Results
2026 Legislative Wins
Historic Tax Relief
Delivered nearly $1.43 billion in tax savings for Arizona families, including a 25% boost to the Child Tax Credit and a brand-new dependent care deduction.
Freezing Data Center Tax Breaks
Suspended the state’s sales tax exemption for new data centers over the next three years, saving an estimated $38 million a year in taxpayer dollars.
Cracking Down on Fentanyl & Protecting Kids
Toughened penalties for fentanyl trafficking, and passed “Cade’s Law,” imposing stronger criminal penalties for the sexual extortion of children.
Water & Resource Security
Directed an additional $6 million into Arizona’s Colorado River Litigation Fund, bringing the state’s total water defense reserve to $9 million, to protect the state’s water rights.
Border & Public Safety
Secured $20 million for DPS-led local border security efforts, funding law enforcement positions, local prosecutions, and detention support.
Protecting Arizona Land & Data
Barred foreign adversaries from buying or leasing Arizona land and closed the door on state contracts tied to foreign-adversary-controlled technology.
Veterans First
Made permanent and expanded one of the country’s most generous property tax relief programs for disabled veterans.
Fraud Prevention
Strengthened the integrity of Arizona’s Medicaid and SNAP programs by aligning eligibility rules with new federal standards, cutting down on fraud so resources go to the families who need them.
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Protecting Children
Shielding Child Victims
Sealed sensitive records tied to deceased minors and child abuse cases, including death scene photos, body-camera footage, 911 calls, and autopsy images, sparing grieving families further trauma while still preserving access for legitimate investigations. (HB 2406)
Closing the AI Loophole in Child Exploitation Law
Stopped predators from using artificial intelligence or digital editing to escape prosecution for creating child sexual abuse material, giving prosecutors clear authority to pursue these cases no matter how the images were made. (HB 2678)
Preston’s Law
Creates tougher felony penalties for group “swarming” assaults so the kind of mob attack that killed East Valley teen Preston Lord faces real consequences in Arizona. (HB 2611)
Protecting Kids from Inappropriate Digital Ads
Held digital platforms accountable for keeping advertising in kids’ apps age-appropriate, adding meaningful financial penalties for violations and giving the Arizona Attorney General enforcement authority. (HB 2195)
Fighting Child Exploitation Online
Secured $2 million for the Chandler Police Department to upgrade its Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, giving investigators the technology they needed to keep pace with predators. (2023)
Strengthening Child and Maternal Death Reviews
Gave fatality review teams the records they need to identify preventable causes of child and maternal deaths and improve care, while protecting confidential information and keeping the process compassionate and trauma-informed for grieving families. (HB 2116)
Health Care Access
Modernized Air Ambulance Standards
Brought air ambulance providers into Arizona’s emergency medical framework with new licensing, staffing, and safety standards, a big win for rural Arizonans who depend on air transport in an emergency. (HB 2179)
Supporting In-Home Caregivers
Directed the Board of Nursing to modernize training and scope-of-practice standards, giving family members more flexibility to safely handle complex daily care for medically fragile relatives at home. (HB 2189)
Keeping Ambulances in Service
Prevented paperwork delays from sidelining ambulances, giving providers certainty to keep operating through inspection backlogs so communities don’t lose timely emergency coverage. (HB 2787)
Compassionate Mental Health Transport
Requires trained medical transporters, not law enforcement, to transport individuals under court-ordered mental health evaluation whenever safely possible, freeing up officers and reducing the criminalization of mental illness. (HB 2404)
Tribal Health Care Access
Requires AHCCCS to apply annually for federal Medicaid waivers, shifting much of the fiscal responsibility from the state to the federal government, to restore or expand health services, including dental care, for American Indian and Alaska Native Arizonans served through Indian Health Service and tribal facilities. (HB 2177)
Postpartum Health Education
Created an advisory committee to give Arizona mothers reliable information on postpartum depression and other maternal mental health conditions, with a focus on closing care gaps in rural communities that lack OB-GYN and mental health providers. (HB 2332)
Expanding Access to Licensed Health Aides
Made it easier for families to hire licensed health aides for medically fragile loved ones at home, reducing licensing barriers and strengthening Arizona’s home care workforce and continuity of care. (HB 2424)
AZ REACH Program Funding
Secured state funding for the 24/7 AZ REACH service, which coordinates many of rural Arizona’s medical transfers between healthcare facilities so care teams can focus on patients instead of logistics. (HB 2180)
Modernizing What Medical Assistants Can Do
Let medical assistants relay test results, clinician instructions, and prior authorization updates within their training, so patients get answers faster and physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners can spend more time on direct care, all while provider oversight keeps patients safe. (HB 2113)
Health Care Oversight & Licensing
Keeping Doctors, Not Algorithms, in Charge of Care Decisions
Required a licensed physician, not an automated system, to individually review a patient’s case before medically necessary care can be denied, so clinical judgment stays in human hands as AI takes on a bigger role in insurance decisions. (HB 2175)
Ending the Mental Health Stigma in Licensing
Barred licensing boards from asking professionals about their history of mental health treatment, focusing instead on whether they can safely practice today, so fear of losing a license no longer keeps people from getting help. (HB 2173)
Licensed Medical Leadership
Requires state agency chief medical officers to hold an active Arizona physician license (M.D. or D.O.), ensuring public health decisions are made by qualified, accountable clinical leaders. (HB 2178)
Fair & Faster Nursing Oversight (HB 2408)
Overhauled the nursing board’s disciplinary process with clearer investigation timelines, stronger confidentiality protections for complainants, expanded due process for nurses, and a path to expunge outdated minor infractions. (HB 2408)
Clearer Facility Oversight
Established clearer complaint-investigation procedures for health facilities and gave providers a legitimate path to dispute alleged deficiencies, protecting patients from unsafe operators while ensuring due process for facilities. (HB 2176)
Cross-State Care for PAs
Enrolled Arizona in the interstate Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, allowing qualified PAs to practice across state lines, helping ease Arizona’s health care worker shortage while keeping strong oversight in place. (HB 2190)
Public Safety & Justice
Closing a Gap in Animal Cruelty Law
Criminalized the trafficking and distribution of visual depictions of bestiality, giving law enforcement the tools to investigate and prosecute those who profit from this exploitative material. (HB 2241)
Voluntary Disability Disclosure on Licenses
Let Arizonans who are deaf, hard of hearing, autistic, or have any other neurodivergent disability that may need a communication accommodation to opt in to a discrete notification on their license, so officers know before a traffic stop begins, cutting down on misunderstandings while keeping the information private and limited to law enforcement. (HB 2330)
Fairer Administrative Hearings
Let Arizonans request a different judge in administrative hearings when fairness is reasonably in question, bringing the same due-process protections courts already provide to state agency proceedings. (HB 2451)
Fiscal Responsibility
Bipartisan Budget Leadership
Recognized publicly as one of the principal negotiators who helped broker the agreement that ultimately passed with overwhelming support, protecting critical services for nearly 60,000 Arizona children and adults with developmental disabilities and preventing interruptions to their therapies, personal care, respite services, employment supports, and independent living assistance. Multiple news outlets named her as one of the key legislators who crossed party lines to break the deadlock, putting families before politics and averting a funding cliff for Arizona’s most vulnerable residents. (2025)
Balancing the Budget
Helped close a significant state budget deficit without resorting to broad tax increases. (2024)