Teresa Martinez
Republican · AZ · Arizona State Representative, District 16
Teresa Martinez was born and raised in Casa Grande in Pinal County, the oldest of five children of a miner at the San Manuel Mine, and is a single mom. She has held multiple positions for two Members of Congress and for a former Arizona Secretary of State.
Where Teresa Martinez stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Anti-Corruption (3 records),
Opposes
Immigration (4 records), Gun Control (4 records)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (3 support · 8 oppose), Labor Rights (1 support · 1 oppose), Public Safety and Crime Control (11 support · 3 oppose),
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Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
Voted for Senate Bill 1462, which extends the law on sharing explicit images to computer-made fakes of real people. The Arizona House passed it 33-24, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 17, 2025Supports AI Regulation
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 2 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 · researched September 5, 2026
Teresa Martinez sponsored HB2451 to create a prescription digital therapeutics pilot program; it passed the House and died in the Senate.
March 21, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched July 12, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support · 8 oppose
Teresa Martinez sponsored HB2753 changing groundwater replenishment rules in the Pinal Active Management Area; it became law as Chapter 216.
May 23, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched July 12, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1159, which raises the unpaid wage claim a worker can bring to the Industrial Commission from $5,000 to $12,000. The Arizona House passed it 42-15, and the Governor signed it into law.
March 27, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 3 support
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 4 oppose
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 11 support · 3 oppose
Teresa Martinez sponsored HB2114 changing motorcycle registration requirements and safety-fund allocations; it became law as Chapter 260.
June 22, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched July 12, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1462, which extends the law on sharing explicit images to computer-made fakes of real people. The Arizona House passed it 33-24, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 5 support
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 · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Teresa Martinez sponsored HB2648 changing condominium and planned-community lien and assessment rules; it became law as Chapter 113.
April 10, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched July 12, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support · 5 oppose
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1071, a bill to check food assistance households against lottery and gambling winnings. The Arizona House passed it 31-25, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 31, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 4 oppose
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1705, a bill to let a court fine a local official personally for making local gun rules. The Arizona House passed it 31-24, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 16, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 10 support · 1 oppose
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2006, a bill to make private senders of official-looking election mail print Not from a Government Agency on it. The Arizona House passed it 37-19, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 6, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2007, a bill to ban paying anyone by the number of voter registration forms they collect. The Arizona House passed it 34-23, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 6, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Teresa Martinez co-sponsored HB2492 requiring citizenship verification for voter registration; it became law as Chapter 99.
March 30, 2022Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched July 12, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support · 10 oppose
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1378, which stops a homeowners association banning a political flag. The Arizona House passed it 32-25, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 4 support · 1 oppose
Teresa Martinez, chair of the House Rural Economic Development Committee, sponsored HB2113 to require state intervention in extreme residential utility rate cases; Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed it.
June 23, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1159, which raises the unpaid wage claim a worker can bring to the Industrial Commission from $5,000 to $12,000. The Arizona House passed it 42-15, and the Governor signed it into law.
March 27, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for 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, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Teresa Martinez sponsored HB2698 restricting assignments of insurance benefits; it became law as Chapter 157.
April 18, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched July 12, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 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 · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1501, a bill to require electricity grid security reviews every two years. The Arizona House passed it 31-25, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 31, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Teresa Martinez co-sponsored HB2809 authorizing reimbursement agreements for public infrastructure improvements; it became law as Chapter 181.
June 19, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legiscan.com · researched July 12, 2026
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Teresa Martinez sponsored HB2938 establishing a mandatory rounding method for cash transactions; it became law as Chapter 5.
March 12, 2026
Source: legiscan.com · researched July 12, 2026
Voted against 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, 2025
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
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 · researched September 5, 2026
An Arizona House advisory identified Teresa Martinez as House majority whip during the 56th Legislature.
January 11, 2024
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Race Teresa Martinez is in:
- State Representative - District No. 16 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 16; Arizona · incumbent
Past race Teresa Martinez ran in:
- State Representative, District 16 · July 21, 2026 · State House District 16; Arizona · incumbent
Profile last researched August 9, 2026.