AZ State Sen. Janae Shamp (R-Surprise), left, and a picture of the vote tally for SB 1182. | AZleg.gov / X
AZ State Sen. Janae Shamp (R-Surprise), left, and a picture of the vote tally for SB 1182. | AZleg.gov / X
Sen. Janae Shamp (R-Surprise) said "the rights of girls to ensure that they are secure in their right to privacy" is important to her, following her vote to pass a bill requiring public schools to provide private showers to crossdressing students.
"Puberty is a tough enough time for all kids," Shamp told NW Valley Times, "And the rights of girls to ensure that they are secure in their right to privacy is of utmost importance to me."
The bill, SB 1182, sponsored by Sen. John Kavanagh (R-Fountain Hills), would require a public school to "provide access to a single-occupancy or employee shower room to a person who is unwilling or unable to use a multioccupancy shower room designated for the person's sex and submits satisfactory evidence to the school."
SB 1182 passed on a straight party-line vote, with all Republicans voting yes and all "no" votes coming from Democrats. It now heads to the House for consideration.
Shamp was first elected to represent Arizona’s 29th Legislative District in Nov. 2022. She defeated Democrat David Raymer, winning 59 percent to Raymer’s 41 percent.
A resident of Surprise, Shamp graduated cum laude from Arizona State University and received her nursing degree, also graduating cum laude, from Grand Canyon University.
She is an operating room nurse, and said she was fired from her nursing position for refusing to take the “COVID” MRNA injection.
Arizona’s 29th Legislative District is entirely located within Maricopa County, west and northwest of Phoenix. The district stretches from Litchfield Park in the south to north of Morristown in the north, stopping to the east of Wickenburg. It includes Luke Air Force Base.
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