Biggs v. Cooper

Justice BERCH,

opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 We granted review to determine whether a group of legislators who voted against House Bill (“HB”) 2010 has standing to challenge whether it was passed in a constitutional manner. Because the group had enough votes to have blocked the bill if passage required a supermajority vote, the group has alleged an injury sufficient to confer standing.

I. BACKGROUND

¶ 2 In the Fifty-First Arizona State Legislature, representatives introduced HB 2010 to expand Arizona’s indigent healthcare program. HB 2010 includes an assessment on hospitals designed to help fund the…