Fink Condemns Hobbs' Vetoes of Parental Rights, Vaccine Requirements, Election Reform Bills

State Representative Lisa Fink (R-27) scathingly condemned Governor Katie Hobbs' (D-AZ) veto of several Arizona bills about parental rights, vaccine requirements, election reform, and single-sex spaces, saying, "These bills reflect what most Arizonans believe."

House Bill 2058, for instance, would allow adult students of Arizona's public colleges and universities to be fully informed of their right to opt out of vaccine requirements for medical or religious reasons.

Similarly, House Bill 2063 would require schools to inform parents that they can claim vaccine exemptions for their children.

The electoral reform bill, House Bill 2060, asserted Arizona's authority to set voting, citizenship, and residency qualifications in federal elections within the Grand Canyon State.

Finally, House Bill 2062 would set the legal definition of gendered terms, such as "male," "female," "mother," and "father," to their biological definitions rather than identity-based ones, thereby protecting single-sex spaces such as restrooms, locker rooms, and domestic violence or sexual assault crisis centers.

"These bills reflect what most Arizonans believe: parents should be informed, adults should have medical freedom, voters should prove citizenship, and the law should acknowledge biological reality," said State Rep. Fink in her press release, adding, "But instead of standing with parents, students, and Arizona voters, Katie Hobbs chose to stand with bureaucrats and far-left special interests. Her vetoes are a direct insult to the values of informed consent, election integrity, and scientific truth."

Fink further condemned Gov. Hobbs as not trusting parents, voters, or even biology, calling her vetoes "out of touch with Arizona families and show a disturbing loyalty to government overreach at the expense of basic rights."

"Rejecting commonsense legislation like this makes one thing certain: Governor Hobbs is more interested in indulging in progressive politics that don't actually help families, time and time again choosing ideology over integrity, leaving Arizonans to pay the price," Fink concluded.

Near the end of March, State Speaker of the House Steve Montenegro (R-29) announced the membership of a newly formed House Ad Hoc Committee on Executive Budget Mismanagement to investigate Hobbs's supposed mismanagement of the state budget, accusing her of a "pattern to overspend, under plan, and wait until the last possible moment to admit failure."