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Home City: Payson Occupation: Retired, City of Safford Accounting & Materials Management Member Since: 2011 |
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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). Representative Barton resides with her husband Bruce in the beautiful rim country of Payson, Arizona. They have two grown children and six grandchildren. |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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HB2096 | C | natural resources projects; court actions |
HB2105 | P* | state fair board; continuation |
HB2112 | C | multi-county water district; directors; elections |
HB2113 | C | government vehicles; political speech; prohibition |
HB2114 | C | peace officers; weapons; federal facilities |
HB2115 | C | school vehicles; global positioning systems |
HB2116 | C | municipal zoning; rezoning protests |
HB2117 | C | state militia; firearms; rights |
HB2118 | C | firearms transfers; compact |
HB2213 | C | GPLET reform; K-12 taxes |
HB2225 | C | forestry waste; permits (NOW: vegetative natural products; removal; program) |
HB2226 | C | compact; balanced budget; convention |
HB2252 | C | rural school employees; tuition waiver |
HB2253 | C | state veterinarian; animal identification; appropriation |
HB2268 | C | sexual assault evidence; submission; reports |
HB2269 | C | victims' rights; requirements; monetary judgments |
HB2270 | C | postsecondary education; veterans; transfer credits |
HB2271 | C | occupational licensing; military members |
HB2285 | P* | counties; purchases; local dealers |
HB2286 | P* | truth in taxation; increase; notice |
HB2378 | C | dispensing opticians; repeal of regulation |
HB2407 | C | appropriation; counties; essential services |
HB2409 | C | injunction against harassment; petition; hearing |
HB2421 | P* | purple heart special plates; fees |
HB2430 | C | marijuana; health warnings |
HB2431 | C | racing; simulcasting agreements |
HB2444 | C | sexual assault; victim advocates; privilege |
HB2501 | C | community colleges; workforce development |
HB2525 | C | prohibition; photo radar |
HB2530 | C | rural development tax credits |
HCM2006 | P* | clean power plan; repeal; replace |
HCR2010 | C | application; Article V convention |
HCR2013 | C | convention; balanced federal budget |
HCR2021 | C | suicide prevention month |
HCR2023 | C | Article V convention; term limits |
HCR2031 | C | death resolution; Sharon Giese |
HJR2002 | P* | lower Colorado basin; forbearance authority. |
HJR2003 | P* | Colorado River allocation; management. |
SB1082 | C | motorcycle safety fund |
SB1154 | C | G&F omnibus |
SB1157 | C | competency hearings; jurisdiction; referral |
SB1158 | C | sentencing; court debts; fine mitigation |
SB1160 | C | driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties |
SB1161 | C | courthouse security; fund (NOW: improvement districts; retention; detention basins) |
SB1162 | C | sex offenders; electronic device monitoring |
SB1163 | C | release procedures; hearings; bonds |
SB1312 | C | electronic bingo |
SB1328 | C | election proclamation; board clerk |
SB1337 | C | industrial hemp; licensing |
SB1367 | C | abortion; live delivery; report; definition |
SB1415 | C | mining and mineral museum; transfer |
SB1439 | C | end-of-life; discrimination; prohibition |
SB1443 | C | veterans' donations fund; tax credit |
SB1444 | C | income tax subtraction; military retirement |
SCM1007 | C | American-Islamic Council; suspending contact |
SCM1009 | C | urging delisting of gray wolf |
SCR1004 | C | death resolution; Gus Arzberger |
SCR1005 | C | death resolution; George Lemen |
SCR1006 | C | death resolution; M. Lee Allison |
SCR1007 | C | death resolution; John Hays |
SCR1008 | C | death resolution; Rick Lavis |
SJR1003 | C | lower Colorado basin; forbearance authority |