INSIDE THE AZ LEGISLATURE Crossover Week Wraps with Late-Night Action The end of February found Crossover Week wrapped up in dramatic fashion with an overnight marathon floor session in the House, following nearly 18 straight hours of debate and voting. By the end of the night, House members had advanced 183 bills to the Senate, an unusually large volume for a single session. While long floor days aren’t unheard of at the Capitol, this kind of extended session is more commonl

INSIDE THE AZ LEGISLATURE As January comes to a close, the Legislature is moving quickly toward several key early-session deadlines. The Senate’s bill introduction deadline is Monday, February 2 at 5:00 p.m., while House members have an additional week to introduce legislation. With only three weeks remaining for committees to meet in their chambers of origin, we expect committee agendas to grow longer and more substantive as lawmakers begin advancing their priorities. This p

A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT Hey 2026, we sure hope you’ll be kind to the Arizona film community. The last few years have not been very nice to us. It took years of lobbying and advocacy to pass our film incentive. Unlike other states’ “project-based” models, our incentive was designed to foster a permanent film industry – a model that did not sit well with established industry players. And our timing was not great, just as soon as the incentive became law we hit a perfect storm