Luige del Puerto of the AZ Capitol Times has written a pithy but well great summary of some of the bills did not get passed during the regular session. And while you can read his article on those bills one that he did not mention that nonetheless I thought was interesting was SB 1409, “motion picture production tax credits.”
This bill would have given filmmakers tax credits if they met certain employment and capital expenditure provisions (number of Arizonans hired, money spent in Arizona, etc.). While I have no opinion on the bill itself what I found interesting is that, by the end of the session, 4 of the most powerful lobbyists were in concert trying to get this passed.
In the end they failed, yet there is talk that if a special session is convened that this bill, or some form of it, could end up in the Speaker’s jobs bill. Again, I don’t particularly care if the bill passes or not but it will be interesting to see if it can get attached to another bill and passed in that manner.
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What a great list, thanks for linking to it. I wish it was easier to make films in Arizona, there's such huge opportunity here. I heard once that a major problem is we don't have enough soundstage space. Hopefully adding some of the space over the next 10 years will help grow a sustainable and persistent industry.
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