Frank Carroll
Republican · AZ · Arizona State Senator for Legislative District 28; Senate Majority Whip
Frank Carroll is Majority Whip in the Arizona Senate, representing Legislative District 28 since 2019, and is retired. He has been a leading voice on protecting private property rights, securing critical infrastructure and strengthening election integrity.
Where Frank Carroll stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Anti-Corruption (6 records), Housing Affordability (2 records),
Opposes
Immigration (5 records), Social Programs and Welfare (5 records), Gun Control (4 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (2 support · 9 oppose), Public Safety and Crime Control (14 support · 1 oppose), Election Integrity (9 support · 2 oppose),
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
Carroll sponsored SB 1565 to prohibit artificial intelligence or learning software in ballot processing and electronic adjudication; the bill passed both chambers and was vetoed by the governor.
April 27, 2023Supports AI Regulation
Source: storageccec.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support · 9 oppose
Voted for House Bill 2570, a bill to let irrigation users petition to cap new irrigation outside groundwater zones. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2573, a bill to move wine grapes and soil-free crops outside Arizona's irrigation limits. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 16, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2574, a bill to let counties approve small subdivisions without a water supply test. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 16, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2527, a bill to bar retiring a power plant until a plant of equal output is available. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 16, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2203, a bill to widen the years used to set how much groundwater a farm may keep pumping. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2088, a bill to let the state water director shrink a groundwater management area. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2089, a bill to let voters end a groundwater management area by petition after ten years. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2202, a bill to let farmers move an old groundwater pumping right onto new ground. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2291, which ends the rule that a pharmacist must put a red cap on a bottle of prescription opioids. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 1, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1518, a bill to make old groundwater pumping rights tradable. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 4, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1308, which tightens the rules for sober living homes. The Arizona Senate passed it 20-7, and the Governor signed it into law.
March 4, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 6 support
Voted for House Bill 2895, a bill to make public bodies post task order contracts online. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
May 6, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2233, a bill to make the Corporation Commission vote in public before lobbying. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2222, a bill to require 30 days' warning before a public body settles a case. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2169, a bill to make school boards meet in public buildings and post all meeting materials online. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 15, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1089, a bill to make the transport department explain passing over the cheapest bid. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 13, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1612, a bill to put the state health program under Arizona's procurement rules. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 27, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 5 oppose
Voted for House Bill 2099, a bill to require Arizona officials to help enforce federal immigration law. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1610, a bill to make county jails send arrestees' details to federal immigration agents. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-10, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 10, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1088, a bill to tie Arizona government and its contractors to federal immigration enforcement. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 5, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1164, a bill to push local officials toward federal immigration enforcement and make jails honor detainers. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 27, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1268, a bill to make hospitals ask patients about their immigration status. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 26, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 14 support · 1 oppose
Sponsored Senate Bill 1479, proposing photo ID for in-person deed filings, stronger notary rules, owner alerts, and tougher penalties for recording forged property documents. The Arizona Senate passed it unanimously in March 2026.
March 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Sponsored a bill aimed at keeping foreign adversaries from controlling Arizona land and critical infrastructure (Senate Bill 1683). It proposes cutting the ownership threshold that counts as control from 30 percent to 5 percent and making utilities report suspicious agreements. The Senate Federalism Committee advanced it.
February 16, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Carroll sponsored SB 1511 to require commercial drivers to show lawful U.S. presence and authorize impoundment when proof is not provided.
February 10, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2374, which raises the offense class for stalking, threats and assault done by agents of a foreign government. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-12, and the Governor signed it into law.
June 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2386, which sets yearly pay benchmarks so the state police can compete with big city and county forces. The Arizona Senate passed it 22-6, and the Governor signed it into law.
June 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2221, a bill to stop cities cutting police budgets below the previous year's. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2611, known as Preston's Law, which makes an assault by a group that injures the victim a class 4 felony. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-10, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2074, which lets school safety grants pay for safety officers, equipment, training and building work. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2653, which lets crime victims and witnesses keep their names out of public records. The Arizona Senate passed it 22-7, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2607, which sets fixed 5 to 15 year prison terms for carrying 200 grams or more of fentanyl in a vehicle. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2114, which raises the penalty for an adult over 21 who has sex with a teenager aged 15 to 17. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1351, which creates a new felony of gift card theft. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-10, and the Governor signed it into law.
March 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1060, which makes police forces give an officer the papers 24 hours before an internal inquiry interview. The Arizona Senate passed it 20-9, and the Governor signed it into law.
February 27, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1310, a bill to make filing a fake claim against someone's property a class 4 felony. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1725, a bill to cut the fentanyl amount that triggers the toughest sentences from 200 grams to 9. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Carroll sponsored SB 1543, a bipartisan zoning measure allowing qualifying hotel and multifamily residential uses within designated international-headquarters campuses; it passed the Legislature.
April 16, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2447, which makes cities let staff approve site plans and land splits without a public hearing. The Arizona Senate passed it 19-8, and the Governor signed it into law.
March 26, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 5 oppose
Voted for House Bill 2450, a bill to tie how long unemployment benefits last to the jobless rate, from 12 to 24 weeks. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2121, a bill to make able-bodied adults under 60 join a work program to keep food assistance. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2122, a bill to stop Arizona easing the work rule attached to food assistance. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2449, a bill to check state health coverage members against gambling records. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2165, a bill to make the state seek federal permission to keep food assistance from being spent on soda. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 8, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Voted for House Bill 2375, a bill to make schools answer summer requests to assess a child for a disability within 15 days. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 15, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 4 oppose
Voted for Senate Bill 1705, a bill to let a court fine a local official personally for making local gun rules. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-9, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 6, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1143, a bill to block government records showing who owns firearms. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 5, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1020, a bill to stop universities and community colleges banning guns on campus. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 27, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1014, a bill to take firearm suppressors off Arizona's list of prohibited weapons. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 27, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 9 support · 2 oppose
Voted for House Bill 2440, a bill to shield county supervisors from prosecution for voting against certifying an election. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Opposes Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2046, a bill to set out how the hand count check on election results is run. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2154, a bill to drop voters from the early ballot list when their mail comes back undelivered. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2006, a bill to make private senders of official-looking election mail print Not from a Government Agency on it. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 10, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2007, a bill to ban paying anyone by the number of voter registration forms they collect. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 10, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2004, a bill to stop county recorders sending voter registration cards to out-of-state addresses. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 8, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1098, a bill to require proof of identity to hand in an early ballot. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 5, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1123, a bill to set security rules for the paper ballots are printed on. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 3, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1064, a bill to set minimum security standards for vote counting machines. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 26, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Carroll sponsored SB 1565 to prohibit artificial intelligence or learning software in ballot processing and electronic adjudication; the bill passed both chambers and was vetoed by the governor.
April 27, 2023Supports Election Integrity
Source: storageccec.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net · researched July 18, 2026
Carroll joined other Arizona Republican legislators in a December 2020 filing supporting Texas's U.S. Supreme Court challenge to election procedures and presidential-election results in four other states; the Supreme Court rejected Texas's case for lack of standing.
December 11, 2020Opposes Election Integrity
Source: kawc.org · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Voted for House Bill 2514, which makes schools tell parents before releasing a student's directory information. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-11, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 10, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support · 13 oppose
Carroll sponsored SB 1511 to require commercial drivers to show lawful U.S. presence and authorize impoundment when proof is not provided.
February 10, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2868, a bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion offices across much of Arizona government. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
May 6, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2880, which bans overnight encampments on university and community college campuses. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-10, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 30, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2017, a bill to close voting centers and cut back early voting sites. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2438, a bill to stop a person changing the sex recorded on their birth certificate. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 15, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2062, a bill to set one meaning for sex-based words across state law. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 8, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Sponsored Senate Bill 1600, a patients' bill of rights requiring informed consent before non-emergency care. The Senate passed it in March 2025, and Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed it in May 2025.
March 13, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1097, a bill to make public schools serve as polling places and close on election days. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 5, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1586, a bill to make clinicians liable for the cost of reversing gender transition care given to a minor. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 5, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1694, a bill to cut off state money to any public college that offers a diversity, equity and inclusion course. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 4, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1584, a bill to make the state and local governments hire on merit and nothing else. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 4, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1052, a bill to take the vote away from citizens who have never lived in the United States. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 26, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1256, a bill to bar state agencies from using diversity, equity and inclusion programs in hiring. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 20, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1002, a bill to stop school staff using a pupil's chosen name or pronoun without written parental permission. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 20, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1003, a bill to make schools provide separate restrooms and changing rooms on request. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-9, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 11, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 4 support
Sponsored a bill aimed at keeping foreign adversaries from controlling Arizona land and critical infrastructure (Senate Bill 1683). It proposes cutting the ownership threshold that counts as control from 30 percent to 5 percent and making utilities report suspicious agreements. The Senate Federalism Committee advanced it.
February 16, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2195, which makes apps aimed at children keep mature advertising off their screens. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-9, and the Governor signed it into law.
May 7, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Carroll sponsored SB 1308, which strengthened licensing, inspection, penalties, and fraud protections for sober-living homes; the governor signed it into law.
April 23, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2788, a bill to make electric utilities file a 15-year resource plan every three years. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 16, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Sponsored an Arizona bill barring most rural counties from blocking small modular nuclear reactors built near large energy users. The Legislature passed it, but Governor Hobbs vetoed it on June 19, 2026 (Senate Bill 1418).
June 11, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Voted against House Bill 2928, which makes counties allow small second homes on lots zoned for one house. The Arizona Senate passed it 21-6, and the Governor signed it into law.
May 7, 2025
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against Senate Bill 1019, a bill to ban photo enforcement of traffic laws. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 20, 2025
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Carroll became Arizona Senate majority whip in the 57th Legislature and serves as vice chair of Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency.
January 1, 2025
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Carroll began serving in the Arizona Senate for Legislative District 28 in the 56th Legislature.
January 1, 2023
Source: apps.azlibrary.gov · researched July 18, 2026
During his second House term, Carroll chaired the Arizona House Transportation Committee and also served on natural-resources and government-and-elections committees.
January 1, 2021
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Carroll began serving in the Arizona House of Representatives during the 54th Legislature.
January 1, 2019
Source: apps.azlibrary.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Race Frank Carroll is in:
- State Senator - District No. 28 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 28; Arizona · incumbent
Past race Frank Carroll ran in:
- State Senator - District No. 28 · July 21, 2026 · State Senate District 28; Arizona · incumbent
Profile last researched August 9, 2026.