Session:

House Member

Personal Information:
Home City: Tucson
Occupation: Trauma Surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine
Member Since: 2015

Dr. Randall Friese was first elected to the House of Representatives by District 9 in 2014. He is currently the Assistant Democratic Leader, and also serves on the Appropriations Committee.

Dr. Friese was born in Baltimore and earned both his undergraduate degree, in biochemistry, and his medical degree from the University of Maryland. He completed his medical residency as well as a trauma research fellowship at the University of Colorado Department of Surgery. Dr. Friese served on active duty in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps from 1997-2001. He then completed a critical care fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Since 2008, he has been a trauma surgeon and professor of surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He was one of the trauma surgeons who cared for the victims of the January 8, 2011 shooting in Tucson that wounded Congresswoman Giffords.

Dr. Friese is married to Susan Friese, a former nurse, whose involvement in the Tucson community includes membership on several boards, including Planned Parenthood AZ and the January 8th Memorial Development Committee. Susan also works as a Literacy Program Assistant at Literacy Connects. Dr. Friese and Susan share their home with their rescued cats-- Agador and Blanca--as well as Cooper, their 9-year-old golden retriever.

Sponsored Bills

Bill NumberSponsor TypeShort/NOW Title
HB2099Cvoting rights; restoration; felonies.
HB2100Cappropriation; 2020 census; outreach
HB2101Cminors; consent; housing; shelter services
HB2102Crailroad crew requirements
HB2103Cappropriation; DOR; auditors and collectors
HB2104CTANF; sanctions
HB2105Cprocurement; veterans; Arizona bidders; preference
HB2106Cschools; prohibited courses; repeal..
HB2154Cprivate prison security officers; certification
HB2155Cprivate prison contractors; public records
HB2156Cemployment; training; termination; conditions; discrimination
HB2157Covertime pay
HB2160Cunlawful securing; firearm; minors.
HB2161Corder of protection; firearm possession.
HB2162Cschools; immunizations; personal exemption; elimination
HB2203Cappropriation; school facilities; building renewal
HB2206Csexual assault victims; study committee
HB2215Cautomatic voter registration; licenses; IDs
HB2216Cvoter registration same day
HB2246P*motorcycle riders; helmets; fees
HB2247P*prohibited weapon; bump-fire device; accessory.
HB2248P*firearm sales; transfers; background checks.
HB2249P*mental health; injunction; firearm possession
HB2250P*STO scholarship; means testing
HB2251P*STO aggregate credits; cap freeze
HB2252P*STO scholarship; student transfers
HB2253P*STO scholarships; beneficiary recommendations
HB2254P*STO cap; general fund percentage
HB2255P*STO credit cap; growth trigger
HB2256P*STO; administrative costs; allocation
HB2289Cgender; driver licenses; nonoperating identification
HB2290Cdeath certificates; gender
HB2291Cappropriation; Santa Cruz community college
HB2293Cappropriation; Arizona teacher academy
HB2296P*corporate income tax; rate increase
HB2297P*corporate minimum income tax
HB2332Cabortion; religious employers; contraception; repeal
HB2333Ccampaign finance; corporate recipients; registration
HB2334Cindependent expenditures; corporations; funding disclosure
HB2336Cstate employees; political activities
HB2337Cfamily planning; grant distribution; repeal
HB2339Cappropriation; affordable housing
HB2340Ccampaign finance; repeal; reenactment
HB2343Ccontraception; cost sharing prohibition
HB2344Ccriminal responsibility; gender identity; expression
HB2345Ccredit security freezes; timing
HB2347Cmedical services; purchase; premiums
HB2351Cmedical services; purchase; study committee
HB2381Ccrime reporting; gender identity; expression
HB2408Cend-of-life decisions; terminally ill patients
HB2415Chealth care providers; religious beliefs
HB2426Cstate employees; paid family leave
HB2427Cpostsecondary education; residents; financial aid
HB2435Cmedical marijuana; patient cards; fee
HB2436Cchild care assistance; appropriation
HB2525P*experienced teacher retention pilot program
HB2532Ccritical health information; emergency responders
HB2536Cfuel; electric cars; hybrids; taxes
HB2537P*medical marijuana act; modifications
HB2554Ccannabis; definition
HB2558Cstatewide ADA coordinator; appropriation
HB2562Cschool counselors; grants.
HB2567Cprobation; monthly fee determination
HB2570Cstudy committee; murdered indigenous women.
HB2571Cdetained juveniles; advisements; notifications
HB2575Cfirearms dealers; firearm transfers; requirements
HB2577Cstate law; local violation; repeal.
HB2578Cschools; sex education
HB2579Cpsychologists; licensure; requirements
HB2583Cinternal revenue code; conformity
HB2610Cappropriation; US route 191
HB2611Cappropriation; Navajo nation; bridge replacement
HB2612Cappropriations; tribal senior citizens programs
HB2621Cinsurance; study; reinsurance programs; appropriation
HB2624CDCS; investigation; schools; children; disabilities
HB2625Cappropriation; military; discharge; tribal ceremonies
HB2626Cappropriation; laboratory; Navajo technical university
HB2627CDWR; tribal consultation
HB2628Cstate agencies; tribal consultation
HB2629Celection law revisions
HB2630Cfreshwater ecosystems; ecological water; survey.
HB2641P*charter schools; sponsorship; state board
HB2642P*charter schools; lunches; national acts
HB2644Ckinship foster care; provisional license
HB2645Cappropriations; early childhood; block grants
HB2646Cdepartment of agriculture; application review
(NOW: commerce authority; application review)
HB2649Cschool funding; inflation adjustments
HB2652Cteacher evaluations; academic progress measures
HB2672Cvacation rentals; short-term rentals; regulation
HB2689P*schools; qualifying tax rate levy
HB2690P*charter schools; closure; property transfer
HB2691P*appropriation; rollover; additional assistance
HB2694Cfuneral escorts; funeral board licensure
HB2696Cfetal resuscitation; repeal
HB2709CCTEDs; nonprofits; private postsecondary institutions
HB2714Cappropriations; universities; resident tuition.
HB2726Ccorporate income tax credit; moratorium
HB2727Ccommerce authority; qualified investors; report
HB2740Cdomestic violence offenses; firearm transfers.
HB2760Clegislators; mileage rate; distance.
HCM2001Cdeported veterans; medical treatment
HCR2007Cpublic programs; citizens; repeal
HCR2012P*firearm sales; transfers; background checks
HCR2013P*mine inspector; appointment
HCR2015Cconduct of elections; voters' rights
HCR2021Cright to vote
HCR2028CERA deadline; elimination; urging Congress
HCR2030Cratification of equal rights amendment. . .
HCR2035COfficer Clayton Townsend; death resolution
HCR2036Ctax expenditures; rates; supermajority vote
HCR2037Ccampaign finance; disclosure; source
HCR2038Cincome tax; education
HR2001CGrand Canyon park; 100th anniversary.
SB1088CAHCCCS; pregnant women; dental care
SB1165Cprohibition; texting while driving
(NOW: texting while driving; prohibition)
SB1219Cdomestic violence offenses; firearm transfers
SB1250Csexual assault protective order
(NOW: protective orders; sexual assault)
SB1262Cmisconduct involving weapons; firearm storage
SB1263Cimmigrant; alien; terminology
SB1284Cmarijuana; civil penalty
SB1324Crepeal; right to work
SB1326Cfamily leave.
SB1327Cemployment; employee work scheduling.
SB1358Cprisoners; visitation; healthcare; ombudsman
SB1360Cadult incarceration contractors; public records
SB1362Credistricting data; inmates; residential address
SB1446Coffice of new Americans
SB1493Coversight committee; residential care; children
SCR1009Cratification of equal rights amendment..
SCR1010CChicanx history week
SCR1012Cright to work; repeal
SCR1027CStan Furman; death resolution