Tanya Moya

Votes by issue

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

• ›Jobs & cost of living52 with · 5 against59 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Innovation in State Government Fund

    Creates an innovation in state government fund, run by the Department of Finance and Administration, to help agencies plan for net-zero emissions and climate policy. The passed version contains no appropriation.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Passed 31–25 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Public Works Minimum Wage Definitions

    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 21, 2025 · Passed 34–27 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Children's Future Act & Fund

    Creates a trust fund, with no initial appropriation, for children born in New Mexico since Jan. 1, 2025, for education, housing, business or retirement if they remain lifelong residents, obtain a high school equivalency credential and take a financial literacy course; exempts payouts from state income tax; creates a planning task force.

    Mar 15, 2025 · Passed 38–26 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All jobs & cost of living votes
• ›Education & families30 with · 1 against31 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Children's Future Act & Fund

    Creates a trust fund, with no initial appropriation, for children born in New Mexico since Jan. 1, 2025, for education, housing, business or retirement if they remain lifelong residents, obtain a high school equivalency credential and take a financial literacy course; exempts payouts from state income tax; creates a planning task force.

    Mar 15, 2025 · Passed 38–26 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Allowable Responses to Student Behavior

    As passed by the House, bans chemical, mechanical and prone restraint in public schools, limits seclusion to supervised confinement during imminent serious harm, allows physical restraint only when a student endangers self or others and lesser steps fail, and requires staff training and approved behavior plans.

    Feb 27, 2025 · Passed 40–26 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Study Higher Ed Health Insurance Costs

    Requests the Legislative Finance Committee to study options for extending health insurance to all public higher education educators and graduate student employees, with results requested by October 1, 2026.

    Feb 19, 2026 · Passed 36–23 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All education & families votes
• ›Rights & public safety30 with · 0 against30 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Immigrant Safety Act

    Bars New Mexico public bodies from entering, extending or renewing agreements to detain people for federal civil immigration violations or to let local officers perform federal immigration functions, and requires existing such agreements to end at the earliest permitted date.

    Jan 30, 2026 · Passed 40–29 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Changes

    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.

    Feb 25, 2025 · Passed 41–27 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Rename "Juvenile Corrections Act

    As passed by the House, renames the Juvenile Community Corrections Act the Juvenile Community Connections Act, extends short-term juvenile commitments from one year to 15 months and long-term from two years to 27 months, adds voluntary manslaughter to youthful-offender offenses, and creates a stipend pilot.

    Mar 8, 2025 · Passed 34–24 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All rights & public safety votes
• ›Climate & energy25 with · 2 against28 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Oil & Gas Royalty Rate Changes

    Raises the maximum oil and gas royalty rate on premium state trust land in the Permian Basin from one-fifth to one-fourth of production value for leases issued on or after July 1, 2025.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Passed 37–31 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Distribution System and Electrification Plans

    Requires electric utilities to file distribution system plans and beneficial electrification plans with the Public Regulation Commission, and lets them recover related costs; the committee amendment removes the proposed virtual power plant program.

    Mar 8, 2025 · Passed 36–23 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Public Utility Rate Structures

    Lets the Public Regulation Commission approve utility rates and programs that reduce the burden of energy costs on low-income customers.

    Feb 25, 2025 · Passed 42–25 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All climate & energy votes
• ›Health & care24 with · 3 against28 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Reporting of Induced Abortions

    Repeals the requirement that induced abortions performed in New Mexico be reported to the state registrar within five days.

    Feb 16, 2026 · Passed 39–27 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Paid Family & Medical Leave Act

    As passed by the House, creates the Welcome Child and Family Wellness Leave Act: up to six weeks of paid family or medical leave within a 12-week limit per rolling 12 months, funded by employee and employer contributions, plus a $9,000 payment per child at birth or adoption.

    Feb 28, 2025 · Passed 38–31 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Study Higher Ed Health Insurance Costs

    Requests the Legislative Finance Committee to study options for extending health insurance to all public higher education educators and graduate student employees, with results requested by October 1, 2026.

    Feb 19, 2026 · Passed 36–23 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All health & care votes
• ›Transportation10 with · 0 against10 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Motor Vehicle Code "Personal Info

    Adds sex, gender identity, immigration status and national origin to the Motor Vehicle Code's definition of personal information, making them confidential.

    Feb 18, 2026 · Passed 37–24 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Require Bicycle Stops for Safety

    Lets bicyclists treat red lights as stop signs and stop signs as yield signs: proceed through a red light after stopping if safe, and pass a stop sign without stopping if no one is approaching. Takes effect July 1, 2025.

    Mar 17, 2025 · Passed 39–27 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Driver Privacy and Safety Act

    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 17, 2026 · Passed 42–22 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All transportation votes
• ›Housing & rent7 with · 1 against8 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Mobile Home Park Sale Notices

    Requires mobile home park owners to notify residents and the Mortgage Finance Authority of an offer they intend to accept, giving residents a chance to buy first if 51 percent signal intent within 75 days and secure financing within 90 more.

    Mar 17, 2025 · Passed 37–26 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Housing Discrimination & Human Rights Act

    As passed by the House, adds source of income, including wages, Social Security and housing vouchers, as a protected category in the Human Rights Act, treats screening that omits some income sources as discrimination, and sends public and housing accommodation complaints to the Attorney General.

    Mar 1, 2025 · Passed 42–24 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Regulated Child Care Zoning Requirements

    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 17, 2026 · Passed 41–23 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All housing & rent votes
• ›Technology & privacy5 with · 1 against6 votes

  Most contested

  • No

    Motor Vehicle Code "Personal Info

    Adds sex, gender identity, immigration status and national origin to the Motor Vehicle Code's definition of personal information, making them confidential.

    Feb 18, 2026 · Passed 37–24 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Sensitive Personal Information Nondisclosure

    Bars state agency employees from disclosing sensitive personal information to outsiders except in listed cases, and bars Taxation and Revenue Department and Traffic Safety Bureau employees from disclosing driver and vehicle records to enforce the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, except its felony provisions.

    Mar 18, 2025 · Passed 42–23 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  • No

    Driver Privacy and Safety Act

    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 17, 2026 · Passed 42–22 · with most RepublicansOfficial record ↗

  All technology & privacy votes

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 8 of 78 party-divided votes on file.

Most often on: Jobs & cost of living (3), Health & care (3), Technology & privacy (1)

• Low-Income Telecomm. Assistance Program

  What it does: Creates a low-income telecommunications assistance program funded by the state rural universal service fund, capped at $10 million in year one and $45 million after, and repeals the Low-Income Telephone Service Assist…

  Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 37–1, Republicans 11–13

  Feb 18, 2026Official record ↗

• General Appropriation Act of 2026

  What it does: On the version voted Feb 16, 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 an…

  Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 44–0, Republicans 11–15

  Feb 4, 2026Official record ↗

• Medicaid Trust Fund & State Supported Fund

  What it does: Directs general fund reversions above $110 million to the Medicaid trust fund until it reaches $2 billion, and allows trust fund money to support Medicaid if federal funding cuts would reduce coverage or benefits.

  Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 42–0, Republicans 10–13

  Mar 21, 2025Official record ↗

• County Health Care Assistance Fund Use

  What it does: 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.

  Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 43–0, Republicans 12–14

  Mar 21, 2025Official record ↗

• Storm Water Service as Municipal Utility

  What it does: Lets municipalities set up and run storm water systems as municipal utilities and charge reasonable fees to benefiting property owners, with a deposit required if the municipality chooses.

  Voted yes · most Republicans voted no · Democrats 40–0, Republicans 6–18

  Mar 18, 2025Official record ↗

How this is counted

Their votes on the most contested roll calls

The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank

• No

  Innovation in State Government Fund

  With most of their party · Passed 31–25 · Yes 31–No 25 · Democrats 31–1, Republicans 0–24

  Mar 20, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  Public Works Minimum Wage Definitions

  With most of their party · Passed 34–27 · Yes 34–No 27 · Democrats 34–1, Republicans 0–26

  Mar 21, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  Children's Future Act & Fund

  With most of their party · Passed 38–26 · Yes 38–No 26 · Democrats 38–0, Republicans 0–26

  Mar 15, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  Tax on Property Owned by Nm Reta

  With most of their party · Passed 38–27 · Yes 38–No 27 · Democrats 38–1, Republicans 0–26

  Mar 11, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  Reporting of Induced Abortions

  With most of their party · Passed 39–27 · Yes 39–No 27 · Democrats 39–1, Republicans 0–26

  Feb 16, 2026Official record ↗

• No

  Oil & Gas Royalty Rate Changes

  With most of their party · Passed 37–31 · Yes 37–No 31 · Democrats 37–5, Republicans 0–26

  Mar 20, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  Allowable Responses to Student Behavior

  With most of their party · Passed 40–26 · Yes 40–No 26 · Democrats 40–0, Republicans 0–26

  Feb 27, 2025Official record ↗

• No

  Motor Vehicle Code "Personal Info

  With most of their party · Passed 37–24 · Yes 37–No 24 · Democrats 37–0, Republicans 0–24

  Feb 18, 2026Official record ↗