Arizona Commonwealth Legislature

Arizona Commonwealth Legislature
Arizona Commonwealth Legislature
1st Legislature
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate; Assembly
Leadership
President of; the Senate	AABB; Since 24 February 1719
Speaker of; the Assembly	AABB (🅒); Since 9 January 1719
Structure
Membership	70 Legislators; 20 Senators; 50 Delegates
Senate;
	Senators per county:
Apache	1
Cochise	1
Coconino	2
Gila	1
Graham	1
Greenlee	1
La Paz	1
Maricopa	2
Mohave	2
Navajo	1
Pima	2
Pinal	1
Santa Cruz	1
Yavapai	2
Yuma	1
Assembly;
	Governing party
Pan-Copper	29
	Opposition party
Pan-Silver	21
Elections
Voting system	Senate: Appointed by the Monarch; on the advice of local Sheriffs Assembly: Two-round system (multi-member)
Last election	4 December 1718
Next election	8 December 1720
Meeting place
	Arizona Commonwealth Court
	Arizona Commonwealth Court; 1500 North Pine Cliff Road; Flagstaff, Arizona · 86001
Authority
	Arizona Constitution Act, 1718
Website
	kvl://legis.arizona.gov

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Legislature in Commonwealth Government[edit | edit source]

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Powers of the Legislature[edit | edit source]

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Overview of legislative power[edit | edit source]

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Checks and balances[edit | edit source]

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Houses of Legislature[edit | edit source]

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Senate[edit | edit source]

Main article: Arizona Senate (Commonwealth)

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Assembly[edit | edit source]

Main article: Arizona Assembly (Commonwealth)

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Structure[edit | edit source]

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Committees[edit | edit source]

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Specialization[edit | edit source]

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Support services[edit | edit source]

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Arizona Commonwealth Library[edit | edit source]

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Joint Legislative Audit Committee[edit | edit source]

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Joint Legislative Budget Committee[edit | edit source]

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Joint Legislative Research Committee[edit | edit source]

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Partisanship versus bipartisanship[edit | edit source]

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Procedures of the Legislature[edit | edit source]

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Joint sessions[edit | edit source]

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Bills and resolutions[edit | edit source]

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Membership[edit | edit source]

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Apportionment[edit | edit source]

Members in each House are apportioned by County, with more populous Counties choosing more Members, but each County is entitled to choose a fixed minimum Number of Members: In the Senate, each County is entitled to choose at least one Member; and in the Assembly, each County sends at least 2 Members.

County	Seat	Population	Area	Legislators
Apache County	St. Johns	3,782	11,218 square miles (29,054.5 km²)	1 Senator	3 Delegates
Cochise County	Bisbee	6,910	6,219 square miles (16,107.1 km²)	1 Senator	3 Delegates
Coconino County	Flagstaff	7,265	18,661 square miles (48,331.8 km²)	1 Senator	3 Delegates
Gila County	Globe	2,810	4,796 square miles (12,421.6 km²)	1 Senator	3 Delegates
Graham County	Safford	1,879	4,641 square miles (12,020.1 km²)	1 Senator	3 Delegates
Greenlee County	Clifton	419	1,848 square miles (4,786.3 km²)	1 Senator	2 Delegates
La Paz County	Parker	1,090	4,513 square miles (11,688.6 km²)	1 Senator	2 Delegates
Maricopa County	Phoenix	215,646	9,224 square miles (23,890.1 km²)	2 Senators	5 Delegates
Mohave County	Kingman	10,536	13,470 square miles (34,887.1 km²)	2 Senators	4 Delegates
Navajo County	Holbrook	6,014	9,959 square miles (25,793.7 km²)	1 Senator	3 Delegates
Pima County	Tucson	54,219	9,189 square miles (23,799.4 km²)	2 Senators	4 Delegates
Pinal County	Florence	17,562	5,374 square miles (13,918.6 km²)	1 Senator	4 Delegates
Santa Cruz County	Nogales	2,316	1,238 square miles (3,206.4 km²)	1 Senator	3 Delegates
Yavapai County	Prescott	11,492	8,128 square miles (21,051.4 km²)	2 Senators	4 Delegates
Yuma County	Yuma	10,298	5,519 square miles (14,294.1 km²)	1 Senator	3 Delegates
Commonwealth of Arizona	Phoenix	352,237	113,990 square miles (295,232.7 km²)	20 Senators	50 Delegates