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Home City: Tempe Occupation: Manage Community Voice Mail (non-profit) Member Since: 2013 |
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Juan Mendez is a first generation Chicano and a native Arizonan. Having lived across Maricopa County he attended the public school Tolleson Union High School, received his associate degree from Phoenix College, a local community college, then graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Justice Studies from Arizona State University’s Main Tempe Campus. Juan's passion for politics and social justice is reflected in his commitment to building strong communities. Juan first started serving on the City of Phoenix Human Services Advisory Committee working with fellow community leaders to recommend improvements to local senior and family service centers and programs for the homeless. He then went on to manage the nonprofit Community Voice Mail, where he connected thousands of people living in poverty, transition and homelessness to jobs, housing, information and hope. Juan then served on the Tempe Community Council, as a planner, advocate and resource to improve the funding and policies affecting human services in Tempe and the surrounding communities. Outside of the legislature Juan served as a substitute teacher for Tempe and Mesa public High Schools. Elected to the State House of Representatives in 2012 and now as a State Senator, Juan represents district 26 which includes north Tempe, northwest Mesa, the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community and parts of south Phoenix. He sits on the Transportation and Government Committees and is also elected chair for the Arizona Legislative Latino Caucus. Juan is not only a lifelong member of the Arizona Democratic Party but has worked for years to contribute to our state and local Democratic Party. He has held various offices and positions as an elected Precinct and State Committee Member, Chair of the Resolutions Committee on the state level, President of the ASU Young Democrats, Treasurer and Secretary at the district level, and as a Field Organizer helping to turn out Democratic voters and elect progressive Democrats. |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short Title |
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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 |
HB2508 | C | recalls; city elections; signatures required |
HB2509 | C | state employees; political activities |
HB2510 | C | contraception; cost sharing prohibition |
HB2511 | C | appropriation; financial aid trust fund |
HB2576 | C | appropriation; St. Michael's chapter house |
HB2577 | C | appropriations; tribal senior citizens programs |
HB2694 | C | repeal; imprisonment; abortion; solicitation. |
HB2875 | C | regulation; short-term rentals |
HCR2029 | C | campaign finance; source disclosure |
SB1026 | C | indigenous peoples; civil rights holidays |
SB1071 | C | immigration; law enforcement; repeal |
SB1160 | C | firefighters; cancers; presumption; workers' compensation (NOW: firefighters; cancers; irrebuttable presumption; applicability) |
SB1200 | C | schools; sexual abuse prevention education |
SB1201 | C | building permits; electrical outlet capacity |
SB1202 | C | electric vehicle outlet; program |
SB1203 | C | electric charging stations pilot; appropriation |
SB1214 | C | administrative costs; limit; STOs. |
SB1215 | C | teachers academy; counselors; social workers. |
SB1216 | C | school counselors; grants |
SB1217 | C | repeal; imprisonment; abortion; solicitation |
SB1218 | C | abortion; authorized providers; waiting period |
SB1235 | C | clergy; priests; duty to report |
SB1248 | P | justification; deadly physical force; exceptions |
SB1249 | P | death penalty; repeal |
SB1250 | P | death penalty; serious mental illness |
SB1251 | P | water infrastructure finance authority; appropriation |
SB1252 | P | repeal; God we trust plates |
SB1253 | P | schools; state motto |
SB1254 | P | call center relocation; notice; penalty |
SB1255 | P | independent activities; neglect; prohibition |
SB1256 | P | toll roads; conversion; prohibition |
SB1257 | P | presidential candidates; electors; tax returns |
SB1258 | P | energy measuring; containers; prohibition; repeal |
SB1259 | P | horizontal hydraulic fracturing; prohibition |
SB1260 | P | products; furniture; paint; prohibited chemicals |
SB1261 | P | prohibition; pesticides |
SB1262 | P | predator control devices; prohibited chemicals |
SB1263 | P | G&F; appointment recommendation board; repeal |
SB1264 | P | schools; compulsory attendance age; increase |
SB1265 | P | employees; school conferences; leave |
SB1266 | P | postsecondary institutions; sexual consent policies |
SB1267 | P | schools; immunization rate; website posting |
SB1268 | P | health care insurance; hearing aids |
SB1269 | P | school meals; water |
SB1270 | P | abortion; parental consent; counseling exception |
SB1272 | P | abortion; parent consent; exception |
SB1273 | P | immigrant; alien; terminology |
SB1283 | C | appropriation; emergency shelter beds; seniors |
SB1284 | C | students; community college grants |
SB1285 | C | insurance coverage; prosthetics; orthotics |
SB1286 | C | prohibited weapon; bump-fire device; accessory |
SB1287 | C | medicare supplement insurance; guaranteed availability |
SB1288 | C | auxiliary containers; regulation; prohibition; repeal |
SB1289 | C | pesticides; restricted sale and use |
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 |
SB1336 | P | large electronics; recycling |
SB1337 | P | homeowners' associations; solar, water devices |
SB1338 | P | public facilities; environmental policies |
SB1339 | P | polystyrene foam food packaging; prohibition |
SB1340 | P | fish contaminant monitoring program |
SB1341 | P | office of new Americans |
SB1342 | P | elections; polling places; standards |
SB1343 | P | affordable housing tax assessment |
SB1344 | P | employment practices; consumer reports; limitation |
SB1345 | P | repeal; right to work. |
SB1346 | P | employment; employee work scheduling. |
SB1355 | C | parental rights; termination; sexual assault |
SB1358 | P | inmate telephone system service contracts |
SB1359 | P | adult incarceration contractors; public records |
SB1360 | P | criminal justice commission; legislative recommendations |
SB1361 | P | weapons; misconduct; firearm storage |
SB1362 | P | erroneous conviction; damages; tuition assistance |
SB1363 | P | racial impact; analysis; legislative council |
SB1364 | P | corporate income tax; minimum |
SB1365 | P | duty to report; clergy exception |
SB1366 | P | civics education; professional development; appropriation |
SB1367 | P | ADE; digital and media instruction |
SB1368 | P | science academic standards; climate change |
SB1374 | P | prisoners; visitation; healthcare; ombudsman |
SB1377 | P | criminal justice records; reporting; publishing |
SB1378 | P | electricity; gas; disconnection prohibited |
SB1379 | P | lead testing; schools; child care |
SB1380 | P | parental rights; termination; prison sentence |
SB1381 | P | state law; local violation; repeal. |
SB1382 | P | health care providers; pregnancy; ultrasounds |
SB1383 | P | military and surveillance equipment; approval |
SB1384 | P | end-of-life decisions; terminally ill patients. |
SB1385 | P | water adequacy requirements; statewide applicability. |
SB1386 | P | death sentences; aggravating; mitigating circumstances |
SB1387 | P | prescription drugs; upper-payment limit |
SB1388 | P | telecommuting; alternative schedules; state employees |
SB1389 | C | historic name board; membership |
SB1404 | P | single use plastics; request; charge |
SB1405 | P | water; well metering; nonexempt wells. |
SB1411 | C | information technology; authorization; state treasurer |
SB1450 | C | adult incarceration contracts; cost comparison |
SB1452 | C | restoration; voting rights; website notification |
SB1453 | C | appropriation; Maricopa community college district |
SB1454 | C | schools; incentive program; dual enrollment |
SB1455 | C | teachers academy; dual enrollment courses |
SB1456 | C | community colleges; dual enrollment; funding |
SB1460 | C | electric cooperatives; broadband service |
SB1463 | C | community college opportunity grants; appropriations |
SB1468 | C | food packaging; prohibitions |
SB1471 | C | initiative, referendum signatures; electronic submittal. |
SB1479 | P | online lodging; regulation; property classification |
SB1480 | P | local planning; residential housing; prohibitions |
SB1481 | P | campaign finance; public service corporations |
SB1482 | P | interstate compact; company tax subsidies |
SB1483 | P | development subsidies; recapture; rescission |
SB1484 | P | residential rentals; rent increase notice |
SB1485 | P | income tax; addition; net worth |
SB1488 | C | appropriation; best land management practices |
SB1495 | C | child care; waiting list; appropriation |
SB1496 | C | appropriation; domestic violence; strangulation; examinations |
SB1497 | C | end-of-life decisions; terminally ill |
SB1540 | C | redistricting data; inmates; residential address |
SB1548 | C | TANF; lifetime limit |
SB1550 | C | abortion; objection; pharmacists; repeal |
SB1558 | C | victim compensation; assistance fund; rules |
SB1559 | C | inmate telephone system service contracts. |
SB1560 | C | corrections department; visitor fee repeal |
SB1561 | C | voting rights; felonies; automatic restoration.. |
SB1562 | C | appropriations; tribal colleges |
SB1563 | C | adult immunizations; reporting system |
SB1564 | C | immigration; law enforcement; repeal.. |
SB1565 | C | blood testing; perfluorinated chemicals; appropriation |
SB1566 | C | Indian child welfare; custody proceedings |
SB1567 | C | justification; criminal offenses |
SB1595 | C | charter school omnibus |
SB1596 | C | community schools pilot program; appropriation |
SB1597 | P | student loans; ombudsman-citizens aide |
SB1598 | C | school-sponsored media; student journalists |
SB1599 | C | health care insurance; requirements |
SB1600 | C | prescription drugs; importation program |
SB1601 | C | insulin drugs; cost sharing limit |
SB1602 | C | health insurance; surprise out-of-network bills |
SB1603 | C | employers; paid family leave |
SB1604 | P | employee rights; wage disclosure |
SB1605 | P | employers; compensation history; prohibitions |
SB1606 | C | public works contracts; prohibited agreements |
SB1607 | P | rent increases; emergency calls; restrictions |
SB1608 | C | rental housing; income source discrimination |
SB1609 | C | antidiscrimination; housing; employment; public accommodations. |
SB1610 | C | voter registration; same day |
SB1611 | C | automatic voter registration; same day. |
SB1612 | C | early voting locations; operation |
SB1613 | C | campaign finance; repeal; reenactment. |
SB1614 | C | consumer data; privacy |
SB1615 | C | earned release; good time credits |
SB1616 | C | release conditions; unsecured bond |
SB1617 | P | prisoners; isolated confinement; restrictions |
SB1618 | C | criminal justice information; reporting; collection |
SB1619 | C | criminal history; required disclosure; limitations |
SB1620 | C | postsecondary institutions; criminal history; applicants |
SB1621 | C | residences; mobile homes; prohibited disclosures |
SB1622 | C | incarceration contracts; private entities; prohibited |
SB1623 | C | correctional health services; prohibited contracts. |
SB1624 | C | firearm sales; transfers; background checks. |
SB1625 | C | assault weapons; magazines; prohibition; registration |
SB1626 | C | order of protection; firearm possession |
SB1627 | C | unlawful securing; firearm; minors |
SB1628 | C | state finance review; task force |
SB1629 | C | tax credit review; committee; repeal |
SB1630 | C | microbusiness loans; commerce authority |
SB1631 | P | climate action plan; greenhouse gases |
SB1632 | C | state parks; heritage fund; lottery |
SB1633 | C | drinking water pollutants; standards |
SB1634 | C | state vehicle fleet; electric vehicles |
SB1635 | C | subsequent irrigation non-expansion areas; procedures |
SB1636 | C | groundwater pumping; measuring; reporting |
SB1637 | P | wells; permits; spacing rules |
SB1638 | C | well drilling; groundwater basins |
SB1653 | C | juvenile court jurisdiction; age |
SCM1001 | P | corporation commission; urging new policy |
SCM1002 | C | Navajo generating station; PROMISE Act |
SCM1004 | C | restoration; Cherrybell mail processing center |
SCM1005 | P | climate change |
SCR1011 | P | Chicanx history week |
SCR1015 | C | world hearing day |
SCR1016 | P | voting age; sixteen years |
SCR1017 | P | right to work; repeal. |
SCR1021 | P | citizens; public programs; repeal |
SCR1022 | P | environment; constitutional amendment |
SCR1023 | P | climate change; supporting management |
SCR1024 | C | supporting refugees |
SCR1026 | P | increased revenues; supermajority requirement; repeal |
SCR1027 | P | corporation commissioner appointments; office vacancies |
SCR1028 | P | religious freedom day; recognition |
SCR1030 | C | wear red day 2020 |
SCR1037 | C | immigrant heritage month |
SCR1038 | C | public programs; citizens; repeal. |
SM1001 | P | Glass-Steagall Act; urging Congress |
SM1002 | C | urging Congress; hardrock leasing; miners |
SR1002 | P | scientific community; recognition |