AZ v. FED government
AZ
Executive
Branch
Governor
• Delivers budget proposal
• commander and chief of the
national guard
• Call a special session
• Appoints judges
Limits
• 2 terms
• Veto bills
• Can be impeached
AZ
• Can’t change a
Executive
Plural Executive
citizen initiative
Branch
• Secretary of state (Next
in line to be governor)
• Attorney general
• State treasurer
• Superintendent of
public instruction
• State mine inspector
AZ Judicial
Branch
AZ Judicial
Branch
• Article 6 of the state constitution
created the branch
• Made up of all the state courts
• Responsible to interpret state law
• Mediate problems between other
branches
• Hold law breakers accountable
AZ Judicial
Branch
• Article 6 of the state constitution
created the branch
• Made up of all the state courts
• Responsible to interpret state law
• Mediate problems between other
branches
• Hold law breakers accountable
1 level
Justice courts
Less serious
No judges justice of the
peace
Trial court
AZ Judicial
Branch
• Article 6 of the state constitution
created the branch
• Made up of all the state courts
• Responsible to interpret state law
• Mediate problems between other
branches
• Hold law breakers accountable
1 level
Justice courts
Less serious
No judges justice of the
peace
Trial court
AZ Judicial
Branch
2 Level
Superior courts
174 judges
4 year term
Felony, civil cases
Maricopa and Pima do
selection
• Article 6 of the state constitution
created the branch
• Made up of all the state courts
• Responsible to interpret state law
• Mediate problems between other
branches
• Hold law breakers accountable
1 level
Justice courts
Less serious
No judges justice of the
peace
Trial court
3rd
Court of appeals
Judges are all
appointed
22 court judges
6 terms
AZ Judicial
Branch
2 Level
Superior courts
174 judges
4 year term
Felony, civil cases
Maricopa and Pima do
selection
• Article 6 of the state constitution
created the branch
• Made up of all the state courts
• Responsible to interpret state law
• Mediate problems between other
branches
• Hold law breakers accountable
1 level
Justice courts
Less serious
No judges justice of the
peace
Trial court
3rd
Court of appeals
Judges are all
appointed
22 court judges
6 terms
AZ Judicial
Branch
2 Level
Superior courts
174 judges
4 year term
Felony, civil cases
Maricopa and Pima do
selection
4th
Supreme court
Highest court
State officers
Determine if laws are
constitutional
6 year term
Comparing State Legislature
to Federal Legislature
Double Bubble
Double bubble
AZ
Legislature
Federal
Legislature
Senate
House
of Rep.
AZ
Legislature
Veto
1st made
Leg.
Branch
Laws start
out the
same
Federal
Legislature
30
members in
the senate
100
members
in the
senate
House of
Rep.
15
Districts
AZ
Legislature
Meet at
the
Capitol
(Phoenix)
2yr. Term
8 year
max
Senate
Veto
50
States
Federal
Legislature
1st made
Leg.
Branch
60
Representativ
es
Laws start
out the
same
State
population
435in the
house
Meet at
the Capitol
Washingto
n D.C
Unlimited
Terms
Local
Government
County
Special Districts
Local
Governmen
t
City
County
15 counties-libraries-made everyone have access to
gov’t-county sheriff- county superintendent- healthpolice-run the jails- provide fire for non city residencestate legislature tells the counties what to do
Special Districts
Local
Governmen
t
City
County
15 counties-libraries-made everyone have access to
gov’t-county sheriff- county superintendent- healthpolice-run the jails- provide fire for non city residencestate legislature tells the counties what to do
Special Districts
227 school districts
Governing board that makes
decisions
Asks voters for overrides
(money for districts)
10 community colleges
Local
Governmen
t
City
In chandler
School district
is #80
County
15 counties-libraries-made everyone have access to
gov’t-county sheriff- county superintendent- healthpolice-run the jails- provide fire for non city residencestate legislature tells the counties what to do
Special Districts
227 school districts
Governing board that makes
decisions
Asks voters for overrides
(money for districts)
10 community colleges
Local
Government
City
1500 population for a town
3000 population for a city
Police, Fire, Garbage,
roads, libraries
There is a city council,
manager and mayor.
Write paragraph summary to share what you
learned about Arizona government.
Tribal Gov’t
• 22 Tribes
• Treaties with the national gov’t from 1771-1777 to
have their own gov’t
• Each tribe has nationhood status, nations within a
nation: meaning they have their own gov’t, laws,
protection
• Head of the tribe is
governor, president, or
chief
• Tribal council is governs
and is elected by the
tribes
Tribal Gov’t
• Navajo Nation is the
largest nation in the
USA
• Public schools located
on tribal lands
• Tribes try to partner with
state gov’t
Write a summary
about tribal
government
AZ vs. Federal Gov’t
How a bill becomes a law.
Standards 3-3-1a,b,c
Learning goal: Compare how a bill
becomes a law in AZ to how a federal
bill is created.
 Activity: After watching “Kids and the Capitol” section: How a Bill
Becomes a Law. Create a tree map to compare AZ to the Federal gov’t.
 First create a tree map
 Use your notes to complete the nine steps it takes for a bill to become a
law on the Federal gov’t side.
Tree map
How a bill becomes a law
Federal Gov’t
AZ
Tree map
How a bill becomes a law
Federal Gov’t
AZ
Idea
Bill is proposed in the Senate or House
Assigned to committee
Debated and voted on Senate / House
Sent to other house Senate/House
Conference committee
Sent back for final approval to the Senate/House
Sent to the President
President can veto, sign, do nothing (pocket veto)
If the Pres. Veto the Senate and House can override with 2/3 vote
Tree
map
AZ
Idea
Legislative council writes it into a bill
Goes into the hopper in House/Senate
Pres. of the Senate or Speaker of the house assigns a #
(1000 for House 2000 for Senate)
First reading-Introduced on Floor
Sent to committee, second reading and if it passes committee
Then it is sent to committee of rules to insure it is constitutional
Next it goes to caucus then to C.O.W. (amendments can still be added)
Third reading no changes are allowed. Formal vote occurs.
*Becomes an engrossed bill and sent to the other house for approval
Next it is sent to the conference committee to choose one version of the bill
There is a final vote from each house after the version is decided
Finally it is Sent the governor:


She has 5 days to sign it (10 days if they are not in session)
Veto it –the House and Senate can pass with a 2/3 vote

Not sign it and then it becomes law
Tree map
How a Bill Becomes a
Law
Federal Gov’t
AZ
Idea
Bill is proposed in the Senate or House
Assigned to committee
Debated and voted on Senate / House
Sent to other house Senate/House
Conference committee
Sent back for final approval to the
Senate/House
Sent to the President
President can veto, sign, do nothing (pocket
veto)
If the Pres. Veto the Senate and House can
override with 2/3 vote
Idea
Legislative council writes it into a bill
Goes into the hopper in House/Senate
Pres. of the Senate or Speaker of the house assigns a #
(1000 for House 2000 for Senate)
First reading-Introduced on Floor
Sent to committee, second reading and if it passes committee
Then it is sent to committee of rules to insure it is constitutional
Next it goes to caucus then to C.O.W. (amendments can still be
added)
Third reading no changes are allowed. Formal vote occurs.
*Becomes an engrossed bill and sent to the other house for
approval
Next it is sent to the conference committee to choose one
version of the bill
There is a final vote from each house after the version is decided
Finally it is Sent the governor:
She has 5 days to sign it (10 days if they are not in session)
Veto it –the House and Senate can pass with a 2/3 vote
Not sign it and then it becomes law
Laws
 If you could make a law about anything, what would it be and why?
How A Bill Becomes A Law
Class Discussion
 What is a law?
 What are some laws?
 Why do we have these laws?
 Why do we have laws?
 How does a law start?
 How does it go from an idea to a law?
What house of Congress does a
bill start in?
Laws may be initiated in either
chamber of Congress, the
House of Representatives or the
Senate. For this example, we will
track a bill introduced in the
House of Representatives.
 1. When a Representative has an idea for
a new law (or an idea is brought to them
by a citizen), s/he becomes the sponsor of
that bill and introduces it.
The clerk assigns a legislative number to
the bill
H.R. for bills introduced in the House
of Representatives
S. for bills introduced in the Senate.
 2. Next, the bill is assigned to a committee (the House has 22 standing
committees, each with jurisdiction over bills in certain areas) by the Speaker
of the House so that it can be studied.
 3. If the bill is released, it then goes on a calendar (a list of bills awaiting
action).
 4. The bill now goes to the floor of the House for consideration and begins
with a complete reading of the bill (sometimes this is the only complete
reading). If the bill passes by simple majority (218 of 435), the bill moves to
the Senate.
 5. In order to be introduced in the Senate, a senator must be recognized as
the presiding officer and announce the introduction of the bill.
 5. In order to be introduced in the Senate, a senator must be recognized as
the presiding officer and announce the introduction of the bill. Sometimes,
when a bill has passed in one house, it becomes known as an act;
however, this term usually means a bill that has been passed by both
houses and becomes law.
 6. Just as in the House, the bill then is assigned to a committee. It is assigned
to one of the Senate's 16 standing committees by the presiding officer. The
Senate committee studies and either releases or tables the bill just like the
House standing committee.
 7. Once released, the bill goes to the Senate floor
for consideration. Bills are voted on in the Senate
based on the order they come from the
committee; however, an urgent bill may be
pushed ahead by leaders of the majority party. A
simple majority (51 of 100) passes the bill.
 8. The bill now moves onto a conference
committee, which is made up of members from
each House. The committee works out any
differences between the House and Senate
versions of the bill. The revised bill is sent back to
both houses for their final approval.
 9. The enrolled bill is now signed by the Speaker of
the House and then the vice president. Finally, it is
sent for presidential consideration. The president
has ten days to sign or veto the enrolled bill. If the
president vetoes the bill, it can still become a law
if two-thirds of the Senate and two-thirds of the
House then vote in favor of the bill.
Assignment part one Using a campaign character, you will be writing a story about
a bill becoming a law. You need to come up with an original
idea for a bill (make sure you title it- H.R.___ or S.___), a main
character, and include the 9 steps of a bill becoming a law.
 It should have an introduction (which includes the initial idea),
a sentence /paragraph for each step, and a conclusion. That
is a total of 11 sentence/paragraphs.
 Example!
 Step 1- Go through the 9 steps in your notes and write a one
sentence summary of the step involving your character.
Scary Gary
Introduction- A citizen has an idea for a new law that would require each
city to have a clown that dances in your driveway each morning.
Step #1- The citizen sends a letter to Rep. Scary Gary and he decides it is
something that he wants to sponsor. He then writes it into a bill which
is titled HR 345.
Step #2- The bill is then sent to the Circus Committee for discussion and
revision.
Step #3- After it is released it goes on the calendar in order to be voted
on later.
Step #4- Scary Gary then reads it to the House of Reps. And is voted on, it
passes with a majority vote.
Step #5- Scary Gary passes it off to his old Senator pal Crazy Carl to be
introduced in the Senate.
Step #6- Crazy Carl then takes it to the Senate and it is assigned to the
Juggling Committee to be discussed and revised.
Step #7- After it is released it is sent to the Senate floor for consideration, it
is voted on and passed with a majority vote.
Step #8- The bill now moves on to a conference committee to iron out
any differences between the House version and the Senate version.
They write up the final version of the bill.
Step #9- The bill is now signed by the Speaker of the House and the Vice
President.
Conclusion- It is sent to the President and is signed into law, Scary Gary
and Crazy Carl then throw a clown party for the whole town.
Assignment Part 2-cartoon
 Your story should be finished before you start the
cartoon.
 Using your story you will draw a cartoon with each step
illustrated in a box (number each step). It should be in
full color and detail with a brief caption beneath
explaining each frame.
Story template
IntroductionStep #1-
Step #2Step #3Step #4Step #5Step #6Step #7Step #8Step #9Conclusion-
Cartoon
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