NM · Officeholder
RState Senator · District 28
Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Republicans voted. How topics are assigned
Most contested
Firearms in Unfair Practices Act
Applies the Unfair Practices Act to firearms, destructive devices and accessories, adds online marketplace and third-party seller rules, and raises the attorney general's civil penalty from $5,000 to $30,000 per violation.
Mar 18, 2025 · Passed 21–18 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
General Appropriation Act of 2026
Sets New Mexico's operating budget for fiscal 2027, with about $11.05 billion in recurring general fund spending, a 2.6 percent increase, plus over $3 billion in one-time spending and fund transfers for areas including child care, health care, economic development and education.
Feb 16, 2026 · Passed 23–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Public Works Minimum Wage Definitions
On the version voted Mar 21, 2025: Adds off-site fabrication of heating, cooling, ventilation and exhaust ducts for public works projects to the project "site", extending the Public Works Minimum Wage Act to those workers.
Mar 4, 2025 · Passed 23–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Firearms in Unfair Practices Act
Applies the Unfair Practices Act to firearms, destructive devices and accessories, adds online marketplace and third-party seller rules, and raises the attorney general's civil penalty from $5,000 to $30,000 per violation.
Mar 18, 2025 · Passed 21–18 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Changes
On the version voted Feb 25, 2025: Lets law enforcement officers file petitions for extreme risk firearm protection orders based on information gathered in their official duties, and requires a person served with such an order to give up firearms immediately.
Mar 17, 2025 · Passed 23–15 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Creates the Stop Illegal Gun Trade and Extremely Dangerous Weapons Act: sets dealer security, training and recordkeeping rules, and from July 1, 2026 bars dealers from selling magazines over 10 rounds, .50 caliber rifles, certain gas-operated semiautomatic firearms and machine guns.
Feb 7, 2026 · Passed 21–17 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
No Behavioral Health Cost Sharing
On the version voted Mar 21, 2025: Removes the 2027 sunset on the ban on copayments, coinsurance and deductibles for in-network behavioral health services in group health plans, making the ban permanent.
Mar 15, 2025 · Passed 19–14 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
County Health Care Assistance Fund Use
On the version voted Mar 21, 2025: Allows counties to use county health care assistance funds to cover premiums and out-of-pocket costs of public or private health coverage for medically indigent residents.
Mar 10, 2025 · Passed 24–17 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Coronary Artery Calcium Screening Insurance
Bars cost sharing for coronary artery calcium screening for insured people aged 50 to 65 at intermediate risk of heart disease, and excludes catastrophic plans and high-deductible savings-account plans until the deductible is met.
Mar 17, 2025 · Passed 24–15 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Creates a Local Solar Access Fund at the New Mexico Finance Authority to give grants to local governments, school districts, land grants and tribes for solar energy systems on public buildings and infrastructure, with most funding for rural entities.
Mar 20, 2025 · Passed 24–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Creates the Microgrid Oversight Act, requiring the Public Regulation Commission to enforce renewable and zero-carbon standards for microgrids with targets reaching 100 percent zero-carbon by 2045, annual reporting, and power to halt noncompliant operations. Applies to investor-owned utilities.
Feb 14, 2026 · Passed 22–20 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act
Changes the Water Quality Act to move surface-water discharge regulation from the Oil Conservation Division to the Environment Department, sets new permit and enforcement rules, creates a fund for neglected contaminated sites, and lets the state take over federal discharge permitting (NPDES) from the EPA.
Feb 26, 2025 · Passed 25–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
On the version voted Feb 18, 2026: Requires approved driver's education courses, starting Jan. 1, 2027, to include at least three hours on driving around vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, roadside workers, people riding or leading animals and riders of less-protected vehicles, with the Transportation Department setting standards.
Feb 14, 2026 · Passed 25–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Replaces the Statewide Cyber Academy Act with a Distance Learning Act setting standards and state evaluation for full-time online programs, bars rural population funding units for online students, and bars requiring students to enroll in them.
Feb 18, 2026 · Passed 26–15 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Child Care Assistance Program Act
On the version voted Feb 17, 2026: Creates the Child Care Assistance Program Act, putting the program into statute with eligibility rules, allowing waiting lists and co-payments above 600 percent of poverty, and allowing transfers of up to $700 million from the early childhood fund.
Feb 12, 2026 · Passed 25–15 · against most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
On the version voted Feb 18, 2026: Requires approved driver's education courses, starting Jan. 1, 2027, to include at least three hours on driving around vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, roadside workers, people riding or leading animals and riders of less-protected vehicles, with the Transportation Department setting standards.
Feb 14, 2026 · Passed 25–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Motor Vehicle Code "Personal Info
On the version voted Feb 18, 2026: Adds sex, gender identity, immigration status and national origin to the Motor Vehicle Code's definition of personal information, making them confidential.
Feb 14, 2026 · Passed 26–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Sets a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour for truck tractors on New Mexico highways and adds a $250 penalty assessment for exceeding it.
Mar 15, 2025 · Passed 17–13 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
New Homes for New Mexico Program
On the version voted Feb 12, 2026: Creates the New Homes for New Mexico Program, in which the Mortgage Finance Authority makes loans to buyers of starter homes of up to 1,800 square feet, with assistance up to $50,000 per household outside high-cost counties.
Feb 19, 2026 · Passed 22–13 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Lets owners of multifamily housing choose among valuation methods for property tax: the existing 3 percent annual cap, a 40 percent valuation cap, or, for new construction, the lower of market value or construction and land cost.
Mar 4, 2025 · Failed 16–23 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Regulated Child Care Zoning Requirements
On the version voted Feb 17, 2026: Bars local zoning rules, fees and taxes that treat child care homes differently from private residences, allows licensed child care centers by right in commercial, mixed-use and multifamily zones, and limits homeowner association rules and fees that apply only to child care homes.
Feb 11, 2026 · Passed 25–13 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
Most contested
Motor Vehicle Code "Personal Info
On the version voted Feb 18, 2026: Adds sex, gender identity, immigration status and national origin to the Motor Vehicle Code's definition of personal information, making them confidential.
Feb 14, 2026 · Passed 26–16 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗
On the version voted Mar 21, 2025: Makes education technology infrastructure projects eligible for severance tax bond proceeds, letting the broadband office director certify up to $10 million a year of supplemental bonds; the provisions expire July 1, 2030.
Mar 18, 2025 · Passed 23–6Official record ↗
On the version voted Feb 17, 2026: Sets rules for automated license plate readers, barring sharing of data a user reasonably believes may be used for immigration enforcement or to investigate or prosecute protected health care activity, requiring use reporting, and allowing civil enforcement by the attorney general and district attorneys.
Feb 12, 2026 · Passed 32–8Official record ↗
Voted against most of their party on 8 of 71 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Climate & energy (2), Jobs & cost of living (2), Education & families (2)
Investment of Conservation & Legacy Funds
What it does: Changes the conservation legacy permanent fund so that, starting July 1, 2026, it distributes 5 percent of its average year-end value over the prior three calendar years (a two-year average at first) to the land of en…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 23–0, Republicans 2–11
Feb 18, 2026Official record ↗
Child Care Assistance Program Act
What it does: On the version voted Feb 17, 2026: Creates the Child Care Assistance Program Act, putting the program into statute with eligibility rules, allowing waiting lists and co-payments above 600 percent of poverty, and allow…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 24–0, Republicans 1–15
Feb 12, 2026Official record ↗
Acequia & Ditch Infrastructure Fund Transfer
What it does: Doubles the annual transfer from the irrigation works construction fund to the acequia and community ditch infrastructure fund from $2.5 million to $5 million, effective July 1, 2026.
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 24–0, Republicans 4–10
Feb 10, 2026Official record ↗
Extend Property Tax Exemption Period
What it does: Extends the property tax exemption for metropolitan redevelopment project property acquired by a municipality from seven to up to fourteen years, with matching payment-in-lieu-of-tax periods, and raises the maximum fo…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 22–0, Republicans 5–8
Feb 5, 2026Official record ↗
State Highway Project Bonds
What it does: On the version voted Jan 30, 2026: Authorizes the Transportation Commission to issue up to $1.5 billion in additional highway bonds, capped at $290 million a year, and raises the weight-distance tax 35 percent and veh…
Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 26–0, Republicans 5–9
Jan 23, 2026Official record ↗
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
No Behavioral Health Cost Sharing
With most of their party · Passed 19–14 · Yes 19–No 14 · Democrats 19–0, Republicans 0–14
Mar 15, 2025Official record ↗
Firearms in Unfair Practices Act
With most of their party · Passed 21–18 · Yes 21–No 18 · Democrats 21–2, Republicans 0–16
Mar 18, 2025Official record ↗
General Appropriation Act of 2026
With most of their party · Passed 23–16 · Yes 23–No 16 · Democrats 23–0, Republicans 0–16
Feb 16, 2026Official record ↗
Public Works Minimum Wage Definitions
With most of their party · Passed 23–16 · Yes 23–No 16 · Democrats 23–0, Republicans 0–16
Mar 4, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 24–16 · Yes 24–No 16 · Democrats 24–0, Republicans 0–16
Mar 20, 2025Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 22–20 · Yes 22–No 20 · Democrats 22–4, Republicans 0–16
Feb 14, 2026Official record ↗
With most of their party · Passed 23–15 · Yes 23–No 15 · Democrats 23–0, Republicans 0–15
Mar 21, 2025Official record ↗
Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Changes
With most of their party · Passed 23–15 · Yes 23–No 15 · Democrats 23–0, Republicans 0–15
Mar 17, 2025Official record ↗
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
Motion: HOUSE BILL 200, AS AMENDED
On the version voted Feb 12, 2026: Creates the New Homes for New Mexico Program, in which the Mortgage Finance Authority makes loans to buyers of starter homes of up to 1,800 square feet, with assistance up to $50,000 per household outside high-cost counties.
Motion: SENATE TAX, BUSINESS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 172
Extends the sunset of the technology readiness gross receipts tax credit for national laboratories from fiscal year 2028 to 2036 and raises each lab's annual cap from $1 million to $2 million in FY28, rising to $5 million from FY31 on.
Motion: HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 253, AS AMENDED, WITHOUT EMERGENCY CLAUSE
Replaces the Statewide Cyber Academy Act with a Distance Learning Act setting standards and state evaluation for full-time online programs, bars rural population funding units for online students, and bars requiring students to enroll in them.
Motion: HOUSE BILL 165
Requires special assessments under the Improvement Special Assessment Act to be paid by the property owner, or by the lessee when the property is under an industrial revenue bond lease, and states that local governments are not responsible for paying them.
Motion: HOUSE TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 332, WITHOUT EMERGENCY CLAUSE
On the version voted Feb 16, 2026: Reauthorizes 380 capital outlay projects funded in earlier years, changing administering agencies, purposes or reversion dates, and takes effect immediately.
Motion: HOUSE BILL 7
On the version voted Feb 12, 2026: Keeps the annual distribution from the workforce development and apprenticeship trust fund at $5 million instead of dropping to $3 million in FY27, and removes the tobacco settlement permanent fund from reserves to be exhausted first.
Motion: HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 153
On the version voted Feb 15, 2026: Creates a Low-Carbon Construction Material Rebate Act run by the Environment Department, an Environmental Product Declaration Act, and a carbon reduction incentive program for industry.
Motion: HOUSE BILL 156, AS AMENDED
Makes permanent the Department of Health's authority to base required childhood and recommended adult vaccinations on its own recommendations, rather than federal advisory schedules, by repealing 2025 special-session provisions that would have restored prior law on July 1, 2026.
Motion: HOUSE BILL 291, AS AMENDED
Makes numerous tax changes, including letting the tax department waive interest on approved filing extensions, round amounts to the nearest five cents and renew licenses under payment plans, capping research-credit wages at $500,000 per employee, and taxing vape cartridges over five milliliters at 12.5 percent of wholesale value.
Motion: HOUSE BILL 270
On the version voted Feb 14, 2026: Ends the exemption of street, highway, bridge, road and utility public works contracts from required contributions to apprentice and training programs, with a zero contribution for trades lacking an approved program, effective July 1, 2026.
Showing 10 of 146 votes in this collection. Coverage may be incomplete; each entry links to the official record.