55th Arizona State Legislature

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55th Arizona State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction Arizona, United States
TermJanuary 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022
Senate
Members30
President Karen Fann
Temporary President Vince Leach
Party controlRepublican (16–14)
House of Representatives
Members60
Speaker Russell Bowers
Party controlRepublican (31–29)
Sessions
1stJanuary 11, 2021 – June 30, 2021
2ndJanuary 10, 2022 – June 25, 2022
Special sessions
1stJune 15 – June 17, 2021

The 55th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, is the current legislative session constituted in Phoenix on January 11, 2021, during the second two years of Doug Ducey's second full term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. In the November 2020 Senate election, Democrats gained one seat, leaving the Republicans with a 16–14 majority. Republicans maintained an unchanged 31–29 majority in the House after the November 2020 House election. [1]

Contents

Sessions

The Legislature met in its first regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The session opened on January 11, 2021, and adjourned sine die on June 30, 2021. [2] [3]

The second regular session began on January 10, 2022, adjourning on June 25, 2022. [4]

There has been one special session, extending from June 15 through June 17, 2021, to address wildfire emergency funding. [5]

Senate

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.

DistrictSenatorPartyNotes
1 Karen Fann*Republican
2 Rosanna Gabaldon Democrat
3 Sally Ann Gonzales*Democrat
4 Lisa Otondo*Democrat
5 Sonny Borrelli*Republican
6 Wendy Rogers Republican
7 Jamescita Peshlakai*DemocratResigned December 22, 2021 [6]
Theresa Hatathlie DemocratAppointed January 6, 2022 [7]
8 T. J. Shope Republican
9 Victoria Steele*Democrat
10 Kirsten Engel DemocratResigned September 8, 2021 [8]
Stephanie Stahl Hamilton DemocratAppointed October 20, 2021 [9]
11 Vince Leach*Republican
12 Warren Petersen Republican
13 Sine Kerr*Republican
14 David Gowan*Republican
15 Nancy Barto Republican
16 Kelly Townsend Republican
17 J.D. Mesnard*Republican
18 Sean Bowie*Democrat
19 Lupe Contreras*Democrat
20 Paul Boyer*Republican
21 Rick Gray*Republican
22 David Livingston*Republican
23 Michelle Ugenti*Republican
24 Lela Alston*Democrat
25 Tyler Pace*Republican
26 Juan Mendez*Democrat
27 Rebecca Rios*Democrat
28 Christine Marsh Democrat
29 Martin Quezada*Democrat
30 Tony Navarrete*DemocratResigned August 10, 2021 [10]
Raquel Terán DemocratAppointed September 15, 2021 [11]

House of Representatives

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.

DistrictRepresentativePartyNotes
1 Quang Nguyen Republican
Judy Burges Republican
2 Daniel Hernandez Jr.*Democrat
Andrea Dalessandro Democrat
3 Alma Hernandez*Democrat
Andrés Cano*Democrat
4 Charlene Fernandez*DemocratResigned November 15, 2021 [12]
Brian Fernandez DemocratAppointed November 22, 2021 [13]
Joel John Republican
5 Leo Biasiucci*Republican
Regina Cobb*Republican
6 Walter Blackman*Republican
Brenda Barton Republican
7 Arlando Teller*Democrat
Myron Tsosie*Democrat
8 David Cook*Republican
Frank Pratt RepublicanDied September 21, 2021 [14]
Neal Carter RepublicanAppointed October 27, 2021 [15]
9 Pamela Hannley*Democrat
Randall Friese*DemocratResigned November 15, 2021 [12]
Christopher Mathis DemocratAppointed December 7, 2021 [16]
10 Stephanie Stahl Hamilton DemocratAppointed to Arizona Senate October 20, 2021 [9]
Morgan Abraham DemocratAppointed December 7, 2021 [16]
Domingo DeGrazia Democrat
11 Mark Finchem*Republican
Bret Roberts*RepublicanResigned September 30, 2021 [17]
Teresa Martinez RepublicanAppointed October 27, 2021 [15]
12 Jake Hoffman Republican
Travis Grantham*Republican
13 Joanne Osborne*Republican
Tim Dunn*Republican
14 Becky Nutt*RepublicanResigned November 1, 2021 [18]
Lupe Diaz RepublicanAppointed November 19, 2021 [19]
Gail Griffin*Republican
15 Justin Wilmeth Republican
Steve Kaiser Republican
16 John Fillmore*Republican
Jacqueline Parker Republican
17 Jeff Weninger*Republican
Jennifer Pawlik*Democrat
18 Jennifer Jermaine*Democrat
Denise Epstein*Democrat
19 Lorenzo Sierra*Democrat
Diego Espinoza*Democrat
20 Shawnna Bolick*Republican
Judy Schwiebert Democrat
21 Kevin Payne*Republican
Beverly Pingerelli Republican
22 Frank Carroll*Republican
Ben Toma*Republican
23 Joseph Chaplik Republican
John Kavanagh Republican
24 Jennifer Longdon*Democrat
Amish Shah*Democrat
25 Michelle Udall*Republican
Russell Bowers*Republican
26 Melody Hernandez Democrat
Athena Salman*Democrat
27 Reginald Bolding*Democrat
Diego Rodriguez*DemocratResigned November 17, 2021 [20]
Marcelino Quiñonez DemocratAppointed December 15, 2021 [21]
28 Kelli Butler*Democrat
Aaron Lieberman*DemocratResigned September 20, 2021 [22]
Sarah Liguori DemocratAppointed October 18, 2021 [23]
29 Richard C. Andrade*Democrat
Cesar Chavez*Democrat
30 Robert Meza*Democrat
Raquel Terán*DemocratAppointed to Arizona Senate September 15, 2021 [11]
Christian Solorio DemocratAppointed October 27, 2021 [24]

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