Does Arizona still have a part-time Legislature?

• Lawmaker proposes constitutional requirement to end legislative session in 100 days • Last time the legislative session wrapped up before June was April 2015 • Low salary and longer sessions keep people from seeking public office

Both chambers of the Arizona Legislature have traditionally pushed to finish the legislative session by its 100th day, but that goal hasn’t been met in a decade.

Now, one lawmaker wants to enshrine it as a requirement in the state Constitution.

Rep. Justin Wilmeth, R-Phoenix, plans on introducing a concurrent resolution next session that would require lawmakers to be done with the legislative session by the end of April.

“I want it to be in the Constitution that we have to be done,” Wilmeth said. “I think most people are going to like it. Some won’t, but