House Engrossed legislative subpoena; refusal; contempt State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HOUSE BILL 2824 AN ACT Amending section 41-1153, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the legislature. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
House Engrossed legislative subpoena; refusal; contempt
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HOUSE BILL 2824
House Engrossed
legislative subpoena; refusal; contempt
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HOUSE BILL 2824
AN ACT
Amending section 41-1153, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the legislature.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 41-1153, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE41-1153. Disobedience of subpoena as legislative contempt A. If a witness neglects or refuses to obey a legislative subpoena, or, appearing, neglects or refuses to testify, the senate or the house may, by resolution entered in the journal, commit him unless another procedure is provided by the rules of either house of the legislature, the witness may be committed for contempt by either of the following: 1. After the witness is given notice and an OPPORTUNITY for a hearing to present evidence, at the discretion of the chairperson, to show cause as to why the witness is not in contempt, an order of contempt by any committee or the president of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives that finds that the witness Had knowledge of the SUBPOENA, Had the ability to comply with the SUBPOENA and failed to comply with the subpoena. 2. A resolution entered in the journal by the senate or the house of representatives. B. A witness neglecting who NEGLECTs or refusing refuses to attend in obedience to a subpoena may be arrested by the sergeant-at-arms and brought before the senate or house upon of REPRESENTATIVES on authority of a copy of the order of contempt that is signed by the chairperson or the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives and countersigned by the secretary of the senate or chief clerk of the house of representatives or on authority of a copy of the resolution signed by the president of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives, and countersigned by the secretary of the senate or chief clerk of the house of representatives. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-1153, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-1153. Disobedience of subpoena as legislative contempt
A. If a witness neglects or refuses to obey a legislative subpoena, or, appearing, neglects or refuses to testify, the senate or the house may, by resolution entered in the journal, commit him unless another procedure is provided by the rules of either house of the legislature, the witness may be committed for contempt by either of the following:
1. After the witness is given notice and an OPPORTUNITY for a hearing to present evidence, at the discretion of the chairperson, to show cause as to why the witness is not in contempt, an order of contempt by any committee or the president of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives that finds that the witness Had knowledge of the SUBPOENA, Had the ability to comply with the SUBPOENA and failed to comply with the subpoena.
2. A resolution entered in the journal by the senate or the house of representatives.
B. A witness neglecting who NEGLECTs or refusing refuses to attend in obedience to a subpoena may be arrested by the sergeant-at-arms and brought before the senate or house upon of REPRESENTATIVES on authority of a copy of the order of contempt that is signed by the chairperson or the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives and countersigned by the secretary of the senate or chief clerk of the house of representatives or on authority of a copy of the resolution signed by the president of the senate or speaker of the house of representatives, and countersigned by the secretary of the senate or chief clerk of the house of representatives. END_STATUTE