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Home City: Cave Creek Occupation: Clinical Associate Professor - Education Leadership Member Since: 2011 |
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Currently, Representative Carter is the Chairperson of the House Health Committee, and a member of the House Appropriations Committee, as well as Vice-Chairperson of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on Education. She represents Legislative District 15, covering Desert Ridge, Norterra, Tatum Ranch, Tatum Highlands and other North Phoenix and
Cave Creek neighborhoods.
Since moving to Arizona 30 years ago, she has devoted her professional life to making Arizona a quality place to live, learn, work, retire and prosper. She moved to Arizona from Maryland to attend Arizona State University. First elected in 2010, she has a track record of sponsoring legislation that solves many of the complex problems facing Arizona, making her one of the most effective legislators at the Capitol. As your state legislator, she has worked to streamline government, improve the economy, encourage job creation, protect the most vulnerable, reform education and healthcare, while maintaining a balanced state budget through responsible spending measures. For her work at the Capitol, Representative Carter has won a number of prestigious awards from education groups, veteran organizations, healthcare and patient advocacy groups, including many other "Legislator of the Year" honors. In her professional life, she is a well-respected educational leader in her community, working as a clinical associate professor at Arizona State University, preparing teachers and leaders for Arizona Schools. She has a dual appointment at the university as Assistant Dean of Healthcare and Education Policy in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, responsible for establishing an executive fellowship in health policy. She also works with local school districts on educational reform issues. She was a 7th grade teacher in the Paradise Valley Unified School District and currently serves as a parent/community representative on many committees for Cave Creek and Paradise Valley Unified School District and Paradise Valley Community College. She is a member of the Pinnacle and Horizon High School site council. She has more than 20 years professional work in education. She has a bachelor's degree in communication and a master’s degree in educational technology from Arizona State University, and a doctorate degree in education leadership from Northern Arizona University. Married for over 20 years, Representative Carter and her husband reside in Cave Creek with their daughter, who attends a public school in the Paradise Valley Unified School District. |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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HB2001 | P | school district tax levy; retention |
HB2030 | P | insurance coverage; telemedicine; urology |
HB2031 | P | pharmacy; virtual manufacturers; virtual wholesalers |
HB2032 | P | pharmacy board; notice requirements |
HB2033 | P | controlled substances; definition |
HB2041 | P | DHS; health care institutions; licensure |
HB2042 | P | DHS; fingerprinting requirements |
HB2043 | P | state hospital; property leases |
HB2075 | P | radiation regulatory agency; DHS; transfer |
HB2076 | P | advanced directives registry; provider access |
HB2077 | P | Arizona online instruction; funding; testing |
HB2078 | P | schools; concurrent enrollment |
HB2079 | P | regents; officers; technical correction |
HB2090 | P | hospitals; flu vaccines (NOW: land department; licensing time frames) |
HB2125 | C | sex trafficking victim; vacating conviction |
HB2126 | C | schools; prior-year funding. |
HB2133 | P | correctional facilities; community notification |
HB2134 | P | schools; children's camps; sunscreen use |
HB2135 | P | health care workforce; data |
HB2136 | P | applications for regulation; information; process |
HB2137 | P | medical preceptors; income tax credit |
HB2194 | P | indoor tanning; minors; restricted use |
HB2195 | P | medical board; licensure; disciplinary action |
HB2196 | P | residential care institutions; employment |
HB2197 | P | telemedicine; audio visual requirements |
HB2198 | P | committee; childhood experiences; effects; prevention |
HB2199 | P | gifted pupils; funding |
HB2200 | P | community notification; form of notice |
HB2202 | C | schools; dyslexia; handbook; definition |
HB2205 | P | DHS; commission; task force; repeal |
HB2206 | P | appropriations; DES; developmental disabilities |
HB2207 | P | appropriation; nonmedical services; aging |
HB2208 | P | inhalers; administration; schools; authorized entities (NOW: inhaler administration; schools) |
HB2209 | P | family caregiver income tax credit |
HB2210 | P | college readiness; assessments (NOW: college-readiness exam; pilot program) |
HB2211 | P | alcohol; drug monitoring program; establishment (NOW: corrections; treatment programs; annual report) |
HB2306 | P | study committee; teacher shortages |
HB2307 | P | controlled substances prescription monitoring program |
HB2308 | P | pharmacy board; logistics providers; permits |
HB2309 | P | military family relief fund; continuation |
HB2310 | P | appropriations; ALTCS; elderly; physical disabilities |
HB2323 | C | critical health information; emergency responders |
HB2335 | C | tobacco possession; sale; age; signage |
HB2373 | P | tobacco settlement; Indian tribes; information |
HB2374 | P | schools; additional assistance; reductions; elimination |
HB2385 | C | schools; accounting; budgeting; reporting |
HB2410 | C | workers' compensation; firefighters; heart-related cases |
HB2442 | C | AHCCCS; dental care; pregnant women |
HB2473 | C | eighth grade promotion; requirements |
HB2493 | P | drug overdose; review team; confidentiality |
HB2494 | P | dental board; expenditure limitation; repeal (NOW: civil liability; vehicles; minors; animals) |
HB2510 | C | schools; immunization records; retention |
HB2514 | P | certificates of necessity; service area (NOW: ambulance operation; certificate of necessity) |
HCR2018 | P | national wear red day |
HCR2019 | P | living kidney donors day |
HCR2021 | C | suicide prevention month |
HR2002 | P | death resolution; Max Dine |
HR2003 | C | Arizona aerospace day |
HR2004 | P | death resolution; David Besst |
SB1155 | C | correctional facilities; community notification. |
SB1235 | C | podiatry; amputation |
SB1325 | C | nursing facilities; assisted living; advertising |
SCR1034 | C | death resolution; Eleanor Ann Day |