Kimberly Yee
Republican · AZ · Arizona State Treasurer
Kimberly Yee is Arizona's state treasurer and a former state senator who once worked as a policy analyst for the Senate Education Committee. She says she would protect school choice and families' educational freedom.
Where Kimberly Yee stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (5 records), Public Education Quality (11 records), Data Privacy (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 5 support
Yee's Treasurer's Office issued a request for information to evaluate financial platforms for Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program.
May 27, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: aztreasury.gov
Yee's office enrolled the Chilchinbeto Navajo Chapter in Arizona's Local Government Investment Pool, the first Navajo Nation chapter to participate.
October 25, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: aztreasury.gov
Yee sponsored SB 1448, enacted legislation that updated state Treasurer procedures for handling public money and investments.
May 3, 2017Supports Government Efficiency
Source: azleg.gov
Yee sponsored SB 1099, enacted legislation that revised administration and oversight of the school safety grant program for campus officers.
April 17, 2017Supports Government Efficiency
Source: azleg.gov
Yee sponsored HB 2423, enacted legislation that set review and disclosure rules for the Arizona Attorney General's contingency-fee contracts with private lawyers.
April 14, 2011Supports Government Efficiency
Source: azleg.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 3 oppose
Yee sponsored SB 1444, enacted legislation that added American civics to Arizona high-school social-studies standards and funded a civics education pilot program.
May 15, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: azleg.gov
Yee voted yes on SB 1520, Arizona's fiscal 2019 general appropriations bill.
May 3, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: azsenate.gov
Yee voted yes on HB 2001, a special-session school funding bill tied to a proposed change in state-land trust distributions.
October 30, 2015Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: azleg.gov
Yee voted no on HB 2010, the health and welfare budget bill that expanded Arizona's Medicaid program through AHCCCS and a hospital assessment.
June 13, 2013Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: azleg.gov
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 11 support
As Treasurer, Yee publicly backed SB 1184 after it became law; the bill added financial literacy and personal financial management to Arizona's required high-school economics course.
April 11, 2019Supports Public Education Quality
Source: aztreasury.gov
Yee sponsored SB 1444, enacted legislation that added American civics to Arizona high-school social-studies standards and funded a civics education pilot program.
May 15, 2018Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azleg.gov
Yee sponsored SB 1442, enacted legislation that created a high-school personal-finance proficiency seal and allowed the State Board of Education to consider a separate finance course.
April 12, 2018Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azleg.gov
Yee sponsored SB 1099, enacted legislation that revised administration and oversight of the school safety grant program for campus officers.
April 17, 2017Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azleg.gov
Yee voted yes on HB 2001, a special-session school funding bill tied to a proposed change in state-land trust distributions.
October 30, 2015Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azleg.gov
Yee offered an adopted Senate floor amendment to SB 1405 requiring a separate personal-finance course for high-school graduation, including instruction on insurance and fraud protection.
March 4, 2015Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azleg.gov
Yee co-sponsored SB 1237, enacted legislation that revised Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program, including eligibility review and account oversight.
April 30, 2014Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azleg.gov
Yee sponsored SB 1204, enacted legislation that revised charter-school applications, renewal, and revocation oversight.
April 5, 2013Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azleg.gov
Yee sponsored HB 2500, enacted legislation that required a school receiving a D or F grade for two consecutive years to implement a science, technology, engineering, and math intervention strategy.
April 5, 2012Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azleg.gov
Yee co-sponsored HB 2501, enacted legislation that required charter schools to change their annual-audit firm at least once every six years.
April 5, 2012Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azleg.gov
Yee sponsored HB 2415, enacted legislation that required Arizona school districts to adopt policies addressing bullying and harassment.
April 19, 2011Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azleg.gov
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Yee's Treasurer's Office resisted a request for detailed Empowerment Scholarship Account transaction records, citing student and family privacy; a court denied the request, finding vendor-level data was not a public record of the office.
July 13, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: aztreasury.gov
Track record — General
General · 20 records
Yee filed a complaint with the Arizona Attorney General asking for an investigation of whether opponent Teresa Leyba Ruiz used public-school resources for campaign material; no violation was established by the complaint.
September 1, 2026
Source: kjzz.org
Yee denied a $3 million early cash advance requested by Nadaburg Unified School District and asked state officials to review the district's finances.
September 24, 2025
Source: aztreasury.gov
Yee asked the Maricopa County Attorney to investigate allegations concerning Governor Katie Hobbs and a state contract.
June 10, 2024
Source: aztreasury.gov
Yee appointed Mohave County Treasurer SueAnn Mello to the Arizona State Board of Investment.
April 24, 2024
Source: aztreasury.gov
Yee joined a federal lawsuit challenging the creation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument in her official role as Arizona surveyor-general.
February 12, 2024
Source: aztreasury.gov
Yee and the State Board of Investment selected Ascensus as recordkeeper and Goldman Sachs as asset manager for Arizona's 529 college savings adviser plan.
March 8, 2022
Source: aztreasury.gov
As state Treasurer, Yee reduced Arizona's Unilever holdings from about $143 million to about $50 million after its Ben & Jerry's subsidiary stopped sales in Israeli settlements.
September 7, 2021
Source: aztreasury.gov
Susan B. Anthony List endorsed Yee in the 2018 Arizona state Treasurer race.
February 21, 2018
Source: sbaprolife.org
The Arizona Supreme Court rejected a challenge by Yee and other legislators to the hospital assessment used to fund Medicaid expansion, ruling it was not subject to the constitution's two-thirds tax vote rule.
November 17, 2017
Source: azcourts.gov
Yee voted yes on SB 1431, a phased expansion of Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program.
April 6, 2017
Source: azpolicy.org
Yee sponsored SB 1059, enacted legislation that continued the Arizona Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
March 18, 2016
Source: azleg.gov
Yee co-sponsored SB 1288, enacted legislation that allowed patients with chronic conditions to align prescription refill dates under covered health plans.
April 1, 2015
Source: azleg.gov
Yee voted yes on SB 1001 in a special session that created the Arizona Department of Child Safety.
May 29, 2014
Source: azleg.gov
Yee received the Arizona Association of County School Superintendents' 2013 Legislator of the Year award for her work on public education policy.
September 5, 2013
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov
Yee sponsored SB 1454, enacted legislation that counted a candidate-owned business logo used by a campaign as a reportable in-kind contribution, alongside other election-law changes.
June 20, 2013
Source: azleg.gov
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry endorsed Yee in the 2012 Arizona Senate District 20 race.
June 12, 2012
Source: azchamber.com
Yee voted yes on HCM 2001, a legislative memorial that urged Arizona's redistricting commission to restart its mapping process; the memorial alleged constitutional defects in the draft maps.
November 1, 2011
Source: azleg.gov
Yee sponsored HB 2416, enacted legislation that added ultrasound and informed-consent requirements before abortions and barred medication abortions by telemedicine.
April 2, 2011
Source: azleg.gov
Yee voted yes on HB 2001 during a special session that created the Arizona Commerce Authority and changed business tax incentives.
February 16, 2011
Source: azleg.gov
As an Arizona House member, Kimberly Yee voted yes on SCR 1001, a proposed constitutional amendment protecting secret ballots in union representation elections.
August 11, 2010
Source: azleg.gov
Past race Kimberly Yee ran in:
- Superintendent of Public Instruction · November 3, 2026 · Arizona