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Arizona State Senate

The Arizona State Senate is the upper house in Arizona's bicameral state legislature. It is composed of 30 members, each representing an individual district within the state. Senators serve two-year terms with term limits restricting them to four consecutive terms, amounting to a total of eight years. The state senate is responsible for passing laws and regulations that affect the state of Arizona, reviewing budgets, and confirming gubernatorial appointments. The presiding officer of the Senate is the state's Lieutenant Governor, who is not a member of the senate and only casts a vote in case of ties.

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Arizona State Senate’s response to Change Arizona law on riding in truck beds

I sponsored such a bill many years ago for kids in truck beds and some rural legislators opposed it because they do that during farm work and Democrats opposed it because they said their Native American large families only had pickups and the whole f...

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Arizona State Senate’s response to Stop APS Electricity Rate Hikes in Arizona

A Note from the Civic Engagement Team:
Change.org provides a tool that allows petition starters and supporters to email decision makers directly from our platform. The following response from State Senator Payne w...

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