Chris Mathis
Democratic · AZ · Arizona State Representative, District 18
Chris Mathis is an Arizona state representative, elder-law attorney, and professor of practice at the University of Arizona law school, where he teaches health-care law and aging. He serves on the Natural Resources, Energy and Water; Ethics; Health and Human Services; and Rules committees.
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 2 records
Chris Mathis introduced Arizona HB2546 to fund a state health study of PFAS exposure; the bill was held in committee.
January 20, 2026For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
After months of bipartisan negotiations, Chris Mathis sponsored Arizona HB2714 to let rural communities establish groundwater-management areas; the bill was held in committee.
January 31, 2025For
Source: ktar.com · researched July 12, 2026
Healthcare Affordability
· 3 records
Chris Mathis voted for Arizona SB1124, a dental-board and oral-preventive-assistant measure that was later signed by the governor.
March 25, 2025For
Source: apps.azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Chris Mathis introduced Arizona HB2757 to limit price increases for specified essential prescription drugs; the bill was held in committee.
February 10, 2025For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Chris Mathis introduced Arizona HB2762 to create an end-of-life option for qualifying terminally ill adults; the bill was held in committee.
February 9, 2022For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 1 record
Chris Mathis voted for Arizona SB1371, which expanded free police-report and video access for victims of domestic violence and sexual offenses.
March 21, 2024For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Election Integrity
· 1 record
Chris Mathis voted against HCR2001, the proposed Arizona Secure Elections Act.
June 11, 2026Against
Source: digitaldemocracyproject.org · researched July 12, 2026
Civil Rights
· 2 records
Chris Mathis publicly opposed Arizona SB1694's restrictions on public-sector diversity programs, describing the measure as viewpoint discrimination.
April 5, 2023For
Source: tucsonsentinel.com · researched July 12, 2026
Chris Mathis introduced Arizona HB2762 to create an end-of-life option for qualifying terminally ill adults; the bill was held in committee.
February 9, 2022For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Corporate Accountability
· 1 record
Chris Mathis introduced Arizona HB2757 to limit price increases for specified essential prescription drugs; the bill was held in committee.
February 10, 2025For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
General
· 2 records
Chris Mathis's campaign endorsement page listed education, labor, environmental, health-care, civil-rights, public-safety, housing, and local-government supporters.
May 14, 2026
Source: mathisforaz.com · researched July 12, 2026
The Arizona House assigned Chris Mathis as ranking member of both the Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committee and the House Ethics Committee for the 57th Legislature.
November 27, 2024
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 1 record
The Arizona House assigned Chris Mathis as ranking member of both the Natural Resources, Energy and Water Committee and the House Ethics Committee for the 57th Legislature.
November 27, 2024
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Elections
- Arizona State Representative, District 18 · July 21, 2026 · State House District 18; Arizona · incumbent
Profile last researched July 12, 2026.