House Member
Committee Assignments
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| Rules | 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 40 St. Michaels, AZ 86511 Ph: (928) 871-4559 Fax: (928) 871-4560 ahalelaw@citlink.net |
| 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. He currently serves on the House Rules Committee, Judiciary Committee, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee and on the Legislative Council. He represents the Arizona State Legislature on the National Conference of State Legislators Nuclear Working Group and is a member of the Native American Caucus of the National Conference of State Legislators. He is the one of the organizers of the Arizona State Legislatures Native American Caucus.
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 as 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 courts. 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 36-years, mostly in private practice. His law practice concentrates on representing businesses on Indian Nations. He previously 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 Secretary Stewart Udall, Honorable Senator Tom Udall, and Honorable William Mahoney filed a lawsuit against the United States and uranium mining companies on behalf of former uranium miners or their survivors. The lawsuit resulted in the enactment of the Uranium Miners Compensation Act which provides 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 a life-time resident of 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). Representative Hale is married to Dr. Paula Hale. They have nine children and six grandchildren. 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), and is a recipient of an honorary Juris Doctor degree from Phoenix School of Law (2012). |
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Sponsored Bills
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C = Co-sponsor
| Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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| HB2104 | P | lottery game; veterans' assistance fund |
| HB2117 | P | marriage; qualifications |
| HB2118 | C | firearm sales; background checks; transfers |
| HB2119 | P | provisional ballots; tally; verification |
| HB2123 | P | competency restoration; treatment; costs |
| HB2124 | P | WQARF funding; state treasurer; transfers |
| HB2125 | P | DHS; state food standards |
| HB2142 | C | water infrastructure finance authority; prepayment |
| HB2155 | P* | state transportation board; tribal representation |
| HB2156 | P* | Native American tribes; TPT revenues |
| HB2157 | P* | Native Americans; delayed birth certificates |
| HB2158 | P* | appropriation; Navajo Nation court complex |
| HB2159 | P* | appropriation; water projects; Navajo nation |
| HB2160 | P* | TPT; Indian tribe; motor vehicles |
| HB2161 | P* | central Arizona project board; membership |
| HB2356 | P | corrections department; visitor fee repeal |
| HB2357 | P | schools; prohibited courses; repeal |
| HB2370 | C | texting while driving; prohibition |
| HB2371 | C | minors; automatic firearms; prohibited |
| HB2376 | P | traffic complaint quotas; prohibition |
| HB2387 | P | immigration; law enforcement; repeal |
| HB2388 | C | DCS employees; covered service |
| HB2389 | P | voting rights; restoration; felonies. |
| HB2486 | C | university admission requirements; foreign language |
| HB2487 | C | community colleges; tuition waivers |
| HB2500 | C | unpaid leave; employee; military family |
| HB2501 | P | women veteran special plates |
| HB2502 | C | labor; rest periods; meal breaks |
| HB2503 | C | child care waiting list; appropriation.. |
| HB2505 | C | paid sick and safe time |
| HB2506 | C | private prison contractors; public records |
| HB2507 | C | private prison study committee |
| HB2517 | P | internet crimes against children; fund |
| HB2520 | C | appropriation; grants; reading-intensive programs |
| HB2544 | P | special license plates; discontinuation; reissue |
| HB2546 | C | independent expenditures; corporations; funding disclosures. |
| HB2547 | P | campaign finance disclosures; corporations; entities. |
| HB2548 | P | foreign nonprofit corporations; foreign LLCs. |
| HB2549 | P | independent expenditures; corporations; unions; audit. |
| HB2552 | C | emergency contraception |
| HB2553 | C | human trafficking victim; vacating conviction (NOW: sex trafficking victim; vacating conviction) |
| HB2563 | C | health facilities; substance abuse recovery |
| HB2585 | P | secondary motor vehicle finance transactions |
| HB2632 | C | dog tethering (NOW: unlawful dog tethering) |
| HB2655 | C | property; diminution; compensation; federal law |
| HCM2003 | P | urging Congress; increase customs personnel |
| HCR2009 | C | firearm sales; background checks; transfers |
| HCR2010 | P | marriage; qualifications; referral |
| HCR2020 | C | ratification; equal rights amendment |
| HCR2021 | C | women's reproductive rights; support |
| HCR2028 | C | civilian conservation corps; recognition |
| HCR2029 | P | persons with disabilities; employment; support |
| HCR2031 | C | Citizens United decision; repeal |
| HCR2039 | C | death resolution; Bill Badger |
| HR2005 | C | death resolution; Officer Tyler Stewart |
| SB1136 | C | nursing facility assessment; continuation |
| SB1207 | C | campaign finance disclosures; corporations; entities |
| SB1208 | C | foreign nonprofit corporations; foreign LLCs |
| SB1209 | C | independent expenditures; corporations; unions; audit |
| SB1437 | C | microbrewery licenses; producer limitations |
| SCR1010 | C | Senator Chester Crandell; death resolution |
| SCR1020 | C | Mayor John Driggs; death resolution |