Arizona Declare Drug Cartels are Terrorist Organizations Measure (2024)

Arizona Declare Drug Cartels are Terrorist Organizations Measure

Election date
November 5, 2024
Topic
Drug crime policy
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
State statute| Origin
State legislature

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The Arizona Declare Drug Cartels are Terrorist Organizations Measure was not on the ballot in Arizona as a legislatively referred state statute on November 5, 2024.

This measure would have declared drug cartels are terrorist organizations and require the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to do everything in its power to address the threat of cartels.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Text of measure
* 1.1 Full text
* 2 Path to the ballot
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

## Text of measure[edit]

### Full text[edit]

The full text of the ballot measure is available here.

## Path to the ballot[edit]

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Arizona State Legislature to place a state statute on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 31 votes in the Arizona House of Representatives and 16 votes in the Arizona State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Statutes do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

The measure, HCR 2038, was introduced to the Arizona House of Representatives on January 23, 2024. It passed the House on February 28, 2024 by a 31-28 vote.[1]

Vote in the Arizona House of Representatives
February 28, 2024

Requirement: Simple majority vote of all members in each chamber
Number of yes votes required: 30 a
| Yes| No| Not voting
Total| 31| 28| 0
Total percent| 52.5%| 47.5%| 0.0%
Democrat| 0| 28| 0
Republican| 31| 0| 0

## See also[edit]

2024 measures

* 2024 ballot measures
* Drug crime policy on the ballot

Arizona

* Arizona ballot measures
* Arizona ballot measure laws

News and analysis

* Ballot measure lawsuits
* Ballot measure readability
* Ballot measure polls

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## External links[edit]

* HCR 2038

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arizona Legislature, "AZ HCR2038," accessed February 29, 2024

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