Brian Fernandez

Fernandez voted against allowing insurers and AHCCCS to limit coverage for genetic sequencing.

April 16, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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

Fernandez voted to appropriate money for Arizona's Health Innovation Fund.

March 5, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

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

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

March 21, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability

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

Fernandez voted to expand access to biomarker testing.

May 2, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability

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

Fernandez introduced SB 1101 to create a paid summer-internship and professional-development pilot for STEM and vocational teachers.

January 7, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: azleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Fernandez voted against authorizing tax distributions for reconstruction and operation of the Arizona Diamondbacks' stadium.

June 19, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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

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

April 24, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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

Fernandez voted to appropriate money for Arizona's Health Innovation Fund.

March 5, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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

Voted for 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, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted for 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, 2025Supports 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 Senate passed it 16-10, and the Governor signed it into law.

March 4, 2025Supports 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 Senate passed it 20-9, and the Governor signed it into law.

February 27, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted for 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, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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 Senate passed it 19-8, and the Governor signed it into law.

March 26, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

Voted against a bill tightening unemployment work-search rules and lengthening disqualifications; it cleared the Senate 17-12 and the governor vetoed it (Senate Bill 1296).

April 29, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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

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

April 24, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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

Fernandez introduced SB 1101 to create a paid summer-internship and professional-development pilot for STEM and vocational teachers.

January 7, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

Source: azleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026

Fernandez voted against prohibiting local governments from preventing gun shows.

March 1, 2023Supports Gun Control

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

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

February 5, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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

Fernandez voted against prohibiting people from alerting others to law-enforcement activity.

March 2, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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

Fernandez voted against prohibiting people from changing birth certificates to reflect their gender identity.

April 15, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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

Fernandez voted against prohibiting irreversible gender-reassignment surgery for minors.

March 24, 2022Supports Civil Rights

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

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 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 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 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 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

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

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

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

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 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

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 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 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

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026

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 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 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

Fernandez won reelection to Arizona Senate District 23 with 42,658 votes in the 2024 general election.

November 5, 2024

Source: multistate.us · researched July 18, 2026

Fernandez won election to Arizona Senate District 23 with 29,175 votes in the 2022 general election.

November 8, 2022

Source: multistate.us · researched July 18, 2026

Fernandez was appointed to the Arizona House to fill the District 4 vacancy.

November 22, 2021

Source: apps.azlibrary.gov · researched July 18, 2026