Ben Ray Luján, D-NM

Ben Ray Luján is a Democratic Senator from New Mexico.

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Sponsored Legislation:

The list below shows the pieces of legislation (including bills, resolutions, and amendments) that this legislator has sponsored. Not all pieces of legislation have been brought for a roll call vote.

• sjres153-119 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Bulletin 2022-06: Unfair Returned Deposited Item Fee Assessment Practices".
• s4860-119 - A bill to amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to establish a specialty crop emergency assistance framework, and for other purposes. (aka CHILE Act of 2026)
• s5118-119 - A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to meaningfully involve the public and State, Tribal, and local government officials prior to determining whether to offer certain parcels of land for oil or gas leasing, and for other purposes. (aka Local Input Act)
• s1379-119 - A bill to ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide them choices for the maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles, and for other purposes. (aka REPAIR Act)
• s2508-119 - A bill to give effect to a final rule of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration relating to gas pipeline leak detection and repair, and for other purposes. (aka Gas Pipeline Leak Detection and Repair Act of 2025)
• s4401-119 - A bill to require third-party delivery platforms to follow certain pricing practices, and for other purposes. (aka PRICE Act)
• s782-119 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to amend regulations to allow for certain packers to have an interest in market agencies, and for other purposes. (aka Expanding Local Meat Processing Act of 2025)
• s4666-119 - A bill to require officers and employees of the Department of Homeland Security to receive training with respect to Indian tribes, and for other purposes. (aka Respect Tribal IDs Act of 2026)
• s1633-119 - A bill to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish a pilot program that uses testbeds to develop measurement standards for the evaluation of artificial intelligence systems, and for other purposes. (aka TEST AI Act of 2025)
• s3190-119 - A bill to direct the establishment of a public-private wildfire technology deployment and demonstration partnership, and for other purposes. (aka Fire Innovation Unit Act of 2025)
• s5260-119 - A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out research and data collection to improve the quality of stroke care, and for other purposes. (aka Stroke Act)
• s3152-119 - A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to give preference to local contractors in awarding contracts to carry out certain hazardous fuel reduction projects on Federal land. (aka LEAF Act of 2025)
• s859-119 - A bill to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain land, and for other purposes. (aka Mining Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Prevention Act of 2025)
• s4324-119 - A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit attorneys for the Government who are sanctioned by a court from temporarily representing the Government. (aka Federal Prosecutorial Accountability Act)
• s3995-119 - A bill to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to timely update the Online Detainee Locator System, and for other purposes. (aka LOCATE Act)
• s4516-119 - A bill to require officers and employees of the Department of Homeland Security to receive training with respect to Indian tribes, and for other purposes. (aka Respect Tribal IDs Act of 2026)
• s2225-119 - A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements under Medicare. (aka Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2025)
• s867-119 - A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that the Federal Communications Commission may not take action against a broadcast licensee or any other person on the basis of viewpoint, and for other purposes. (aka Broadcast Freedom and Independence Act of 2025)
• s4567-119 - A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide enhanced student loan relief to educators, and for other purposes. (aka Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act of 2026)
• s818-119 - A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require the Secretary of Energy to establish an abandoned wells research, development, and demonstration program, and for other purposes. (aka Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act)
• s3149-119 - A bill to provide for cost-share waivers for projects carried out in response to wildland fires caused by certain Government actions, and for other purposes. (aka Responsible Wildland Fire Recovery Act)
• s415-119 - A bill to establish the position of National Roadway Safety Advocate within the Department of Transportation. (aka DOT Victim and Survivor Advocate Act)
• s4592-119 - A bill to establish the Foundation for Digital Opportunity, and for other purposes. (aka Digital Opportunity Foundation Act of 2026)
• s1022-119 - A bill to reauthorize the program for strengthening communities of recovery for individuals with substance use disorders. (aka Strengthening Communities of Recovery Act)
• s1025-119 - A bill to authorize the Federal Communications Commission to enforce its own forfeiture penalties with respect to violations of restrictions on the use of telephone equipment, and for other purposes. (aka FCC Legal Enforcement Act)
• s4557-119 - A bill to require telephone providers, cable television providers, direct broadcast satellite service providers, and internet providers to automatically refund their customers when their services are not working, and for other purposes. (aka Outage Refund Protection Act)
• s3540-119 - A bill to ensure that large online platforms are addressing the needs of non-English users. (aka Language-Inclusive Support and Transparency for Online Services Act of 2025)
• s4731-119 - A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund, and for other purposes. (aka Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026)
• s1412-119 - A bill to provide for the withdrawal and protection of certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. (aka Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2025)
• s228-119 - A bill to amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to ensure that producers who rely on acequia systems have access to drought protections, and for other purposes. (aka Acequia Communities Empowered by Qualifying Upgrades for Infrastructure Act)
• s4422-119 - A bill making continuing appropriations for essential Transportation Security Administration pay and operations during the lapse in appropriations beginning on February 14, 2026, and for other purposes. (aka WATCH Personnel Act of 2026)
• s3094-119 - A bill to ensure that officers, employees, and contractors of the Capitol Police are paid during the Government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, and for other purposes. (aka Pay Our Capitol Police Act)
• s2921-119 - A bill to amend section 7014 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to advance toward full Federal funding for impact aid, and for other purposes.
• s2182-119 - A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to increase participation in community solar programs and the receipt of associated benefits, and for other purposes. (aka Community Solar Consumer Choice Act of 2025)
• s1363-119 - A bill to provide for greater cooperation and coordination between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico relating to historical or traditional uses of certain land grant-mercedes on Federal public land, and for other purposes. (aka New Mexico Land Grant-Mercedes Historical or Traditional Use Cooperation and Coordination Act)
• s3854-119 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct collaborative research to advance weather models in the United States, and for other purposes. (aka Advanced Weather Model Computing Development Act)
• s3828-119 - A bill to accelerate the development, demonstration, and deployment of advanced technologies and innovative solutions that support the environmental cleanup missions of the Department of Energy, help prevent the future generation and accumulation of nuclear waste from both current and anticipated future nuclear activities, and for other purposes. (aka CLEAN SMART Act of 2026)
• s5321-119 - A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of, and expand access to, home and community-based services under the Medicaid program, to award grants for the creation, recruitment, training and education, retention, and advancement of the direct care workforce and to award grants to support family caregivers, and for other purposes. (aka HCBS Access Act)
• s3821-119 - A bill to require original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available certain documentation, diagnostic, and repair information to independent repair providers, and for other purposes. (aka Fair Repair Act)
• s3071-119 - A bill to appropriate funds to ensure uninterrupted benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program and the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children. (aka Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025)
• s3281-119 - A bill to repeal certain provisions relating to nutrition. (aka Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025)
• s1310-119 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to end the tax subsidy for employer efforts to influence their workers' exercise of their rights around labor organizations and engaging in collective actions. (aka No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) Act)
• s5177-119 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include two counties in New Mexico in a certain Veterans Integrated Service Network. (aka New Mexico Rural Veteran Health Care Access Act)
• s4890-119 - A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to establish subaccounts in the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund, and for other purposes. (aka Protecting Indian Water Rights Settlements Act of 2026)
• s3242-119 - A bill to amend the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to facilitate implementation of the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes. (aka Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025)
• s3330-119 - A bill to impose sanctions with respect to persons that contribute to international trafficking of illicit drugs, including companies of the People's Republic of China that supply fentanyl precursors and certain cartels that traffic fentanyl into the United States, and for other purposes. (aka Strengthening Sanctions on Fentanyl Traffickers Act of 2025)
• s1004-119 - A bill to reauthorize the program to support residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, and for other purposes. (aka Pregnant and Postpartum Women Treatment Reauthorization Act)
• s637-119 - A bill to amend the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes. (aka Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments Act of 2025)
• s2643-119 - A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to enter into contracts, grants, and agreements to carry out certain ecosystem restoration activities, and for other purposes. (aka Seedlings for Sustainable Habitat Restoration Act of 2025)
• s3997-119 - A bill to increase transparency, accountability, and community engagement within the Department of Homeland Security, to provide independent oversight of border security activities, to improve training for agents and officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes. (aka Homeland Security Improvement Act)
• s3594-119 - A bill to provide additional funds to States for administration of certain nutrition programs. (aka Nutrition Administration Assistance Act of 2026)
• s4326-119 - A bill to improve the hiring and training processes at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (aka The FBI Hiring Review Act)
• s3157-119 - A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve direct certification, and for other purposes. (aka School Meals for Healthy Kids Act of 2025)
• s2076-119 - A bill to provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services. (aka HCBS Relief Act of 2025)
• s3996-119 - A bill to improve the hiring and training processes at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (aka DHS Hiring Review Act)
• s806-119 - A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to increase the accountability of the Office of Special Counsel in enforcing certain provisions of that title vigorously, consistently, and without regard to the political affiliation, career status, or personal characteristics of individuals subject to those provisions, and for other purposes. (aka Hatch Act Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Act)
• s5072-119 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Internal Revenue Service to send quarterly notices to taxpayers with unpaid balances. (aka Taxpayer Transparency and Notice Act)
• s5278-119 - A bill to prohibit the speculative sale of event tickets, and for other purposes. (aka GHOST Act)
• s640-119 - A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, to amend the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 to make technical corrections to the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund and Aamodt Settlement Pueblos' Fund, and for other purposes. (aka Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act)
• s4966-119 - A bill to prohibit Federal judges from receiving certain gifts, and for other purposes. (aka High Court Gift Ban Act)
• s4506-119 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an investment credit for certain water reuse projects. (aka Advancing Water Reuse Act)
• s5282-119 - A bill to withdraw certain Federal land in the Rio Chama Watershed area of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes. (aka Chama Basin Watershed Protection Act)
• s647-119 - A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to create regional wildland fire research centers, and for other purposes. (aka Regional Leadership in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025)
• s3573-119 - A bill to amend the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act to modify a provision relating to the extension of certain dates for the completion of the Regional Water System, and for other purposes.
• s5248-119 - A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to improve the knowledge, credentials, compensation, and professional development of early childhood educators working with children in early childhood education programs. (aka Early Childhood Educator Professional Improvement Act of 2026)
• s5073-119 - A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit fraud prevention reports and annual analyses of sources of tax law complexity. (aka Tax Complexity and Fraud Prevention Review Act)
• s4333-119 - A bill to provide a civil remedy for any individual whose rights have been violated by a Federal law enforcement officer carrying out an immigration-related enforcement action. (aka Victims of Immigration Conduct Enforcement Act)
• s4101-119 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program. (aka Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026)
• s1196-119 - A bill to require Executive agencies to limit the use of special Government employees to 130 days, to require the maintenance of a public database of certain special Government employees, to require the release of financial disclosures filed by certain special Government employees, and for other purposes. (aka Special Government Employees Transparency Act of 2025)
• s3256-119 - A bill to prevent a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or has received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm. (aka Disarm Hate Act)
• s957-119 - A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate consideration of the income of organ recipients in providing reimbursement of expenses to donating individuals, and for other purposes. (aka Honor Our Living Donors Act)
• s1599-119 - A bill to address maternity care shortages and promote optimal maternity outcomes by expanding educational opportunities for midwives, and for other purposes. (aka Midwives for Maximizing Optimal Maternity Services Act of 2025)
• s1769-119 - A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to expand the provision of farmer-led technical assistance, and for other purposes. (aka Farmer to Farmer Education Act of 2025)
• s2771-119 - A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination Act and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to provide advance appropriations authority for certain accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes. (aka Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act of 2025)
• s3892-119 - A bill to prohibit retail food stores from price gouging and engaging in surveillance-based price setting practices, and for other purposes. (aka Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026)
• s5162-119 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the authority of the National Taxpayer Advocate. (aka Strengthening Taxpayer Advocacy Act)
• s5196-119 - A bill to prohibit the Department of Justice from granting immunity to the President, Vice President, or family members, trusts, parents, sisters, related companies, or affiliates of the President or Vice President, for certain crimes. (aka No Trump Immunity Act)
• s1905-119 - A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to increase the Federal cost share for supplemental nutrition assistance program administration to improve staffing and retention, and for other purposes. (aka SNAP Administrator Retention Act of 2025)
• s958-119 - A bill to support the use of technology in maternal health care, and for other purposes. (aka Tech to Save Moms Act)
• s1598-119 - A bill to address maternity care shortages and promote optimal maternity outcomes by expanding access to birth centers and exploring more effective payment models for birth center care, and for other purposes. (aka BABIES Act)
• s2325-119 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Energy to fund projects to restore and modernize National Laboratories, and for other purposes. (aka Restore and Modernize Our National Laboratories Act of 2025)
• sres256-119 - A resolution designating May 2025 as "American Stroke Month".
• sres182-119 - A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week.
• sres249-119 - A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as "Mental Health Awareness Month".

Vote Summary

The chart below shows all the votes cast by this legislator. The bars are color-coded by party. Red bars indicate votes cast in support of Republican-sponsored legislation or against Democrat-sponsored legislation; blue bars indicate the opposite.

See the about page for the methodology we use to determine what is and is not a party-line vote.