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Home City: Payson Occupation: Retired, City of Safford Accounting & Materials Management Member Since: 2011 |
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Born in Safford, Arizona, Representative Barton is a fifth generation native of rural eastern Arizona. In 1871, her great-great grandfather established the first crossing on the Colorado River. In 1880, the family settled in Lee Valley near Greer in the White Mountains. Allen F. Smithson, her maternal great-great grandfather rests in the Lebanon cemetery just west of the family's historic homestead in Artesia where Representative Barton spent her early years. In the late 1980s, she began her career in public service with the City of Safford. During the end of her tenure with the City of Safford, Rep. Barton led a group of employees in writing the City of Safford's Vision Statement. It was subsequently adopted by the City Council. By the mid-1990s, public events drew her into political activism and she became an elected officer of People for the West, a land rights group. Representative Barton is a veteran of the Sage-Brush Rebellion that swept the Western Lands States from the 1970s into the 1990s. Political experience: Graduate, Western Legislative Academy; AZ director, Women in Government; Region III director, AZ Federation of Republican Women; 2009 graduate, Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Service Series; 2008 delegate to the AZ State Republican Convention; precinct committeewoman; president, Graham County Republican Women; legislative chairwoman, Graham County Republican Woman; secretary, People for the West, Graham County Chapter; secretary, Legislative District 8 (Cochise & Graham Counties). Representative Barton resides with her husband Bruce in the beautiful rim country of Payson, Arizona. They have two grown children and six grandchildren. |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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HB2107 | C | prescription drug costs; patient notification (NOW: pharmacies; practices; pharmacy benefits managers) |
HB2110 | C | universities; governing boards |
HB2170 | C | boxing; mixed martial arts; continuation |
HB2210 | C | public lands; ownership; control; litigation |
HB2211 | C | bankruptcy exemption; personal property |
HB2212 | C | firearm possession; peace officers; definition |
HB2215 | P* | veterinary medical examining board; continuation |
HB2236 | C | military pensions; increase; tax subtraction |
HB2261 | C | veterinary faculty members; licensure requirements |
HB2262 | C | condominiums; termination; appraisals |
HB2267 | C | appropriation; noncertified livestock inspectors (NOW: livestock inspectors; appropriation) |
HB2269 | C | tax policy review; reform; recommendations |
HB2271 | C | charitable solicitations; disclosures |
HB2273 | C | public employees; compensation; cap |
HB2274 | C | county contributions; hospitalization; medical; repeal |
HB2275 | C | legislators; subsistence; federal rate |
HB2333 | C | home-based businesses; local regulation |
HB2350 | C | JTEDs; 9th grade; workforce need |
HB2439 | C | county contributions; committed youth; repeal |
HB2460 | C | charter schools; vacant buildings; equipment |
HB2461 | C | zoning regulations; private schools |
HB2498 | C | historic preservation; rangeland improvements; requirements |
HB2500 | C | real estate signs; cities; counties |
HB2503 | P* | building code exemptions; public notice |
HB2509 | P* | Lees Ferry bell; governmental mall. |
HB2514 | C | HURF distribution; cities, towns, counties |
HB2556 | C | environment; water quality; brine |
HB2578 | C | damaged school facilities; replacement; grants |
HB2589 | C | department of gaming omnibus |
HB2597 | C | marijuana violation; classification |
HB2629 | C | youth entrepreneurship; pilot program; appropriation |
HCR2006 | C | four-year terms; legislature. |
HCR2009 | C | obscenity; sex trafficking; minors; protection |
HCR2014 | C | closed primary elections |
HCR2016 | C | legislators; salaries |
HCR2030 | C | veterans; missing remains |
HCR2038 | C | maternal mental health |
HCR2044 | C | death resolution: Minnie A. Griffin |
HR2001 | C | Robert Rene Robles; death resolution |
SB1063 | C | produce safety rule; state administration |
SB1377 | C | dental therapy; licensure; regulation |
SB1394 | C | DHS; reporting; abortions |
SB1412 | C | unclaimed property; electric cooperatives; credits |
SB1420 | C | medical marijuana; inspection; testing; appropriation |
SB1445 | C | AHCCCS; dental care; pregnant women |
SB1517 | C | state dinosaur; Sonorasaurus |