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Legislative body | Arizona State Legislature | ||||||||||||||
Jurisdiction | Arizona, United States | ||||||||||||||
Term | January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2000 | ||||||||||||||
Senate | |||||||||||||||
Members | 30 | ||||||||||||||
President | Brenda Burns* | ||||||||||||||
Temporary President | John Wettaw* | ||||||||||||||
Party control | Republican (16–14) | ||||||||||||||
House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||
Members | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Speaker | Jeff Groscost* | ||||||||||||||
Party control | Republican (40–20) | ||||||||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||||||||
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The 44th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2000, during the first two years of Jane Dee Hull's first full term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Republicans lost two seats in the Senate, but still held a 16–14 majority. The Republicans gained two seats in the House, maintaining their majority in the lower chamber, 40–20.
The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 11, 1999, and adjourned on May 7, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 10, 2000, and adjourned sine die on April 18. [1] : i [2] : i
There were seven Special Sessions, the first of which was convened on March 31, 1999, and adjourned on April 7; [3] : 2007 the second convened on June 22, 1999, and adjourned sine die on the same day; [3] : 2149 the third convened on December 13, 1999, and adjourned sine die December 14; [4] : 2753 the fourth convened on February 14, 2000, and adjourned sine die on February 17; [4] : 2757 the fifth convened on June 6, 2000, and adjourned sine die June 28; [4] : 2805 the sixth special session convened and adjourned on October 20, 2000; [4] : 2881 and the final special session, the seventh, convened on November 13, 2000, and adjourned sine die on December 4. [4] : 2905
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. [1] : vii
District | Senator | Party | Notes |
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1 | Ken Bennett | Republican | |
2 | John Wettaw* | Republican | |
3 | Jack C. Jackson | Democrat | |
4 | Jack A. Brown* | Democrat | |
5 | Herb Guenther | Democrat | |
6 | John Huppenthal* | Republican | |
7 | Pete Rios* | Democrat | |
8 | Gus Arzberger* | Democrat | |
9 | Keith A. Bee* | Republican | |
10 | Victor E. Soltero* | Democrat | |
11 | Elaine Richardson | Democrat | |
12 | Ann Day* | Republican | |
13 | George Cunningham* | Democrat | |
14 | Ruth Solomon* | Democrat | |
15 | Edward Cirillo* | Republican | |
16 | Darden C. Hamilton | Republican | |
17 | Brenda Burns* | Republican | |
18 | Marc Spitzer* | Republican | |
19 | Scott Bundgaard* | Republican | |
20 | Mary Hartley* | Democrat | |
21 | Russell Bowers* | Republican | |
22 | Joe Eddie Lopez* | Democrat | |
23 | Linda Aguirre | Democrat | |
24 | Sue Grace* | Republican | |
25 | Chris Cummiskey* | Democrat | |
26 | Tom Smith | Republican | |
27 | Harry E. Mitchell | Democrat | |
28 | Randall Gnant* | Republican | |
29 | David Peterson* | Republican | |
30 | Tom Freestone* | Republican | |
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. [1] : viii–ix