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Home City: Tucson Occupation: Writer/Editor Member Since: 2017 |
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Prior to being elected to the Arizona house in November 2016, Pamela Powers Hannley, MPH had a long career in public health, health promotion, behavioral research, and communications. Most recently, she was the managing editor for the American Journal of Medicine, one of the world’s most influential internal medicine journals. Although she stepped down as managing editor to run for the Arizona House, she continues to work part time at the Journal as social media/technology editor and occasional author. Powers Hannley was formerly the program director of the Arizona Smokers’ Helpline at The University of Arizona and a consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She has received 15 awards in communication or photography during her career. In her spare time, Powers Hannley is a progressive activist and blogger. She regularly writes about politics, economics, feminism, healthcare, drug policy, and immigration for Blog for Arizona, the Tucson Progressive, and the Huffington Post. A life-long member of the Democratic Party, Powers Hannley is Vice Chair of the Public Banking Institute, co-director of Arizonans for a New Economy and former co-chair of the Arizona Democratic Progressive Caucus. She has been a precinct committeeperson and volunteer for many years. In 2012, she covered the Democratic National Convention (DNC) for the Huffington Post. In addition, she has authored or co-authored several prevention-related booklets and many articles in academic journals focusing on communications or medicine. In the Arizona House, Powers Hannley is the ranking Democrat on the Health Committee and serves on the Banking and Insurance Committee. Powers Hannley holds a master’s in public health from The University of Arizona and a BA in journalism from The Ohio State University. She is an Amherst, Ohio native but has lived in Tucson, Arizona for 36 years. She and her husband Jim have four grown children and two grandchildren. |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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HB2001 | C | online home sharing; repeal |
HB2035 | C | appropriation; veterans' services; benefits counselors. |
HB2045 | C | correctional health services; prohibited contracts |
HB2066 | P* | TANF; lifetime limit; sanctions |
HB2067 | P* | sex education; comprehensive; medically accurate |
HB2068 | P* | health care providers; religious beliefs |
HB2277 | C | schools; sex education instruction. |
HB2321 | C | severe threat order of protection |
HB2322 | C | firearm sales; transfers; background checks |
HB2323 | C | patient information; gun safety; appropriation |
HB2325 | C | firearm sales; permit verification; requirements |
HB2326 | C | experienced teacher retention; pilot program |
HB2327 | C | STO scholarships; beneficiary recommendations |
HB2328 | C | STO scholarships; student transfers |
HB2329 | C | STOs; administrative costs; allocation |
HB2330 | C | STO scholarships; means testing |
HB2331 | C | charter schools; lunches; national acts |
HB2332 | C | charter schools; sponsorship; state board |
HB2333 | C | private prison security officers; certification |
HB2334 | C | private prison contractors; public records |
HB2335 | C | employment; conditions; labor organizations; discrimination |
HB2336 | C | overtime pay |
HB2337 | C | repeal; right to work |
HB2338 | C | appropriation; schools; trees |
HB2339 | C | balloon releases; prohibition; enforcement |
HB2340 | C | autonomous vehicles; ADOT director's duties |
HB2372 | C | schools; dyslexia; screening; training |
HB2402 | C | criminal conviction; set aside; applicability |
HB2423 | C | AHCCCS; dental care; pregnant women |
HB2424 | C | AHCCCS; pregnant women; eligibility |
HB2426 | C | medical services; purchase; study committee |
HB2427 | C | medical services; purchase; premiums |
HB2502 | C | independent expenditures; corporations; funding disclosure |
HB2503 | C | campaign finance; corporate recipients; registration |
HB2504 | C | appropriations; affordable housing |
HB2505 | C | student loans servicers; licensure |
HB2506 | C | credit security freezes; timing |
HB2507 | C | insurance premium tax reductions; freeze |
HB2509 | C | state employees; political activities |
HB2510 | C | contraception; cost sharing prohibition |
HB2511 | C | appropriation; financial aid trust fund |
HB2520 | C | child care assistance; rates |
HB2525 | C | appropriation; child care assistance |
HB2553 | C | energy efficient appliance standards |
HB2554 | C | drinking water standards; pollutants |
HB2555 | C | financial aid trust fund; appropriation |
HB2558 | C | voting rights; felonies; automatic restoration. |
HB2559 | C | Arizona criminal justice commission; membership. |
HB2561 | C | appropriation; drug diversion programs; Pima |
HB2562 | C | state employment; applicants; wage history |
HB2563 | C | auxiliary containers; regulation; prohibition; repeal. |
HB2566 | C | vehicle emissions; California standards |
HB2567 | C | appropriation; lead screening; charter schools |
HB2569 | C | DCS; investigation; schools; children; disabilities |
HB2570 | C | archaeology advisory commission; continuation |
HB2578 | C | appropriations; state employee salary increases |
HB2579 | C | informed consent; pelvic examinations.. |
HB2582 | P* | end-of-life decisions; terminally ill patients |
HB2583 | P* | housing trust fund; unclaimed property |
HB2584 | P* | state law; local violation; repeal |
HB2585 | P* | appropriations; medical workforce development |
HB2586 | P* | appropriation; healthy families program |
HB2587 | P* | appropriation; community health grants |
HB2588 | P* | child care assistance; tiered reimbursement |
HB2596 | C | children's health insurance program; eligibility |
HB2600 | C | adoption; original birth certificate; release |
HB2682 | C | schools; instruction; Holocaust; genocides |
HB2683 | C | anti-semitism; crime reporting; aggravating factor |
HB2688 | C | call center relocation |
HB2689 | C | misclassification; tax fraud; task force |
HB2690 | C | state agencies; veterans status; inquiry |
HB2693 | C | abortion; waiting period; authorized providers |
HB2694 | C | repeal; imprisonment; abortion; solicitation. |
HB2728 | C | biometric identifiers; commercial purpose; consent |
HB2729 | C | personal data; processing; security standards |
HB2755 | C | schools; drug violations; reporting options |
HB2757 | C | income tax; credits; subtractions |
HB2766 | C | greenhouse gas programs; repeal prohibition |
HB2781 | C | appropriations; dyslexia screening and education |
HB2782 | C | CTEDs; 9th grade; workforce needs |
HB2783 | C | educator health insurance; study committee |
HB2788 | C | insurance; preexisting conditions; essential benefits |
HB2801 | C | automatic voter registration; same day |
HB2832 | C | social workers; fee reductions; scholarships |
HB2838 | P* | medical marijuana; physicians; definition |
HB2839 | P* | TANF; cash assistance amount |
HB2840 | P* | medical marijuana; registry identification cards |
HB2854 | C | licensure; transvaginal ultrasounds |
HB2857 | C | paid family leave |
HB2859 | C | monitoring program; fish contaminants |
HB2860 | C | African American history; curriculum; appropriation |
HB2861 | C | anatomical gifts; presumption; opt-out |
HB2862 | C | study committee; missing African-American females |
HB2863 | C | prisoners; nonoperating identification license |
HB2864 | C | retirement systems; investments; private prisons |
HB2865 | C | discrimination; prohibited; protective hairstyles |
HB2866 | C | appropriation; Arizona arts trust fund |
HB2867 | C | birth certificates; amendment; gender identity |
HB2868 | C | local planning; residential housing; repeal |
HB2869 | C | charter schools; holders; governing bodies |
HB2870 | C | commerce authority; qualified investors; report |
HB2871 | C | recreational; adult use; marijuana |
HB2875 | C | regulation; short-term rentals |
HB2878 | C | public resources; prohibited; deportation proceedings |
HB2883 | C | schools; feminine hygiene products; appropriation |
HB2884 | C | appropriations; universities; resident tuition |
HB2886 | P* | landlord; tenant; fee disclosure |
HB2887 | C | mental health; parity; advisory committee |
HB2889 | C | auditor general; charter schools |
HB2891 | C | Arizona online instruction; cost study |
HCM2002 | C | Nogales wastewater fairness; urging Congress |
HCM2005 | C | postal service; urging independence; prefunding |
HCR2002 | P* | ratification; equal rights amendment.. |
HCR2007 | P* | tax expenditures; rates; supermajority vote |
HCR2017 | C | mine inspector; appointment |
HCR2018 | C | firearm sales; transfers; background checks |
HCR2019 | C | right to work; repeal |
HCR2024 | C | equal rights; equal protection |
HCR2029 | C | campaign finance; source disclosure |
HM2002 | C | military sexual trauma; servicemembers |
SB1139 | C | tax credits; performance measures; reporting |
SB1160 | C | firefighters; cancers; presumption; workers' compensation (NOW: firefighters; cancers; irrebuttable presumption; applicability) |
SB1217 | C | repeal; imprisonment; abortion; solicitation |
SB1218 | C | abortion; authorized providers; waiting period |
SB1310 | C | appropriation; adult protective services |
SB1312 | C | schools; corporal punishment; prohibition |
SB1313 | C | textbooks; representation; disabilities; sexual orientation |
SB1314 | C | hearing evaluations; preschools |
SB1315 | C | kinship foster care stipend |
SB1317 | C | elderly assistance fund; appropriation |