Rep. Steven B. Yarbrough has lived in Arizona since 1963. He graduated from Phoenix Union High School in 1965, earned his B.S. in Business Administration (finance) from ASU in 1968 with high distinction, and graduated magna cum laude with his Juris Doctor from the ASU College of Law in 1971.  During 1970-71 he was a Rockefeller Foundation Graduate Fellow in University Administration.

From 1971-1975 he served as a director in the ASU Office of Student Affairs. Since 1975 he has practiced law in Tempe and Chandler and is presently a partner with Yarbrough & Dunn in Chandler. For many years he was a board certified specialist in family law.  His partner, Boyd Dunn, is mayor of Chandler.

Since 1998 he has been the Executive Director of the Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization which has provided scholarships to thousands of Arizona students to attend the school of their parent’s choice.

Rep. Yarbrough taught business law at Mesa Community College from 1975-1977.  He was a co-founder and served on the school board for Valley Christian High School from 1981-2005.

Rep. Yarbrough has been married to his wife Linda since 1968. She taught high school choral music for thirty years. They have three adult sons, all married, and seven grandsons. Two of their sons are East Valley police officers (Chandler and Gilbert) and one is a Regional Sales Manager with Shell Oil in the Pacific Northwest.

First elected in 2002, Rep. Yarbrough has been re-elected three times from District 21 (Southwest Mesa, Chandler, Sun Lakes and Queen Creek.)

Rep. Yarbrough previously served on the House Education, Appropriations and Judiciary Committees and on the Ethics Committee of which he was Chairman. Currently he is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee after four years as Vice-Chairman and two years as Chairman. He also serves as Vice-Chairman of the Rules Committee.

Rep. Yarbrough leads a bipartisan group of legislators and citizen group leaders known as the Arizona Values Action Team which supports public policy which is pro-life, pro-traditional marriage, pro-school choice and pro-religious liberty.

Rep. Yarbrough is House Speaker Pro Tempore for the 49th Legislature.