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55th Arizona State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	Arizona State Legislature
Jurisdiction	Arizona, United States
Term	January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022
Senate
Members	30
President	Karen Fann
Temporary President	Vince Leach
Party control	Republican (16–14)
House of Representatives
Members	60
Speaker	Russell Bowers
Party control	Republican (31–29)
Sessions
1st January 11, 2021 – June 30, 2021 2nd January 10, 2022 – June 25, 2022
Special sessions
1st June 15 – June 17, 2021

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.

House of Representatives

Members

The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature.

References

1. "State of Arizona Official Canvass – 2020 General Election" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. State of Arizona. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
2. "2021 Session Timeline" (PDF). Arizona State Legislature. State of Arizona. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
3. "Arizona Legislature: Lawmakers approve school voucher changes, adjourn session for the year". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
4. "Arizona legislative session comes to an end overnight". Fox 10 Phoenix. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
5. Christie, Bob (17 June 2021). "Arizona Legislature passes $100M fire funding plan". AP. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
6. Gómez, Laura; December 23, Arizona Mirror. "Sen. Peshlakai resigns, headed for Dept. of Interior role • Arizona Mirror". Arizona Mirror. Retrieved 7 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
7. Burkitt, Bree. "Theresa Hatathlie appointed to District 7 Senate vacancy". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
8. Associated Press (8 September 2021). "Engel quits Arizona Senate to focus on District 2 congressional race". Fox 10 Phoenix. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
9. ^ Giles, Ben (20 October 2021). "Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton appointed to the Arizona Senate". KJZZ. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
10. "Tony Navarrete resigns from Arizona Senate amid child sex crime charges". KTAR.com. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
11. ^ Associated Press (15 September 2021). "Terán selected to replace Navarrete in Arizona Senate". KTAR.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
12. ^ "Democrat lawmaker stepping down from Arizona House to focus on medical career". KTAR.com. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
13. "Fernandez's son will replace her in Arizona House". AP NEWS. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
14. Shapiro, Danny (21 September 2021). "Arizona state Rep. Frank Pratt dies following long illness". KTAR.com. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
15. ^ Oxford, Andrew. "Pinal County board chooses new legislators for vacant seats". Arizona Public Media. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
16. ^ Oxford, Andrew. "Pima County supervisors appoint Mathis, Abraham for legislative seats". news.azpm.org. Arizona Public Media. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
17. Associated Press (9 September 2021). "Republican Arizona state Rep. Bret Roberts abruptly announces resignation". KTAR.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
18. Stern, Ray. "Another lawmaker leaves the Legislature: Clifton Republican Becky Nutt announces resignation from House". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
19. "Benson man picked as replacement for Becky Nutt in House". Fronteras. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
20. "Phoenix representative Diego Rodriguez resigns during attorney general run". KTAR.com. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
21. Stone, Kevin (16 December 2021). "Marcelino Quiñonez picked to fill final Arizona Legislature vacancy". KTAR.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
22. Stone, Kevin (20 September 2021). "Democrat Aaron Lieberman leaves Arizona House to focus on governor run". KTAR.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
23. Stone, Kevin (18 October 2021). "Sarah Liguori appointed to fill Arizona House seat for District 28". KTAR.com. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
24. "County board appoints architect to fill legislative vacancy". AP News. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

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Territorial legislatures	1 (1864) 2 (1865) 3 (1866) 4 (1867) 5 (1868) 6 (1871) 7 (1873) 8 (1875) 9 (1877) 10 (1879) 11 (1881) 12 (1883) 13 (1885) 14 (1887) 15 (1889) 16 (1891) 17 (1893) 18 (1895) 19 (1897) 20 (1899) 21 (1901) 22 (1903) 23 (1905) 24 (1907) 25 (1909)
State legislatures	1 (1912) 2 (1915) 3 (1917) 4 (1919) 5 (1921) 6 (1923) 7 (1925) 8 (1927) 9 (1929) 10 (1931) 11 (1933) 12 (1935) 13 (1937) 14 (1939) 15 (1941) 16 (1943) 17 (1945) 18 (1947) 19 (1949) 20 (1951) 21 (1953) 22 (1955) 23 (1957) 24 (1959) 25 (1961) 26 (1963) 27 (1965) 28 (1967) 29 (1969) 30 (1971) 31 (1973) 32 (1975) 33 (1977) 34 (1979) 35 (1981) 36 (1983) 37 (1985) 38 (1987) 39 (1989) 40 (1991) 41 (1993) 42 (1995) 43 (1997) 44 (1999) 45 (2001) 46 (2003) 47 (2005) 48 (2007) 49 (2009) 50 (2011) 51 (2013) 52 (2015) 53 (2017) 54 (2019) 55 (2021) 56 (2023)

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