2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

Issues

2012

Tom Forese endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

Medicaid expansion lawsuit

Tom Forese was one of the 36 Republican members of the Arizona State Legislature who signed onto a lawsuit brought by the Goldwater Institute in September 2013 against Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) over the expansion of Medicaid in Arizona under provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Brewer announced her support for Medicaid expansion in Arizona in 2013, and by June of that year the legislature had passed a bill expanding Medicaid in the state . 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 contains a tax and its implementation under the control of the executive branch violates state laws enforcing the separation of powers. In 2015, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled against the 36 Republican lawmakers and the Goldwater Institute, saying that the law contains an assessment, not a tax. The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the Superior Court's 2015 ruling on March 16, 2017.

Forese won election to the Arizona Corporation Commission in the general election on November 4, 2014. He lost in the Republican primary on August 28, 2018.

Forese is a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives. He represented District 17 in the state House from 2011 to 2015.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

Tom Forese was one of the 36 Republican members of the Arizona State Legislature who signed onto a lawsuit brought by the Goldwater Institute in September 2013 against Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) over the expansion of Medicaid in Arizona under provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Brewer announced her support for Medicaid expansion in Arizona in 2013, and by June of that year the legislature had passed a bill expanding Medicaid in the state . 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 contains a tax and its implementation under the control of the executive branch violates state laws enforcing the separation of powers. In 2015, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled against the 36 Republican lawmakers and the Goldwater Institute, saying that the law contains an assessment, not a tax. The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the Superior Court's 2015 ruling on March 16, 2017.

Presidential preference

2012

Tom Forese endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.