Education
Yee earned her bachelor"s degrees in English and political science from Pepperdine University and her Master of Arts in public administration from Arizona State University.
Yee earned her bachelor"s degrees in English and political science from Pepperdine University and her Master of Arts in public administration from Arizona State University.
Yee served consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 10, 2011 until January 14, 2013 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 10 seat. Yee worked for California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger. She was then communications director at the office of the State Treasurer of Arizona.
Upon the recommendation of Governor January Brewer, Yee was appointed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to replace Republican Republican
Doug Quellan after he was ousted for violating Clean Election Limits. Yee sponsored a bill that would make it illegal for minors to possess water pipes.
In 2012, Yee introduced HB 2838, a bill that would ban abortions of fetuses over 20 weeks old. While the bill had stalled in committee, Yee used a "strike-everything amendment" to reincarnate the proposed legislation as HB 2036.
The bill passed the Arizona House and Senate and was signed into law on April 12, 2012.
In 2014, Yee blocked a study that would examine the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with medical cannabis. The completion of the study is in question as the lead researcher, Doctor Sue Sisley, has been dismissed. Elections 2010 Challenging House District 10 incumbent Republican Representatives Doug Quelland and James Weiers in the four-way August 24, 2010 Republican Primary, Representative Weiers placed first, Yee placed second with 6,925 votes, and Representative Quelland placed third.
In the November 2, 2010 General election, Yee took the first seat with 19,485 votes and Representative Weiers took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees former Representative Jackie Thrasher and Aaron Jahneke.