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
HB2096Cnatural resources projects; court actions
HB2105P*state fair board; continuation
HB2112Cmulti-county water district; directors; elections
HB2113Cgovernment vehicles; political speech; prohibition
HB2114Cpeace officers; weapons; federal facilities
HB2115Cschool vehicles; global positioning systems
HB2116Cmunicipal zoning; rezoning protests
HB2117Cstate militia; firearms; rights
HB2118Cfirearms transfers; compact
HB2213CGPLET reform; K-12 taxes
HB2225Cforestry waste; permits
(NOW: vegetative natural products; removal; program)
HB2226Ccompact; balanced budget; convention
HB2252Crural school employees; tuition waiver
HB2253Cstate veterinarian; animal identification; appropriation
HB2268Csexual assault evidence; submission; reports
HB2269Cvictims' rights; requirements; monetary judgments
HB2270Cpostsecondary education; veterans; transfer credits
HB2271Coccupational licensing; military members
HB2285P*counties; purchases; local dealers
HB2286P*truth in taxation; increase; notice
HB2378Cdispensing opticians; repeal of regulation
HB2407Cappropriation; counties; essential services
HB2409Cinjunction against harassment; petition; hearing
HB2421P*purple heart special plates; fees
HB2430Cmarijuana; health warnings
HB2431Cracing; simulcasting agreements
HB2444Csexual assault; victim advocates; privilege
HB2501Ccommunity colleges; workforce development
HB2525Cprohibition; photo radar
HB2530Crural development tax credits
HCM2006P*clean power plan; repeal; replace
HCR2010Capplication; Article V convention
HCR2013Cconvention; balanced federal budget
HCR2021Csuicide prevention month
HCR2023CArticle V convention; term limits
HCR2031Cdeath resolution; Sharon Giese
HJR2002P*lower Colorado basin; forbearance authority.
HJR2003P*Colorado River allocation; management.
SB1082Cmotorcycle safety fund
SB1154CG&F omnibus
SB1157Ccompetency hearings; jurisdiction; referral
SB1158Csentencing; court debts; fine mitigation
SB1160Cdriving violations; restricted licenses; penalties
SB1161Ccourthouse security; fund
(NOW: improvement districts; retention; detention basins)
SB1162Csex offenders; electronic device monitoring
SB1163Crelease procedures; hearings; bonds
SB1312Celectronic bingo
SB1328Celection proclamation; board clerk
SB1337Cindustrial hemp; licensing
SB1367Cabortion; live delivery; report; definition
SB1415Cmining and mineral museum; transfer
SB1439Cend-of-life; discrimination; prohibition
SB1443Cveterans' donations fund; tax credit
SB1444Cincome tax subtraction; military retirement
SCM1007CAmerican-Islamic Council; suspending contact
SCM1009Curging delisting of gray wolf
SCR1004Cdeath resolution; Gus Arzberger
SCR1005Cdeath resolution; George Lemen
SCR1006Cdeath resolution; M. Lee Allison
SCR1007Cdeath resolution; John Hays
SCR1008Cdeath resolution; Rick Lavis
SJR1003Clower Colorado basin; forbearance authority