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Home City: Tucson Occupation: Trauma Surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Member Since: 2015 |
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Dr. Randall Friese was first elected to the House of Representatives by District 9 in 2014. He is currently the ranking Democrat on the Health Committee, and also serves on the Judiciary Committee. During the First Regular Session of the 52nd Legislature in 2015, he also served on the Government and Higher Education Committee. Dr. Friese was born in Baltimore and earned both his undergraduate degree, in biochemistry, and his medical degree from the University of Maryland. He completed his medical residency as well as a trauma research fellowship at the University of Colorado Department of Surgery. Dr. Friese served on active duty in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps from 1997-2001. He then completed a critical care fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Since 2008, he has been a trauma surgeon and professor of surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He was one of the trauma surgeons who cared for the victims of the January 8, 2011 shooting in Tucson that wounded Congresswoman Giffords. Dr. Friese is married to Susan Friese, a former nurse, whose involvement in the Tucson community includes membership on several boards, including Planned Parenthood AZ and the January 8th Memorial Development Committee. Susan also works as a Literacy Program Assistant at Literacy Connects. Dr. Friese and Susan share their home with three rescued cats--Baxter, Agador and Blanca--as well as Sandler, their 12-year-old golden retriever. |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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HB2046 | P | motorcycle riders; helmets; fees |
HB2048 | P | legislative vacancies; appointment; requirements |
HB2049 | P | provisional ballots; incorrect precinct; tally |
HB2053 | C | campaign finance; corporate recipients; registration |
HB2055 | C | ballots; defects; notice and cure |
HB2056 | C | independent expenditures; corporations; unions; audit |
HB2057 | P | STO scholarships; beneficiary recommendations |
HB2058 | P | STO credit cap; growth trigger |
HB2059 | C | STO aggregate credit cap; freeze. |
HB2060 | P | STO scholarships; means testing |
HB2061 | P | STOs; administrative cost allocation |
HB2062 | P | STO cap; general fund percentage |
HB2063 | P | STO scholarships; student transfers |
HB2082 | C | schools; daily recess time |
HB2099 | C | ADOT licenses; authorized presence repeal |
HB2142 | C | foster parents; training |
HB2147 | P | experienced teacher retention pilot program |
HB2148 | P | public safety; violence prevention; committee |
HB2149 | P | mental health; injunction; firearm possession |
HB2150 | P | firearm sales; transfers; background checks |
HB2172 | C | medical assistance requests; evidence; mitigation |
HB2183 | C | lifetime limit; cash assistance |
HB2227 | C | legislators; mileage rate |
HB2263 | C | education excise tax rates |
HB2266 | C | cash assistance; lifetime limit |
HB2292 | C | voting rights; restoration; felonies. |
HB2312 | C | criminal history; hiring practices; limitation |
HB2323 | C | critical health information; emergency responders |
HB2328 | P | corporate income tax rate; freeze |
HB2336 | C | end-of-life decisions; terminally ill |
HB2347 | C | employment omnibus |
HB2364 | C | employment; housing; public accommodations; antidiscrimination. |
HB2383 | C | state finance review; task force. |
HB2391 | C | appropriation; JTEDs; 9th grade |
HB2392 | C | teacher recruitment and retention |
HB2393 | C | noncertificated school employees; due process |
HB2401 | C | health care providers; religious beliefs |
HB2405 | P | postpartum depression; task force |
HB2407 | C | appropriation; counties; essential services |
HB2414 | C | wage disclosure; employee rights |
HB2424 | C | mitigation monies; school bus fleets |
HB2425 | C | appropriation; highway user revenue fund |
HB2427 | C | misconduct involving weapons; firearm storage |
HB2428 | C | prisoners; earned release credits |
HB2429 | C | abortion; admitting privileges; repeal |
HB2432 | C | JTEDs; ninth graders; funding.. |
HB2434 | C | driving; handheld communications devices; prohibition |
HB2439 | C | home health aides; qualifications |
HB2441 | C | aggregate STO credit cap; freeze |
HB2442 | C | AHCCCS; dental care; pregnant women |
HB2443 | C | auditor general; charter schools. |
HB2455 | C | appropriation; untested sexual assault kits |
HB2456 | C | presidential candidates, electors; tax returns. |
HB2474 | C | veterans; mental health courts; establishment |
HB2487 | P | lottery distributions; teacher salary increases |
HB2488 | C | teacher salary increases; appropriation |
HB2489 | C | online impersonation; offense |
HB2490 | C | liquor licenses; municipalities; disapproval |
HB2491 | C | uranium; radioactive materials; transportation |
HB2505 | C | appropriation; adult protective services |
HB2506 | C | physical body adornment; establishments; certification |
HB2511 | P | study committee; public school expenditures |
HB2519 | C | appropriation; child care subsidy program |
HB2531 | C | clean elections; county candidates |
HB2532 | C | state-owned bank task force |
HCM2004 | P | urging Congress; affordable care act |
HCR2005 | P | mine inspector; appointment |
HCR2008 | P | education finance; excise tax rates |
HCR2009 | P | firearm sales; transfers; background checks |
HCR2012 | C | ratification; equal rights amendment |
HCR2016 | C | care enough; get in way |
HCR2021 | C | suicide prevention month |
HCR2024 | C | Latina-owned businesses; support |
HR2003 | C | Arizona aerospace day |
SB1126 | C | schools; prohibited courses; repeal. |
SB1337 | C | industrial hemp; licensing |
SCM1013 | C | urging Congress; affordable care act. |
SCR1006 | C | death resolution; M. Lee Allison |
SCR1007 | C | death resolution; John Hays |
SCR1008 | C | death resolution; Rick Lavis |
SCR1034 | C | death resolution; Eleanor Ann Day |