Biggs v. Hon. Katherine Cooper
Annotate this CaseAfter HB 2010 was introduced by the legislature to expand Arizona’s indigent healthcare program, the question arose whether the legislature must pass the act by a supermajority vote. The legislative decided, by majority vote in each chamber, that it did not. The legislature then passed HB 2010 by a simple majority vote, and the governor signed it into law. Thirty-six legislators who voted against the bill sued to enjoin enforcement of the bill, alleging that by failing to satisfy the supermajority requirement, the legislature violated the constitution. The superior court dismissed the legislators’ claims for lack of standing because they did not suffer an “injury” when the supermajority requirement was found inapplicable. The court of appeals reversed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that because the plaintiff legislators had enough votes to have blocked the bill if passage required a supermajority vote, the group alleged an injury sufficient to confer standing.
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