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46th Arizona State Legislature

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{{Infobox Arizona Legislature

|number = 46th

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|start = January 1, 2003

|end = December 31, 2004

|president = Ken Bennett

|pro tem = Carolyn S. Allen

|speaker = Jake Flake

|senators = 30

|reps = 60

|s-majority = Republican (17–13)

|h-majority = Republican (39–20-1)

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|sessionstart1 = January 13

|sessionend1 = June 19, 2003

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|sessionstart2 = January 12

|sessionend2 = May 26, 2004

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| special_session1_end = March 17, 2003

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| special_session2_start = October 20

| special_session2_end = December 13, 2003

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|previous = 45th

|next = 47th

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The 46th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2004, during the first 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 two seats in the Senate, giving them a 17–13 majority. The Republicans gained four seats in the House, maintaining their majority in the lower chamber, 39–20-1, with a single representative switching their party affiliation from Democrat to Independent after the election.

Sessions

The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 13, 2003, and adjourned on June 19, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 12, 2004, and adjourned sine die on May 26.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/93/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247 | access-date=December 27, 2018}}{{rp|i}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/110/rec/2 |publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2004 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 205 | access-date=December 27, 2018}}{{rp|i}}

There were two Special Sessions, the first of which was convened on March 17, 2003, and adjourned later on the same day;{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/111/rec/3 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 2, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 248 to End, First and Second Special Sessions | access-date=December 27, 2018}}{{rp|1675}} and the second convened on October 20, 2003, and adjourned sine die on December 13.{{rp|1723}}

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

|Jack C. Jackson*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 3 in prior legislature

3

|Linda Binder

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

4

|Jack W. Harper

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

5

|Jack A. Brown*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 4 in prior legislature

6

|Dean Martin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 24 in prior legislature

7

|Jim Waring

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

8

|Carolyn S. Allen

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

9

|Robert Burns

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

10

|Jim Weiers

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

11

|Barbara Leff

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

12

|Robert Blendu

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

13

|Richard Miranda

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

14

|Bill Brotherton

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

15

|Ken Cheuvront

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

16

|Linda Aguirre*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 23 in prior legislature

17

|Harry E. Mitchell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 27 in prior legislature

18

|Mark Anderson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

19

|Marilyn Jarrett*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 21 in prior legislature

20

|Slade Mead

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

21

|Jay Tibshraeny

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

22

|Thayer Verschoor

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

23

|Pete Rios*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 7 in prior legislature

24

|Robert Cannell

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Herb Guenther was elected to the position, but Cannell was appointed when Guenther did not take the oath of office

25

|Marsha Arzberger*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 8 in prior legislature

26

|Toni Hellon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 12 in prior legislature

27

|Jorge Luis Garcia

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

28

|Gabrielle Giffords

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

29

|Victor Soltero

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Elected to the House, but was appointed January 24, 2003, to replace Ramón Valadez, who did not take the Oath of Office

30

|Timothy S. Bee

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 9 in prior legislature

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

|Lucy Mason

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Tom O'Halleran

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 2 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |2

|Jack C. Jackson Jr.

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Sylvia Laughter*

|{{Party shading/Independent}} | Independent

|Was elected as a Democrat, changed party affiliation on February 4, 2003; represented District 3 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |3

|Joe Hart

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Bill Wagner III

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |4

|Tom Boone

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Carole Hubs

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |5

|Jake Flake*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 4 in prior legislature

Bill Konopnicki

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |6

|Ted Carpenter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 19 in prior legislature

Clancy Jayne

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |7

|John Allen

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Ray Barnes

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |8

|Michelle Reagan

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Colette Rosati

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |9

|Phil Hanson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 17 in prior legislature

Bob Stump

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |10

|Linda Gray*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 16 in prior legislature

Doug Quelland

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |11

|Deb Gullett*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 18 in prior legislature

Stephen Tully*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 24 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |12

|Bill Arnold

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

John B. Nelson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 17 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |13

|Steve Gallardo

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

John Loredo*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 22 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |14

|Debbie McCune Davis

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Robert Meza

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |15

|Ken Clark

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Wally Straughn

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |16

|Leah Landrum Taylor*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 23 in prior legislature

Ben R. Miranda

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |17

|Meg Burton Cahill*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 27 in prior legislature

Mark Thompson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |18

|Karen S. Johnson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 30 in prior legislature

Russell Pearce*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 29 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |19

|Chuck Gray

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Gary L. Pierce*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 21 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |20

|John Huppenthal*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 6 in prior legislature

Bob Robson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 6 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |21

|Warde Nichols

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Steven B. Yarbrough

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |22

|Andy Biggs

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Eddie Farnsworth*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 30 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |23

|Ernest Bustmante

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Cheryl Chase*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 7 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |24

|Amanda Aguirre

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Appointed February 2003 to fill vacancy created when Robert Cannell resigned upon his appointment to the State Senate

Jim Carruthers*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 5 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |25

|Manuel Alvarez

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Jennifer Burns

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |26

|J. Peter Hershberger*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 12 in prior legislature

Steve Huffman*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 12 in prior legislature

rowspan="2" |27

|Olivia Cajero Bedford

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Phil Lopes

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |28

|David T. Bradley

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Ted Downing

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="3" |29

|Linda J. Lopez*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 10 in prior legislature

Tom Prezelski

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Appointed February 11, 2003 to replace Victor Soltero

Victor Soltero*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|Represented District 10 in prior legislature; resigned January 29, 2003

rowspan="2" |30

|Randy Graf*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 9 in prior legislature

Marian McClure*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 9 in prior legislature

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