Session votes on 2006 Arizona ballot measures
From Ballotpedia
In 2006, there were eight legislative referrals on the ballot. Out of those eight, seven were approved by voters. Two were legislatively referred state statutes, while the rest were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
Before these referrals are placed on the ballot, they must gain legislative approval from both chambers, by way of vote. The following charts show how each member of those legislative chambers voted on each ballot proposal.
Information was obtained from the Arizona State Legislative website.
Key
- Voted in favor of placing the measure on the ballot.
- Voted in opposition of placing the measure on the ballot.
- Did not vote on the measure or abstained from voting.
- Was either not a member of the chamber at the time of voting, was absent from voting, or whose name was not on official session documents.
House of Representatives
- Proposition 100: Prevent bail for those charged with a serious felony offense if the person was in the U.S. illegally.
- Proposition 101: Remove unused taxing capacity of county, city, town or community college districts.
- Proposition 102: Illegal aliens wouldn't receive punitive damages in civil lawsuit.
- Proposition 103: Would make English the official language of the state.
- Proposition 104: Incorporate cities and towns allowed to include debt for public safety acquisitions.
- Proposition 105: Relating to state trust lands.
- Proposition 300: Would deny public funding to illegal immigrants.
- Proposition 301: Would mandate that 1st or 2nd time meth conviction to result in jail/prison
Senate
- Proposition 100: Prevent bail for those charged with a serious felony offense if the person was in the U.S. illegally.
- Proposition 101: Remove unused taxing capacity of county, city, town or community college districts.
- Proposition 102: Illegal aliens wouldn't receive punitive damages in civil lawsuit.
- Proposition 103: Would make English the official language of the state.
- Proposition 104: Incorporate cities and towns allowed to include debt for public safety acquisitions.
- Proposition 105: Relating to state trust lands.
- Proposition 300: Would deny public funding to illegal immigrants.
- Proposition 301: Would mandate that 1st or 2nd time meth conviction to result in jail/prison
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Proposition 101
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Proposition 102
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Proposition 103
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Proposition 104
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Proposition 105 
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Proposition 300
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Proposition 301
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| Timothy Bee |
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| Robert Burns |
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| Jake Flake |
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| Ron Gould |
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| Jack W. Harper |
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| Marilyn Jarrett |
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| Dean Martin |
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| Rebecca Rios |
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| Thayer Verschoor |
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| Carolyn S. Allen |
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| Robert Blendu |
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| Robert Cannell |
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| Jorge Luis Garcia |
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| Linda Gray |
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| Toni Hellon |
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| Karen Johnson |
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| Richard Miranda |
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| Victor Soltero |
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| Jim Waring |
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| Marsha Arzberger |
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| Bill Brotherton |
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| Ken Cheuvront |
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| Gabrielle Giffords |
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| Albert Hale |
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| John Huppenthal |
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| Barbara Leff |
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| Harry E. Mitchell |
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| Jay Tibshraeny |
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| Ken Bennett |
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| Edward Ableser |
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| Paula Aboud |
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Summary
The following are findings of legislative votes during 2005 and 2006 sessions:
- 32 state legislators did not vote on select ballot measures at one point during these sessions, either by being absent or abstaining from the vote.
- 11 state legislators were not present for a vote on certain ballot measures at one point during these sessions.
House of Representatives
- Proposition 104 gained the highest number of House “no” votes with 23. Proposition 105, the only measure to fail at the ballot, received 20 “no” votes, which was not even second on the list, as that went to Proposition 300 with 22.
- Four representatives vote “yes” on every, single ballot measure. None of these four were either absent or abstained from voting.
- The lowest number of “no” votes was on Proposition 100 with 15 “no” votes. That measure later had the highest number of “yes” votes of all legislative referrals on the ballot, with 77% of voters approving it.
- Bill Konopnicki voted only on two measures, the least out of all representatives.
Senate
- Proposition 301 and 102 gained the highest percentage of “yes” votes, with all senators who voted on the proposal voting “yes”. Both of those measures were approved at the ballot.
- Proposition 105, the only legislatively referred measure to fail at the ballot, gained the highest number of “no” votes in the State Senate with 13.
- Five senators voted “yes” on every measure.
- Gabrielle Giffords voted once on one measure - a “no” vote on Proposition 100 in the 2005 session. However, she left the Senate after that session. Since the rest of the measures were sent to the ballot during the 2006 session, she did not vote on the rest.
