Session:

House Member

Personal Information:
Home City: Tucson
Occupation: Real Estate
Member Since: 2015

Mark Finchem was born in Detroit Michigan and grew up for the most part in southwestern Michigan, a town known in stage and song as Kalamazoo. Upon graduation from high school there he joined the Kalamazoo Fire Department as a Firefighter/Paramedic. In 1984, after graduating with High Honors with a degree in Criminal Justice, and 2nd in his class from the SW Regional Police Academy, he entered the combined service Public Safety Program. He is a graduate of Grand Canyon University with a BA in State and Local Public Policy - Summa Cum Laude, and is currently working to complete his Masters in Law and Economics at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers School of Law.

Mr. Finchem served 21 years as a Public Safety Officer providing emergency medical, fire suppression and law enforcement services. During much of his career in the Public Safety Department, Mr. Finchem was also a rancher living in the small hamlet of Delton Michigan. Upon retirement he moved to Tucson Arizona.

Once in Tucson, Mr. Finchem was hired by Intuit Inc., the makers of Quick Books small accounting software, where he received a world class business operations education and received his Six Sigma process improvement certification. After 7 years of work, he focused on balance between improving the consumer experience, and the company bottom line then Mr. Finchem left to start his own business.

Elected to represent the 11th Legislative District in the 52nd Arizona Legislature, Mr. Finchem as a Freshman introduced a line of constitutionally sound bills. These included a gold and silver bullion "legal tender", state level protection of public rights-of-way, repeal and replacement of Common Core and a state treasurers payment consolidation bill to streamline consumer interactions, reduce cost while improving efficiency.

Mr. Finchem can be best described as a man dedicated to serving God first, then the rights of man; a Constitutional originalist who's favorite USSC opinion language comes from Norton -v- Shelby County 118 us 425 442, 25 MAR 1886, "An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed."

Sponsored Bills

Bill NumberSponsor TypeShort/NOW Title
HB2068Cappropriation; overpass; State Route 347
HB2110Ccivil penalties; traffic; mitigation; restitution
(NOW: civil penalties; mitigation; restitution)
HB2111C2nd amendment; unenforceable federal laws
HB2180P*online content; publishers; liability; fee
HB2239Cassured water supply; availability; plats.
HB2309Cviolent; disorderly assembly; public order
HB2310Cmunicipalities; counties; law enforcement budgets
(NOW: executive orders; review; attorney general)
HB2569Celections; private funding; prohibition
HB2648Creligious services; essential services
HB2702P*federal government; land acquisition; consent
HB2717P*technical correction; malpractice claim review
(NOW: judgments; legislature; governor; consent decree)
HB2718P*technical correction; delegation agreements; emergency
HB2719P*technical correction; employment of aliens
HB2737Ccorporation commission actions; investigation
HB2787Coccupational regulation; good character; definition
HB2792Cearly ballots; request required
HB2793Cvoter registration; request required
HB2794Celection deadlines; modifications prohibited
HB2802Cambulance services; service areas
HB2804Cpublic meetings; executive sessions
HB2805Cunemployment insurance; benefits; tax base
HB2811Csame day registration; prohibition
HB2827Cbusinesses; firearms; unlawful acts
HB2838Cincome tax; partnerships; S corporations
HB2889Csexual offenses; children; sentencing
(NOW: sentencing; sexual offenses; children)
HB2905Cearly ballots; request required
HB2906Cgovernance; audits; training
HCR2002Csupreme court; maintain nine members
HCR2013P*public health; executive orders; reauthorization
HCR2021Celectoral college; supporting
HCR2023Celections; state authority; infringement; opposition
HCR2030P*teachers; ethics standards; rules
HCR2031P*technical correction; illegal aliens
HCR2032Cgovernment orders; protection; withdrawal; prohibition
HCR2035CWashington, D.C.; statehood; opposition
HJR2001P*private property; sale; veterans administration
SCR1003Cexecutive orders; emergencies; reauthorization; termination