Bill to reform corrupt Arizona State Bar passes in the House!

HOUSE BILL 2221 PASSES!

THIS IS GREAT NEWS AND A HUGE WATERSHED WIN.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND SUPPORT!!!

By a vote of 31 to 29, HB 2221 passed out of the House this afternoon. The roll call is below. Thank the House Members who supported First Amendment principles and greater transparency.

BILL STATUS VOTES FOR HB2221 - Third Reading

Y = Yes
N = No
NV = Not Voting
EXC = Excused
V = Vacant

Member Name	Vote	Member Name	Vote	Member Name	Vote
J. Christopher Ackerley	Y	John M. Allen	Y	Lela Alston	N
Richard C. Andrade	N	Brenda Barton	Y	Jennifer D. Benally	N
Reginald Bolding Jr.	N	Sonny Borrelli	Y	Russell "Rusty" Bowers	Y
Paul Boyer	Y	Kate Brophy McGee	N	Noel W. Campbell	N
Mark A. Cardenas	N	Heather Carter	Y	Ken Clark	N
Regina Cobb	Y	Doug Coleman	N	Diego Espinoza	N
Karen Fann	N	Eddie Farnsworth	Y	Charlene R. Fernandez	N
Mark Finchem	Y	Randall Friese	N	Rosanna Gabaldón	N
Sally Ann Gonzales	N	Rick Gray	Y	Albert Hale	N
Anthony Kern	Y	Matthew A. Kopec	N	Jonathan R. Larkin	N
Jay Lawrence	Y	Vince Leach	Y	David Livingston	Y
Phil Lovas	Y	Stefanie Mach	N	Debbie McCune Davis	N
Juan Jose Mendez	N	Javan D. "J.D." Mesnard	Y	Eric Meyer	N
Darin Mitchell	Y	Steve Montenegro	Y	Jill Norgaard	Y
Justin Olson	Y	Lisa A. Otondo	N	Warren H. Petersen	Y
Celeste Plumlee	N	Franklin M. Pratt	N	Rebecca Rios	N
Tony Rivero	Y	Bob Robson	Y	Macario Saldate	N
Thomas "T.J." Shope	Y	David W. Stevens	Y	Bob Thorpe	Y
Kelly Townsend	Y	Michelle B. Ugenti-Rita	Y	Ceci Velasquez	N
Jeff Weninger	Y	Bruce Wheeler	N	David M. Gowan Sr.	Y

AYES: 31   NAYS: 29   NOT VOTING: 0   EXCUSED: 0   VACANT: 0

THE CAMPAIGN NOW MOVES TO THE SENATE!

MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED YOUR HELP. MAKE NO MISTAKE; THE STATE BAR WILL BE DOUBLING DOWN ITS EFFORTS AND PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS TO STOP THE BILL IN THE SENATE.

PLEASE EMAIL THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE SENATE ASAP.

ASK FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF HB 2221.

STATE THE BILL IS CONSTITUTIONALLY SOUND. PROTECTS THE FIRST AMENDMENT. BRINGS TRANSPARENCY TO THE BAR. THE BAR WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST. AND HB 2221 RAISES NO SEPARATION OF POWERS CONCERNS.

Sylvia Allen                        sallen@azleg.gov

Nancy Barto                        nbarto@azleg.gov

Carlyle Begay                      cbegay@azleg.gov

Andy Biggs                         abiggs@azleg.gov

David Bradley                     dbradley@azleg.gov

Judy Burges                       jburges@azleg.gov

Olivia Cajero Bedford         obedford@azleg.gov

Lupe Contreras                   lcontreras@azleg.gov

Andrea Dalessandro           adalessandro@azleg.gov

Jeff Dial                              jdial@azleg.gov

Susan Donahue                  sdonahue@azleg.gov

Adam Driggs                       adriggs@azleg.gov

Steve Farley                        sfarley@azleg.gov

David C. Farnsworth           dfarnsworth@azleg.gov

Gail Griffin                          ggriffin@azleg.gov

Katie Hobbs                        khobbs@azleg.gov

John Kavanagh                   jkavanagh@azleg.gov

Debbie Lesko                       dlesko@azleg.gov

Barbara McGuire                bmcguire@azleg.gov

Robert Meza                        rmeza@azleg.gov

Catherine Miranda              cmiranda@azleg.gov

Lynne Pancrazi                   lpancrazi@azleg.gov

Steve Pierce                       spierce@azleg.gov

Martin Quezada                  mquezada@azleg.gov

Andrew Sherwood              asherwood@azleg.gov

Don Shooter                        dshooter@azleg.gov

Steve Smith                        ssmith@azleg.gov

Bob Worsley                        bworsley@azleg.gov

Steve Yarbrough                syarbrough@azleg.gov

Kimberly Yee                       kyee@azleg.gov

FOR MORE BACKGROUND ON THE BILLS AND OUR POSITION, VISIT: http://workingforabetterbar.org/

Thank you and warmest regards,

Mo