{"id":2449958,"date":"2025-06-20T16:34:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T20:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-senate-passes-budget-and-ends-legislative-session\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T16:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T20:35:01","slug":"arizona-senate-passes-budget-and-ends-legislative-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-senate-passes-budget-and-ends-legislative-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Senate passes budget and ends legislative session"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-senate-passes-budget-and-ends-legislative-session%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2449958&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Arizona Senate recently passed a $17.6 billion budget and ended its legislative session, ahead of a budget deadline on June 30. This decision was made despite disagreements with the House of Representatives, leading to a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >late-night vote<\/a> of 17-12 with bipartisan support. Some Democratic senators, along with Republicans, voted in favor following negotiations between Republican leaders and Governor Katie Hobbs. However,criticism arose from certain Senate Republicans regarding the unilateral decision to close the session without House approval. They argued that it was inappropriate for one chamber to act without the othre&#8217;s consent. The Senate budget also faced backlash for not being conservative enough when compared to the House&#8217;s own proposed $17.3 billion budget, which was passed solely by republicans. As the Senate departs, the House&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-races-to-pass-government-funding-bill-as-shutdown-draws-near\/\" title=\"Senate rushes to approve ... bill to avert shutdown\">path forward hinges<\/a> on adopting the Senate plan to secure the governor&#8217;s approval.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Arizona Senate passes budget and ends legislative session despite disagreement with the House<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1963735\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a> passed its annual budget and ended its <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-legislatures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">legislative<\/a> session Thursday, leaving no room for debate with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">state&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s House of Representatives ahead of the June 30 budget deadline.<\/p>\n<p>In a late-night 17-12 vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Arizona<\/a> state senators approved the $17.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysts-question-newsoms-optimistic-take-on-californias-budget\/\" title=\"Analysts doubt Newsom&#039;s positive outlook on California&#039;s ...\">6 billion spending plan<\/a> with members of both parties voting for and against it. Six of the 13 Democrats in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-controversial-biden-pick-as-dhs-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate confirms controversial Biden pick as DHS secretary\">upper chamber voted<\/a> for it following a deal that had been worked out between Republican leadership and Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ).<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3448233\/july-supplemental-security-income-11-days\/\">July Social Security direct payment worth $967 goes out in 11 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3448276\/third-round-june-social-security-payments-five-days\/\">Third round of June Social Security payments goes out in five days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/2994414\/social-security-how-long-last\/\">Social Security: What you need to know and how long it will last<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It was bipartisan,&rdquo; Democratic state Sen. Rosanna Gabald&oacute;n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kawc.org\/news\/2025-06-20\/az-senate-passes-late-night-budget-and-adjourns-session\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;Senate Republicans, and the governor&rsquo;s office, and some of us Senate Democrats came together. And we&rsquo;re supporting the budget.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Several Senate Republicans were critical of Senate President Warren Petersen&rsquo;s (R) move to end the session without permission from the House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With all due respect, it is entirely inappropriate for one chamber to do that to another chamber,&rdquo; Republican state Sen. J.D. Mesnard said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Petersen claimed he knew the Arizona House had the votes to pass the Senate budget.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have one job to do down here at the Capitol,&rdquo; he wrote on social media. &ldquo;Pass a real budget. Not a fake budget for optics and talking points that will be gutted by a line item veto pen, but a real budget that has a consensus of conservative Republicans and gets a signature.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate budget, however, has received much criticism from Arizona House Republicans for not being conservative enough, <a href=\"https:\/\/azmirror.com\/2025\/06\/20\/political-chaos-erupts-as-arizona-senate-passes-budget-and-ends-session-unilaterally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to the<em> Arizona Mirror.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3401202\/trump-first-100-days-party-billed-official-anything-but\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>A PARTY FOR TRUMP&rsquo;S FIRST 100 DAYS WAS BILLED AS &lsquo;OFFICIAL&rsquo; &mdash; IT WAS ANYTHING BUT THAT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Arizona House adopted its own $17.3 billion spending plan, which was approved by only Republican votes as Democrats, who were not involved in negotiations, boycotted the vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With senators leaving Phoenix permanently, the House has only one viable option if it wants Hobbs&rsquo;s signature: the Senate plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1963735\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1963735\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Senate approves budget, ending session amid House discord<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2449959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AZ-legislature.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4472,4463,47171,3740],"class_list":["post-2449958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arizona","tag-budget","tag-legislative-session","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AZ-legislature.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449958"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449962,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449958\/revisions\/2449962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}