55th Arizona State Legislature Session of the Arizona Legislature
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]
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.
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
Judy Burges
Republican
2
Daniel Hernandez Jr. *
Democrat
Andrea Dalessandro
Democrat
3
Alma Hernandez *
Democrat
Andrés Cano *
Democrat
4
Charlene Fernandez *
Democrat
Resigned November 15, 2021[ 12]
Brian Fernandez
Democrat
Appointed 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
Republican
Died September 21, 2021[ 14]
Neal Carter
Republican
Appointed October 27, 2021[ 15]
9
Pamela Hannley *
Democrat
Randall Friese *
Democrat
Resigned November 15, 2021[ 12]
Christopher Mathis
Democrat
Appointed December 7, 2021[ 16]
10
Stephanie Stahl Hamilton
Democrat
Appointed to Arizona Senate October 20, 2021[ 9]
Morgan Abraham
Democrat
Appointed December 7, 2021[ 16]
Domingo DeGrazia
Democrat
11
Mark Finchem *
Republican
Bret Roberts *
Republican
Resigned September 30, 2021[ 17]
Teresa Martinez
Republican
Appointed October 27, 2021[ 15]
12
Jake Hoffman
Republican
Travis Grantham *
Republican
13
Joanne Osborne *
Republican
Tim Dunn *
Republican
14
Becky Nutt *
Republican
Resigned November 1, 2021[ 18]
Lupe Diaz
Republican
Appointed 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 *
Democrat
Resigned November 17, 2021[ 20]
Marcelino Quiñonez
Democrat
Appointed December 15, 2021[ 21]
28
Kelli Butler *
Democrat
Aaron Lieberman *
Democrat
Resigned September 20, 2021[ 22]
Sarah Liguori
Democrat
Appointed October 18, 2021[ 23]
29
Richard C. Andrade *
Democrat
Cesar Chavez *
Democrat
30
Robert Meza *
Democrat
Raquel Terán *
Democrat
Appointed to Arizona Senate September 15, 2021[ 11]
Christian Solorio
Democrat
Appointed October 27, 2021[ 24]
References
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