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
HB2064Pgraduation requirement; civics test
HB2142Pwater infrastructure finance authority; prepayment
HB2143Cpersonal disguises; crime evasion
HB2146CPSPRS; service weapon; purchase
HB2148P*technical correction; underground storage; closure
HB2149P*technical correction; delinquent property; sale
HB2150P*false claims; agriculture; technical correction
(NOW: animal cruelty; livestock; poultry; violation)
HB2157CNative Americans; delayed birth certificates
HB2173Pescrow agents; legal tender
HB2174Cempowerment scholarship accounts; grandchildren
HB2175Cpublic rights-of-way; claims
HB2190Pschools; common core; replacement
(NOW: common core; replacement)
HB2209Pgovernment-owned real property; annual report
HB2213Pinspections; audits; notice; rights
HB2261Cuniversity admissions; CTE; fine arts
HB2262Cschool district transportation; JTED students
HB2272Claw enforcement officers; firearm purchase
HB2273CDUI; drug metabolites
HB2274Cemergency and military affairs omnibus
HB2314P*Arizona wilderness protection
HB2315P*financial information; comprehensive database; posting
HB2316P*small water systems fund
HB2317P*labeling; Arizona wine
(NOW: Arizona wines; labeling)
HB2318P*transfer of public lands compact
HB2319P*technical correction; conservation easements; applicability
HB2320P*firearms; permit holders; public places
HB2321P*public lands; conveyance and taxation
HB2324Cintergovernmental agreements; public agency indemnification
HB2326Pcompact; balanced budget; convention
HB2358PTPT; exemption; crop dusters
HB2361Passured water supply; alternative certificate
HB2368Csovereign authority; executive orders; DOJ
HB2393Pwater settlement act; replenishment formula
HB2426P*additional classroom time for kindergartners.
HB2427P*precinct lists; early ballot reports
HB2428P*candidate petitions; circulation; filing
HB2429P*livestock; poultry; animal cruelty; violation
HB2430P*technical correction; real estate department
HB2431Puniform firearms transfer compact
HB2490Psexually violent persons; reimbursement; repeal
HB2508P*navigable stream adjudication commission; extension
HB2509Caggravated assault; firearms
HB2517Pinternet crimes against children; fund
HB2520Cappropriation; grants; reading-intensive programs
HB2526Cgovernor's regulatory review council; membership
HB2568Cinsurance premium tax reduction
HB2571CDCS information; legislator discussion
HB2575Cdeclaration of disaster; military installations.
HB2578Creal property; purchaser dwelling actions
HB2580Pcounty supervisors; jurisdiction; specialized expertise
HB2582Cfire districts; assistance tax distribution
HB2583Pmotor fuel taxes; forest products
HB2587Cstate agencies; credit cards
HB2621Cmultimedia film production tax incentives
HB2655Cproperty; diminution; compensation; federal law
HB2657P*state implementation plan; carbon emissions
HB2658P*federal lands; transfer; study committee
HB2659P*study committee; unmanned aerial vehicles
HB2660P*domestic water improvement districts; directors
HB2661P*multi-county water districts; storage tax
HCM2003Curging Congress; increase customs personnel
HCM2004CMohave County radiation compensation act
HCM2005P*federal lands; devolution to Arizona
HCR2003Capplication; Article V convention
HCR2007CFisher Houses; twenty-fifth anniversary
HCR2034Cfinancial literacy month
HCR2037P*state authority; nonnavigable, intrastate waters.
HR2005Pdeath resolution; Officer Tyler Stewart
SB1052Pcharter school sponsors; community colleges
SB1068Padditional classroom time for kindergartners
SB1088Cincome tax brackets; inflation index.
(NOW: empowerment scholarship accounts; eligibility)
SB1131Conline charter schools; interscholastic activities
SB1136Cnursing facility assessment; continuation
SB1183Cimprovement districts; enhanced municipal services
SB1465Cdistributed energy generation systems; disclosure
SB1466Plivestock loss board; compensation fund
SCR1010PSenator Chester Crandell; death resolution
SCR1019Pcommending Israel
SCR1020PMayor John Driggs; death resolution