The Senate Appropriations Committee, which Lesko chairs, is the only place where bills can be introduced this late in the legislative session.

Lawmakers previously have tried to enact the strict-compliance provision as part of a broader package of initiative changes that passed the legislature in 2013. But after a coalition of citizen groups referred the changes to the ballot, lawmakers repealed them.

HB 2244 was originally sponsored by Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert, as a bill that would require the state Department of Public Safety to file its annual reports on concealed-carry weapon permits electronically.

Pitzl, M.J. (2017, March 27). Late-arriving bill aims to tighten Arizona ballot-initiative rules even more. Arizona Republic. Retrieved from http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2017/03/27/late-arriving-bill-aims-tighten-arizona-ballot-initiative-rules-even-more/99691088/

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Arizona Legislature. (2017, March 16). Bill Status, Bill Overview. Retrieved from https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview