legislative privilege; traffic violations

This bill (HCR 2053) proposes amending Arizona's state constitution to remove "traffic violations" from the list of offenses that allow law enforcement to arrest sitting legislators. Currently, legislators can be arrested for traffic violations while serving in office; this change would grant them full immunity from arrest for such violations during legislative sessions and the 15 days before each session begins. If approved by voters, the amendment would require the Secretary of State to submit the proposal to voters at the next general election. The bill does not change traffic laws or affect the public, only altering legislative privilege protections.