REFERENCE TITLE: legislature; time of assembly

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

SB 1073

 

Introduced by

Senator Petersen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 41-1101, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the legislature.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 41-1101, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-1101. Time of assembly; organization; oaths

A. The legislature shall assemble at the seat of government at twelve o'clock noon 1:00 p.m. on the second Monday of January each year.

B. At the hour of assemblage of the first regular session next after the general election the member of the senate holding seniority in age shall take the chair, call the senate to order, appoint a temporary secretary, and direct the secretary to call the list of senators from the several counties, who shall present their certificates of election and take the oath of office. The senate may thereupon, if a quorum is present, proceed to elect its officers. The house of representatives shall likewise proceed with its organization. The oath taken by the members shall be entered upon the journals of the respective houses.

C. The presiding officer of each house may administer the oath of office to members, officers and employees of the respective houses. END_STATUTE