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47th Arizona State Legislature

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

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{{Infobox Arizona Legislature

|number = 47th

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|start = January 1, 2005

|end = December 31, 2006

|president = Ken Bennett

|pro tem = Marilyn Jarrett

|speaker = James P. Weiers

|senators = 30

|reps = 60

|s-majority = Republican (18–12)

|h-majority = Republican (39–21)

|sessionnumber1 =

|sessionstart1 = January 10

|sessionend1 = May 13, 2005

|sessionnumber2 =

|sessionstart2 = January 9

|sessionend2 = June 22, 2006

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| special_session1_end = March 6, 2006

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|previous = 46th

|next = 48th

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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

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.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/88/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona| title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226 | access-date=January 3, 2019}}{{rp|i}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/101/rec/2 |publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2006 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 264 | access-date=December 27, 2018}}{{rp|i}}

There was a single Special Session, which convened on January 24, 2006, and adjourned sine die on March 6.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/99/rec/3 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2006 Volume 2, Forty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 265 to End, First Special Session | access-date=December 27, 2018}}{{rp|1759}}

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

|Albert Hale

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

3

|Ron Gould

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

4

|Jack W. Harper*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

5

|Jake Flake

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

6

|Dean Martin*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

7

|Jim Waring*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

8

|Carolyn S. Allen*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

9

|Robert Burns*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

10

|Linda Gray

|{{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

|

17

|Harry E. Mitchell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

18

|Karen Johnson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

19

|Marilyn Jarrett*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

20

|John Huppenthal

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

21

|Jay Tibshraeny*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

22

|Thayer Verschoor*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

23

|Rebecca Rios

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

24

|Robert Cannell*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

25

|Marsha Arzberger

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

26

|Toni Hellon*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

27

|Jorge Luis Garcia*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

28

|Gabrielle Giffords*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

29

|Victor Soltero*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

30

|Timothy S. Bee*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

House of Representatives

= Members =

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

class="wikitable"

! District

! Representative

! Party

! Notes

rowspan="2" |1

|Lucy Mason*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Tom O'Halleran*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |2

|Ann Kirkpatrick

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Albert Tom

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |3

|Trish Groe

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Nancy McLain

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |4

|Tom Boone*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Judy Burges

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |5

|Jack A. Brown

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Bill Konopnicki

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |6

|Ted Carpenter*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Pamela Gorman

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="3" |7

|Ray Barnes*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Nancy Barto

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Replaced Smith on February 2, 2006

David Burnell Smith

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Smith was removed from office on January 26, 2006

rowspan="2" |8

|Michelle Reagan*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Colette Rosati*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |9

|Rick Murphy

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Bob Stump*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |10

|Doug Quelland*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

James Weiers

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |11

|John Allen*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|Represented District 7 in prior legislature

Stephen Tully*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |12

|John B. Nelson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Jerry Weiers

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |13

|Steve Gallardo*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Martha Garcia

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |14

|Debbie McCune Davis*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Robert Meza*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |15

|David Lujan

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Kyrsten Sinema

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |16

|Leah Landrum Taylor*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Ben R. Miranda*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |17

|Meg Burton Cahill*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Laura Knaperek

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |18

|Mark Anderson

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Russell Pearce*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |19

|Chuck Gray*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Gary L. Pierce*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

rowspan="2" |20

|John McComish

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Bob Robson*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

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

|

rowspan="2" |23

|Cheryl Chase*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Pete Rios

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |24

|Amanda Aguirre*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Russell L. Jones

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

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

|

Steve Huffman*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

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="2" |29

|Linda J. Lopez*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

Tom Prezelski*

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democrat

|

rowspan="2" |30

|Marian McClure*

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

Jonathan Paton

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

|

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060205093853/http://azleg.gov/ |archive-date=February 5, 2006 |url=http://azleg.gov/ |title=Arizona State Legislature |via=Wayback Machine }}

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