Committee also advances transparency, fire-code IGA and pharmacy-penalty bills

The committee heard multiple additional bills during the March 11 session and moved them forward with either unanimous or mostly unanimous recommendations.

HB2837 would require parties testifying on municipal zoning matters to disclose whether they received compensation for that testimony and would require certain hearing officers and board-of-adjustment members to disclose past service with parties and recuse themselves for five years when conflicts exist. The sponsor described the bill as a straightforward transparency measure; the committee gave the bill a due-pass recommendation (6–0, 1 not voting).

HB2324 allows a city that has adopted its own nationally recognized fire code to request that the Office of the State Fire Marshal enter an intergovernmental agreement with the county enabling the city to enforce its adopted code for county-owned buildings in the city's limits, with a required 30-day response and automatic approval if no action is taken. Caitlin King (County Supervisors Association) and Alexis Sustorf (Yuma County) outlined a recent situation that revealed a regulatory gap; the State Fire Marshal's office said it was neutral after stakeholder amendments, and the committee returned a due-pass recommendation (6–0, 1 not voting).

HB2953 would cap nondisciplinary civil penalties the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy can impose and allow the board and executive director to tailor penalties taking into account licensee activity over the previous four years. Diane McAllister (pharmacy stakeholders) said the bill mirrors a Senate bill that previously passed the committee and asked for support. The committee issued a due-pass recommendation (6–0, 1 not voting).

All three measures were advanced out of committee; none recorded final floor action in this transcript.