After years of wrangling and haggling over the meaning of “A person shall maintain each license plate so it is clearly legible”. Any and all coverings, including wax according to one wag, are now banned. SB1073 has passed and was signed by the governor; the effective date is something like 90 days after the session closes; perhaps August(?). Here’s the new section:
28-2354. License plates... D. UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT, A PERSON SHALL NOT APPLY A COVERING OR ANY SUBSTANCE TO THE LICENSE PLATE OR USE AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR ELECTROCHROMATIC FILM THAT OBSCURES FROM ANY ANGLE THE NUMBERS, CHARACTERS, YEAR VALIDATING TABS OR NAME OF THE JURISDICTION ISSUING THE PLATE.
Any wiggle room? Only time will tell.
Politics
In politics, everything is political. Despite that, I found the voting pattern curious. The bill passed it’s committees quite easily, and despite passing in both houses, there were a significant number of ‘no’ votes. I have no idea why anyone in particular would vote against it; privacy advocates? Dunno. (I did shoot out an email to one of my legislators (Rep. Norgaard who voted against it).
Anyway, the vote gives a spin on party-line voting. In Arizona, the Republicans have a super-majority… so when I saw the vote in the senate, for example, of 20-10, i assumed it was probably party line and there are 20 Republicans and 10 Democrats. Wrong. Every singe Democratic legislator in both houses (save for 1 NV) voted ‘yes’. Every single one of the 35 total no votes was a Republican.
| name | name | party | y/n | h/s | ld |
| ALLEN S | Sylvia Allen | R | N | senate | 6 |
| BARTO | Nancy Barto | R | N | senate | 15 |
| BURGES | Judy Burges | R | N | senate | 22 |
| FARNSWORTH D | David C. Farnsworth | R | N | senate | 16 |
| GRIFFIN | Gail Griffin — Majority Whip | R | N | senate | 14 |
| KAVANAGH | John Kavanagh | R | N | senate | 23 |
| MONTENEGRO | Steve Montenegro | R | N | senate | 13 |
| PETERSEN | Warren Petersen | R | N | senate | 12 |
| PRATT | Frank Pratt | R | N | senate | 8 |
| SMITH | Steve Smith | R | N | senate | 11 |
| ALLEN J | John M. Allen — Majority Leader | R | N | house | 15 |
| BARTON | Brenda Barton | R | N | house | 6 |
| BOYER | Paul Boyer | R | N | house | 20 |
| CARTER | Heather Carter | R | N | house | 15 |
| CLODFELTER | Todd A. Clodfelter | R | N | house | 10 |
| COBB | Regina E. Cobb | R | N | house | 5 |
| COLEMAN | Douglas Coleman | R | N | house | 16 |
| COOK | David L. Cook | R | N | house | 8 |
| FINCHEM | Mark Finchem | R | N | house | 11 |
| GRANTHAM | Travis W. Grantham | R | N | house | 12 |
| KERN | Anthony T. Kern | R | N | house | 20 |
| LAWRENCE | Jay Lawrence | R | N | house | 23 |
| LEACH | Vince Leach | R | N | house | 11 |
| LIVINGSTON | David Livingston | R | N | house | 22 |
| MESNARD | Javan D. Mesnard — Speaker | R | N | house | 17 |
| MITCHELL | Darin Mitchell | R | N | house | 13 |
| MOSLEY | Paul Mosley | R | N | house | 5 |
| NORGAARD | Jill Norgaard | R | N | house | 18 |
| NUTT | Becky A. Nutt | R | N | house | 14 |
| PAYNE | Kevin Payne | R | N | house | 21 |
| SHOOTER | Don Shooter | R | N | house | 13 |
| SYMS | Maria Syms | R | N | house | 28 |
| THORPE | Bob Thorpe | R | N | house | 6 |
| UDALL | Michelle Udall | R | N | house | 25 |
| WENINGER | Jeff Weninger | R | N | house | 17 |
| RIVERO | Tony Rivero | R | NV | house | 21 |
| SALMAN | Athena Salman | D | NV | house | 26 |
| TOWNSEND | Kelly Townsend — Majority Whip | R | NV | house | 16 |
| UGENTI-RITA | Michelle B. Ugenti-Rita | R | NV | house | 23 |
| BORRELLI | Sonny Borrelli | R | Y | senate | 5 |
| BOWIE | Sean Bowie | D | Y | senate | 18 |
| BRADLEY | David Bradley | D | Y | senate | 10 |
| BROPHY MCGEE | Kate Brophy McGee | R | Y | senate | 28 |
| CAJERO BEDFORD | Olivia Cajero Bedford | D | Y | senate | 3 |
| CONTRERAS | Lupe Contreras — Minority Whip | D | Y | senate | 19 |
| DALESSANDRO | Andrea Dalessandro | D | Y | senate | 2 |
| FANN | Karen Fann | R | Y | senate | 1 |
| FARLEY | Steve Farley — Assistant Minority Leader | D | Y | senate | 9 |
| HOBBS | Katie Hobbs — Minority Leader | D | Y | senate | 24 |
| LESKO | Debbie Lesko — President Pro Tempore | R | Y | senate | 21 |
| MENDEZ | Juan Mendez | D | Y | senate | 26 |
| MEZA | Robert Meza | D | Y | senate | 30 |
| MIRANDA | Catherine Miranda | D | Y | senate | 27 |
| OTONDO | Lisa Otondo | D | Y | senate | 4 |
| PESHLAKAI | Jamescita Peshlakai | D | Y | senate | 7 |
| QUEZADA | Martin Quezada — Minority Whip | D | Y | senate | 29 |
| WORSLEY | Bob Worsley | R | Y | senate | 25 |
| YARBROUGH | Steve Yarbrough — President | R | Y | senate | 17 |
| YEE | Kimberly Yee — Majority Leader | R | Y | senate | 20 |
| ALSTON | Lela Alston | D | Y | house | 24 |
| ANDRADE | Richard C. Andrade | D | Y | house | 29 |
| BENALLY | Wenona Benally | D | Y | house | 7 |
| BLANC | Isela Blanc | D | Y | house | 26 |
| BOLDING | Reginald Bolding | D | Y | house | 27 |
| BOWERS | Russell Bowers | R | Y | house | 25 |
| BUTLER | Kelli Butler | D | Y | house | 28 |
| CAMPBELL | Noel W. Campbell | R | Y | house | 1 |
| CARDENAS | Mark A. Cardenas | D | Y | house | 19 |
| CHÁVEZ | César Chávez | D | Y | house | 29 |
| CLARK | Ken Clark | D | Y | house | 24 |
| DESCHEENIE | Eric Descheenie | D | Y | house | 7 |
| ENGEL | Kirsten Engel | D | Y | house | 10 |
| EPSTEIN | Mitzi Epstein | D | Y | house | 18 |
| ESPINOZA | Diego Espinoza | D | Y | house | 19 |
| FARNSWORTH E | Eddie Farnsworth | R | Y | house | 12 |
| FERNANDEZ | Charlene R. Fernandez — Minority Whip | D | Y | house | 4 |
| FRIESE | Randall Friese — Assistant Minority Leader | D | Y | house | 9 |
| GABALDÓN | Rosanna Gabaldón | D | Y | house | 2 |
| GONZALES | Sally Ann Gonzales | D | Y | house | 3 |
| HERNANDEZ | Daniel Hernandez | D | Y | house | 2 |
| JOHN | Drew John | R | Y | house | 14 |
| LOVAS | Phil Lovas | R | Y | house | 22 |
| MARTINEZ | Ray D. Martinez | D | Y | house | 30 |
| NAVARRETE | Tony Navarrete | D | Y | house | 30 |
| POWERS HANNLEY | Pamela Powers Hannley | D | Y | house | 9 |
| RIOS | Rebecca Rios — Minority Leader | D | Y | house | 27 |
| RUBALCAVA | Jesus Rubalcava | D | Y | house | 4 |
| SALDATE | Macario Saldate | D | Y | house | 3 |
| SHOPE | Thomas R. Shope — Speaker Pro Tempore | R | Y | house | 8 |
| STRINGER | David Stringer | R | Y | house | 1 |
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