature Carter
First Regular Session H.B. 2570
CARTER FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2570
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
Page 1, strike lines 7 through 11, insert:
"1. Four members of the house of representatives who are of indigenous descent or who attend meetings and actively work on issues relating to indigenous peoples. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint these members. The appointed representatives shall select by a majority vote one representative to serve as chairperson of the study committee.
2. Four members of the senate who are of indigenous descent or who attend meetings and actively work on issues relating to indigenous peoples. The president of the senate shall appoint these members. The appointed senators shall select by a majority vote one senator to serve as vice chairperson of the study committee."
Renumber to conform
Line 15, strike "governor" insert "speaker of the house of representatives"
Line 17, after "more" insert a period strike remainder of line
Strike lines 18 through 20
Reletter to conform
Strike line 22
Reletter to conform
Strike lines 25 and 26
Reletter to conform
Strike lines 31 through 33
Reletter to conform
Between lines 36 and 37, insert:
"6. The following members who are appointed by the president of the senate:
(a) One county attorney and one sheriff from a county with a population of less than eight hundred fifty thousand persons.
(b) One representative of a tribal government.
(c) One chief of police who is from a tribal police department.
(d) One social worker who works with a tribal, statewide or local organization that provides services to indigenous women and girls.
(e) One representative who works with a tribal, statewide or local organization that provides legal services to indigenous women and girls."
Amend title to conform
