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Home City: Cameron
Occupation: Legislator Member Since: 2013 |
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Jamescita Mae Peshlakai is currently serving her first term in the Arizona Senate as the state's first Native American woman senator, representing legislative district 7. She formerly served in the state House of Representatives in the Fifty-first Legislature from 2013 to 2015. She currently serves as an advisor on veterans affairs and Arizona issues to the Navajo Nation president in addition to her elected office. Sen. Peshlakai is Diné — Navajo, of the Tangle People clan, born for the Red House clan. Her maternal grandfathers are the Bitter Water clan, and her paternal grandfathers are the Cliff Dweller clan. Sen. Peshlakai comes from a line of tribal headmen and officials and values her family's legacy of public service. One hundred thirteen years ago, two of her great-grandfathers, Chíshí Nééz and Béésh Łigaii Atsidii, met with President Theodore Roosevelt to negotiate the annexation of the western part of the Navajo Nation to protect it from settlers. Born, raised, and living in the district, her constituents are family and LD7 is home. She holds a Bachelor's degree in History and a Master's degree in Educational Psychology from Northern Arizona University. As a young woman, she served in the U.S. Army and is a Persian Gulf War veteran. A veterans' advocate, she recently spearheaded an initiative to create an independent veterans affairs agency for the Navajo Nation and succeeded. Over the years in her professional career, she served as director of policy and programs for several organizations, such as the Arizona Foundation for Women and Native Americans for Community Action. In previous endeavors, she co-founded the Peshlakai Cultural Foundation and founded the Western Navajo Agency Food Policy Council. Sen. Peshlakai's culturally diverse district spans the seven counties of Apache, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Mohave, Navajo, and Pinal — including the communities of Fredonia, Page, Winslow, Show Low, Eager, and St. Johns. Nine tribes comprise most of the district's constituents — Hualapai, Havasupai, Kaibab Paiute, San Juan Southern Paiute, Navajo, Hopi, White Mountain Apache, San Carlos Apache and a small portion of Zuni Pueblo. The district is the largest legislative district in the contiguous United States, stretching from near Lake Mead to the Four Corners National Monument and south beyond Globe. It contains some of the most beautiful parks and natural wonders in the world — the Grand Canyon, the San Francisco Peaks, Monument Valley, the White Mountains, and the Colorado River. |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short Title |
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HB2323 | C | critical health information; emergency responders |
HB2341 | C | national guard; deployment; professional licenses |
HB2342 | C | veterans' services; benefits counselors; appropriation |
HB2393 | C | noncertificated school employees; due process |
HB2420 | C | diaper changing stations; public restrooms |
SB1157 | C | competency hearings; jurisdiction; referral |
SB1158 | C | sentencing; court debts; fine mitigation |
SB1160 | C | driving violations; restricted licenses; penalties |
SB1163 | C | release procedures; hearings; bonds |
SB1224 | C | schools; governing boards; immediate family |
SB1227 | C | charter schools; prohibited locations |
SB1228 | C | charter school pupils; transfer; ADM |
SB1229 | C | charter schools; teachers; administrators; certification |
SB1230 | C | charter schools; website posting requirements |
SB1231 | C | ADE; charter schools; assessments |
SB1232 | C | charter schools; public meetings; records |
SB1233 | C | charter schools; audit requirements |
SB1234 | C | charter schools; procurement requirements |
SB1250 | C | county motor fuel taxes |
SB1251 | C | JTEDs; ninth graders; funding. |
SB1252 | C | Arizona arts endowment fund; appropriation |
SB1257 | C | appropriation; district additional assistance |
SB1262 | C | claim; notice; public entity; exception |
SB1264 | C | state lottery; county assistance fund |
SB1265 | C | state-owned bank task force. |
SB1266 | C | auditor general; charter schools |
SB1267 | C | structured English immersion exemption; pilot |
SB1268 | C | foster parents; immunizations; licensure |
SB1276 | C | charter schools; special education services |
SB1277 | C | charter schools; capacity; publication |
SB1297 | C | adoption; married couple; preference |
SB1304 | C | JTEDs; entrepreneurship programs; review exemption |
SB1310 | C | Arizona criminal justice commission; membership |
SB1313 | C | appropriation; teacher recruitment; retention |
SB1320 | C | employment; housing; public accomodations; antidiscrimination |
SB1322 | C | criminal justice commission; legislative recommendations |
SB1323 | C | joint select committee on corrections |
SB1327 | C | Gold Star memorial |
SB1337 | C | industrial hemp; licensing |
SB1339 | C | child care assistance; appropriation |
SB1340 | C | TANF assistance; lifetime limit |
SB1345 | C | adult incarceration contracts; cost comparison |
SB1346 | C | appropriation; school solutions teams |
SB1348 | C | STO credit; aggregate cap; freeze |
SB1349 | C | tax credits; sunset |
SB1351 | C | spouses; married couples; terminology |
SB1352 | C | abortion; religious employers; contraception; repeal |
SB1353 | C | employment and labor omnibus |
SB1354 | C | schools; bullying policy; definition |
SB1355 | C | sexual assault; survivor rights |
SB1356 | C | schools; corporal punishment |
SB1357 | C | minors; consent; housing; shelter services |
SB1358 | C | municipalities; counties; rent control; seniors |
SB1359 | C | DES; DCS; director; qualifications |
SB1363 | C | liquor licenses; nonuse; discretionary cancellation |
SB1364 | C | elder abuse investigations; study committee |
SB1365 | C | wildfire suppression; joint study committee |
SB1382 | C | employment discrimination; prohibition |
SB1383 | C | state finance review; task force |
SB1411 | C | county stadium districts; revenue; school districts |
SB1420 | C | voting rights; restoration; felonies |
SB1457 | P | tribal nations; veterans' services; appropriation |
SB1458 | P | health careers; military veterans; committee |
SB1459 | P | state holiday; Native American day |
SB1460 | P | office of Indian education; assistance |
SB1461 | P | study; tribal colleges; dual enrollment |
SB1462 | P | dual enrollment; tribal colleges |
SB1463 | P | vehicle title loans; finance charge |
SB1464 | P | environmental quality; water; appropriation |
SB1465 | P | liquor licenses; tribal councils; approval |
SB1466 | P | TPT credit; tribal taxes |
SB1467 | P | TPT; Indian tribes; economic development |
SB1469 | C | lottery game; schools; capital assistance |
SB1470 | C | lottery game; veterans assistance |
SB1471 | C | incorrect arrest; record clearance |
SB1472 | C | memorial; veteran diversity |
SB1473 | C | consular identification cards; prohibition; repeal |
SB1482 | C | water infrastructure finance authority; appropriation |
SB1483 | C | supplemental appropriation; foster care placement |
SB1484 | C | child care waiting list; appropriation. |
SB1485 | C | appropriation; community information and referral |
SB1488 | C | hydraulic fracturing; prohibition |
SB1489 | C | energy measuring; containers; prohibition; repeal |
SB1490 | C | large electronics; recycling |
SB1493 | C | corporate tax freeze; educational outcomes |
SB1494 | C | schools; compulsory attendance age; increase. |
SB1498 | C | pesticides; prohibition |
SB1500 | C | presidential candidates, electors; tax returns |
SB1501 | C | affordable housing projects; tax assessment |
SB1502 | C | public facilities; environmental policies |
SB1503 | C | racial impact; analysis; legislative council |
SB1504 | C | justification; deadly physical force; exceptions |
SB1505 | C | toll roads; conversion; prohibition |
SB1506 | C | temporary services employer; employees; rights |
SB1507 | C | employees; school conferences; leave |
SB1508 | C | employment practices; consumer reports; limitation |
SB1509 | C | schools; health information; website posting |
SB1510 | C | food labeling requirements |
SB1511 | C | medical marijuana; study committee. |
SB1512 | C | terminally ill; care choices |
SB1513 | C | SNAP; benefit match; farmers markets |
SB1515 | C | drug possession; medical assistance; probation |
SB1517 | C | vapor products; tax |
SB1519 | C | repeal; right to work |
SCM1012 | P | Indian health care; urging Congress |
SCM1013 | C | urging Congress; affordable care act. |
SCM1014 | C | urging Congress; Glass-Steagall act |
SCR1004 | C | death resolution; Gus Arzberger |
SCR1005 | C | death resolution; George Lemen |
SCR1006 | C | death resolution; M. Lee Allison |
SCR1007 | C | death resolution; John Hays |
SCR1008 | C | death resolution; Rick Lavis |
SCR1009 | C | schools; English language requirement; repeal |
SCR1018 | C | speech and debate education day |
SCR1020 | C | death resolution; Marian Lupu |
SCR1021 | C | education finance TPT; rates |
SCR1028 | P | veterans' services; Navajo nation; cooperation |
SCR1029 | C | Oscar de los Santos; recognition |
SCR1030 | C | right to work; repeal |
SCR1031 | C | Chicano history week |
SCR1032 | C | prevention of violence; support |
SCR1033 | C | voting age; sixteen years |
SCR1034 | C | death resolution; Eleanor Ann Day |