PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senator Jake Hoffman is speaking out in response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University today.

"The world will never truly understand the magnitude of the loss it suffered today," said Senator Hoffman. "Charlie Kirk was one of the most fearless, patriotic, loving, God-fearing, brilliant men ever to walk this earth."

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Arizona Senate Republicans are mourning the loss of Charlie Kirk, after a shooting at an event at Utah Valley University today. The suspect is currently at large. The state lawmakers are calling on all Arizonans to pray for his family during this horrific time. Kirk, Turning Point USA founder and an iconic conservative figure, was exercising his right to engage with students when he was violently targeted and shot on stage.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Republican leaders in the Arizona Legislature are working with the Trump Administration to ensure taxpayers are reimbursed for the hundreds of millions of dollars Arizona spent securing the southern border while the Biden Administration failed to act. Today, Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Steve Montenegro sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem requesting reimbursement under the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chairwoman Carine Werner is announcing a second hearing on October 1, 2025, at 1 PM at the Arizona State Senate to expand upon the investigation of Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse across the state.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate President Warren Petersen is marking the passing of former state attorney general Robert Corbin, who died today at the age of 96.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Arizona State Senator Carine Werner is driving reforms at the Department of Child Safety (DCS) after convening a September 3 stakeholder meeting with families, law enforcement, prosecutors, tribal leaders, and child welfare advocates. The meeting produced a series of commitments from DCS to address identified deficiencies in Arizona's child welfare system and better protect children living in group homes.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senate Ethics Committee Chairwoman Shawnna Bolick is taking immediate action in response to a formal ethics complaint filed against Senator Analise Ortiz on September 2. The complaint alleges that Senator Ortiz interfered with federal immigration enforcement operations in Arizona. As a result, Senator Bolick will be sending a letter today to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney's Office, as the allegations involve federal law enforcement and require investigation by the appropriate authorities.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Arizona State Senator Jake Hoffman announces the filing of a formal ethics complaint against Senator Analise Ortiz following her repeated attempts to undermine federal immigration enforcement operations in Arizona.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen is demanding immediate corrections to the Secretary of State's draft of the 2025 Elections Procedures Manual (EPM), warning that if the unlawful provisions remain, the Legislature will take the matter to court.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Arizona State Senator Shawnna Bolick and Representative Walt Blackman are responding to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR)'s recent announcement outlining new safety measures within the state prison system. While the deployment of body cameras and creation of a Violence Reduction Workgroup are steps in the right direction, both legislators stress the changes are overdue and fall short of what the crisis demands.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen is announcing several key additions and promotions to the Senate Majority Staff, strengthening the team which supports 17 Republican state senators in advancing conservative legislative priorities and serving the citizens of Arizona.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Senator Shawnna Bolick is extending her heartfelt condolences to the family and classmates of the 16-year-old student who died after being brutally stabbed by a fellow student at Maryvale High School on Tuesday. In response to the retaliatory murder, Senator Bolick is calling for urgent action to strengthen reporting requirements for school safety.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Committee Chairman Mark Finchem is inviting parents negatively impacted by the Arizona family court system to join him at the Arizona Senate on Wednesday, August 27, at 9 a.m. to share personal testimony during the final Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Family Court Orders.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Determined to close dangerous gaps in Arizona's child protection system, Arizona State Senator Carine Werner is announcing the creation of a new task force to strengthen the state's child abuse reporting laws.

State Lawmakers Escalate Probe Into Child Safety System Failures After Deaths of Three Arizona Children

Arizona Senate President Condemns Remarks by Senator Ortiz, Calls for Federal Investigation of Potential Unlawful Actions

President Petersen Announces New Senate Committee Chairmanships

PHOENIX, ARIZONA— Governor Katie Hobbs is creating the illusion of oversight without real action by signing legislation Wednesday establishing Arizona's new Independent Correctional Oversight Office, yet she is refusing to allocate a single dollar to make the office operational.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA—Senate Republicans are taking action to protect national security and sovereignty in Arizona, from foreign adversaries seeking to cause harm, with new legislation just signed into law from Senator Janae Shamp.

SB 1082 prohibits a foreign principal from a nation identified by the federal government as a direct threat to the United States from purchasing, owning, or acquiring real property in Arizona.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – Senate Republicans are defending a Wyoming law requiring new voter registrants to provide documentary proof of citizenship to cast a ballot in its elections. The Arizona Legislature, Montana, and Kansas are leading a coalition of 22 other states in a brief filed last Friday in the case of Equality State Policy Center v. Gray at the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.