# 55th Arizona State Legislature

The 55th Arizona State Legislature, consisting of the Arizona Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives, is the current legislative session constituted in Phoenix on January 11, 2021, during the second two years of Doug Ducey's second full term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60, respectively. In the November 2020 Senate election, Democrats gained one seat, leaving the Republicans with a 16–14 majority. Republicans maintained an unchanged 31–29 majority in the House after the November 2020 House election.

## Sessions

The Legislature met in its first regular session at the State Capitol in Phoenix. The session opened on January 11, 2021, and adjourned sine die on June 30, 2021.
The second regular session began on January 10, 2022, adjourning on June 25, 2022.
There has been one special session, extending from June 15 through June 17, 2021, to address wildfire emergency funding.

## Senate
### Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
| District | Senator | Party | Notes |
| 1 | Karen Fann* | Republican | |
| 2 | Rosanna Gabaldon | Democrat | |
| 3 | Sally Ann Gonzales* | Democrat | |
| 4 | Lisa Otondo* | Democrat | |
| 5 | Sonny Borrelli* | Republican | |
| 6 | Wendy Rogers | Republican | |
| 7 | Jamescita Peshlakai* | Democrat | Resigned December 22, 2021 |
| 7 | Theresa Hatathlie | Democrat | Appointed January 6, 2022 |
| 8 | T. J. Shope | Republican | |
| 9 | Victoria Steele* | Democrat | |
| 10 | Kirsten Engel | Democrat | Resigned September 8, 2021 |
| 10 | Stephanie Stahl Hamilton | Democrat | Appointed October 20, 2021 |
| 11 | Vince Leach* | Republican | |
| 12 | Warren Petersen | Republican | |
| 13 | Sine Kerr* | Republican | |
| 14 | David Gowan* | Republican | |
| 15 | Nancy Barto | Republican | |
| 16 | Kelly Townsend | Republican | |
| 17 | J.D. Mesnard* | Republican | |
| 18 | Sean Bowie* | Democrat | |
| 19 | Lupe Contreras* | Democrat | |
| 20 | Paul Boyer* | Republican | |
| 21 | Rick Gray* | Republican | |
| 22 | David Livingston* | Republican | |
| 23 | Michelle Ugenti* | Republican | |
| 24 | Lela Alston* | Democrat | |
| 25 | Tyler Pace* | Republican | |
| 26 | Juan Mendez* | Democrat | |
| 27 | Rebecca Rios* | Democrat | |
| 28 | Christine Marsh | Democrat | |
| 29 | Martin Quezada* | Democrat | |
| 30 | Tony Navarrete* | Democrat | Resigned August 10, 2021 |
| 30 | Raquel Terán | Democrat | Appointed September 15, 2021 |

## House of Representatives
### Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
| District | Representative | Party | Notes |
| 1 | Quang Nguyen | Republican | |
| 1 | Judy Burges | Republican | |
| 2 | Daniel Hernandez Jr.* | Democrat | |
| 2 | Andrea Dalessandro | Democrat | |
| 3 | Alma Hernandez* | Democrat | |
| 3 | Andrés Cano* | Democrat | |
| 4 | Charlene Fernandez* | Democrat | Resigned November 15, 2021 |
| 4 | Brian Fernandez | Democrat | Appointed November 22, 2021 |
| 4 | Joel John | Republican | |
| 5 | Leo Biasiucci* | Republican | |
| 5 | Regina Cobb* | Republican | |
| 6 | Walter Blackman* | Republican | |
| 6 | Brenda Barton | Republican | |
| 7 | Arlando Teller* | Democrat | |
| 7 | Myron Tsosie* | Democrat | |
| 8 | David Cook* | Republican | |
| 8 | Frank Pratt | Republican | Died September 21, 2021 |
| 8 | Neal Carter | Republican | Appointed October 27, 2021 |
| 9 | Pamela Hannley* | Democrat | |
| 9 | Randall Friese* | Democrat | Resigned November 15, 2021 |
| 9 | Christopher Mathis | Democrat | Appointed December 7, 2021 |
| 10 | Stephanie Stahl Hamilton | Democrat | Appointed to Arizona Senate October 20, 2021 |
| 10 | Morgan Abraham | Democrat | Appointed December 7, 2021 |
| 10 | Domingo DeGrazia | Democrat | |
| 11 | Mark Finchem* | Republican | |
| 11 | Bret Roberts* | Republican | Resigned September 30, 2021 |
| 11 | Teresa Martinez | Republican | Appointed October 27, 2021 |
| 12 | Jake Hoffman | Republican | |
| 12 | Travis Grantham* | Republican | |
| 13 | Joanne Osborne* | Republican | |
| 13 | Tim Dunn* | Republican | |
| 14 | Becky Nutt* | Republican | Resigned November 1, 2021 |
| 14 | Lupe Diaz | Republican | Appointed November 19, 2021 |
| 14 | Gail Griffin* | Republican | |
| 15 | Justin Wilmeth | Republican | |
| 15 | Steve Kaiser | Republican | |
| 16 | John Fillmore* | Republican | |
| 16 | Jacqueline Parker | Republican | |
| 17 | Jeff Weninger* | Republican | |
| 17 | Jennifer Pawlik* | Democrat | |
| 18 | Jennifer Jermaine* | Democrat | |
| 18 | Denise Epstein* | Democrat | |
| 19 | Lorenzo Sierra* | Democrat | |
| 19 | Diego Espinoza* | Democrat | |
| 20 | Shawnna Bolick* | Republican | |
| 20 | Judy Schwiebert | Democrat | |
| 21 | Kevin Payne* | Republican | |
| 21 | Beverly Pingerelli | Republican | |
| 22 | Frank Carroll* | Republican | |
| 22 | Ben Toma* | Republican | |
| 23 | Joseph Chaplik | Republican | |
| 23 | John Kavanagh | Republican | |
| 24 | Jennifer Longdon* | Democrat | |
| 24 | Amish Shah* | Democrat | |
| 25 | Michelle Udall* | Republican | |
| 25 | Russell Bowers* | Republican | |
| 26 | Melody Hernandez | Democrat | |
| 26 | Athena Salman* | Democrat | |
| 27 | Reginald Bolding* | Democrat | |
| 27 | Diego Rodriguez* | Democrat | Resigned November 17, 2021 |
| 27 | Marcelino Quiñonez | Democrat | Appointed December 15, 2021 |
| 28 | Kelli Butler* | Democrat | |
| 28 | Aaron Lieberman* | Democrat | Resigned September 20, 2021 |
| 28 | Sarah Liguori | Democrat | Appointed October 18, 2021 |
| 29 | Richard C. Andrade* | Democrat | |
| 29 | Cesar Chavez* | Democrat | |
| 30 | Robert Meza* | Democrat | |
| 30 | Raquel Terán* | Democrat | Appointed to Arizona Senate September 15, 2021 |
| 30 | Christian Solorio | Democrat | Appointed October 27, 2021 |