House Oversight Archives

Griffin Expresses Concerns over Land Applicant Rights

January 23, 2026 3:27 pmFebruary 3, 2026 2:39 pm

PHOENIX – The Arizona Legislature’s Joint Legislative Committee of Reference has moved this week to limit the Arizona State Land Department’s continuation period. While the period is typically an 8-year continuation, they approved a 4-year renewal, subject to substantial administrative...

Nguyen, Others Demand Answers after Ninth Prison Homicide

August 28, 2025 11:31 amSeptember 10, 2025 6:04 pm

Arizona lawmakers pressed Arizona Department of Corrections Director Ryan Thornell during a hearing of the Legislature’s Joint Ad Hoc Study Committee on Correctional Practices and Facility Safety, focusing on inmate homicides, custody decisions, staffing, and day-to-day security inside state prisons....

Hoffman’s DINO Committee Postpones Controversial Nominee Hearing

June 18, 2025 1:48 pmJune 23, 2025 4:29 pm

The Arizona Senate Committee on Director Nominations (known as the DINO Committee) was scheduled to hold a confirmation hearing this morning for Governor Katie Hobbs’s nominee to lead the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Considered to be “unconfirmable” by many...

Rivero Bill Streamlines Contempt Charges for False Testimony

April 26, 2025 6:00 amMay 18, 2025 2:54 pm

If Representative Tony Rivero (R-27) has his way, false testimony in legislative committees will soon become a thing of the past — or at least be a lot less tempting. He sponsored House Bill HB2824, which allows any legislative committee...

WEEK in REVIEW: April 6 – April 12, 2025

April 13, 2025 6:38 pmApril 21, 2025 6:29 pm

Hobbs Shunned Gress-Chaired Ad Hoc Oversight Committee Just minutes before a legislative hearing on Arizona’s $122 million shortfall in developmental disabilities funding, Governor Katie Hobbs barred her agency heads from participating, calling the ad hoc oversight committee a “political circus.”...

Kolodin and Chaplik Champion ‘AZ DOGE’ Bill Cutting Oversight Waste

February 26, 2025 8:34 amMarch 5, 2025 8:22 am

In a decisive move to streamline government operations, the Arizona House of Representatives has advanced House Bill 2031, legislation aimed at reducing the number of state boards and commissions. The bill, introduced by District 3 Republican Representatives Alexander Kolodin and...

Indicted Senators Retain Committee Roles – for Now

April 29, 2024 10:46 amMay 8, 2024 2:45 pm

(The Center Square) – Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen is holding off on disciplinary action against Sens. Jake Hoffman (R-LD15) and Anthony Kern (R-LD27) following their indictments in the 2020 elector case. Petersen said that due process will need to...