Annual Timeline
1972
Senator Sandra Day O'Connor
In 1972, then-Senator O'Connor was serving in the Arizona State Senate.
January
Event
Serves as Arizona co-chairman of President Richard Nixon re-election campaign
28
Legislation
SCR 1008 signed into law - A Concurrent Resolution on the death of The Honorable Carl Hayden (co-sponsor with entire Senate)
February
17
Legislation
SB 1013 signed into law - An Act repealing the street poll tax and the municipal slaughterhouse law
March
26
Event
Turns 42 years old
April
3
Legislation
SB 1015 signed into law - An Act providing for annual filing and publication of administrative rules and regulations
10
Legislation
SB 1286 signed into law - An Act prescribing procedures and penalties for regulation of consumer fraud
25
Legislation
SB 1249 signed into law - An Act authorizing board of supervisors to adopt schedule of fees for licenses and permits
May
4
Legislation
SB 1131 signed into law - An Act prescribing size of juries, degree of unanimity required and waiver
8
Legislation
9
Legislation
SB 1235 signed into law - An Act providing for transportation of voluntary patients to state hospital
9
Legislation
HB 2002 signed into law - An Act relating to decedents' estates, guardianships, protective proceedings and trusts
November
Event
Elected Majority Leader of Arizona State Senate, becoming the first woman to hold that position in any state senate in the country