SB1005

THE CONTEXT: Laws 2010, Ch. 307, 1 enacted the original version of A.

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would specifies that, except as provided in A.R.S. 12-349, the court may not grant attorney fees, expenses or damages to a governmental entity or official for a claim or defense asserted in an action based on any violation of statutory parental rights or any other action that interferes with or usurps the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, health care and mental health of their children pursuant to A.R.S. 1-602.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to put public resources toward the named state purpose through an accountable appropriation. It would specifies that, except as provided in A.R.S. 12-349, the court may not grant attorney fees, expenses or damages to a governmental entity or official for a claim or defense asserted in an action based on any violation of statutory parental rights or any other action that interferes with or usurps the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, health care and mental health of their children pursuant to A.R.S. 1-602, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.