The 49th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2010, during the final month of Janet Napolitano's second term in office, prior to her resignation to become United States Secretary of Homeland Security, and the first two years of her successor, Jan Brewer. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Republicans gained a seat in the Senate, increasing the majority to 18–12. The Republicans also gained two seats in the lower chamber, giving them a 35–25 majority.
Sessions The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 12, 2009, and adjourned on July 12, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 11, 2010, and adjourned sine die on April 29.
There were nine Special Sessions, the first of which was convened on January 28, 2009, and adjourned on January 31; the second convened on May 21, 2009, and adjourned sine die on May 27; the third convened on July 6, 2009, and adjourned sine die August 25; the fourth convened on November 17, 2009, and adjourned sine die on November 23; the fifth convened on December 17, 2009, and adjourned sine die December 19; the sixth special session convened on February 1, 2010, and adjourned sine die on February 11; the seventh special session convened on March 8, 2010, and convened sine die on March 16; the eighth special session convened on March 29, 2010, and adjourned sine die on April 1; and the ninth and final special convened on August 9, 2010, and adjourned sine die on August 11.
State Senate Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
District Senator Party Notes1Steve Pierce Republican2Albert Hale* Democrat3Ron Gould* Republican4Jack W. Harper* Republican5Sylvia Allen Republican6Pamela Gorman* Republican7Jim Waring* Republican8Carolyn S. Allen* Republican9Robert Burns* Republican10Linda Gray Republican11Barbara Leff* Republican12John Nelson Republican13Richard Miranda* Democrat14Debbie McCune Davis* Democrat15Ken Cheuvront* Democrat16Leah Landrum Taylor* Democrat17Meg Burton Cahill* Democrat18Russell Pearce Republican19Chuck Gray* Republican20John Huppenthal* Republican21Jay Tibshraeny* Republican22Thayer Verschoor* Republican23Rebecca Rios* Democrat24Amanda Aguirre* Democrat25Manuel Alvarez Democrat26Al Melvin Republican27Jorge Luis Garcia* Democrat28Paula Aboud* Democrat29Linda Lopez Democrat30Jonathan Paton 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 Notes1Lucy Mason* RepublicanAndy Tobin* Republican2Thomas Chabin* DemocratChristopher Deschene Democrat3Doris Goodale RepublicanNancy McLain* Republican4Tom Boone* RepublicanJudy Burges* Republican5Jack A. Brown* DemocratBill Konopnicki* Republican6Sam Crump* RepublicanResigned in January 2010 in order to run for U.S. House of Representatives, replaced by Amanda ReeveCarl Seel Republican7Ray Barnes* RepublicanNancy Barto* Republican8John Kavanagh* RepublicanMichelle Reagan* Republican9Debbie Lesko RepublicanRick Murphy* Republican10Doug Quelland DemocratJames Weiers Republican11Adam Driggs* RepublicanEric Meyer Democrat12Steve Montenegro RepublicanJerry Weiers* Republican13Martha Garcia* DemocratAnna Tovar DemocratWas appointed on February 3, 2009, to replace Steve Gallardo, who won the election, but did not take the oath of office.14Chad Campbell* DemocratRobert Meza* Democrat15David Lujan* DemocratKyrsten Sinema* Democrat16Cloves Campbell Jr.* DemocratBen R. Miranda* Democrat17Ed Ableser* DemocratDavid Schapira* Democrat18Cecil Ash RepublicanSteve Court Republican19Kirk Adams* RepublicanRich Crandall* Republican20John McComish* RepublicanRae Waters Democrat21Warde Nichols* RepublicanSteven B. Yarbrough* Republican22Andy Biggs* RepublicanLaurin Hendrix Republican23Barbara McGuire* DemocratFranklin Pratt Republican24Russell Jones RepublicanLynne Pancrazi* Democrat25Patricia Fleming DemocratDavid Stevens Republican26Vic Williams RepublicanNancy Young Wright Democrat27Olivia Cajero Bedford* DemocratPhil Lopes* Democrat28David T. Bradley* DemocratSteve Farley* Democrat29Matt Heinz DemocratDaniel Patterson Democrat30Frank Antenori RepublicanDavid Gowan Sr. Republican
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