PHX Reporter

Sen. Shawnna Bolick (R-Phoenix)'s bill to prohibit Arizona municipalities from requiring children to have a license or permit for their temporary businesses passed the Arizona State Senate this week. 

The legislation, SB 1370, passed on a party-line vote, with 16 Republicans voting for the bill and 14 Democrats voting against it. Four senators, all Democrats, did not vote on the bill.

“It was an honor to sponsor SB1370,” Bolick posted on X last week after the bill passed the Senate Government Committee “We need to let kids flourish and soak up the entrepreneurial spirit, not regulate their imagination and grit before they can even launch their idea.”  

During debate on the bill, "Democrats spoke about the need for regulation even on kids’ lemonade stands," Bolick wrote in her weekly email newsletter. 

Bolick has represented Arizona’s 2nd State Senate District since August 2023, when she was appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Advisors to fill the seat vacated by retiring State Sen. Steve Kaiser (R-Phoenix).

She previously represented District 20 in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023. Bolick also served on the Arizona State Board of Education’s Academic Standards Development Committee and was appointed to Arizona’s Early Childhood Education and Health Board by former Gov. Doug Ducey (R-Ariz.)

Bolick attended Syracuse University and received a master’s degree from American University. 

A native of Pittsburgh, Penn., Bolick lives in Phoenix with her husband.