47th Arizona State Legislature
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Arizona State Legislature | ||||
Jurisdiction | Arizona, United States | ||||
Term | January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2006 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 30 | ||||
President | Ken Bennett | ||||
Temporary President | Marilyn Jarrett | ||||
Party control | Republican (18–12) | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 60 | ||||
Speaker | James P. Weiers | ||||
Party control | Republican (39–21) | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Special sessions | |||||
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The 47th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2006, during the second two years of Janet Napolitano's first term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Republicans gained a seat in the Senate, giving them an 18-12 majority. The Republicans maintained their majority in the lower chamber, 39–21, while the Democrats picked up the sole seat held by an Independent.
Sessions
[edit]The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 10, 2005, and adjourned on May 13, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 9, 2006, and adjourned sine die on June 22.[1]: i [2]: i
There was a single Special Session, which convened on January 24, 2006, and adjourned sine die on March 6.[3]: 1759
State Senate
[edit]Members
[edit]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 | Albert Hale | Democrat | |
3 | Ron Gould | Republican | |
4 | Jack W. Harper* | Republican | |
5 | Jake Flake | Republican | |
6 | Dean Martin* | Republican | |
7 | Jim Waring* | Republican | |
8 | Carolyn S. Allen* | Republican | |
9 | Robert Burns* | Republican | |
10 | Linda Gray | Republican | |
11 | Barbara Leff* | Republican | |
12 | Robert Blendu* | Republican | |
13 | Richard Miranda* | Democrat | |
14 | Bill Brotherton* | Democrat | |
15 | Ken Cheuvront* | Democrat | |
16 | Linda Aguirre* | Democrat | |
17 | Harry E. Mitchell* | Democrat | |
18 | Karen Johnson | Republican | |
19 | Marilyn Jarrett* | Republican | |
20 | John Huppenthal | Republican | |
21 | Jay Tibshraeny* | Republican | |
22 | Thayer Verschoor* | Republican | |
23 | Rebecca Rios | Democrat | |
24 | Robert Cannell* | Democrat | |
25 | Marsha Arzberger | Democrat | |
26 | Toni Hellon* | Republican | |
27 | Jorge Luis Garcia* | Democrat | |
28 | Gabrielle Giffords* | Democrat | |
29 | Victor Soltero* | Democrat | |
30 | Timothy S. Bee* | Republican |
House of Representatives
[edit]Members
[edit]The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]: ix–x
District | Representative | Party | Notes |
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1 | Lucy Mason* | Republican | |
Tom O'Halleran* | Republican | ||
2 | Ann Kirkpatrick | Democrat | |
Albert Tom | Democrat | ||
3 | Trish Groe | Republican | |
Nancy McLain | Republican | ||
4 | Tom Boone* | Republican | |
Judy Burges | Republican | ||
5 | Jack A. Brown | Democrat | |
Bill Konopnicki | Republican | ||
6 | Ted Carpenter* | Republican | |
Pamela Gorman | Republican | ||
7 | Ray Barnes* | Republican | |
Nancy Barto | Republican | Replaced Smith on February 2, 2006[2] | |
David Burnell Smith | Republican | Smith was removed from office on January 26, 2006[2] | |
8 | Michelle Reagan* | Republican | |
Colette Rosati* | Republican | ||
9 | Rick Murphy | Republican | |
Bob Stump* | Republican | ||
10 | Doug Quelland* | Republican | |
James Weiers | Republican | ||
11 | John Allen* | Republican | Represented District 7 in prior legislature |
Stephen Tully* | Republican | ||
12 | John B. Nelson* | Republican | |
Jerry Weiers | Republican | ||
13 | Steve Gallardo* | Democrat | |
Martha Garcia | Democrat | ||
14 | Debbie McCune Davis* | Democrat | |
Robert Meza* | Democrat | ||
15 | David Lujan | Democrat | |
Kyrsten Sinema | Democrat | ||
16 | Leah Landrum Taylor* | Democrat | |
Ben R. Miranda* | Democrat | ||
17 | Meg Burton Cahill* | Democrat | |
Laura Knaperek | Republican | ||
18 | Mark Anderson | Republican | |
Russell Pearce* | Republican | ||
19 | Chuck Gray* | Republican | |
Gary L. Pierce* | Republican | ||
20 | John McComish | Republican | |
Bob Robson* | Republican | ||
21 | Warde Nichols* | Republican | |
Steven B. Yarbrough* | Republican | ||
22 | Andy Biggs* | Republican | |
Eddie Farnsworth* | Republican | ||
23 | Cheryl Chase* | Republican | |
Pete Rios | Democrat | ||
24 | Amanda Aguirre* | Democrat | |
Russell L. Jones | Republican | ||
25 | Manuel Alvarez* | Democrat | |
Jennifer Burns* | Republican | ||
26 | J. Peter Hershberger* | Republican | |
Steve Huffman* | Republican | ||
27 | Olivia Cajero Bedford* | Democrat | |
Phil Lopes* | Democrat | ||
28 | David T. Bradley* | Democrat | |
Ted Downing* | Democrat | ||
29 | Linda J. Lopez* | Democrat | |
Tom Prezelski* | Democrat | ||
30 | Marian McClure* | Republican | |
Jonathan Paton | Republican |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2006 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 264". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2006 Volume 2, Forty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 265 to End, First Special Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
External links
[edit]- "Arizona State Legislature". Archived from the original on February 5, 2006 – via Wayback Machine.