52nd Arizona State Legislature

52nd Arizona State Legislature
52nd Arizona State Legislature
	Arizona State Capitol (2014)
Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2016
Senate
Members	30
President	Andy Biggs
Temporary President	Sylvia Allen
Party control	Republican (17-13)
House of Representatives
Members	60
Speaker	David Gowan
Party control	Republican (36–24)
Sessions
1st
1st	January 12 – April 3, 2015
2nd	January 11 – May 7, 2016
Special sessions
1st
1st	October 28 – October 30, 2015

The 52nd Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016, during the first two years of Doug Ducey's first full term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. Senate balance was unchanged, leaving the Republicans with a 17-13 majority. Republicans also maintained an unchanged 36–24 majority in the House. One senator switched party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in November 2015, boosting the Senate Republican majority to 18-12 for the second legislative session.^[1]

Sessions

The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 12, 2015, and adjourned on April 3, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 11, 2016 and adjourned sine die on May 7.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

There was one Special Session, which was convened on October 28, 2015 and adjourned on October 30.

State Senate

Members

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

District	Senator	Party	Notes
1	Steve Pierce*	Republican
2	Andrea Dalessandro*	Democrat
3	Olivia Cajero Bedford*	Democrat
4	Lynne Pancrazi*	Democrat
5	Kelli Ward*	Republican	Resigned December 15, 2015
5	Sue Donahue	Republican	Appointed December 22, 2015
6	Sylvia Allen	Republican
7	Carlyle Begay*	Democrat	Switched to Republican Party on November 23, 2015^[1]
8	Barbara McGuire *	Democrat
9	Steve Farley*	Democrat
10	David Bradley*	Democrat
11	Steve Smith	Republican
12	Andy Biggs*	Republican
13	Don Shooter*	Republican
14	Gail Griffin*	Republican
15	Nancy Barto*	Republican
16	David C. Farnsworth*	Republican
17	Steve Yarbrough*	Republican
18	Jeff Dial	Republican
19	Lupe Contreras	Democrat
20	Kimberly Yee*	Republican
21	Debbie Lesko	Republican
22	Judy M. Burges*	Republican
23	John Kavanagh	Republican
24	Katie Hobbs*	Democrat
25	Bob Worsley*	Republican
26	Ed Ableser*	Democrat	Resigned September 30, 2015
26	Andrew Sherwood	Democrat	Appointed November 4, 2015
27	Catherine Miranda	Democrat
28	Adam Driggs*	Republican
29	Martin Quezada	Democrat
30	Robert Meza*	Democrat

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	Karen Fann*	Republican
1	Noel W. Campbell	Republican
2	J. Christopher Ackerley	Republican
2	Rosanna Gabaldon*	Democrat
3	Sally Ann Gonzales*	Democrat
3	Macario Saldate*	Democrat
4	Charlene Fernandez	Democrat
4	Lisa Otondo*	Democrat
5	Sonny Borrelli*	Republican
5	Regina Cobb	Republican
6	Brenda Barton*	Republican
6	Bob Thorpe*	Republican
7	Albert Hale*	Democrat
7	Jennifer D. Benally	Democrat
8	Frank Pratt*	Republican
8	Thomas R. Shope Jr.*	Republican
9	Victoria Steele*	Democrat	Resigned January 12, 2016
	Randall Friese	Democrat
	Matt Kopec	Democrat	Appointed January 19, 2016 to replace Steele
10	Stefanie Mach*	Democrat
10	Bruce Wheeler*	Democrat
11	Mark Finchem	Republican
11	Vince Leach	Republican
12	Edwin W. Farnsworth*	Republican
12	Warren Petersen*	Republican
13	Darin Mitchell*	Republican
13	Steve B. Montenegro*	Republican
14	David Gowan*	Republican
14	David W. Stevens*	Republican
15	John Allen*	Republican
15	Heather Carter*	Republican
16	Doug Coleman*	Republican
16	Kelly Townsend*	Republican
17	Jeff Weninger	Republican
17	J. D. Mesnard*	Republican
18	Jill Norgaard	Republican
18	Bob Robson*	Republican
19	Mark A. Cardenas*	Democrat
19	Diego Espinoza	Democrat
20	Paul Boyer*	Republican
20	Anthony Kern	Republican
21	Rick Gray*	Republican
21	Tony Rivero	Republican
22	David Livingston*	Republican
22	Phil Lovas*	Republican
23	Jay Lawrence	Republican
23	Michelle Ugenti*	Republican
24	Lela Alston*	Democrat
24	Ken Clark	Democrat
25	Justin Olson*	Republican
25	Russell Bowers	Republican
26	Juan Mendez*	Democrat
	Andrew C. Sherwood*	Democrat	Appointed on November 4, 2015 to Senate
	Celeste Plumlee	Democrat	Appointed on December 9, 2015 to replace Sherwood
27	Reginald Bolding	Democrat
27	Rebecca Rios	Democrat
28	Kate Brophy McGee*	Republican
28	Eric Meyer*	Democrat
29	Richard C. Andrade	Democrat
29	Ceci Velasquez	Democrat
30	Jonathan Larkin	Democrat
30	Debbie McCune Davis*	Democrat