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Appropriations Committee, Arizona State Senate
The Appropriations Committee is a standing committee of the Arizona State Senate.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Arizona State Senate are assigned by the President of the Senate.[1] Committees are assigned at the start of each term.[2] A majority of members of a committee constitutes a quorum.[3] The President is appointed as an ex officio member of every committee but cannot vote except on the committees that he or she chairs. The President may also vote if he or she is an appointed member of the Rules Committee.[1]
See rules: Senate Rules
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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Tony Navarrete (D) left this committee on August 10, 2021. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Appropriations Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Olivia Cajero Bedford | • Debbie Lesko, Chair | |||
| • Steve Farley | • John Kavanagh, Vice chair | |||
| • Katie Hobbs | • Sylvia Allen | |||
| • Martin Quezada | • Steve B. Montenegro | |||
| • Warren Petersen | ||||
| • Steve Smith | ||||
2016 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2016 legislative session.
| Appropriations Members, 2016 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Olivia Cajero Bedford | • Don Shooter, Chair | |||
| • Steve Farley | • John Kavanagh, Vice chair | |||
| • Katie Hobbs | • Sylvia Allen | |||
| • Debbie Lesko | ||||
| • Steve Smith | ||||
2015 legislative session
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The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Appropriations Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Olivia Cajero Bedford | • Don Shooter, Chair | |||
| • Steve Farley | • John Kavanagh, Vice chair | |||
| • Katie Hobbs | • Sylvia Allen | |||
| • Debbie Lesko | ||||
| • Kelli Ward | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Appropriations Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Olivia Cajero Bedford | • Don Shooter, Chair | |||
| • Anna Tovar | • Rick Murphy, Vice Chair | |||
| • Chester Crandell | ||||
| • Gail Griffin | ||||
| • Al Melvin | ||||
| • Rick Murphy | ||||
| • Kelli Ward | ||||
2011-2012
The following table shows committee membership in the 2011 legislative session. In the 2012 session, Don Shooter took over the chairmanship, and David Schapira and Jerry Lewis were not members.
| Appropriations Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (10) | |||
| • Paula Aboud | • Andy Biggs, Chair | |||
| • Olivia Cajero Bedford | • Ron Gould, Vice Chair | |||
| • David Lujan | • Sylvia Allen | |||
| • David Schapira | • Rich Crandall | |||
| • Linda Lopez | • Lori Klein | |||
| • Al Melvin | ||||
| • Rick Murphy | ||||
| • Don Shooter | ||||
| • Steve Smith | ||||
| • Jerry Lewis | ||||
2009-2010
The following table represents committee membership in the 2009 legislative session. In the 2010 session, David Braswell replaced Albert Hale.
| Appropriations Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Albert Hale | • Amanda Aguirre | |||
| • Rebecca Rios | • Jack Harper | |||
| • Paula Aboud | • Russell Pearce, Chair | |||
| • Steve Pierce | ||||
| • Sylvia Allen | ||||
| • Ron Gould | ||||
| • Al Melvin, Vice Chair | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arizona State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 2-I)
- ↑ Information submitted by Arizona Legislature's Webmaster via email to a Ballotpedia staffer on January 21, 2014.
- ↑ Arizona State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 18, 2021(Rule 7-B-7)