The 36th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 1983, to December 31, 1984, during the first two years of Bruce Babbitt's second full term as Governor of Arizona. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Republicans increased their lead in the Senate by two seats, giving them an 18–12 edge in the upper house, while the Democrats gained four seats in the lower house, although the Republicans still held a 39–21 majority.
Sessions The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 10, 1983, and adjourned on April 27, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 9, 1984, and adjourned sine die on May 4.
There were three Special Sessions during this legislature. The first convened on October 3, 1983, and adjourned sine die on January 19, 1984; the second convened on June 24, 1984, and adjourned on July 5; the third convened later that same month on July 20 and adjourned sine die later that same day.
State Senate Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
District Senator Party Notes1John U. Hays Republican2Tony Gabaldon* Democrat3Arthur J. Hubbard Sr.* Democrat4A. V. "Bill" Hardt* Democrat5Jones Osborn* Democrat6Polly Getzwiller* Democrat7Peter D. Rios Democrat8Ed Sawyer* Democrat9Jeffrey J. Hill* Republican10Luis A. Gonzales* Democrat11Jaime P. Gutierrez* Democrat12John T. Mawhinney* Republican13Greg Lunn* Republican14William J. De Long Republican15S. H. Runyan* Republican16Wayne Stump Republican17Anne Lindeman* Republican18Tony West Republican19Bill Davis Republican20Lela Alston* Democrat21Carl J. Kunasek Republican22Manuel "Lito" Pena* Democrat23Alfredo Gutierrez* Democrat24Pete Corpstein Republican25Jacque Steiner* Republican26Peter Kay* Republican27Juanita Harelson Republican28Robert B. Usdane* Republican29Jack J. Taylor* Republican30Stan Turley* Republican
House of Representatives
Members The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
District Representative Party Notes1Donald R. Aldridge RepublicanJerry Everall* Republican2Sam A. McConnell Jr.* RepublicanJohn Wettaw* Republican3Benjamin Hanley* DemocratDaniel Peaches* Republican4Edward G. Guerrero* DemocratE. C. "Polly" Rosenbaum* Democrat5Frank McElhaney* DemocratRobert J. McLendon Democrat6Henry Evans DemocratJames Hartdegen* Republican7Roy Hudson DemocratRichard Pacheco* Democrat8Joe Lane* RepublicanSteve Vukcevich* Democrat9Bart Baker* RepublicanWilliam J. English* Republican10Carmen Cajero* DemocratJesus R. Higuera Democrat11Peter Goudinoff* DemocratJohn Kromko Democrat12Pete Hershberger RepublicanJack B. Jewett Republican13David C. Bartlett DemocratLarry Hawke* Republican14Jim Green RepublicanCindy L. Resnick Democrat15Bob Denny* RepublicanJames B. Ratliff* Republican16Bob Hungerford* RepublicanRhonda Thomas* Republican17Sterling Ridge RepublicanPatrica D. Wright* Republican18Burton S. Barr* RepublicanJane Dee Hull** Republican19Janice Brewer RepublicanNancy Wessel Republican20Glenn Davis*** DemocratDebbie McCune* Democrat21Henry Haws RepublicanLeslie Whiting Johnson Republican22Art Hamilton* DemocratEarl V. Wilcox* Democrat23Armando Ruiz DemocratCarolyn Walker Democrat24Chris Herstam RepublicanCal Holman* Republican25Donald Kenney**** RepublicanElizabeth Adams Rockwell**** Republican26Frank Kelley RepublicanJim Meredith* Republican27Bev Hermon RepublicanDoug Todd* Republican28Paul R. Messinger* RepublicanJim Skelly* Republican29Jim L. Cooper* RepublicanLela Steffey Republican30Mark Killian RepublicanJames J. Sossaman* Republican
The ** denotes that Hull was the incumbent representative from the 19th district, who moved to the 18th district
The *** denotes that Davis was the incumbent representative from the 25th district, who moved to the 20th district
The **** denotes that Kenney and Rockwell were the incumbent representatives from the 21st district, who moved to the 25th district
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