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45th Arizona State Legislature

{{short description|Session of the Arizona Legislature}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox Arizona Legislature

|number = 45th

|image =

|imagename =

|imagedate =

|start = January 1, 2001

|end = December 31, 2002

|president = Randall Gnant

|pro tem = Member rotation

|speaker = Jim Weiers

|senators = 30

|reps = 60

|s-majority = Neither (15–15)

|h-majority = Republican (36–24)

|sessionnumber1 =

|sessionstart1 = January 8

|sessionend1 = May 10, 2001

|sessionnumber2 =

|sessionstart2 = January 14

|sessionend2 = May 23, 2002

| special_session1 =

| special_session1_start = September 24

| special_session1_end = September 26, 2001

| special_session2 =

| special_session2_start = November 13

| special_session2_end = December 19, 2001

| special_session3 =

| special_session3_start = February 4

| special_session3_end = March 20, 2002

| special_session4 =

| special_session4_start = April 1

| special_session4_end = May 23, 2002

| special_session5 =

| special_session5_start = July 30

| special_session5_end = August 1, 2002

| special_session6 =

| special_session6_start = November 25

| special_session6_end = November 25, 2002

| special_session7 =

| special_session7_start =

| special_session7_end =

| special_session8 =

| special_session8_start =

| special_session8_end =

| special_session9 =

| special_session9_start =

| special_session9_end =

|previous = 44th

|next = 46th

}}

The 45th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002, during the final 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 a seat in the Senate, creating a 15-15 balance with the Democrats. The Republicans lost four seats in the House, maintaining their majority in the lower chamber, 36–24.

Sessions

The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 8, 2001, and adjourned on May 10, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 14, 2002, and adjourned sine die on May 23.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/102/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235 | access-date=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|i}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/100/rec/2 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2002 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 258 | access-date=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|i}}

There were six Special Sessions, the first of which was convened on September 24, 2001, and adjourned on September 26;{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/108/rec/3 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 2, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 236 to End, First Special Session | access-date=December 2, 2018}}{{rp|2405}} the second convened on November 13, 2001, and adjourned sine die on December 19;{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/121/rec/4 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2002 Volume 2, Forty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 259 to End, Second to Sixth Special Sessions | access-date=December 2, 2018}}{{rp|1937}} the third convened on February 4, 2002, and adjourned sine die March 20;{{rp|2087}} the fourth convened on April 1, 2002, and adjourned sine die on May 23;{{rp|2145}} the fifth convened on July 30, 2002, and adjourned sine die August 1;{{rp|2149}} the sixth and final special session convened and adjourned on November 25, 2002.{{rp|2175}}

State Senate

=Members=

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.{{rp|vii}}

class=wikitable

! District

! Senator

! Party

! Notes

1

|Ken Bennett*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

2

|John Verkamp

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

3

|Jack C. Jackson*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

4

|Jack A. Brown*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

5

|Herb Guenther*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

6

|Lori S. Daniels

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

7

|Pete Rios*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

8

|Marsha Arzberger

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

9

|Timothy S. Bee

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

10

|Ramon Valadez

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

11

|Elaine Richardson

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

12

|Toni Hellon

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |13

|Virginia Yrun

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Was appointed April 26, 2001 to replace Andy Nichols

Andy Nichols

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Died in office on April 19, 2001

14

|Ruth Solomon*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

15

|Edward Cirillo*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

16

|Darden C. Hamilton*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

17

|Brenda Burns*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

18

|Susan Gerard

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

19

|Scott Bundgaard*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

20

|Mary Hartley*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

21

|Marilyn Jarrett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

22

|Joe Eddie Lopez*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

23

|Linda Aguirre*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

24

|Dean Martin

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

25

|Chris Cummiskey*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

26

|Tom Smith*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

27

|Harry E. Mitchell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

28

|Randall Gnant*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

29

|David Peterson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

30

|Jay Blanchard

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

House of Representatives

= Members =

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.{{rp|viii-ix}}

class="wikitable"

! District

! Representative

! Party

! Notes

rowspan="2" |1

|Linda Binder*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Henry Camarot

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |2

|Tom O'Halleran

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

James Sedillo

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |3

|Sylvia Laughter*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Albert Tom

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |4

|Debra Brimhall*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Jake Flake*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |5

|Robert Cannell

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Jim Carruthers*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |6

|John Huppenthal

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Bob Robson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |7

|Cheryl Chase

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Mark A. Clark

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |8

|Bobby Lugo

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Mark Maiorana*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |9

|Randy Graf

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Marian McClure

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |10

|Linda J. Lopez

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Victor Soltero

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |11

|Carmine Cardamone*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Debora Norris*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |12

|Steve Huffman

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Dan Shottel*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |13

|Gabrielle Giffords

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Carol Somers

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |14

|Mary Pickens*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Edward Poelstra

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |15

|Robert Blendu

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Mike Gleason*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |16

|Linda Gray*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

James Weiers*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |17

|Phil Hanson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

John Nelson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |18

|Deb Gullett

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

James Kraft

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |19

|Ted Carpenter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Roberta Voss*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |20

|Bill Brotherton*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Kathi Foster*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |21

|Dean Cooley*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Gary Pierce*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |22

|John Loredo*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Richard Miranda*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |23

|Carlos Avelar*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Leah Landrum Taylor*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |24

|Barbara Leff*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Stephen Tully

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |25

|Ken Cheuvront*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Christine Weason*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |26

|Jeff Hatch-Miller*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Steve May*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |27

|Meg Burton Cahill

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Laura Knaperek*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |28

|Carolyn Allen*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Wesley Marsh*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |29

|Mark Anderson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Russell Pearce

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |30

|Eddie Farnsworth

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Karen S. Johnson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

References

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