Priya Sundareshan

Voted yes as the Arizona Senate passed a $5 million appropriation to the state's health innovation trust fund, which the bill says the legislature intends to grow into a permanent endowment of at least $200 million. It passed 19-9 on March 5, 2024 (Senate Bill 1019).

March 5, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026

Sundareshan voted to expand Arizona Medicaid coverage of cochlear implants to adults.

March 21, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026

On March 23, 2026, Priya Sundareshan filed proposed Senate amendments to House Bill 2781 concerning solar-energy power-plant decommissioning, site restoration, and financial assurance.

March 23, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: azleg.gov · researched August 15, 2026

Voted for Senate Bill 1308, which tightens the rules for sober living homes. The Arizona Senate passed it 20-7, and the Governor signed it into law.

March 4, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Introduced an Arizona bill proposing to bar regulated utilities from donating to political groups that back or oppose candidates for the Corporation Commission, the elected board that sets utility rates. It also proposed banning use of customer bill money to lobby lawmakers (Senate Bill 1605).

February 21, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: azcc.gov · researched August 15, 2026

Filed a Senate floor amendment to Arizona's agency renewal bill (House Bill 2632), extending the Department of Administration's authorization from two years to four and seven boards' authorizations from two years to eight. The amendment also deleted a ban on those agencies spending public money on training that blames people by race, ethnicity, or sex.

May 13, 2024Supports Government Efficiency

Source: azleg.gov · researched August 15, 2026

Sundareshan voted against directing tax revenue to reconstruction and operation of the Arizona Diamondbacks' stadium.

June 19, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Sundareshan voted against requiring age and consent verification for sexual material published online.

June 9, 2026Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026

Sundareshan voted to require larger Arizona cities to allow accessory dwelling units.

May 8, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026

Sundareshan voted to appropriate funding for Arizona's developmental-disability services program.

April 24, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026

Sundareshan voted to move Arizona primary elections to the second-to-last Tuesday in July.

February 5, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Sundareshan joined Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and House Democratic Leader Oscar De Los Santos to introduce the Voters First Act election-modernization proposal.

January 21, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Filed a proposed Senate amendment to Senate Bill 1285 on February 2, 2024. The amendment would have required the secretary of state to run a secure online portal for signing candidate nomination petitions. It covered candidates for statewide office, the legislature, and Congress. It would also have let voters give a candidate the $5 Clean Elections qualifying contribution through that portal. Candidates could gather up to 110 percent of the signatures or forms they need this way. The version signed into law on March 6, 2024 does not contain those changes.

February 2, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: azleg.gov · researched August 15, 2026

Sundareshan voted against prohibiting ranked-choice voting in Arizona.

April 5, 2023Supports Election Integrity

Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026

Filed a floor change to a bill about electric power costs (Senate Bill 1419). Under the change, very large power users pay the fuel, generation and transmission costs their own demand creates. Those costs may not be passed on to other customers of a public power entity. The state utility commission must also charge those users for the distribution lines their demand requires. The change defined a large load customer as one using at least 50 megawatts at a single site at peak demand. That includes data centers, crypto mining sites, factories and hydrogen plants.

February 27, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: azleg.gov · researched August 15, 2026

Sundareshan voted against directing tax revenue to reconstruction and operation of the Arizona Diamondbacks' stadium.

June 19, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026

Filed a floor amendment to House Bill 2679 in the Arizona Senate on April 10, 2025. The bill let electric providers cover large costs by issuing long-term bonds that customers pay back over time. Her amendment proposed making the Arizona Corporation Commission first check whether the provider's own poor decisions caused the need to borrow. It also proposed a consumer protection advocate to speak for electric customers in those deals. It would have required reports twice a year on bonds issued and money collected from customers. The version signed into law on May 13, 2025 does not contain those requirements.

April 10, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: azleg.gov · researched August 15, 2026

Introduced an Arizona bill proposing to bar regulated utilities from donating to political groups that back or oppose candidates for the Corporation Commission, the elected board that sets utility rates. It also proposed banning use of customer bill money to lobby lawmakers (Senate Bill 1605).

February 21, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: azcc.gov · researched August 15, 2026

On January 14, 2026, 314 Action Fund announced Priya Sundareshan as an endorsed Arizona State Senate candidate for Legislative District 18.

January 14, 2026

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Voted against House Bill 2374, which raises the offense class for stalking, threats and assault done by agents of a foreign government. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-12, and the Governor signed it into law.

June 18, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2386, which sets yearly pay benchmarks so the state police can compete with big city and county forces. The Arizona Senate passed it 22-6, and the Governor signed it into law.

June 18, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2880, which bans overnight encampments on university and community college campuses. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-10, and the Governor signed it into law.

April 30, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2570, a bill to let irrigation users petition to cap new irrigation outside groundwater zones. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

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 Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2233, a bill to make the Corporation Commission vote in public before lobbying. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2121, a bill to make able-bodied adults under 60 join a work program to keep food assistance. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2122, a bill to stop Arizona easing the work rule attached to food assistance. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2222, a bill to require 30 days' warning before a public body settles a case. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2221, a bill to stop cities cutting police budgets below the previous year's. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2017, a bill to close voting centers and cut back early voting sites. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2440, a bill to shield county supervisors from prosecution for voting against certifying an election. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2046, a bill to set out how the hand count check on election results is run. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2154, a bill to drop voters from the early ballot list when their mail comes back undelivered. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2611, known as Preston's Law, which makes an assault by a group that injures the victim a class 4 felony. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-10, and the Governor signed it into law.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2074, which lets school safety grants pay for safety officers, equipment, training and building work. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor signed it into law.

April 29, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2573, a bill to move wine grapes and soil-free crops outside Arizona's irrigation limits. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 16, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 2788, a bill to make electric utilities file a 15-year resource plan every three years. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 16, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2574, a bill to let counties approve small subdivisions without a water supply test. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 16, 2025

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Voted against House Bill 2527, a bill to bar retiring a power plant until a plant of equal output is available. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 16, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2653, which lets crime victims and witnesses keep their names out of public records. The Arizona Senate passed it 22-7, and the Governor signed it into law.

April 16, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against 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 Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor signed it into law.

April 16, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

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 Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 15, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2169, a bill to make school boards meet in public buildings and post all meeting materials online. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 15, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2438, a bill to stop a person changing the sex recorded on their birth certificate. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 15, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2006, a bill to make private senders of official-looking election mail print Not from a Government Agency on it. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2007, a bill to ban paying anyone by the number of voter registration forms they collect. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2514, which makes schools tell parents before releasing a student's directory information. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-11, and the Governor signed it into law.

April 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2203, a bill to widen the years used to set how much groundwater a farm may keep pumping. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 9, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2088, a bill to let the state water director shrink a groundwater management area. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 9, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2449, a bill to check state health coverage members against gambling records. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 9, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2089, a bill to let voters end a groundwater management area by petition after ten years. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 9, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2202, a bill to let farmers move an old groundwater pumping right onto new ground. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 9, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2099, a bill to require Arizona officials to help enforce federal immigration law. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 9, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Filed a floor change to a 2025 Arizona utility bill that let electric utilities ask state regulators for permission to issue energy impact assistance bonds. The bonds borrow money to retire or replace power plants and lines, repaid through a charge every customer pays (House Bill 2679).

April 9, 2025

Source: azleg.gov · researched August 15, 2026

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 Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 8, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2062, a bill to set one meaning for sex-based words across state law. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 8, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2004, a bill to stop county recorders sending voter registration cards to out-of-state addresses. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

April 8, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2114, which raises the penalty for an adult over 21 who has sex with a teenager aged 15 to 17. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against House Bill 2291, which ends the rule that a pharmacist must put a red cap on a bottle of prescription opioids. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor signed it into law.

April 1, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1089, a bill to make the transport department explain passing over the cheapest bid. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 13, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1610, a bill to make county jails send arrestees' details to federal immigration agents. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-10, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 10, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1705, a bill to let a court fine a local official personally for making local gun rules. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-9, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 6, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1097, a bill to make public schools serve as polling places and close on election days. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 5, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

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 Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 5, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1143, a bill to block government records showing who owns firearms. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 5, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1098, a bill to require proof of identity to hand in an early ballot. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 5, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1088, a bill to tie Arizona government and its contractors to federal immigration enforcement. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 5, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1518, a bill to make old groundwater pumping rights tradable. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 4, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

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 Senate passed it 16-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 4, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1584, a bill to make the state and local governments hire on merit and nothing else. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 4, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1351, which creates a new felony of gift card theft. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-10, and the Governor signed it into law.

March 4, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1123, a bill to set security rules for the paper ballots are printed on. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

March 3, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1612, a bill to put the state health program under Arizona's procurement rules. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 27, 2025

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Voted against Senate Bill 1164, a bill to push local officials toward federal immigration enforcement and make jails honor detainers. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 27, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1020, a bill to stop universities and community colleges banning guns on campus. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 27, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1014, a bill to take firearm suppressors off Arizona's list of prohibited weapons. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 27, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1060, which makes police forces give an officer the papers 24 hours before an internal inquiry interview. The Arizona Senate passed it 20-9, and the Governor signed it into law.

February 27, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1310, a bill to make filing a fake claim against someone's property a class 4 felony. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 26, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1725, a bill to cut the fentanyl amount that triggers the toughest sentences from 200 grams to 9. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 26, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1268, a bill to make hospitals ask patients about their immigration status. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 26, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1052, a bill to take the vote away from citizens who have never lived in the United States. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 26, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1064, a bill to set minimum security standards for vote counting machines. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 26, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1019, a bill to ban photo enforcement of traffic laws. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 20, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1256, a bill to bar state agencies from using diversity, equity and inclusion programs in hiring. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 20, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

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 Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 20, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against Senate Bill 1003, a bill to make schools provide separate restrooms and changing rooms on request. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-9, and the Governor vetoed it.

February 11, 2025

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

On January 13, 2025, the official Arizona legislative leadership record listed Priya Sundareshan as Minority Leader of the Senate during the Fifty-seventh Legislature's First Regular Session.

January 13, 2025

Source: azmemory.azlibrary.gov · researched August 15, 2026

Explaining her Senate vote for the bill repealing Arizona's 1864 near-total abortion ban, said its passage was a "clear statement that the Legislature does not want the Territorial Ban to be enforceable." The governor signed the repeal (House Bill 2677).

May 1, 2024

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