Kimberly Yee

Republican Party

Arizona Treasurer

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

7

Prior offices:

Arizona State Senate District 20

Year left office: 2019

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Arizona House of Representatives District 10

Years in office: 2011 - 2013

Compensation

Base salary

$70,000

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Pepperdine University

Graduate

Arizona State University

Personal

Religion

Christian

Profession

Small business owner

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Kimberly Yee (Republican Party) is theArizona Treasurer. She assumed office on January 7, 2019. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Yee (Republican Party) ran for re-election forArizona Treasurer. She won in the general election onNovember 8, 2022.

Yee also ran for election forGovernor of Arizona. She did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary onAugust 2, 2022.

Yee is a formerRepublican member of theArizona State Senate, representingDistrict 20 from 2013 to 2019. Yee served asstate Senate majority leader from 2017 to 2019. She did not file to run for re-election in 2018.

Yee served in theArizona House of Representatives, representingDistrict 10 from January 10, 2011, to 2013.

Biography

Yee earned her B.A. in political science & English from Pepperdine University and her M.P.A., master's of public administration, from Arizona State University. Her professional experience includes working as executive fellow for the Office of the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, program and policy analyst for the appointee of Governor Pete Wilson to the California State Board of Education, senior research analyst for the Arizona Senate Committee on Education, deputy cabinet secretary for the Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and director of communications and government affairs for the Arizona State Treasurer's Office.^[1]

Yee served as state committeeman for the Arizona Republican Party, precinct committeeman for Maricopa County, chairman of the Arizona Legislative District 10 Republican Committee, and delegate for Arizona at the 2008 Republican National Convention.

Political career

Arizona Treasurer (2019-present)

Yee was electedArizona treasurer on November 6, 2018. She assumed office on January 7, 2019.

Arizona State Senate (2013-2019)

Yee representedDistrict 20 in theArizona State Senate from 2013 to 2019. Yee served asstate Senate majority leader from 2017 to 2019.

Arizona House of Representatives (2011-2013)

Yee served in theArizona House of Representatives, representingDistrict 10 from 2011 to 2013.

Elections

2022

Arizona Treasurer

See also: Arizona Treasurer election, 2022

General election

General election for Arizona Treasurer

IncumbentKimberly Yee defeatedMartin Quezada in the general election for Arizona Treasurer on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kimberly Yee (R)	55.7	1,390,135
		Martin Quezada (D)	44.3	1,107,037

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona Treasurer

Martin Quezada advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona Treasurer on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Martin Quezada	100.0	554,186

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 554,186
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona Treasurer

IncumbentKimberly Yee defeatedJeff Weninger andRobert Lettieri in the Republican primary for Arizona Treasurer on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kimberly Yee	56.4	423,456
		Jeff Weninger	27.1	203,751
		Robert Lettieri	16.5	123,574

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 750,781
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Livingston (R)
• Regina Cobb (R)

Governor of Arizona

See also: Arizona gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Governor of Arizona

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Arizona on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Hobbs (D)	50.3	1,287,891
		Kari Lake (R)	49.6	1,270,774
		Liana West (G) (Write-in)	0.0	254
	Submit photo	Mikaela Lutes-Burton (L) (Write-in)	0.0	213
		William Pounds (Independent-Green Party) (Write-in)	0.0	139
	Submit photo	Steph Denny (R) (Write-in)	0.0	74
	Submit photo	Alice Novoa (R) (Write-in)	0.0	55
	Submit photo	Rayshawn Merrill (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	44
	Submit photo	Anthony Camboni (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	41

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,559,485
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Barry J. Hess (L)
• Alex Sadowski (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Arizona

Katie Hobbs defeatedMarco Lopez andAaron Lieberman (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katie Hobbs	72.3	431,059
		Marco Lopez	22.8	136,090
		Aaron Lieberman (Unofficially withdrew)	4.8	28,878

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 596,027
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Arizona

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kari Lake	48.0	398,860
		Karrin Taylor Robson	43.1	358,682
		Matt Salmon (Unofficially withdrew)	3.7	30,704
		Scott Neely	3.1	25,876
		Paola Tulliani-Zen	2.1	17,281
	Submit photo	Carlos Roldan (Write-in)	0.0	42
	Submit photo	Alex Schatz (Write-in)	0.0	39
		Patrick Finerd (Write-in)	0.0	24

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 831,508
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Gaynor (R)
• Kimberly Yee (R)
• Frank Konarski (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Governor of Arizona

Barry J. Hess advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barry J. Hess (Write-in)	100.0	550

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steve Remus (L)

Campaign finance

2018

See also:Arizona Treasurer election, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona Treasurer

Kimberly Yee defeatedMark Manoil in the general election for Arizona Treasurer on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kimberly Yee (R)	54.3	1,249,120
		Mark Manoil (D)	45.7	1,052,197

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,301,317
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona Treasurer

Mark Manoil advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona Treasurer on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Manoil	100.0	454,581

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 454,581
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mark Cardenas (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona Treasurer

Kimberly Yee defeatedJo Ann Sabbagh in the Republican primary for Arizona Treasurer on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kimberly Yee	59.4	343,743
		Jo Ann Sabbagh	40.6	235,109

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 578,852
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2016

See also:Arizona State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theArizona State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

IncumbentKimberly Yee defeatedLarry Herrera andDoug Quelland in the Arizona State Senate District 20 general election.^[2][3]

Arizona State Senate, District 20 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kimberly YeeIncumbent	50.13%	40,122
	Democratic	Larry Herrera	36.22%	28,987
	Independent	Doug Quelland	13.65%	10,928
Total Votes				80,037
Source:Arizona Secretary of State

Larry Herrera ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 20 Democratic Primary.^[4]

Arizona State Senate, District 20 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Larry Herrera (unopposed)

IncumbentKimberly Yee ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 20 Republican Primary.^[5]

Arizona State Senate, District 20 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Kimberly YeeIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Arizona State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theArizona State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 28, 2014.Patty Kennedy was unopposed in the Democratic primary. IncumbentKimberly Yee was unopposed in the Republican primary. Yee defeated Kennedy andDoug Quelland (I) in the general election.Justin Henry (R) was disqualified from the ballot before the primary.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Arizona State Senate District 20, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kimberly YeeIncumbent	53.2%	25,103
	Democratic	Patty Kennedy	35.2%	16,613
	Independent	Doug "Q" Quelland	11.5%	5,438
Total Votes				47,154

Endorsements

In 2014, Yee's endorsements included the following:^[12]

2012

See also:Arizona State Senate elections, 2012

Yee ran in the2012 election forArizona State Senate District 20. She ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012. She won the general election on November 6, 2012.^[13][14]

Arizona State Senate, District 20, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kimberly Yee	51.1%	37,371
	Democratic	Michael Powell	36.9%	26,987
	Independent	Doug "Q" Quelland	12.1%	8,829
Total Votes				73,187

2010

See also:Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Yee facedBill Adams, incumbentDoug Quelland, and incumbentJim Weiers in the August 24 primary. Yee and Weiers advanced by garnering the most votes, 6,670 votes and 6,359 votes, respectively. Weiers and Yee defeated DemocratsAaron Jahneke andJackie Thrasher in the November 2 general election.^[15][16]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 10 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Kimberly Yee (R)		19,485
Jim Weiers (R)		18,237
Jackie Thrasher (D)		14,770
Aaron Jahneke (D)		12,226

Arizona House of Representatives, District 10 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Jim Weiers (R)		6,670
Kimberly Yee (R)		6,359
Doug Quelland (R)		4,005
Bill Adams (R)		2,330

Issues

ESG

See also:Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)

Environmental, social, and corporate governance
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As treasurer, Yee took positions in opposition toenvironmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), an approach to investing and corporate decision-making.

State financial officers, includingtreasurers,auditors, andcontrollers, are responsible for auditing other government offices, managing payroll, and overseeing pensions. In some states, certain SFOs are also responsible for investing state retirement and trust funds.

“As Arizona’s Chief Banking and Investment Officer, my primary responsibility is to protect and safeguard more than $53 billion of taxpayer dollars moving through our office each year,” she said in August 2022. “Since I took office in January of 2019, I have fought back against ESG policies imposed across the country.”^[17]

Letter to John Kerry regarding banking access for energy firms (May 2021)

Yee was one of fourteen other state treasurers who co-signed a May 2021 letter sent by West Virginia State TreasurerRiley Moore to Special Presidential Envoy for ClimateJohn Kerry. The treasurers informed Kerry of their concern that he and others in PresidentJoe Biden’s administration were “privately pressuring U.S. banks and financial institutions to refuse to lend to or invest in coal, oil, and natural gas companies, as part of a misguided strategy to eliminate the fossil fuel industry in our country.” The signatories told Kerry that they “strongly oppose the Biden Administration’s efforts to cut off financing for law-abiding industries that are essential to the economy and our citizens’ way of life.”^[18]

According to a March 12, 2021,Politico story referenced in the letter, Kerry was “prodding major U.S. banks privately to announce commitments for climate-friendly finance.” The report also revealed that the Biden administration and several climate policy groups held a March 9, 2022, teleconference to discuss “potential financial sector regulations and executive actions to limit risk from climate change-fueled shocks.”Politico listed representatives from the following groups as participants on the call: theCenter for American Progress,Public Citizen, Rainforest Action Network,Sierra Club, and 350.org.^[19][18]

“I do not tolerate any financial institution that does not respect the best interests of Arizonans, and I will not tolerate the Biden Administration denying banking to lawful energy companies,” Yee said.^[20]

West Virginia letter supporting financial system access for fuel industry (November 2021)

Yee was also a co-signer on a November 22, 2021, letter sent by West Virginia State TreasurerRiley Moore and addressed: “To Whom It May Concern in the U.S. Banking Industry.” The signatories were the treasurers, auditors, and comptrollers from fifteen states. The letter identified them as the “fiduciaries and stewards of more than $600 billion” in combined investment capital.^[21]

The letter began: “We are writing to notify you that we will be taking collective action in response to the ongoing and growing economic boycott of traditional energy production industries by U.S. financial institutions.” The signatories wrote their individual actions would be tailored to fit each state’s unique laws and economic position, but that the coordinated objective would be “to select financial institutions that support a free market and are not engaged in harmful fossil fuel industry boycotts for our states’ financial services contracts.”^[21]

Opposition to U.S. Department of Labor ESG rules (December 2021)

In December 2021, Yee and 35 other state financial officers and attorneys general submitted a public comment to theU.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in opposition to a proposed DOL rule that would encourage financial managers to consider ESG factors when selecting investments for private sector pension plans.^[22]

Titled the “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights,” the rule would state that pension plan managers “can make investment decisions that reflect climate change and other environmental, social, or governance (‘ESG’) considerations, including climate-related financial risk, and choose economically targeted investments (‘ETIs’) selected, in part, for benefits apart from the investment return.”^[22]

Oaks and the other officials wrote that the rule “would allow employers and investment managers to invest employee retirement savings in a way that benefits social causes and corporate goals even if it adversely affects the return to the employee” and that it would permit “proxy voting in ways that support ESG investment goals contrary to shareholder interests.”^[22]

The state officials wrote that they were “opposed to investment managers and employers being encouraged or mandated to consider ESG factors and protected from legal action when they do” and that the DOL’s proposed rule “makes what should be a financial decision into a political one.”^[22]

Opposition to Federal Reserve Bank appointee (January 2022)

In January 2022, Yee was one of 25 members of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) who co-signed a letter to PresidentJoe Biden (D), asking him to withdraw the nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to the Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors.^[23]

In a May 2020 New York Times commentary titled “Why Is the Fed Spending So Much Money on a Dying Industry?,” Raskin wrote that Federal Reserve policy decisions should oppose investments in fossil fuels and support investments in the renewable energy sector: “The decisions the Fed makes on our behalf should build toward a stronger economy with more jobs in innovative industries — not prop up and enrich dying ones.”^[24]

Yee and the signatories on the SFOF letter wrote that they were concerned Raskin “would use the supervisory authority as Vice-Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank to disrupt the private banking sector, reliable energy supplies, and the U.S. economy.”^[23]

In March 2022, Raskin withdrew her name from consideration for the Federal Reserve position.^[25]

Opposition to Morningstar ratings of Israel investments (August 2022)

In a letter dated August 18, 2022, Yee informed Kunal Kapoor, CEO of the ratings firm Morningstar Inc., that its subsidiary, Sustainalytics, was using “anti-Israel and antisemitic sources to negatively impact the scores of companies doing business in Israel and Israel-controlled territories.” Yee wrote that the ESG policy was not in compliance with a 2016 Arizona law that prohibited the state from doing business with individuals and corporations that engage in “actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with entities doing business in Israel.” She also informed Kapoor that the law required her office to “compile a list of restricted companies that are boycotting Israel.”

The letter gave the Morningstar CEO 30 days to provide “written certification” that the firm’s ESG policies were not violating the law and a promise not to “engage in any future boycott activities.”^[26]

On August 25, 2022, Yee and 17 other members of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) co-signed a letter addressed to Morningstar expressing their “serious concern” that Sustainalytics “negatively rates firms connected to Israel in apparent alignment with the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.” The letter asserted the BDS movement was “antithetical to the global causes of peace, democracy, and human rights” and asked Morningstar to take corrective action immediately to terminate all research and ratings products that treat Israel-connected companies different from companies operating in other free democracies.”^[27]

Arizona Board of Investment adopts prohibition of ESG criteria (August 2022)

On August 30, 2022, Yee and the Arizona Board of Investment approved revisions to the Arizona State Treasurer’s Office Investment Policy Statement to stipulate that “investments by or on behalf of the Treasurer” must be “based on a fiduciary standard of care and only consider pecuniary factors when evaluating an investment or discharging its duties with respect to this investment policy statement.” The new policy generally prohibits investment officers working on behalf of the state from basing their decisions on “non-pecuniary” factors, and additionally cites three specific prohibitions:

1. International, domestic, or industry agreements relating to environmental or social goals.

2. Corporate governance structures based on social characteristics.

3. Social or environmental goals.^[28]

A news release from Yee’s office stated: “Adopting this language ensures that the Arizona State Treasurer’s Office investments are not subject to the subjective political whims of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards.”

“This is about maintaining American free-market principles that our country was founded upon and not allowing environmental or social goals to dictate how taxpayer monies are managed,” said Yee.^[29]

Conception law

Yee received national coverage for her law, effective April 2012, which changed the date of conception to the date of ovulation in order to prevent women from having an abortion if their fetus had a severe or life-threatening problem, usually discovered in a 20th-week ultrasound.^[30]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Ballotpedia survey responses

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2016

Yee received a speaking slot at the2016 Republican National Convention. Her July 18 speech, which focused on the story of her family, opportunity, and a range of conservative values, can be viewed below.

2014

Yee's campaign website highlighted the following issues:^[31]

Excellence in Education

• Excerpt: "Parents have the freedom to choose where their child is educated."
• Excerpt: "Our classrooms must provide rigorous learning environments."
• Excerpt: "Teachers are heroes."
• Excerpt: "Vocational education is vital to prepare and educate our workforce."
• Excerpt: "Higher education must be affordable and accessible."

Health Care Freedom

• Excerpt: "We must repeal Obamacare."
• Excerpt: "Working families and seniors should have affordable physician services and prescription drug benefits."
• Excerpt: "Laws should support free market economics in medicine."
• Excerpt: "Small businesses should not be forced to insure employees or close their doors."

Strong Economy

• Excerpt: "We must end excess spending and cut wasteful government programs."
• Excerpt: "Job growth is enhanced by releasing regulations on businesses."
• Excerpt: "Working families need affordable options, not higher taxes."
• Excerpt: "Taxpayers deserve transparency in government budgeting at every level"

Family Values

• Excerpt: "The life of the unborn is precious and should be protected."
• Excerpt: "Marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman."
• Excerpt: "Parents should have protected rights to raise their children."
• Excerpt: "We must enhance benefits to our military families and veterans."

Security

• Excerpt: "Our neighborhoods should be safe."
• Excerpt: "Our borders must be protected."
• Excerpt: "Our homeland should be secure."
• Excerpt: "Our nation was founded to protect freedom."
• Excerpt: "Our 2nd Amendment rights are guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution."

Medicaid expansion lawsuit

See also:Can Arizona conservatives beat the clock to block Medicaid expansion from taking effect Jan. 1?

Kimberly Yee was one of the 36Republican members of theArizona State Legislature who signed onto a lawsuit brought by the Goldwater Institute in September 2013 againstArizona GovernorJan Brewer (R) over the expansion ofMedicaid in Arizona under provisions of the Affordable Care Act.^[32] Brewer announced her support for Medicaid expansion in Arizona in 2013, and by June of that year the legislature passed a bill expanding Medicaid in the state .^[33] In September 2013, the Goldwater Institute, a conservative think tank, filed a lawsuit seeking to block the law's implementation. They argued that the law contained a tax, and its implementation under the control of the executive branch violated state laws enforcing the separation of powers.^[32] In 2015, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled against the 36 Republican lawmakers and the Goldwater Institute, saying that the law contained an assessment, not a tax. TheArizona Court of Appeals upheld the Superior Court's 2015 ruling on March 16, 2017.^[34]

Campaign finance summary

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Noteworthy events

Recall

See also:Kimberly Yee recall, Arizona State Senate (2014)

The groupArizona Veterans Assistance Committee filed a petition against Yee on April 7, 2014, for using her position as chair of theSenate Education Committee to kill a bill on marijuana research already unanimously approved by theHouse.HB2333, sponsored byRep. Ethan Orr (R), would have allowed some of the taxes collected from the sale of medical marijuana to go towards marijuana research on university campuses. Yee, who sponsored legislation allowing university research in 2013, stated that the medical marijuana tax fund was only to be used for public service announcements to help prevent drug abuse. Supporters of the recall needed to collect 18,297 valid signatures by August 2 to take the recall to a vote. Thepetition filed with theArizona Secretary of State listed former Libertarian candidate for U.S. SenateMarc Victor as the recall committee's chairman and marijuana reform attorney Thomas W. Dean as the applicant. Kathy Inman, Arizona's Director of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, was the group's secretary.^[35][36]

State legislative tenure

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2018

In 2018, the 54thArizona State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 4.

• Center for Arizona Policy:Senate andHouse Voting Records

Legislators' votes are recorded by the Center for Arizona Policy on bills related to family issues.

• Children's Action Alliance

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to family issues.

• Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental policy.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

Sponsored legislation

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Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Yee served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Yee served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Yee served on these committees:

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