The 44th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2000, during the first two years of Jane Dee Hull's first full term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Republicans lost two seats in the Senate, but still held a 16-14 majority. The Republicans gained two seats in the House, maintaining their majority in the lower chamber, 40–20.
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Legislative body | Arizona State Legislature | ||||||||||||||
Jurisdiction | Arizona, United States | ||||||||||||||
Term | January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2000 | ||||||||||||||
Senate | |||||||||||||||
Members | 30 | ||||||||||||||
President | Brenda Burns* | ||||||||||||||
Temporary President | John Wettaw* | ||||||||||||||
Party control | Republican (16–14) | ||||||||||||||
House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||
Members | 60 | ||||||||||||||
Speaker | Jeff Groscost* | ||||||||||||||
Party control | Republican (40–20) | ||||||||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||||||||
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Special sessions | |||||||||||||||
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Sessions
editThe Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 11, 1999, and adjourned on May 7, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 10, 2000, and adjourned sine die on April 18.[1]: i [2]: i
There were seven Special Sessions, the first of which was convened on March 31, 1999, and adjourned on April 7;[3]: 2007 the second convened on June 22, 1999, and adjourned sine die on the same day;[3]: 2149 the third convened on December 13, 1999, and adjourned sine die December 14;[4]: 2753 the fourth convened on February 14, 2000, and adjourned sine die on February 17;[4]: 2757 the fifth convened on June 6, 2000, and adjourned sine die June 28;[4]: 2805 the sixth special session convened and adjourned on October 20, 2000;[4]: 2881 and the final special session, the seventh, convened on November 13, 2000, and adjourned sine die on December 4.[4]: 2905
State Senate
editMembers
editThe 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 | John Wettaw* | Republican | |
3 | Jack C. Jackson | Democrat | |
4 | Jack A. Brown* | Democrat | |
5 | Herb Guenther | Democrat | |
6 | John Huppenthal* | Republican | |
7 | Pete Rios* | Democrat | |
8 | Gus Arzberger* | Democrat | |
9 | Keith A. Bee* | Republican | |
10 | Victor E. Soltero* | Democrat | |
11 | Elaine Richardson | Democrat | |
12 | Ann Day* | Republican | |
13 | George Cunningham* | Democrat | |
14 | Ruth Solomon* | Democrat | |
15 | Edward Cirillo* | Republican | |
16 | Darden C. Hamilton | Republican | |
17 | Brenda Burns* | Republican | |
18 | Marc Spitzer* | Republican | |
19 | Scott Bundgaard* | Republican | |
20 | Mary Hartley* | Democrat | |
21 | Russell Bowers* | Republican | |
22 | Joe Eddie Lopez* | Democrat | |
23 | Linda Aguirre | Democrat | |
24 | Sue Grace* | Republican | |
25 | Chris Cummiskey* | Democrat | |
26 | Tom Smith | Republican | |
27 | Harry E. Mitchell | Democrat | |
28 | Randall Gnant* | Republican | |
29 | David Peterson* | Republican | |
30 | Tom Freestone* | Republican |
House of Representatives
editMembers
editThe asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]: viii–ix
District | Representative | Party | Notes |
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1 | Linda Binder | Republican | |
Barbara Blewster | Republican | ||
2 | Joe Hart* | Republican | |
John Verkamp* | Republican | ||
3 | Tom Gordon | Republican | |
Sylvia Laughter | Democrat | ||
4 | Debra Brimhall* | Republican | |
Jake Flake* | Republican | ||
5 | Jim Carruthers* | Republican | |
Robert McLendon* | Democrat | ||
6 | Lori Daniels* | Republican | |
Richard Kyle* | Republican | ||
7 | Harry R. Clark* | Democrat | |
Rebecca Rios* | Democrat | ||
8 | Gail Griffin* | Republican | |
Mark Maiorana | Democrat | ||
9 | W. A. McGibbon* | Republican | |
Lou-Ann Preble* | Republican | ||
10 | Sally Ann Gonzales* | Democrat | |
Ramon Valedez* | Democrat | ||
11 | Carmine Cardamone* | Democrat | |
Debora Norris* | Democrat | ||
12 | Steve Huffman | Republican | |
Dan Schottel* | Republican | ||
13 | Kathleen Dunbar | Republican | |
Andy Nichols* | Democrat | ||
14 | Herschella Horton* | Democrat | |
Mary Pickens* | Democrat | ||
15 | Mike Gleason* | Republican | |
Jerry Overton* | Republican | ||
16 | Linda Gray* | Republican | |
James Weiers* | Republican | ||
17 | Robert Burns* | Republican | |
Jean McGrath* | Republican | ||
18 | Susan Muir Gerard* | Republican | |
Barry Wong* | Republican | ||
19 | Ted Carpenter | Republican | |
Roberta Voss* | Republican | ||
20 | Bill Brotherton | Democrat | |
Kathi Foster* | Democrat | ||
21 | Dean Cooley* | Republican | |
Marilyn Jarrett* | Republican | ||
22 | John Loredo* | Democrat | |
Richard Miranda | Democrat | ||
23 | Carlos Avelar | Democrat | |
Leah Landrum Taylor | Democrat | ||
24 | Tom Horne* | Republican | |
Barbara Leff* | Republican | ||
25 | Ken Cheuvront* | Democrat | |
Christine Weason* | Democrat | ||
26 | Jeff Hatch-Miller | Republican | |
Steve May | Republican | ||
27 | Michael Gardner* | Republican | |
Laura Knaperek* | Republican | ||
28 | Carolyn Allen* | Republican | |
Wesley Marsh* | Republican | ||
29 | Mark Anderson* | Republican | |
Wayne L. Gardner | Republican | ||
30 | Jeff Groscost* | Republican | |
Karen S. Johnson* | Republican |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ^ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2000 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 170". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ^ a b "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 2, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 224 to End, First and Second Special Sessions, 1998, Forty-Third Legislature, Sixth Special Session". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2000 Volume 3, Forty-Fourth Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 285 to End, Third to Seventh Special Sessions". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 2, 2018.