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Alma Hernandez

Democratic · AZ · Arizona State Representative for Legislative District 20

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Alma Hernandez has represented Arizona House District 20 since 2019. A public-health professional, she earned degrees from the University of Arizona and serves as minority whip.

Where Alma Hernandez stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Housing Affordability (5 records), Social Programs and Welfare (3 records),

Opposes

Government Spending Reduction (6 records), Limit Foreign Influence (1 record)

Mixed record

Environment and Public Health (1 support · 1 oppose), Public Safety and Crime Control (6 support · 3 oppose), Public Education Quality (1 support · 1 oppose),

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1590, which removes the yearly dollar limit on insurance coverage for autism therapy. The Arizona House passed it 43-12, and the Governor signed it into law.

    April 30, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1316, which makes Arizona's review of deaths tied to pregnancy permanent. The Arizona House passed it 42-14, and the Governor signed it into law.

    April 28, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 2291, which ends the rule that a pharmacist must put a red cap on a bottle of prescription opioids. The Arizona House passed it 36-22, and the Governor signed it into law.

    February 20, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 6 oppose
  • Sponsored House Bill 2682, proposing a $5 million state rental-assistance program run by the Department of Economic Security. The House Commerce Committee approved it 7-4.

    February 5, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: axios.com

  • Hernandez voted for tax distributions supporting reconstruction and operation of the Arizona Diamondbacks' stadium.

    June 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: azleg.gov

  • Hernandez voted against withholding state funding from community colleges and public universities that offer diversity, equity, and inclusion courses.

    April 28, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org

  • Hernandez voted to appropriate funding for Arizona's disability-services program.

    April 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org

  • Hernandez voted to appropriate state money for broadband grants.

    February 24, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org

  • Voted yes on a bill raising the daily expense payments Arizona legislators receive during the session, tied to federal rates (Senate Bill 1558). The House passed it 37-23 and the governor vetoed it.

    May 27, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: apps.azleg.gov

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 6 support · 3 oppose
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1019, a bill to ban photo enforcement of traffic laws. The Arizona House passed it 34-22, and the Governor vetoed it.

    June 24, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1351, which creates a new felony of gift card theft. The Arizona House passed it 33-25, and the Governor signed it into law.

    May 7, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1310, a bill to make filing a fake claim against someone's property a class 4 felony. The Arizona House passed it 34-23, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 5, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1295, which makes using a computer-made voice, image or video of a real person to cheat people a felony. The Arizona House passed it 40-17, and the Governor signed it into law.

    May 5, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1461, which stops a police officer being fired for failing probation after a promotion. The Arizona House passed it 42-17, and the Governor signed it into law.

    April 10, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1060, which makes police forces give an officer the papers 24 hours before an internal inquiry interview. The Arizona House passed it 38-20, and the Governor signed it into law.

    March 25, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1437, which makes school board members and substitute teachers report suspected child abuse. The Arizona House passed it 38-20, and the Governor signed it into law.

    March 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 2607, which sets fixed 5 to 15 year prison terms for carrying 200 grams or more of fentanyl in a vehicle. The Arizona House passed it 46-12, and the Governor signed it into law.

    March 3, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 2114, which raises the penalty for an adult over 21 who has sex with a teenager aged 15 to 17. The Arizona House passed it 39-20, and the Governor signed it into law.

    February 12, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 5 support
  • Sponsored House Bill 2682, proposing a $5 million state rental-assistance program run by the Department of Economic Security. The House Commerce Committee approved it 7-4.

    February 5, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: axios.com

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1529, which makes cities keep ready-made house plans any builder can use. The Arizona House passed it 44-12, and the Governor signed it into law.

    June 26, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1353, which gives larger cities 15 working days to answer a single-family home permit request. The Arizona House passed it 44-14, and the Governor signed it into law.

    May 7, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 2447, which makes cities let staff approve site plans and land splits without a public hearing. The Arizona House passed it 38-22, and the Governor signed it into law.

    February 25, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 2110, which makes cities open at least 10 percent of older commercial property to housing. The Arizona House passed it 42-16, and the Governor signed it into law.

    February 20, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 3 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1537, which sets up a state license for housing people move into after prison. The Arizona House passed it 31-25, and the Governor signed it into law.

    June 26, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Hernandez voted to appropriate funding for Arizona's disability-services program.

    April 23, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org

  • Voted for Senate Bill 1333, which pushes the state to place foster children in family homes rather than group settings. The Arizona House passed it 44-11, and the Governor signed it into law.

    April 9, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Public Education Quality

Public Education Quality · 1 support · 1 oppose
  • Hernandez voted against withholding state funding from community colleges and public universities that offer diversity, equity, and inclusion courses.

    April 28, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org

  • Hernandez voted against HB 2902, an education appropriations measure.

    March 19, 2020Opposes Public Education Quality

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 1 support
  • Hernandez voted against a constitutional amendment prohibiting absentee-ballot drop-off on Election Day.

    February 9, 2026Supports Election Integrity

    Source: apps.azleg.gov

Track record — Limit Foreign Influence

Limit Foreign Influence · 1 oppose
  • Voted against House Bill 2374, which raises the offense class for stalking, threats and assault done by agents of a foreign government. The Arizona House passed it 35-25, and the Governor signed it into law.

    February 26, 2025Opposes Limit Foreign Influence

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 3 support · 1 oppose
  • Hernandez voted against requiring hospitals to ask patients about their legal status in the United States.

    May 5, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: azleg.gov

  • Hernandez voted against prohibiting people from using locker rooms or bathrooms that differ from their sex assigned at birth.

    May 1, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org

  • Voted for House Bill 2880, which bans overnight encampments on university and community college campuses. The Arizona House passed it 41-17, and the Governor signed it into law.

    March 3, 2025Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted for House Bill 2173, which bars health licensing boards from asking applicants whether they ever sought mental health help. The Arizona House passed it 34-25, and the Governor signed it into law.

    February 26, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: legiscan.com

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 2 support
  • Voted for Senate Bill 1307, which makes the state plan for small electric aircraft landing pads and charging from September 2026. The Arizona House passed it 44-12, and the Governor signed it into law.

    May 1, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Hernandez voted to appropriate state money for broadband grants.

    February 24, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org

Track record — General

General · 54 records
  • Hernandez voted to move Arizona primary elections to the second-to-last Tuesday in July.

    February 2, 2026

    Source: apps.azleg.gov

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1001, a bill to let counties count early ballots on site and tighten late drop-offs. The Arizona House passed it 31-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    June 24, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1514, a bill to make arbitration binding for warehouse workers. The Arizona House passed it 34-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    June 18, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1247, which raises the age for buying tobacco and vaping products from 18 to 21. The Arizona House passed it 39-13, and the Governor signed it into law.

    June 4, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1300, a bill to let Cochise County voters decide groundwater limits for part of the San Simon valley. The Arizona House passed it 31-23, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 6, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1097, a bill to make public schools serve as polling places and close on election days. The Arizona House passed it 31-23, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 6, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1518, a bill to make old groundwater pumping rights tradable. The Arizona House passed it 32-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 5, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1268, a bill to make hospitals ask patients about their immigration status. The Arizona House passed it 32-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 5, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1143, a bill to block government records showing who owns firearms. The Arizona House passed it 32-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 5, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1098, a bill to require proof of identity to hand in an early ballot. The Arizona House passed it 32-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 5, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1052, a bill to take the vote away from citizens who have never lived in the United States. The Arizona House passed it 32-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 5, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1064, a bill to set minimum security standards for vote counting machines. The Arizona House passed it 32-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 5, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1725, a bill to cut the fentanyl amount that triggers the toughest sentences from 200 grams to 9. The Arizona House passed it 31-26, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1036, a bill to let any resident sue over public money being used to sway an election. The Arizona House passed it 31-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1088, a bill to tie Arizona government and its contractors to federal immigration enforcement. The Arizona House passed it 31-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1586, a bill to make clinicians liable for the cost of reversing gender transition care given to a minor. The Arizona House passed it 31-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1003, a bill to make schools provide separate restrooms and changing rooms on request. The Arizona House passed it 31-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1002, a bill to stop school staff using a pupil's chosen name or pronoun without written parental permission. The Arizona House passed it 31-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1014, a bill to take firearm suppressors off Arizona's list of prohibited weapons. The Arizona House passed it 31-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1020, a bill to stop universities and community colleges banning guns on campus. The Arizona House passed it 31-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    May 1, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1694, a bill to cut off state money to any public college that offers a diversity, equity and inclusion course. The Arizona House passed it 32-23, and the Governor vetoed it.

    April 28, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1089, a bill to make the transport department explain passing over the cheapest bid. The Arizona House passed it 33-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    April 16, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1612, a bill to put the state health program under Arizona's procurement rules. The Arizona House passed it 31-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    April 16, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1610, a bill to make county jails send arrestees' details to federal immigration agents. The Arizona House passed it 33-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    April 16, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1256, a bill to bar state agencies from using diversity, equity and inclusion programs in hiring. The Arizona House passed it 33-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    April 16, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1280, a bill to make counties publish the cast vote record within 48 hours of the county count. The Arizona House passed it 33-25, and the Governor vetoed it.

    April 16, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1123, a bill to set security rules for the paper ballots are printed on. The Arizona House passed it 31-21, and the Governor vetoed it.

    April 15, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1584, a bill to make the state and local governments hire on merit and nothing else. The Arizona House passed it 31-21, and the Governor vetoed it.

    April 15, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1296, a bill to make unemployment claimants report five job search actions every week. The Arizona House passed it 32-23, and the Governor vetoed it.

    April 14, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against Senate Bill 1164, a bill to push local officials toward federal immigration enforcement and make jails honor detainers. The Arizona House passed it 33-26, and the Governor vetoed it.

    April 10, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2574, a bill to let counties approve small subdivisions without a water supply test. The Arizona House passed it 31-26, and the Governor vetoed it.

    March 11, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2440, a bill to shield county supervisors from prosecution for voting against certifying an election. The Arizona House passed it 33-24, and the Governor vetoed it.

    March 5, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2154, a bill to drop voters from the early ballot list when their mail comes back undelivered. The Arizona House passed it 32-26, and the Governor vetoed it.

    March 3, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2573, a bill to move wine grapes and soil-free crops outside Arizona's irrigation limits. The Arizona House passed it 33-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 26, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2165, a bill to make the state seek federal permission to keep food assistance from being spent on soda. The Arizona House passed it 32-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 26, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2788, a bill to make electric utilities file a 15-year resource plan every three years. The Arizona House passed it 31-28, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 26, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2527, a bill to bar retiring a power plant until a plant of equal output is available. The Arizona House passed it 33-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 26, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2122, a bill to stop Arizona easing the work rule attached to food assistance. The Arizona House passed it 33-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 25, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2121, a bill to make able-bodied adults under 60 join a work program to keep food assistance. The Arizona House passed it 33-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 25, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2450, a bill to tie how long unemployment benefits last to the jobless rate, from 12 to 24 weeks. The Arizona House passed it 32-26, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 20, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2375, a bill to make schools answer summer requests to assess a child for a disability within 15 days. The Arizona House passed it 33-26, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 17, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2202, a bill to let farmers move an old groundwater pumping right onto new ground. The Arizona House passed it 32-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 12, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2089, a bill to let voters end a groundwater management area by petition after ten years. The Arizona House passed it 32-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 12, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2062, a bill to set one meaning for sex-based words across state law. The Arizona House passed it 32-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 12, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2004, a bill to stop county recorders sending voter registration cards to out-of-state addresses. The Arizona House passed it 32-27, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 12, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2088, a bill to let the state water director shrink a groundwater management area. The Arizona House passed it 32-26, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 11, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2017, a bill to close voting centers and cut back early voting sites. The Arizona House passed it 32-26, and the Governor vetoed it.

    February 11, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Voted against House Bill 2074, which lets school safety grants pay for safety officers, equipment, training and building work. The Arizona House passed it 35-24, and the Governor signed it into law.

    February 3, 2025

    Source: legiscan.com

  • Hernandez won reelection to Arizona House District 20 with 53,288 votes.

    November 5, 2024

    Source: multistate.us

  • Hernandez won election to the Arizona House in newly drawn Legislative District 20.

    November 8, 2022

    Source: multistate.us

  • Governor Doug Ducey signed Hernandez-sponsored HB 2707, requiring a moment of silence at the beginning of each public-school day.

    April 12, 2022

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org

  • Hernandez won reelection to Arizona House District 3 with 49,009 votes.

    November 3, 2020

    Source: multistate.us

  • Hernandez voted against increasing Arizona's rainy-day fund by 10 percent.

    April 3, 2019

    Source: justfacts.votesmart.org

  • Hernandez won election to the Arizona House in Legislative District 3.

    November 6, 2018

    Source: kjzz.org

Track record — Candidate Ethics

Candidate Ethics · 1 record
  • As reported after the court ruling, Hernandez's inactive House campaign committees owed $20,355 in automatically assessed fines for late campaign-finance reports.

    May 7, 2026

    Source: news.azpm.org

Past races Alma Hernandez ran in: