Session:

House Member

Personal Information:
Home City: Payson
Occupation: Retired, City of Safford Accounting & Materials Management
Member Since: 2011
Born in Safford, Arizona, Representative Barton is a fifth generation native of rural eastern Arizona. In 1871, her great-great grandfather established the first crossing on the Colorado River. In 1880, the family settled in Lee Valley near Greer in the White Mountains. Allen F. Smithson, her maternal great-great grandfather rests in the Lebanon cemetery just west of the family’s historic homestead in Artesia where Representative Barton spent her early years.

In the late 1980s, she began her career in public service with the City of Safford. During the end of her tenure with the City of Safford, Rep. Barton led a group of employees in writing the City of Safford’s Vision Statement. It was subsequently adopted by the City Council.

By the mid-1990s, public events drew her into political activism and she became an elected officer of People for the West, a land rights group. Representative Barton is a veteran of the Sage-Brush Rebellion that swept the Western Lands States from the 1970s into the 1990s.

Political experience: Graduate, Western Legislative Academy; AZ director, Women in Government; Region III director, AZ Federation of Republican Women; 2009 graduate, Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Service Series; 2008 delegate to the AZ State Republican Convention; precinct committeewoman; president, Graham County Republican Women; legislative chairwoman, Graham County Republican Woman; secretary, People for the West, Graham County Chapter; secretary, Legislative District 8 (Cochise & Graham Counties).

Memberships: Nat’l Council of State Legislators, Heartland Institute, American Legislative Exchange Council, AZ Citizens Defense League, AZ Federation of Republican Women.

Political influence: There isn’t a single individual, rather a mosaic of characters and individuals who have contributed to my continuing evolution as a political professional.

Job creation measures: The role of the government is not to create jobs, rather to facilitate a business environment in which job creation may flourish. To that end, we should consider reducing the burden of unnecessary regulations on business and ensure a well-educated and prepared workforce inventory.

Top Issues: Building a strong state economy coupled with the conservation of our quality of life in Arizona.

Representative Barton resides with her husband Bruce in the beautiful rim country of Payson, Arizona. They have two grown children and six grandchildren.

Sponsored Bills

Bill NumberSponsor TypeShort/NOW Title
HB2024Csovereign authority; federal actions
(NOW: immigration laws; attorney fees)
HB2040Ccounty boundary change; study committee
HB2041Cnewspapers; public notice publication
HB2057Prepeal; JTED funding reductions
HB2072Pfirearms; university; college; campus
HB2073Punmanned aircraft systems; unlawful use
HB2133PTPT; exemption; aerial applicators
HB2145Chistoric federal highway; special plates
HB2191Creal estate; fund; prosecutor
(NOW: employee scheduling; preemption)
HB2201Csovereign authority; commandeering; prohibition; exception
HB2203Cschools; partisan instruction prohibited
HB2220Cfirearms; state preemption; independent contractors
HB2224Cprivate firearm transactions; prohibited encumbrances
HB2326Pagricultural feed; sales; tax exemption
HB2329P*appropriation; veterans' services; veterans' home.
HB2330P*crimes against livestock; poultry; animals
HB2331P*small water systems fund; appropriation
HB2332P*property tax levy; community colleges
HB2333P*board of technical registration; exemptions
HB2334P*unemployment insurance; technical correction
HB2335P*technical correction; electromagnetic pulse preparedness
HB2336P*technical correction; action to restrain
HB2340Pwild horses; management; prohibition
HB2351Celected official; contempt; jury trial
HB2366Cautomated traffic safety devices
HB2368Pcounty contributions; hospitalization; medical; repeal
HB2369Pforfeiture; criminal conviction; procedures; remedies
HB2388Cqualified disability expenses; eligible individuals
HB2446Pprohibited weapon; definition; exclusions
(NOW: prohibited weapon; exclusions; definition)
HB2447Pbusiness entities; database; posting; requirements
HB2455Pwildfire suppression; joint study committee
HB2457Ccompact; balanced budget; convention
HB2465CG&F; in-lieu fee; trust fund
HB2468Cinternet crimes against children; appropriation
HB2482Cempowerment scholarships; expansion; phase-in.
HB2499P*truth in taxation; detailed notice
HB2508PJTED funding reductions; repeal.
HB2517Cbusinesses; professions; regulation restrictions
HB2526Canimal control; mandatory impound periods
HB2547Puniversities; in-state tuition; AmeriCorps.
HB2549Ppublic construction piping materials; prohibition
HB2552Pdelegation of powers; parent; custodian
HB2585Pnational monuments; justification; litigation
HB2617PIsrael; boycotts; contracts; investments
HB2622P*water; improvement districts; tax limit
HB2642P*JTED restoration and reforms.
HB2644P*transfer of public lands; compact
HCM2005Cveterans' homes; tribal lands
HCM2009Purging Congress; American Legion; membership
HCR2023Cproposition 105; legislative authority
HCR2024Cballot measures; controlled substance; supermajority
HCR2027Pnational wear red day
HCR2029CArticle V; natural born citizen
HCR2030P*bond elections; technical correction
HCR2037Pearly childhood literacy; school monies
HCR2041Phuman trafficking awareness month
(NOW: corporation commission; distributed energy resources)
HCR2044Pschool monies; early childhood literacy
HCR2047Pinitiatives; referendums; signature requirements; counties
HCR2048Pdeath resolution; Honorable Jack Brown
HCR2049Cstate education board; membership; superintendents
HR2004Pdeath resolution; Laura Knaperek
SB1114Pappropriation; veterans' services; veterans' home
SB1143Cinternet crimes against children; appropriation.
SB1242Pattorney general; initiation of action
SB1257Cmisconduct involving weapons; public places
SB1258PJTED funding reductions; repeal
SB1279Cempowerment scholarships; expansion; phase-in
SB1363Pinsurance coverage; telemedicine
SB1417Pdistributed energy generation systems
SB1428CPSPRS modifications
SB1474Phuman fetus; embryo; prohibited actions
SB1490Ptransportation funding; task force
SCR1021Cdeath resolution; Samuel L. Polito
SCR1022Cdeath resolution; Honorable Tony West
SCR1023PHonorable Tony West; death resolution