By Jan Goehring
The Arizona Legislature adjourned sine die on Friday, June 27. With the end of the fiscal year looming and a possible partial state government shutdown at stake, the Legislature resolved a difficult budget. Facing a nearly $2 billion shortfall, the budget includes agency cuts, fund transfers, deferral of school construction and some borrowing.
In the last hours of the session, the Senate agreed to send the voters a referendum to amend the state constitution to define marriage as a union of one man and one woman. It had previously passed the House.
New laws will help improve Child Protective Services, allow photo enforcement on highways, change the high school exit exam, regulate mortgage loan originators, and strengthen DUI laws.
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