Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Illustration by Jim Small | Arizona MirrorArizona’s Senate Republicans say they’re unified behind an ambitious plan for the 2025 legislative session that begins next week, aiming to pass laws on border security, water rights, quicker election results and battling “wokeness” in public schools. “The 2025 legislative session offers an opportunity to reaffirm the principles that have made Arizona a beacon of freedom and prosperity,” Senate Republicans wrote in their plan, which was released Wednesday. “This agenda is built upon three unshakable pillars: securing our cities from the front door to the border, preserving the American Dream in Arizona, and embracing federalism and state sovereignty.” AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementEven with increased majorities in both the Senate and House of Representatives, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs still stands in the way of many Republican priorities. Hobbs has pledged support to the LGBTQ community and has promised to veto any anti-transgender bills, and since she took office in 2023, she’s put a stop to several GOP election reform bills that county officials claimed would be impossible to implement and make it harder to vote.SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOXSenate Democrats did not provide a comment on the Republican plan before this article was published. Republicans can get around a Hobbs veto by sending a resolution to voters in 2026 — typically proposed laws must get approval from majorities in both legislative chambers before getting a sign-off from the governor. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAnd there’s no guarantee that voters will favor those resolutions: Republicans sent 11 measures to the 2024 ballot to bypass a Hobbs veto, and voters rejected seven of them. Legislative Republicans have promised that one of their top priorities will be implementation of Proposition 314, a border security measure that was approved by more than 60% of voters. Some portions of the measure, like making it a felony to submit false documentation to appl …
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