State Capitols : Phoenix, AZ

In June 2006, our first State Capitol resolution (HB 2682) was signed by Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano as part of a compromise budget resolution, after some unexpected last minute drama involving the outgoing Senate president. Initially sponsored by Representative Kyrsten Sinema (D) and Senator Karen Johnson (R) (MyBillofRights.org by-laws require bipartisan sponsorship for all our legislative efforts) HB 2682 eventually had all 90 state legislators sign on as co-sponsors.

 

The concept board imagery was developed for the Arizona project by MyBillofRights.org designers as a beginning point for public discussion. Schematic design development is on hold, pending movement on the state's Centennial Commission proposals for renovating the Capitol complex.

 

MyBillofRights.org will review this project’s status after the end of the 2009 legislative session. If there is still no movement on the Capitol complex proposals by then, we will move forward on securing an alternate site that fits our mission criteria.

 

Though disappointed by the ongoing delays in Arizona, MyBillofRights.org is pleased to note that our monument resolution has already produced a significant collateral benefit for the state’s school children. Partly as a consequence of the publicity generated by HB 2682, a bill to require American flags in all Arizona classrooms was amended to also require copies of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights on every classroom wall. That bill went into effect in September of 2007.