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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 familys 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 Saffords 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). |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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HB2064 | P | graduation requirement; civics test |
HB2142 | P | water infrastructure finance authority; prepayment |
HB2143 | C | personal disguises; crime evasion |
HB2146 | C | PSPRS; service weapon; purchase |
HB2148 | P* | technical correction; underground storage; closure |
HB2149 | P* | technical correction; delinquent property; sale |
HB2150 | P* | false claims; agriculture; technical correction (NOW: animal cruelty; livestock; poultry; violation) |
HB2157 | C | Native Americans; delayed birth certificates |
HB2173 | P | escrow agents; legal tender |
HB2174 | C | empowerment scholarship accounts; grandchildren |
HB2175 | C | public rights-of-way; claims |
HB2190 | P | schools; common core; replacement (NOW: common core; replacement) |
HB2209 | P | government-owned real property; annual report |
HB2213 | P | inspections; audits; notice; rights |
HB2261 | C | university admissions; CTE; fine arts |
HB2262 | C | school district transportation; JTED students |
HB2272 | C | law enforcement officers; firearm purchase |
HB2273 | C | DUI; drug metabolites |
HB2274 | C | emergency and military affairs omnibus |
HB2314 | P* | Arizona wilderness protection |
HB2315 | P* | financial information; comprehensive database; posting |
HB2316 | P* | small water systems fund |
HB2317 | P* | labeling; Arizona wine (NOW: Arizona wines; labeling) |
HB2318 | P* | transfer of public lands compact |
HB2319 | P* | technical correction; conservation easements; applicability |
HB2320 | P* | firearms; permit holders; public places |
HB2321 | P* | public lands; conveyance and taxation |
HB2324 | C | intergovernmental agreements; public agency indemnification |
HB2326 | P | compact; balanced budget; convention |
HB2358 | P | TPT; exemption; crop dusters |
HB2361 | P | assured water supply; alternative certificate |
HB2368 | C | sovereign authority; executive orders; DOJ |
HB2393 | P | water settlement act; replenishment formula |
HB2426 | P* | additional classroom time for kindergartners. |
HB2427 | P* | precinct lists; early ballot reports |
HB2428 | P* | candidate petitions; circulation; filing |
HB2429 | P* | livestock; poultry; animal cruelty; violation |
HB2430 | P* | technical correction; real estate department |
HB2431 | P | uniform firearms transfer compact |
HB2490 | P | sexually violent persons; reimbursement; repeal |
HB2508 | P* | navigable stream adjudication commission; extension |
HB2509 | C | aggravated assault; firearms |
HB2517 | P | internet crimes against children; fund |
HB2520 | C | appropriation; grants; reading-intensive programs |
HB2526 | C | governor's regulatory review council; membership |
HB2568 | C | insurance premium tax reduction |
HB2571 | C | DCS information; legislator discussion |
HB2575 | C | declaration of disaster; military installations. |
HB2578 | C | real property; purchaser dwelling actions |
HB2580 | P | county supervisors; jurisdiction; specialized expertise |
HB2582 | C | fire districts; assistance tax distribution |
HB2583 | P | motor fuel taxes; forest products |
HB2587 | C | state agencies; credit cards |
HB2621 | C | multimedia film production tax incentives |
HB2655 | C | property; diminution; compensation; federal law |
HB2657 | P* | state implementation plan; carbon emissions |
HB2658 | P* | federal lands; transfer; study committee |
HB2659 | P* | study committee; unmanned aerial vehicles |
HB2660 | P* | domestic water improvement districts; directors |
HB2661 | P* | multi-county water districts; storage tax |
HCM2003 | C | urging Congress; increase customs personnel |
HCM2004 | C | Mohave County radiation compensation act |
HCM2005 | P* | federal lands; devolution to Arizona |
HCR2003 | C | application; Article V convention |
HCR2007 | C | Fisher Houses; twenty-fifth anniversary |
HCR2034 | C | financial literacy month |
HCR2037 | P* | state authority; nonnavigable, intrastate waters. |
HR2005 | P | death resolution; Officer Tyler Stewart |
SB1052 | P | charter school sponsors; community colleges |
SB1068 | P | additional classroom time for kindergartners |
SB1088 | C | income tax brackets; inflation index. (NOW: empowerment scholarship accounts; eligibility) |
SB1131 | C | online charter schools; interscholastic activities |
SB1136 | C | nursing facility assessment; continuation |
SB1183 | C | improvement districts; enhanced municipal services |
SB1465 | C | distributed energy generation systems; disclosure |
SB1466 | P | livestock loss board; compensation fund |
SCR1010 | P | Senator Chester Crandell; death resolution |
SCR1019 | P | commending Israel |
SCR1020 | P | Mayor John Driggs; death resolution |