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Home City: Tucson Occupation: Member Since: 2019 |
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Alma Hernandez was born and raised on the south side of Tucson. She is the youngest legislator in Arizona at 25 and serves on the Health and Human Services and Federal Relations committees. She is a proud product of Sunnyside School District’s Public Schools, Alma earned a Bachelor of Science and Master’s in Public Health at the University of Arizona. She has further Public Health training from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. As a 14-year-old she was brutally attacked and subsequently exposed to the criminal justice system rigged against people of color especially those without means. This experience showed her firsthand what happens in our school to prison pipeline. Because of her experiences, she is an outspoken activist who has worked on a variety of issues from education, women’s rights, criminal justice reform, and health care. As a part of her humanitarian work as a Public Health professional Alma has traveled to developing countries including Ghana and Panama where she helped provide medical and public health services through free clinics. At home in Tucson, Alma has worked with Powersource Tucson as the program coordinator of Bridging the Gap, a program that is helping women living with HIV/AIDS. Most recently she led Arizonans United for Healthcare working to defeat the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. In this role, Alma organized protests in Tucson and Washington DC representing the underserved, uninsured and underrepresented of our home town. Alma is also proud alumni and sister of Alpha Chi Omega Panhellenic Sorority, Rho Lambda National Sorority Leadership Society for Women and Sigma Alpha Pi National Society for Leadership and Success. |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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HB2055 | C | civil traffic violations; community restitution (NOW: penalties; civil traffic violation) |
HB2094 | C | teachers academy; counselors; social workers |
HB2120 | C | schools; graduation ceremonies; cultural regalia |
HB2185 | C | appropriations; school safety program |
HB2187 | C | appropriation; school facilities; building renewal |
HB2188 | C | appropriation; school support personnel; salaries |
HB2190 | C | state employees; paid family leave |
HB2191 | C | crime reporting; gender; age; homelessness |
HB2194 | C | appropriation; Kayenta judicial complex |
HB2195 | C | appropriations; Native American veterans; renovations |
HB2197 | C | appropriation; Cove chapter; economic development |
HB2198 | C | appropriation; Ganado School Loop Road |
HB2200 | C | appropriation; state aviation fund |
HB2201 | C | appropriation; state parks heritage fund |
HB2202 | C | appropriation; Navajo nation; bridge replacement |
HB2203 | C | appropriation; tribal reunification ceremonies |
HB2204 | C | appropriation; Vernon fire district |
HB2205 | C | Indian tribes; TPT |
HB2206 | C | schools; dress codes; graduation ceremonies |
HB2207 | C | appropriation; route H60 |
HB2208 | C | Arizona teachers academy; recruitment; appropriation |
HB2209 | C | schools; instruction; Native American experience |
HB2210 | C | holiday; indigenous peoples' day |
HB2211 | C | Indian education; grant program; appropriation |
HB2275 | P* | school safety; school resource officers |
HB2277 | C | schools; sex education instruction. |
HB2324 | C | prohibited weapon; bump-fire device; accessory. |
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 |
HB2340 | C | autonomous vehicles; ADOT director's duties |
HB2348 | C | municipal TPT; residential rentals; limit |
HB2372 | C | schools; dyslexia; screening; training |
HB2374 | C | TPT; diapers; feminine hygiene; exemption |
HB2391 | C | sexual violence; interpreters; service providers |
HB2392 | C | AZPOST; membership |
HB2393 | C | appropriation; Chinle veterans nursing home |
HB2395 | C | appropriations; capital projects; Navajo Nation |
HB2396 | C | appropriation; Cornfields low-water crossing |
HB2504 | C | appropriations; affordable housing |
HB2505 | C | student loans servicers; licensure |
HB2511 | C | appropriation; financial aid trust fund |
HB2539 | C | statewide ADA coordinator; appropriation |
HB2541 | C | health care institutions; education; abuse |
HB2542 | C | mandatory reporting; vulnerable adults; penalties |
HB2544 | C | firearm; ammunition storage; civil penalty |
HB2568 | P* | health insurance; dependent coverage |
HB2569 | C | DCS; investigation; schools; children; disabilities |
HB2570 | C | archaeology advisory commission; continuation |
HB2577 | C | appropriations; tribal senior citizens programs |
HB2599 | C | psychologists; licensure requirements |
HB2600 | C | adoption; original birth certificate; release |
HB2603 | C | Arizona-Israel commission; establishment |
HB2682 | P* | schools; instruction; Holocaust; genocides |
HB2683 | P* | anti-semitism; crime reporting; aggravating factor |
HB2690 | C | state agencies; veterans status; inquiry |
HB2691 | C | prisoners; isolated confinement; prohibited |
HB2692 | C | appropriation; coordinated homeless youth services |
HB2693 | C | abortion; waiting period; authorized providers |
HB2694 | C | repeal; imprisonment; abortion; solicitation. |
HB2695 | C | TANF; financial literacy education |
HB2707 | C | conversion therapy; prohibition; sexual orientation |
HB2708 | C | wrongful arrest; record clearance |
HB2733 | C | appropriations; community colleges |
HB2734 | C | power plants; contractors; workforce requirements |
HB2736 | C | prohibited agreements; public works contracts |
HB2741 | C | CTEDs; fourth-year funding |
HB2745 | P* | developmental disabilities; spina bifida. |
HB2751 | C | detained juveniles; advisements; notifications |
HB2762 | C | project rocket pilot program; appropriations |
HB2764 | C | mental health omnibus. |
HB2766 | C | greenhouse gas programs; repeal prohibition |
HB2777 | C | appropriations; capital projects; Greasewood Springs |
HB2780 | C | appropriations; hunger services; food banks |
HB2781 | C | appropriations; dyslexia screening and education |
HB2782 | C | CTEDs; 9th grade; workforce needs |
HB2799 | P* | appropriation; area agencies on aging. |
HB2800 | P* | CORP; defined benefit election |
HB2801 | C | automatic voter registration; same day |
HB2806 | C | appropriations; preschool development grants |
HB2808 | C | prisoners; release credits |
HB2847 | C | school counselors; social workers; grants |
HB2854 | C | licensure; transvaginal ultrasounds |
HB2857 | C | paid family leave |
HB2867 | C | birth certificates; amendment; gender identity |
HB2868 | C | local planning; residential housing; repeal |
HB2869 | C | charter schools; holders; governing bodies |
HB2875 | C | regulation; short-term rentals |
HB2878 | C | public resources; prohibited; deportation proceedings |
HCM2002 | C | Nogales wastewater fairness; urging Congress |
HCM2007 | C | Navajo generating station; PROMISE Act. |
HCM2008 | C | ports of entry; seven-day entry |
HCR2018 | C | firearm sales; transfers; background checks |
HCR2019 | C | right to work; repeal |
HCR2029 | C | campaign finance; source disclosure |
HM2002 | C | military sexual trauma; servicemembers |
SB1140 | C | TPT; exemptions; Indian tribes |
SB1143 | C | anti-semitism; crime reporting; aggravating factor. |
SB1152 | C | medical student loan program |
SB1160 | C | firefighters; cancers; presumption; workers' compensation (NOW: firefighters; cancers; irrebuttable presumption; applicability) |
SB1161 | C | cancers; presumption; workers' compensation |
SB1178 | C | Ganado center building; appropriation |
SB1179 | C | Cameron cultural museum; appropriation |
SB1180 | C | appropriation; Hopi Route 60 construction |
SB1181 | C | Fort Defiance veterans cemetery; appropriation |
SB1182 | C | Lukachukai veterans' multipurpose complex; appropriation |
SB1183 | C | Teesto multipurpose community center; appropriation |
SB1184 | C | appropriation; Fredonia flood project |
SB1185 | C | tribal nations; veterans' services; appropriation |
SB1186 | C | Indian nations; tribes; legislative day |
SB1187 | C | Native American veterans; tax settlement |
SB1200 | C | schools; sexual abuse prevention education |
SB1217 | C | repeal; imprisonment; abortion; solicitation |
SB1218 | C | abortion; authorized providers; waiting period |
SB1281 | C | appropriation; WQARF |
SB1282 | C | environmental quality; task force |
SB1438 | C | fantasy sports competitions; definition |
SB1460 | C | electric cooperatives; broadband service |
SB1461 | C | legislators; opt out; per diem |
SCR1030 | C | wear red day 2020 |