Session:

House Member

Personal Information:
Home City: Cave Creek
Occupation: Clinical Associate Professor - Education Leadership
Member Since: 2011
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.

Sponsored Bills

Bill NumberSponsor TypeShort/NOW Title
HB2001P*school district tax levy; retention
HB2030P*insurance coverage; telemedicine; urology
HB2031P*pharmacy; virtual manufacturers; virtual wholesalers
HB2032P*pharmacy board; notice requirements
HB2033P*controlled substances; definition
HB2041P*DHS; health care institutions; licensure
HB2042P*DHS; fingerprinting requirements
HB2043P*state hospital; property leases
HB2075P*radiation regulatory agency; DHS; transfer
HB2076P*advanced directives registry; provider access
HB2077P*Arizona online instruction; funding; testing
HB2078P*schools; concurrent enrollment
HB2079P*regents; officers; technical correction
HB2090P*hospitals; flu vaccines
(NOW: land department; licensing time frames)
HB2125Csex trafficking victim; vacating conviction
HB2126Cschools; prior-year funding.
HB2133P*correctional facilities; community notification
HB2134P*schools; children's camps; sunscreen use
HB2135P*health care workforce; data
HB2136P*applications for regulation; information; process
HB2137P*medical preceptors; income tax credit
HB2194P*indoor tanning; minors; restricted use
HB2195P*medical board; licensure; disciplinary action
HB2196P*residential care institutions; employment
HB2197P*telemedicine; audio visual requirements
HB2198P*committee; childhood experiences; effects; prevention
HB2199P*gifted pupils; funding
HB2200P*community notification; form of notice
HB2202Cschools; dyslexia; handbook; definition
HB2205P*DHS; commission; task force; repeal
HB2206P*appropriations; DES; developmental disabilities
HB2207P*appropriation; nonmedical services; aging
HB2208P*inhalers; administration; schools; authorized entities
(NOW: inhaler administration; schools)
HB2209P*family caregiver income tax credit
HB2210P*college readiness; assessments
(NOW: college-readiness exam; pilot program)
HB2211P*alcohol; drug monitoring program; establishment
(NOW: corrections; treatment programs; annual report)
HB2306P*study committee; teacher shortages
HB2307P*controlled substances prescription monitoring program
HB2308P*pharmacy board; logistics providers; permits
HB2309P*military family relief fund; continuation
HB2310P*appropriations; ALTCS; elderly; physical disabilities
HB2323Ccritical health information; emergency responders
HB2335Ctobacco possession; sale; age; signage
HB2373P*tobacco settlement; Indian tribes; information
HB2374P*schools; additional assistance; reductions; elimination
HB2385Cschools; accounting; budgeting; reporting
HB2410Cworkers' compensation; firefighters; heart-related cases
HB2442CAHCCCS; dental care; pregnant women
HB2473Ceighth grade promotion; requirements
HB2493P*drug overdose; review team; confidentiality
HB2494P*dental board; expenditure limitation; repeal
(NOW: civil liability; vehicles; minors; animals)
HB2510Cschools; immunization records; retention
HB2514P*certificates of necessity; service area
(NOW: ambulance operation; certificate of necessity)
HCR2018P*national wear red day
HCR2019P*living kidney donors day
HCR2021Csuicide prevention month
HR2002P*death resolution; Max Dine
HR2003CArizona aerospace day
HR2004P*death resolution; David Besst
SB1155Ccorrectional facilities; community notification.
SB1235Cpodiatry; amputation
SB1325Cnursing facilities; assisted living; advertising
SCR1034Cdeath resolution; Eleanor Ann Day