56th Arizona State Legislature

56th Arizona State Legislature
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Arizona State Capitol (2014)
Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2024
Senate
Members	30
President	Warren Petersen
Temporary President	T. J. Shope
Party control	Republican (16–14)
House of Representatives
Members	60
Speaker	Ben Toma
Party control	Republican (31–29)
Sessions
1st January 9, 2023 – 2nd January 8, 2024 –

The 56th Arizona State Legislature, consisted of the Arizona Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, and was constituted in Phoenix, Arizona, United States on January 9, 2023, during the first two years of Katie Hobbs's first full term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. In the November 2022 Senate election, Republicans maintained an unchanged 16–14 majority. Republicans also maintained an unchanged 31–29 majority in the House after the November 2022 House election. ^[1]

Sessions

The Legislature met in its first regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The session opened on January 9, 2023. ^[2]

The second regular session began on January 8, 2024. ^[2]

Senate

Members

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

District	Senator	Party	Notes
1	Ken Bennett	Republican
2	Steve Kaiser	Republican
3	John Kavanagh	Republican
4	Christine Marsh*	Democratic
5	Lela Alston*	Democratic
6	Theresa Hatathlie*	Democratic
7	Wendy Rogers*	Republican
8	Juan Mendez*	Democratic
9	Eva Burch	Democratic
10	Dave Farnsworth	Republican
11	Catherine Miranda	Democratic
12	Mitzi Epstein	Democratic
13	J. D. Mesnard*	Republican
14	Warren Petersen*	Republican
15	Jake Hoffman	Republican
16	T. J. Shope*	Republican
17	Justine Wadsack	Republican
18	Priya Sundareshan	Democratic
19	David Gowan*	Republican
20	Sally Ann Gonzales*	Democratic
21	Rosanna Gabaldón*	Democratic
22	Eva Diaz	Democratic
23	Brian Fernandez	Democratic
24	Anna Hernandez	Democratic
25	Sine Kerr*	Republican
26	Raquel Terán*	Democratic
27	Anthony Kern	Republican
28	Frank Carroll	Democratic
29	Janae Shamp	Republican
30	Sonny Borrelli*	Republican

House of Representatives

Members

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

District	Representative	Party	Notes
1	Quang Nguyen*	Republican
	Selina Bliss	Republican
2	Judy Schwiebert*	Democrat
	Justin Wilmeth*	Republican
3	Joseph Chaplik*	Republican
	Alexander Kolodin	Republican
4	Matt Gress	Republican
	Laura Terech	Democratic
5	Jennifer Longdon*	Democratic
	Amish Shah*	Democratic
6	Myron Tsosie*	Democratic
	Mae Peshlakai	Democratic
7	David Cook*	Republican
	David Marshall	Republican
8	Athena Salman*	Democratic
	Melody Hernandez*	Democratic
9	Lorena Austin	Democrat
	Seth Blattman	Democrat
10	Justin Heap	Republican
	Barbara Parker	Republican
11	Marcelino Quiñonez*	Democratic
	Oscar De Los Santos	Democratic
12	Patty Contreras	Democratic
	Stacey Travers	Democratic
13	Jennifer Pawlik*	Democratic
	Liz Harris	Republican
14	Travis Grantham*	Republican
	Laurin Hendrix	Republican
15	Jacqueline Parker*	Republican
	Neal Carter*	Republican
16	Teresa Martinez*	Republican
	Keith Seaman	Democratic
17	Rachel Jones	Republican
	Cory McGarr	Republican
18	Christopher Mathis*	Democrat
	Nancy Gutierrez	Democrat
19	Gail Griffin*	Republican
	Lupe Diaz*	Republican
20	Andrés Cano*	Democratic
	Alma Hernandez*	Democrat
21	Consuelo Hernandez	Democratic
	Stephanie Stahl Hamilton	Democratic
22	Lupe Contreras	Democratic
	Leezah Sun	Democratic
23	Mariana Sandoval	Democratic
	Michele Pena	Republican
24	Lydia Hernandez	Democrat
	Analise Ortiz	Democrat
25	Tim Dunn*	Republican
	Michael Carbone	Republican
26	Cesar Aguilar	Democrat
	Flavio Bravo	Democrat
27	Kevin Payne*	Republican
	Ben Toma*	Republican
28	David Livingston	Republican
	Beverly Pingerelli*	Republican
29	Steve Montenegro	Republican
	Austin Smith	Republican
30	Leo Biasiucci*	Republican
	John Gillette	Republican

References

1. "State of Arizona Official Canvass – 2022 General Election" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. State of Arizona. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
2. "2023 Session Timeline" (PDF). Arizona State Legislature. State of Arizona. Retrieved March 14, 2021.