House Member
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| Military Affairs and Public Safety | Member | Click here | Click here |
| Personal Information: | |
| Home City: St. Michaels Occupation: Attorney Member Since: 2004 |
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| Arizona House of Representatives: 1700 West Washington, Ste H Phoenix, AZ 85007 Ph: (602) 926-4323 Fax: (602) 417-3160 ahale@azleg.gov |
Hale Law Firm: Post Office Box 4440 Window Rock, AZ 85615 Ph: (928) 871-4559 Fax: (928) 871-4560 |
| Albert A. Hale, aka Ahbihay, served in the Arizona State Senate from January 2004 to January 2011. He was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in November 2010.
Representative. Hale served as the President of the Navajo Nation from 1995 to 1998. He also served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Navajo Nation and special counsel to the Navajo Nation Council. He served as a Judge Pro Temp for the Laguna Tribal Courts, Laguna Pueblo, Laguna, New Mexico.
He served as the Chairman of the Navajo Nation Water Rights Commission, a Commission established to oversee and coordinate the Navajo Nations water rights and related litigation and negotiation efforts. During his tenure on the Commission, New Mexico and the Navajo Nation negotiated the San Juan River Basin Water Right Settlement Agreement. The Settlement Agreement was signed on April 19, 2005 and subsequently approved by the United States Congress. Representative Hale has a private law practice with offices located in St. Michaels, Arizona. He represents Navajo and non-Navajo clients in federal, state and various Indian Nations courts including Navajo Nation. His clientele include the Navajo Engineering and Construction Authority (an enterprise of the Navajo Nation) and companies doing business on the Navajo Nation. He is a member of the New Mexico State Bar Association and the Navajo Nation Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Federal Courts, New Mexico State Courts, the Navajo Nation Courts, and various Indian Nation Courts. He has been practicing law for over 34-years, mostly in private practice. His law practice concentrates on representing businesses on Indian Nations. He served as the President of the Navajo Nation Bar Association. In 1999, he along with the Branch Law Firm of Albuquerque, New Mexico, filed a lawsuit against the tobacco companies on behalf of several Indian Nations pursuant to the Tobacco Settlement Agreement. In late 1970s, he along with Honorable Stewart Udall, Honorable Senator Tom Udall, and William Mahoney filed a lawsuit against the United States and uranium mining companies on behalf of former uranium miners. The lawsuit resulted in the enactment of the Uranium Miners Compensation Act which provide for compensation to miners and deceased miners surviving spouse or children. He is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation; born in Ganado and raised in Klagetoh, Arizona. He is Ashiihi (Salt), born for Todichiini (Bitter Water). His maternal grandparents are Hanaghani (Walk About clan). His paternal grandparents are Kiyanii (Tall House clan). He is a 1969 graduate of Fort Wingate High School, a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school located east of Gallup, New Mexico. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (1973) and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University Of New Mexico School Of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1977). |
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Sponsored Bills
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P = Prime
C = Co-sponsor
P = Prime
C = Co-sponsor
| Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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| HB2144 | C | community college correction; levy amount |
| HB2282 | C | lobbyists; prohibited acts |
| HB2293 | C | community property; separate debts |
| HB2381 | C | auto title loans; military members |
| HB2382 | C | ombudsman-citizen aide; military veterans |
| HB2383 | C | mortgage loan servicers; duties; obligations |
| HB2564 | P | sales tax; pipes and valves |
| HB2566 | P* | native American tribes; revenue sharing |
| HB2567 | P* | state transportation board; tribal representation |
| HB2568 | P* | shared revenue; Navajo technical college |
| HB2569 | P* | prioritize repairs; state highways |
| HB2594 | P | family leave insurance |
| HB2597 | P | corporate income tax; repeal credits |
| HB2604 | P | AHCCCS; services; restoration. |
| HB2605 | P | accounting tax credit; repeal. |
| HB2606 | P | AHCCCS; nonexperimental transplants; funding |
| HB2607 | P | transplant services; AHCCCS. |
| HB2630 | P | schools; prohibited courses; repeal |
| HB2694 | P | public safety employees; crisis training |
| HB2695 | P* | appropriation; Pinon public safety facility |
| HB2696 | P* | appropriation; head start building |
| HB2698 | P | transplant funding; unclaimed lottery monies |
| HB2699 | P | expanded public school tax credit |
| HB2711 | P | prohibited weapon; high capacity magazine. |
| HCM2005 | C | dream act; military service; adoption |
| HCR2051 | C | Arizona; centennial song |
| HM2001 | C | F-35 program; support funding |
| HR2004 | P | honoring John Waddell |
| HR2007 | C | Warrene Ware; service |
| SB1131 | P | tribal airports; state aviation fund |
| SB1132 | P | native American tribes; revenue sharing. |
| SB1267 | P | legislative committee; state; Indian nations |
| SB1404 | C | Arizona grain research trust fund |
| SB1515 | P | sales tax credit; tribal taxes |
| SCR1061 | C | Mitch Menlove; death resolution |
| SR1002 | P | Native American legislators; recognition |
| SR1013 | P | Lloyd Oliver; death resolution |