Number: | 48th |
Start: | January 1, 2007 |
End: | December 31, 2008 |
President: | Timothy S. Bee |
Pro Tem: | Robert Blendu |
Speaker: | James P. Weiers |
Senators: | 30 |
Reps: | 60 |
S-Majority: | Republican (17–13) |
H-Majority: | Republican (33–27) |
Sessionstart1: | January 8 |
Sessionend1: | June 20, 2007 |
Sessionnumber2: | January 14 |
Sessionstart2: | June 27, 2008 |
Previous: | 47th |
Next: | 49th |
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.
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] [2]
There were no Special Sessions.
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.
District | Senator | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.