[3][4] The bill would "ban the state from engaging in activities which help the NSA carry out their warrantless data-collection programs, or even make use of the information on a local level.
[7] Under the proposed legislation, Arizona would not provide material support or assistance in any form to any federal agency that claims the power to collect, or comply with any federal law, rule, regulation or order that purports to authorize the collection of, electronic data or metadata of any person pursuant to any action that is not based on a warrant that particularly describes the person, place and thing to be searched or seized.
[11] Many lawmakers believed that in the wake of the Snowden disclosures, restoration of public trust would require legislative changes.
[3] Ward explained her introduction of the bill, saying, "There is no question that the NSA program, as it is now being run, violates the Fourth Amendment.
[12] Media quoted Lyle Mann, director of the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training board, who opposes the bill, as saying "if they do nothing with the information, something bad is going to happen".