Stacey Travers
Stacey Travers | |
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| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 12th district | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jake Hoffman |
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| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Arizona |
Anastasia "Stacey" Travers is an American politician, scientist, and U.S. Army veteran. She is a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 12 in 2022.
Personal life
[edit]Travers was born in Athens to a U.S. military father and a Greek mother.[1] She served in the U.S. Army as a Russian Intelligence Interceptor.[1] She completed a B.S. in geosciences from the University of Arizona.[1][2] She conducted postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford. She worked with disabled veterans and the unsheltered in the United Kingdom.[2] When she returned to the United States, she worked in West Los Angeles and was a legislative liaison in Sacramento, California.[2] Travers worked for AMVETS and advocated for veteran women's issues, the homeless, and disabled.[1] She also advocated for the Pacific branch of the National Home for Disabled Veteran Soldiers.[1] Travers has two children.[1]
Political career
[edit]Travers was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2022 as a Democrat.[2] She serves on the military affairs and public safety and the natural resources energy and water committees.[2] During her first term, she gained attention for attempting to legislate to remove a clerical exemption from Arizonan law that stated that members of the clergy could not be compelled to reveal what a penitent said during confession, in relation to child abuse cases.[3] She claimed she brought it forward after a request from members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church).[4] The Republican-run House Judiciary Committee blocked Travers' bill by refusing to hear it.[3] In 2026, she attempted to bring in a similar bill,[5] after the State of Washington brought a similar bill into law.[6] Congressman Andy Biggs, himself a member of the LDS Church, called Travers' bill "A terrible attack on Catholics in Arizona...".[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Endorsement: Stacey Travers". New Politics. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Maryniak, Paul (December 18, 2022). "Ahwatukee's 2 new lawmakers ready to work". Ahwatukee Foothills News. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- 1 2 Fischer, Howard (November 2, 2023). "Arizona lawmakers debate over what can be disclosed from a religious confession". KAWC. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- 1 2 "Arizona Bill Targets Clergy Who Refuse To Break The Seal Of Confession". AZ Free News. January 12, 2026. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ↑ "Arizona bill would hit priests with felony if they fail to break confessional seal to report abuse". Catholic Culture. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ↑ Di Corpo, Ryan. "Washington state cuts mandate for priests to break confessional seal". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
External links
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- Democratic Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives
- Living people
- 21st-century American women politicians
- Women state legislators in Arizona
- American people of Greek descent
- Politicians from Athens
- Female United States Army personnel
- University of Arizona alumni
- 21st-century members of the Arizona State Legislature