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AZ SB1279
Bill
Status
2/24/2022
Primary Sponsor
Victoria Steele
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 41-835.03 to prohibit the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names from designating geographic features, places of historical significance, highways, parkways, historic roads, or scenic roads with names that include the term "squaw."
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Requires the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names to identify all existing geographic features, places of historical significance, highways, parkways, historic roads, and scenic roads that currently include the term "squaw."
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Directs the board to cooperate with persons, groups, and agencies to propose culturally appropriate name changes for features identified as containing the term "squaw" in accordance with existing naming procedures.
Legislative Description
Geographic; historic board; name change
Name Change
Last Action
House read second time
3/2/2022