48th Arizona State Legislature

48th Arizona State Legislature
	Arizona State Capitol (2014)
Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2008
Senate
Members	30
President	Timothy S. Bee
Temporary President	Robert Blendu
Party control	Republican (17–13)
House of Representatives
Members	60
Speaker	James P. Weiers
Party control	Republican (33–27)
Sessions
1st	January 8 – June 20, 2007
January 14	June 27, 2008 –

The 48th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, was constituted in Phoenix from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008, during the first two years of Janet Napolitano's second term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. The Democrats gained a seat in the Senate, leaving the Republicans with a 17-13 majority. The Republicans maintained their majority in the lower chamber, 33–27, even though the Democrats picked up 6 seats.

Sessions

The Legislature met for two regular sessions at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The first opened on January 8, 2007, and adjourned on June 20, while the Second Regular Session convened on January 14, 2008 and adjourned sine die on June 27.[1]^:i[2]^:i

There were no Special Sessions.

State Senate

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]^:vii

District	Senator	Party
1	Tom O'Halleran	Republican
2	Albert Hale*	Democrat
3	Ron Gould*	Republican
4	Jack W. Harper*	Republican
5	Jake Flake*	Republican
6	Pamela Gorman	Republican
7	Jim Waring*	Republican
8	Carolyn S. Allen*	Republican
9	Robert Burns*	Republican
10	Linda Gray	Republican
11	Barbara Leff*	Republican
12	Robert Blendu*	Republican
13	Richard Miranda*	Democrat
14	Debbie McCune Davis	Democrat
15	Ken Cheuvront*	Democrat
16	Leah Landrum Taylor	Democrat
17	Meg Burton Cahill	Democrat
18	Karen Johnson*	Republican
19	Chuck Gray	Republican
20	John Huppenthal*	Republican
21	Jay Tibshraeny*	Republican
22	Thayer Verschoor*	Republican
23	Rebecca Rios*	Democrat
24	Amanda Aguirre	Democrat
25	Marsha Arzberger*	Democrat
26	Charlene Pesquiera	Democrat
27	Jorge Luis Garcia*	Democrat
28	Paula Aboud	Democrat
29	Victor Soltero*	Democrat
30	Timothy S. Bee*	Republican

House of Representatives

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.[1]^:ix-x

District	Representative	Party
1	Lucy Mason*	Republican
1	Andy Tobin	Republican
2	Thomas Chabin	Democrat
2	Albert Tom*	Democrat
3	Trish Groe*	Republican
3	Nancy McLain*	Republican
4	Tom Boone*	Republican
4	Judy Burges*	Republican
5	Jack A. Brown*	Democrat
5	Bill Konopnicki*	Republican
6	Doug Clark	Republican
6	Sam Crump	Republican
7	Ray Barnes*	Republican
7	Nancy Barto*	Republican
8	John Kavanagh	Republican
8	Michelle Reagan*	Republican
9	Rick Murphy*	Republican
9	Bob Stump*	Republican
10	Jackie Thrasher	Democrat
10	James Weiers*	Republican
11	Mark DeSimone	Democrat
11	Adam Driggs	Republican
12	John B. Nelson*	Republican
12	Jerry Weiers*	Republican
13	Steve Gallardo*	Democrat
13	Martha Garcia*	Democrat
14	Chad Campbell	Democrat
14	Robert Meza*	Democrat
15	David Lujan*	Democrat
15	Kyrsten Sinema*	Democrat
16	Cloves Campbell Jr.	Democrat
16	Ben R. Miranda*	Democrat
17	Ed Ableser	Democrat
17	David Schapira	Democrat
18	Mark Anderson*	Republican
18	Russell Pearce*	Republican
19	Kirk Adams	Republican
19	Rich Crandall	Republican
20	John McComish*	Republican
20	Bob Robson*	Republican
21	Warde Nichols*	Republican
21	Steven B. Yarbrough*	Republican
22	Andy Biggs*	Republican
22	Eddie Farnsworth*	Republican
23	Barbara McGuire	Democrat
23	Pete Rios*	Democrat
24	Lynne Pancrazi	Democrat
24	Theresa Ulmer	Democrat
25	Manuel Alvarez*	Democrat
25	Jennifer Burns*	Republican
26	J. Peter Hershberger*	Republican
26	Lena Saradnik	Democrat
27	Olivia Cajero Bedford*	Democrat
27	Phil Lopes*	Democrat
28	David T. Bradley*	Democrat
28	Steve Farley	Democrat
29	Linda J. Lopez*	Democrat
29	Tom Prezelski*	Democrat
30	Marian McClure*	Republican
30	Jonathan Paton*	Republican

References

"Session laws, State of Arizona, 2007 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 214". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
"Session laws, State of Arizona, 2008 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 218". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 27, 2018.

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[ASL1-1] "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2007 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 214". State of Arizona. Retrieved January 3, 2019.

[ASL2-2] "Session laws, State of Arizona, 2008 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, Second Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 218". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 27, 2018.