Finance Committee, Arizona State Senate

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The Finance Committee is a standing committee of the Arizona State Senate.

Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Arizona State Senate are assigned by the President of the Senate. Committees are assigned at the start of each term. A majority of members of a committee constitutes a quorum. The President is appointed as an ex officio member of every committee but cannot vote except on the committees that he or she chairs. The President may also vote if he or she is an appointed member of the Rules Committee.

See rules: Senate Rules

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Finance Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (4)	Third-party members(0)
Flavio Bravo Denise Epstein Brian Fernandez	Javan Daniel Mesnard Chair Vince Leach Vice-Chair Shawnna Bolick Jake Hoffman

2023-2024 legislative session

Finance Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (4)	Third-party members(0)
Denise Epstein Brian Fernandez	Javan Daniel Mesnard Chair Steve Kaiser Vice Chair David Gowan Janae Shamp

2021-2022 legislative session

Finance Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (6)	Third-party members(0)
Lela Alston Sean Bowie Juan Mendez	Vince Leach Vice-Chair David Livingston Chair Paul Boyer Javan Daniel Mesnard Michelle Ugenti-Rita Warren Petersen

Kirsten Engel (D) left this committee on September 08, 2021. ^[Source]

2019-2020 legislative session

Finance Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (6)	Third-party members(0)
Lela Alston Sean Bowie Lupe Contreras Martin Quezada	David Livingston Vice Chairman Javan Daniel Mesnard Chairman Paul Boyer David Farnsworth Vince Leach Michelle Ugenti-Rita

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Finance Members, 2017
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (4)
• Sean Bowie	• David Farnsworth, Chair
• Olivia Cajero Bedford	• Karen Fann, Vice chair
• Steve Farley	• Sonny Borrelli
	• Warren Petersen

2016 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2016 legislative session.

Finance Members, 2016
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (3)
• Steve Farley	• Debbie Lesko, Chair
• Lynne Pancrazi	• Steve Yarbrough, Vice chair
	• Kimberly Yee

2015 legislative session

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The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Finance Members, 2015
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (3)
• Steve Farley	• Debbie Lesko, Chair
• Lynne Pancrazi	• Steve Yarbrough, Vice chair
	• Kimberly Yee

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Finance Members, 2013
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (4)
• Olivia Cajero Bedford	• Rich Crandall
• Steve Farley	• Michele Reagan
• Robert Meza	• Bob Worsley, Vice Chair
	• Steve Yarbrough, Chair

2011-2012

The following table shows committee membership in the 2011 legislative session. In the 2012 session, Rick Murphy replaced Scott Bundgaard, and John McComish took over the vice chair from Bundgaard.

Finance Members, 2011
Democratic members (2)	Republican members (5)
• Jack C. Jackson, Jr.	• Steve Yarbrough, Chair
• Paula Aboud	• Scott Bundgaard, Vice Chair
	• Ron Gould
	• Lori Klein
	• John McComish

2009-2010

The following table shows committee membership in the 2009 legislative session. In the 2010 session, Ed Bunch replaced Steve Pierce, and Jack Harper joined as chairman.

Finance Members, 2009
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (4)
• Ken Cheuvront	• Ron Gould
• Debbie McCune Davis	• Barbara Leff, Vice Chair
• Richard Miranda	• Russell Pearce
	• Steve Pierce

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• 2011 committee page
• 2009 committee page

Footnotes

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Current members of the Arizona State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Warren Petersen

Majority Leader:Janae Shamp

Minority Leader:Priya Sundareshan

Senators

District 1

Mark Finchem (R)

District 2

Shawnna Bolick (R)

District 3

John Kavanagh (R)

District 4

Carine Werner (R)

District 5

Lela Alston (D)

District 6

Theresa Hatathlie (D)

District 7

Wendy Rogers (R)

District 8

Lauren Kuby (D)

District 9

Kiana Sears (D)

District 10

David Farnsworth (R)

District 11

Catherine Miranda (D)

District 12

Denise Epstein (D)

District 13

Javan Mesnard (R)

District 14

Warren Petersen (R)

District 15

Jake Hoffman (R)

District 16

Thomas Shope (R)

District 17

Vince Leach (R)

District 18

Priya Sundareshan (D)

District 19

David Gowan (R)

District 20

Sally Gonzales (D)

District 21

Rosanna Gabaldón (D)

District 22

Eva Diaz (D)

District 23

Brian Fernandez (D)

District 24

Analise Ortiz (D)

District 25

Tim Dunn (R)

District 26

Flavio Bravo (D)

District 27

Kevin Payne (R)

District 28

Frank Carroll (R)

District 29

Janae Shamp (R)

District 30

Hildy Angius (R)

Republican Party (17)

Democratic Party (13)