# 49th Arizona State Legislature

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.$^{:i}$$^{:i}$
There were nine Special Sessions, the first of which was convened on January 28, 2009, and adjourned on January 31;$^{:1727}$ the second convened on May 21, 2009, and adjourned sine die on May 27;$^{:1785}$ the third convened on July 6, 2009, and adjourned sine die August 25;$^{:1805}$ the fourth convened on November 17, 2009, and adjourned sine die on November 23;$^{:2165}$ the fifth convened on December 17, 2009, and adjourned sine die December 19;$^{:2475}$ the sixth special session convened on February 1, 2010, and adjourned sine die on February 11;$^{:2495}$ the seventh special session convened on March 8, 2010, and convened sine die on March 16;$^{:2539}$ the eighth special session convened on March 29, 2010, and adjourned sine die on April 1;$^{:2823}$ and the ninth and final special convened on August 9, 2010, and adjourned sine die on August 11.$^{:2833}$

## State Senate
### Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.$^{:vii}$
| District | Senator | Party |
| 1 | Steve Pierce | Republican |
| 2 | Albert Hale* | Democrat |
| 3 | Ron Gould* | Republican |
| 4 | Jack W. Harper* | Republican |
| 5 | Sylvia Allen | 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 | John Nelson | 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 | Russell Pearce | 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 | Manuel Alvarez | Democrat |
| 26 | Al Melvin | Republican |
| 27 | Jorge Luis Garcia* | Democrat |
| 28 | Paula Aboud* | Democrat |
| 29 | Linda Lopez | Democrat |
| 30 | Jonathan Paton | Republican |

## House of Representatives
### Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.$^{:ix–x}$
| District | Representative | Party | Notes |
| 1 | Lucy Mason* | Republican | |
| 1 | Andy Tobin* | Republican | |
| 2 | Thomas Chabin* | Democrat | |
| 2 | Christopher Deschene | Democrat | |
| 3 | Doris Goodale | Republican | |
| 3 | Nancy McLain* | Republican | |
| 4 | Tom Boone* | Republican | |
| 4 | Judy Burges* | Republican | |
| 5 | Jack A. Brown* | Democrat | |
| 5 | Bill Konopnicki* | Republican | |
| 6 | Sam Crump* | Republican | Resigned in January 2010 in order to run for U.S. House of Representatives, replaced by Amanda Reeve |
| 6 | Carl Seel | Republican | |
| 7 | Ray Barnes* | Republican | |
| 7 | Nancy Barto* | Republican | |
| 8 | John Kavanagh* | Republican | |
| 8 | Michelle Reagan* | Republican | |
| 9 | Debbie Lesko | Republican | |
| 9 | Rick Murphy* | Republican | |
| 10 | Doug Quelland | Democrat | |
| 10 | James Weiers | Republican | |
| 11 | Adam Driggs* | Republican | |
| 11 | Eric Meyer | Democrat | |
| 12 | Steve Montenegro | Republican | |
| 12 | Jerry Weiers* | Republican | |
| 13 | Martha Garcia* | Democrat | |
| 13 | Anna Tovar | Democrat | Was appointed on February 3, 2009, to replace Steve Gallardo, who won the election, but did not take the oath of office. |
| 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 | Cecil Ash | Republican | |
| 18 | Steve Court | Republican | |
| 19 | Kirk Adams* | Republican | |
| 19 | Rich Crandall* | Republican | |
| 20 | John McComish* | Republican | |
| 20 | Rae Waters | Democrat | |
| 21 | Warde Nichols* | Republican | |
| 21 | Steven B. Yarbrough* | Republican | |
| 22 | Andy Biggs* | Republican | |
| 22 | Laurin Hendrix | Republican | |
| 23 | Barbara McGuire* | Democrat | |
| 23 | Franklin Pratt | Republican | |
| 24 | Russell Jones | Republican | |
| 24 | Lynne Pancrazi* | Democrat | |
| 25 | Patricia Fleming | Democrat | |
| 25 | David Stevens | Republican | |
| 26 | Vic Williams | Republican | |
| 26 | Nancy Young Wright | Democrat | |
| 27 | Olivia Cajero Bedford* | Democrat | |
| 27 | Phil Lopes* | Democrat | |
| 28 | David T. Bradley* | Democrat | |
| 28 | Steve Farley* | Democrat | |
| 29 | Matt Heinz | Democrat | |
| 29 | Daniel Patterson | Democrat | |
| 30 | Frank Antenori | Republican | |
| 30 | David Gowan Sr. | Republican | |