The experience of participating in a Town Hall along with the recommendations has resulted in impacts both large and small. These include:

• Establishment of the Arizona Department of Revenue.
• Voluntary contributions for multipurpose districts (payment of in-lieu taxes).
• Creation of the Arizona Water Commission.
• Development of current method for selecting judicial candidates for the state’s two most populous counties.
• Establishment of the Ground Water Management Act that provided for the creation of the Department of Water Resources.
• Establishment of a statewide jobs training program.
• Authorization of motor fuel tax increases to fund freeway expansion in the Maricopa County area.
• Creation of an Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. (Suggestion for this department was made at the 47th Town Hall on water quality; further suggestions for the department’s responsibilities were highlighted at the 52nd Town Hall on air quality and the 59th Town Hall on the environment.)
• Creation of an economic development, international trade and tourism committee within the Arizona House of Representatives.
• Passage of the Juvenile Crime Omnibus Bill, termed by many professionals as the most significant reform of juvenile crime measures in many years.
• Passage of an initiative on the 2000 ballot regarding reform of Arizona’s redistricting process.
• Further talks for negotiating tribal water claims.
• “Growing Smarter” legislation to strengthen urban planning and provision for open space.
• Establishment of the Governor’s Transportation Vision 21 Task Force.
• Appointment of the Governor’s Water Management Commission.
• Proposition 301 establishing increased education funding passed following a Town Hall that recommended “improved education… requires commitment, leadership and most importantly a substantial increase in funding for higher education.”
• Passage of a bill that addresses the fiscal policy and tax concerns expressed in a number of Town Halls.
• Action by the Arizona Department of Commerce to organize and oversee a statewide economic study.
• Encouragement of legislation to authorize the Secretary of State to establish a statewide directory for medical advance directives.
• Authorization of motor fuel tax increases to fund freeway expansion in Maricopa County area.
• Adoption of the “Rules of Civil Procedure” that are designed to speed civil court cases and cut costs.
• Announcement of the creation of the Sedona Cultural Park.
• Passage in the 1994 Special Legislative Session of a number of bills centering on “youth at risk” issues.
• Formation of Science Foundation with the hiring of Dr. William Harris as its first President and CEO.
• Dedication of $35 million by the Arizona State Legislature plus private-fund pledges toward the development of the bioscience and biotechnology industry.
• Establishment of the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix.
• Establishment of the “Move On When Ready” initiative for Arizona students.
• Passage of the one-cent state sales tax in 2010 to address Arizona’s budget crisis.