Session:

Arizona Legislature

Senate Member

52-LESKO

Debbie Lesko

Republican
District 21

Committee Assignments

CommitteePositionMinutesAgendas
FinanceChairmanClick hereClick here
State Debt and Budget ReformVice-ChairmanClick hereClick here
AppropriationsMemberClick hereClick here
Health and Human ServicesMemberClick hereClick here
Water and EnergyMemberClick hereClick here
Personal Information:
Home City: Peoria
Occupation: State Representative and Community Advocate
Member Since: 2009
      • Happily married mother of three children
      • Senate Finance Committee Chairman 
      • Advisory Council, Faith House Domestic Violence Shelter
      • WESTMARC Education Committee and Economic Development Committee Member
      • Served as Ironwood High School Booster Club Member
      • Served as Desert Valley Elementary Site Council Member 
      • Arrowhead Republican Women's Club Member
      • Served as fund-raising chairman for children’s school for 3 years.
      • Arizona Federation of Taxpayers’ Board Member 2005-2008
      • Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) member with City of Glendale Fire Dept.
      • Served as Elected Officer of the State and County Republican Party
      • AZ Citizens Defense League member
      • Served on the 2025 City of Glendale Master Plan committee
      • Served as a hearing officer in the North Valley Justice Court
      • NRA member
      • Served as Legislative District 9 Republican Chairman
      • Served as voter registration chairman for the Maricopa County Republican Party
      • Served as 1st Vice President of the Arrowhead Republican Women Club
      • Served as Treasurer of the PUSD Community Committee

Sponsored Bills

P* = Prime-Prime
P = Prime
C = Co-sponsor
Bill NumberSponsor TypeShort Title
HB2072Cfirearms; university; college; campus
HB2111Czero-based budgeting
HB2112Ctechnical event production services; exemption
HB2113Cemployment security; time frames; appeals
HB2114Cindependent business status; declaration
(NOW: declaration; independent business status)
HB2115Ppublic employees; misappropriation; penalty
HB2302Csecurities; issuers; website operators
HB2303Cexempt transactions; securities registration
HB2388Cqualified disability expenses; eligible individuals
HB2443Cmetal dealer licensure; local authority
HB2468Cinternet crimes against children; appropriation
HB2513Ccondominiums; exterior changes; approval
HB2517Cbusinesses; professions; regulation restrictions
HB2524Cuniform firearms transfer compact
HB2594Ctobacco master settlement; sales data
HB2617CIsrael; boycotts; contracts; investments
HB2665Ccharter schools; preference; foster children
HB2677Cpeace officer employment; study committee
HCR2037Cearly childhood literacy; school monies
HCR2048Pdeath resolution; Honorable Jack Brown
HR2004Pdeath resolution; Laura Knaperek
SB1003Csecurities; exempt transactions
SB1037P*ASRS; board delegation; benefit determinations
SB1038P*ASRS; reinstatement; contribution amount
SB1050Pfood producers; prohibited ordinances
SB1094P*JLBC revenue impact report; municipalities
SB1095P*department of revenue; continuation
SB1125P*schools; desegregation funding; phase-down
SB1130CJTEDs; funding reduction; repeal..
SB1140Pfowl regulations; prohibitions
SB1142P*DCS; backlog cases; private contractors
SB1143Cinternet crimes against children; appropriation.
SB1144P*ASRS; contributions; adjustments
SB1151P*ASRS; continuation
SB1152P*PSPRS; EORP; CORP; continuation
SB1157Csmall property tax balance delinquency
SB1169Cmental health power of attorney
SB1179P*technical correction; unemployment compensation withholding
SB1180P*technical correction; transaction privilege tax
SB1181P*luxury tax; exemption; technical correction
SB1182P*technical correction; tax debt; enforcement
SB1183P*technical correction; defined contribution plan
SB1184P*technical correction; bonds; tax considerations
SB1185P*school bonds; technical correction
SB1186P*technical correction; rebate set-aside
SB1187P*tax notes; definitions; technical correction
SB1188P*PSPRS; social security; technical correction
SB1197Cschools; cursive writing requirement
SB1216Pcharitable donations; tax credit amounts
SB1233PArizona minority veterans memorial
SB1235Cconsideration of property rights; zoning
SB1236Pestimates; state budget; notice.
SB1237Pcommission of Indian affairs; continuation
(NOW: governor’s office on tribal relations)
SB1238Padvisory council; Indian health care
(NOW: tribes; child safety; health care)
SB1239Cschools; state seal of biliteracy
SB1241P*photo radar prohibition; state highways
SB1243CMexican wolf; G&F approval; reporting
SB1252P*technical correction; retirement systems; guarantees
SB1253P*technical correction; returning retired members
SB1254P*technical correction; EORP; plan termination
SB1257Cmisconduct involving weapons; public places
SB1258PJTED funding reductions; repeal
SB1264Csmall business income; tax subtraction
SB1266Pfirearms; state preemption; penalties
SB1267Cmilitary service; postsecondary academic credit
SB1279P*empowerment scholarships; expansion; phase-in
SB1280P*empowerment scholarship accounts; eligibility; administration
SB1288P*internal revenue code conformity
SB1289P*2016 tax correction act
SB1291P*TPT; utilities; manufacturing; smelting
SB1323Pvexatious litigants; workers' compensation
SB1324Pabortion clinics; medication abortions
SB1348Ccounty treasurer; warrants; electronic transfers
SB1350P*technical corrections; taxation
(NOW: online lodging; administration; definitions)
SB1351P*schools; elections; ballot arguments; exclusion
SB1367CAssyrian genocide; monument; procedures
SB1374P*body art establishments; minimum standards
SB1375P*telephone solicitations
SB1378Cprohibited money transfers; immigration; violations
SB1381Cwine; direct shipment
SB1388Prulemaking exemption; one-year review
SB1390Ctaxation; natural gas delivery
SB1406Creporting; untested sexual assault kits
SB1417P*distributed energy generation systems
SB1420Cindustrial commission; compensation
SB1421Cboards; commissions; compensation; expenses
SB1423Cgold and silver coins; taxation
SB1428P*PSPRS modifications
SB1429P*public retirement systems; special election
SB1434Cinformation technology; consolidated purchasing
SB1438Ccomputer system; software; sale; lease
(NOW: software; computer system; sale; lease)
SB1439Pprisoners; mental health; transition program
SB1447Cconsumer lending; licensure; regulation
SB1457Pempowerment scholarships; persons with disabilities
(NOW: eligibility; empowerment scholarships; health insurance)
SB1474Phuman fetus; embryo; prohibited actions
SB1524Pregulatory actions; limitation
SCM1009CCherrybell; mail processing center
SCM1010Curging Congress; increase customs personnel
SCR1005Crights of caregivers; recognition
SCR1008P*grandfamily/kinship care month
SCR1010Pphoto radar prohibition
SCR1019P*public retirement system benefits
SCR1021Cdeath resolution; Samuel L. Polito
SCR1022Cdeath resolution; Honorable Tony West
SCR1024PArizona wall project; recognition
SR1002Chonoring the Phoenix Thunderbirds