Representative Chaplik's Sponsored and
Co-Sponsored Legislation

Sponsored Bills:

HB2085 – Allows employees of licensed real estate agents to collect rent without requiring a license of their own.

HB2129 – Memorializes Arizona’s rodeo history with a memorial license plate that supports a rodeo museum and provides collegiate scholarships.

HB2613 – Requires that the Arizona Department of Transportation only display messages on their highway signs that are directly related to transportation, highway public safety, and amber, silver, or blue alerts.

HB2614 – This bill changes the way that schools handle mass communication, preventing schools from sharing information with 3rd parties or removing people from the communication list.

HB2615 – Establishes license plates to support a youth music and art fund for a local Arizona nonprofit organization.

HB2616 – Prohibits any school district or government entity from requiring masks for kids without parental consent.

HB2617 – Directs election officials to cancel a voter when a voter dies, isn’t a citizen, or is registered in another state.

HB2770 – Specifies that businesses are not required to enforce a mask mandate that is established by any jurisdiction in Arizona.

HB2838 – Creates an opt-in income tax that allows businesses to pay to Arizona a tax that is deductible at the Federal level providing relief to privately-owned, “pass-through”, and typically small businesses.

Co-Sponsored Bills:

Election Integrity

HB2041Requires robust fraud countermeasures for all ballots including universal, specific, and watermarked paper, holographics, specific ink, unique ultraviolet signatures, and a QR code linking voters to a web-based ballot tracker. 

HB2054 – Requires the Secretary of State to use death certificates to remove voters from the AZ voter registration database.

HB2079 – Prohibits county Board of Supervisors from establishing election precincts that contain more than 1,500 voters. Requires ballots in a voting center be separated by precincts.

HB2080 – Requires ballots be counted by hand.

HB2235 – Exempted county Board of Supervisors from a pay raise in 2025.

HB2236 – Prohibits state agencies from registering voters without their request.

HB2237 – Makes day-of registration insufficient for voting in that election.

HB2238 – Ends the use of unmonitored drop-boxes.

HB2239 – Requires that damaged or defective ballots be duplicated by hand, not by machine.

HB2240 – Restricts voting centers to only voters in that county.

HB2241 – Requires identification to be verified at early drop box locations.

HB2242 – Requires the county recorder and Secretary of State to verify name, address, date of birth, and driver license number during voting registration.

HB2357 – Directs the Attorney General to conduct investigations into voter fraud and enforce subpoenas.

HB2358 – Requires county recorders to cancel voter registration when voter changes address out of county or state.

HB2359 – Requires that voting machines be further secured from unauthorized entry.

HB2360 – Directs the Secretary of State to operate the voter registration system with oversight from a committee of county recorders.

HB2364 – Adds identification requirements for pamphlets for school district override, initiative, and bond elections.

HB2492 – Requires that voter registration include proof of residence, date of birth, and an affirmation of citizenship.

HB2493 – This bill appropriates funds for county recorders to beef up their election security and cybersecurity.

HB2494 – Instructs the Secretary of State and each county recorder to publish online any voter registration events they plan to facilitate.

HB2569 – Prohibits any jurisdictions in the state from receiving private money to conduct elections.

HB2596 – This bill transforms our elections, requiring that all voters present identification, vote only on election day, and only in their precinct.

HB2621 – This bill forbids the State of Arizona from signing onto any consent decree or settlement in which the constitutionality or legality of our election laws are being challenged.

HB2792 – Forbids election officers from delivering a ballot in the mail to anyone who has not requested an early ballot for that election.

HB2793 – Forbids agencies from registering a person to vote unless that person requests to register.

HB2794 – Prohibits state agents from modifying any election deadlines.

HB2811 – Prohibits agents of the state from registering voters day-of an election.

HCR2021 – Declares the legislature’s support for the Electoral College and opposition against any effort to overturn it.

HCR2023 – Declares the legislature’s opposition to any effort by the federal government to usurp election control and administration.

HB2743 – This bill removes no-excuse mail-in ballots, reforms election precincts, eliminates voting centers, and prohibits voting machines.

HB2777 – Gives legislators the ability to call audits of county elections.

HB2778 – Prohibits the Secretary of State and County Recorders from using electronic registration information centers.

HB2780 – Requires county recorders to publish a voter roll before the election and ballot images after the election available for public review.

HB2783Increases the penalties for election crimes, including voter fraud.

HB2786 – Prohibits county recorders from accepting voter registration or an early ballot form from any non-official source. 

HCR2025 – This bill puts the Voter ID Act before the voters in 2022, requiring that voters provide an identification to vote. 

HCR2033 – Decertifies the 2022 election.

SB1119 – Requires online copies of ballots to be publicly available after elections.

SB1120 – Adds 19 specific fraud countermeasures to paper ballots.

SB1457 – Requires the Secretary of State to make sure voting machines meet security standards, cannot access the internet, and log user access to the device.

Public Safety

HB2108 – Prohibits sex offenders from being employed as taxi drivers.

HB2110 – Allows courts to order community service in lieu of monetary obligations for civil traffic violations at the rate of the state’s minimum wage.

HB2309 – Classifies violent and disorderly assembly and some offenses conducted during such assemblies as Class 6 Felonies.

HB2317Funds the border wall, providing a desperately-needed defense against the rising crisis at Arizona’s southern border.

HB2484 – Prohibits trade and ownership of animal fighting paraphernalia.

HB2548 – Establishes laser possession at a riot or unlawful assembly as a misdemeanor.

HB2552 – Expands aggravated criminal damage to include damaging monuments as a felony.

HB2787 – Outlines what criminal information state agencies may and may not use when determining if a person’s criminal record disqualifies them from licenses.

HB2809 – Outlines labeling and advertising requirements for marijuana dispensaries.

HB2889 – Increasing sentences in sexual crimes against minors.

HCR2032 – Forbids elected officials from giving “stand-down” orders to public safety officers.

HB2696 – Increases the minimum imprisonments for dangerous crimes against children and introduces human smuggling laws.

Second Amendment

HB2111 – Prohibits using any state resources to enforce any federal law that is inconsistent with the second amendment and any state law concerning the regulation of firearms.

HB2316 – Expands where Arizonans can carry who have a valid concealed carry weapons permit.

HB2414 – Reverses the requirement for firearms to be unloaded within a vehicle when on school property.

HB2472 – Prohibits the government and financial institutions from discriminating based on firearm ownership.

HB2473 – Requires that the government only sign contracts with companies that don’t discriminate based on firearm ownership.

HB2551 – Limits restrictions to unlawful carry locations.

HB2827 – Creates a civil action for firearm manufacturers, suppliers, shooting ranges, or trade associations that have been discriminated against by the government or a financial institution.

SB1220 – Requires that landlords and condominium boards allow tenants and guests to carry, possess, transport, and store a firearm. 

Government Accountability & Balance of Power

HB2107 – Protects businesses from forced closures by city or county officials during a declared emergency.

HB2310 – Reviews presidential executive orders and allows a legislative member to recommend its legality to the Attorney General, further checking the executive branch’s power.

HB2442 – Requires the county treasurer to post all annual and monthly reports on their website.

HCR2002 – Declares the legislature’s support for maintaining nine justices in the Supreme Court of the United States.

HCR2020 – Establishes the office of Lieutenant Governor, who runs on a joint ticket with the Governor.

HB2645 – Increases the penalty for unauthorized records being filed and the penalty for a notary that doesn’t report a lost official journal or stamping device.

HB2712 – Requires that a consideration of public goals established by a public body that evaluates public officers must be conducted in a public meeting.

HB2713 – Prohibits former school governing board members from becoming employees or contractors for their school district after their term for two years.

HB2753 – Revises public meeting laws to require executive sessions on legal matters to follow legislated executive session rules.

HCR2028 – Puts to voters in 2022 a minimum law enforcement expenditure.

 

 

Personal Freedom

HB2043Makes employers who reject religious exemptions liable for damages employees encounter when they take the vaccine.

HB2280This bill protects free speech online by prohibiting social media websites from deleting or censoring religious and political speech or using biased algorithms for the same effect.

HB2449 – Clergy members won’t be barred from visitation in a health care facility when a resident’s death is imminent, even during an emergency measure.

HB2452 – Forbids discrimination because of someone’s vaccination status.

HB2453 – The government will not be able to mandate masks for COVID-19.

HB2498 – Prohibits the government from requiring vaccines for residents of Arizona.

HB2570 – Restricts the ability for state agencies to suspend business licenses due to not complying with a state of emergency order.

HB2611 – This bill forbids the government or businesses from requiring students or employees to get a vaccine or wear a mask.

HB2648 – Religious services are considered essential services during a state of emergency.

HB2810 – Restricts the means and extent of civil asset forfeiture to cases where the offender is convicted and the state establishes clear and convincing evidence for forfeiture.

HB2637Prohibits financial institutions from discriminating against anyone based on political affiliation, social credit, or environmental, social and governance values.

HB2656 Prohibits banks from discriminating based on social values, environmental beliefs, social or political affiliations. 

Free Markets & De-Regulation

HB2128 – Offers a state licensing waiver for active-duty military service members, their spouses, and recently honorably discharged veterans for their first license.

HB2497Immediately cuts the tax rate to a flat 2.5% for individuals and 1.5% for small businesses.

HB2876 – Requires the Arizona Department of Transportation and local government recoup a small portion of the costs that private businesses incur when bidding on a building contract.

HB2657 – Requires businesses to file an attestation with the Attorney General that the business is compliant with forced labor laws.

SB1459 – Limits the fee for operating fantasy sports contests and event wagering.

 

 

Healthcare

HB2290 – Updates and streamlines terms for licensing healthcare institutions.

HB2292 – Allows the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants to issue a new license to physician assistants who surrendered their license if the board determines the licensee be completely rehabilitated.

HB2294 – Government documents may only use male or female to indicate a person’s sex.

HB2633 – Requires hospitals to provide daily visitation.

Education Freedom and Parents’ Rights

HB2281 – Gives the Attorney General the ability to impose a fine to enforce the Arizona Parents’ bill of rights and removes immunization requirements for schools.

HB2290 – Creates an Apprenticeship Program for high school students, connecting students with paid part-time job training and an interest-bearing bank account.

HB2293 – Schools may not require employees to use pronouns that differ from the gender someone is assigned at birth.

HB2315 – Requires public schools to publish classroom materials online before the year begins for parents to review.

HB2421 – Allows public schools to offer supplemental distance learning courses.

HB2439 – Requires public and charter schools to publish classroom materials online before the year begins for parents to review.

HB2478 – Prohibits elected officials from using public resources to impede or prevent public schools from operating.

HB2597 – Unless parents request an excuse for their children, students shall recite the pledge of allegiance and be given a time for quiet reflection and moral reasoning.

HB2636 – Government entities and businesses will not be able to require a mask or COVID vaccine for employees or children without parental consent.

Other

HB2488 – Forces the government entities of Arizona to only enter into contracts with companies that do not use Chinese Uyghur labor.

HB2496 – Allows for state university students to be exempt from student fees if they are a veteran, are recently married, have recently become a parent, have an objection on religious or moral grounds, have financial hardship, or are part-time students.

HB2610 – Removes the unnecessary and counterproductive 200-unit cap for affordable rental housing properties that want to qualify for a tax exemption.

HB2816 – Establishes a memorial license plate that supports an Arizonan charitable organization that supports children, families, and people in need, and improves the quality of life in Phoenix.

HCR2043 – Commemorates Ava Jeraldene Arpaio.

SB1165 – Directs schools to divide their interscholastic athletic teams on the basis of biological sex.