HCR 2053
Initials NM/DC Page 1 Judiciary
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
HCR 2053: legislative privilege; traffic violations
Sponsor: Representative Nguyen, LD 1
Committee on Judiciary
Overview
Excludes traffic violations from legislative immunity in the Arizona Constitution.
History
With legislative immunity, legislators are privileged from arrest and questioning in all cases
— except treason, felony and breach of the peace — while going to, returning from and during
attendance at their Houses' session. Members are privileged from arrest and being subject to
any civil process, during, and 15 days prior to, every legislative session (Arizona Constitution,
Art. IV Pt. 2 § 6).
Provisions
1. Exempts traffic violations from legislative immunity.
2. Instructs the Secretary of State to submit this proposition to voters at the next general
election.
3. Makes technical changes.
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note