Session:

House Member

Personal Information:
Home City: Globe
Occupation: Rancher
Member Since: 2017

David was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma into a farming and ranching family and grew up being active in 4-H and FFA. In 1985, he moved to Arizona and graduated from Miami High School.

His first career was in the electrical apparatus field; helping farmers with irrigation pumps and controls. After several years, David moved back to Globe and worked for the Department of Corrections (DOC), retiring as a Sergeant with numerous achievements within the department. In his role as a legislator, David uses his 12 years of experience in DOC to understand the needs of the corrections industry and inter-departmental administration.

In the year 2000, David and his wife, Diana, pursued a life-long dream of ranching and started the DC Cattle Company. They believed a rural life would be beneficial to their two children, David Jr. and Maria, a student at Arizona State University. The entire family works on their Globe ranch together and when time permits, their grown kids get to come home.

David has attended several community colleges: Eastern Arizona, Rio Salado, and Central Arizona College. He is a proud graduate of the Arizona State Universities' Certified Public Manager Program, and a strong advocate for the availability of dual enrollment programs to all rural students.

David has served on the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association (ACGA) Executive Committee and Board of Directors, as Federal Lands Chairman for the ACGA, as the Federal Lands Chairman for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, is a past Young Cattlemen's Conference Chairman, board member of the Globe Miami Chamber of Commerce, on the Southern Gila County Economic Development Corporation, is a past President of the Gila County Cattle Growers' Association, past President of Gila County Sheriff's Posse, and is a past President of the Cobre Valley Republican Club.

David is a lifetime member of the N.R.A., member of the Arizona Farm Bureau, Oklahoma Farm Bureau, Arizona Cattle Growers Association, Public Lands Council, Knights of Columbus and a member of the Holy Angels Parish in Globe.

Awards that David has received for his hard work:
  • 2019 Family Champion Award, Center for Arizona Policy
  • 2019 Arizona Veterinary Medical Association, President's Award
  • 2018 2018 Citizen Legislator of the Year
  • Conservative Achievement Award for Defending Arizonan's Constitutional Rights
  • 2018 Gila Community College Award for recognition of Devotion to Education
  • 2018, 2017 "Champion of Term Limits Award" U.S. Term Limits
  • 2017 Arizona Police Association "Freshman Legislator of the Year"
  • 2017 "Friend of the Family" from the Arizona Family Project
  • 2015 University of Arizona "Extensionist" of the Year
  • 2014 University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Centennial Award for outstanding service and dedication
  • 2013 Arizona State Mine Inspector Safety Award
  • 2012 Arizona State Mine Inspector Safety Award
  • 2010 Globe Miami Chamber of Commerce Rancher of the Year
  • 2009 National Cattlemen's Foundation Max Deets Scholarship Winner
  • 2005 Environmental Stewardship Award Region 6 Winner presented by Dow Agro Science, Natural Resources Conservation Service and National Cattlemen's Beef Association
  • 2005 Beef Vision Award presented by National Cattlemen's Foundation
  • 2004 Range Manager of the year presented by Arizona Section Society of Range Management
  • 2003 Partnership Award presented by the Tonto National Forest.

Sponsored Bills

Bill NumberSponsor TypeShort/NOW Title
HB2035P*appropriations; PSPRS; CORP; unfunded liability
HB2036P*rollover; Apache Junction; Show Low
HB2037P*expenditures; authority; water; wastewater
(NOW: counties; powers; water supply projects)
HB2071P*early ballots; postmark date; receipt
HB2101Celectric energy; reliability; public policy
HB2139Cmissing and murdered indigenous peoples
HB2140Cindigenous representative; statutory commissions; boards
HB2141Cmembership; Arizona criminal justice commission
HB2142Cmissing and unidentified persons; reports
HB2150P*appropriations; building systems; capital improvement
HB2176Cliquor purchases; consular identification cards
HB2181P*technical correction; game; fish; facilities
(NOW: game and fish; taking wolves)
HB2182P*livestock assistance program; infrastructure projects
HB2183P*fire insurance; flooding; wildfires
(NOW: wildfires; flooding; fire insurance)
HB2184P*appropriation; State Route 24; connector
HB2256P*assured water supply; service area
HB2257P*jurisdiction; navigable waters; no connection
HB2258P*assured water; supply; nonlocal water
HB2300Ceducation programs; county jails
HB2301Cmandatory minimum sentences; judicial discretion
HB2315Cschools; materials; posting required
HB2316Cmisconduct involving weapons; public places
HB2331P*area of impact; stored water
HB2332P*unemployment insurance; benefit amount
HB2333P*appropriation; K-12 rollover
HB2334P*state lands; lease provisions
HB2396Cappropriations; greater Arizona transportation projects
HB2400CTPT; exemption; agricultural equipment
HB2449Ccare facilities; clergy visitation
HB2469Cearly ballots; polling place; tabulation
HB2472Cbusinesses; firearms; unlawful acts
HB2473Cfirearms; contracts; prohibited practices
HB2474Crefusing treatment; right; requirements
HB2478Cillegally paid public monies; recovery
HB2480Cvehicle serial numbers; removal; restoration
HB2540Cdrug offenses; probation; undesignated felony
HB2541Cdeputy sheriff; detention officer; salary
HB2542Cappropriations; school safety; interoperability
HB2543Cappropriation; training simulators
(NOW: credit; luxury privilege tax; licenses)
HB2545Cmarijuana; social equity ownership licenses
HB2579P*residential zoning; park model trailers
HB2580P*wildfire management; delegation of authority
HB2581P*state candidates; nomination; fee
HB2589P*DOC officers; personnel system; covered
HB2596Celections; revisions; mail-in; identification; tabulation
HB2597Cschools; pledge; quiet reflection
HB2608Cgender transition; prohibition
HB2609Cambulance services; service areas
(NOW: ambulance services; certificates of necessity)
HB2610CG&F; permits; tags; transfers
(NOW: project unit size; affordable housing)
HB2611Cvaccinations; masks; requirements; enforcement prohibition
HB2613CADOT dynamic message signs
HB2614Cschools; communications; public receipt option
HB2615Cyouth music and art special plates
HB2616Cmask mandates; minors; parental consent
HB2617Cvoter registration; cancellations; causes
HB2629Cproperty tax liens; expiration dates
HB2640Ccandidate nomination signature requirements
HB2651Cappropriation; Cesar Chavez Boulevard.
HB2671Cappropriation; WQARF; treated recycled wastewater
HB2691Chealth care workforce; grant programs
HB2696Cmandatory sentences; children; trafficking; smuggling
HB2697Cmisdemeanor expungement; requirements; procedure
HB2707Cpublic schools; moment of silence
HB2777Celections; auditor general; attorney general
HB2778Celectronic registration information center; prohibition
HB2780Cvoter lists; images; voting records
(NOW: voting; images; records; contests; audits)
HB2853CArizona empowerment scholarship accounts; appropriation
HB2854CK-12; school finance; weights
HCM2003CIndian boarding schools; urging investigation.
HCM2006P*FEMA; wildfires; flooding; cost threshold
HCM2009P*department of agriculture; additional offices
HCR2005P*article V convention; term limits.
HCR2015Cinitiatives; supermajority vote; requirement
HCR2018Cjudges; merit selection; population
HCR2028Cminimum law enforcement expenditure amount
HCR2030Cdeath resolution; Grant Woods
HCR2040COlivia Cajero Bedford; death resolution
HCR2042Cdeath resolution; Jimmie Muñoz, Sr.
HR2016P*Fay G. Lisk; death resolution
SB1086Cappropriation; unfunded liability; PSPRS; CORP
SB1087Cappropriations; unfunded liability; corrections; safety
SB1198Clocal governments; lobbying; prohibition
SB1199CAlzheimer's; dementia; advisory council.
SB1204Cmortgage brokers; bankers; qualifications
SB1210Cmentally ill; transportation; evaluation; treatment
SB1212Cveterans' services department; commission; continuation
SB1230Cdevelopmental disabilities; provider increases
SB1358Chand counts; precincts; procedures manual
SB1630Cschool buses; student transportation; vehicles
SB1708Cmotion picture production; tax credits
SCR1021CUnited States; Taiwan partnership.
SCR1048Carticle V convention; term limits