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
HB2001Pschool district tax levy; retention
HB2030Pinsurance coverage; telemedicine; urology
HB2031Ppharmacy; virtual manufacturers; virtual wholesalers
HB2032Ppharmacy board; notice requirements
HB2033Pcontrolled substances; definition
HB2041PDHS; health care institutions; licensure
HB2042PDHS; fingerprinting requirements
HB2043Pstate hospital; property leases
HB2075Pradiation regulatory agency; DHS; transfer
HB2076Padvanced directives registry; provider access
HB2077PArizona online instruction; funding; testing
HB2078Pschools; concurrent enrollment
HB2079Pregents; officers; technical correction
HB2090Phospitals; flu vaccines
(NOW: land department; licensing time frames)
HB2125Csex trafficking victim; vacating conviction
HB2126Cschools; prior-year funding.
HB2133Pcorrectional facilities; community notification
HB2134Pschools; children's camps; sunscreen use
HB2135Phealth care workforce; data
HB2136Papplications for regulation; information; process
HB2137Pmedical preceptors; income tax credit
HB2194Pindoor tanning; minors; restricted use
HB2195Pmedical board; licensure; disciplinary action
HB2196Presidential care institutions; employment
HB2197Ptelemedicine; audio visual requirements
HB2198Pcommittee; childhood experiences; effects; prevention
HB2199Pgifted pupils; funding
HB2200Pcommunity notification; form of notice
HB2202Cschools; dyslexia; handbook; definition
HB2205PDHS; commission; task force; repeal
HB2206Pappropriations; DES; developmental disabilities
HB2207Pappropriation; nonmedical services; aging
HB2208Pinhalers; administration; schools; authorized entities
(NOW: inhaler administration; schools)
HB2209Pfamily caregiver income tax credit
HB2210Pcollege readiness; assessments
(NOW: college-readiness exam; pilot program)
HB2211Palcohol; drug monitoring program; establishment
(NOW: corrections; treatment programs; annual report)
HB2306Pstudy committee; teacher shortages
HB2307Pcontrolled substances prescription monitoring program
HB2308Ppharmacy board; logistics providers; permits
HB2309Pmilitary family relief fund; continuation
HB2310Pappropriations; ALTCS; elderly; physical disabilities
HB2323Ccritical health information; emergency responders
HB2335Ctobacco possession; sale; age; signage
HB2373Ptobacco settlement; Indian tribes; information
HB2374Pschools; additional assistance; reductions; elimination
HB2385Cschools; accounting; budgeting; reporting
HB2410Cworkers' compensation; firefighters; heart-related cases
HB2442CAHCCCS; dental care; pregnant women
HB2473Ceighth grade promotion; requirements
HB2493Pdrug overdose; review team; confidentiality
HB2494Pdental board; expenditure limitation; repeal
(NOW: civil liability; vehicles; minors; animals)
HB2510Cschools; immunization records; retention
HB2514Pcertificates of necessity; service area
(NOW: ambulance operation; certificate of necessity)
HCR2018Pnational wear red day
HCR2019Pliving kidney donors day
HCR2021Csuicide prevention month
HR2002Pdeath resolution; Max Dine
HR2003CArizona aerospace day
HR2004Pdeath resolution; David Besst
SB1155Ccorrectional facilities; community notification.
SB1235Cpodiatry; amputation
SB1325Cnursing facilities; assisted living; advertising
SCR1034Cdeath resolution; Eleanor Ann Day