# Matt Ball

Matt Ball is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate for district 31.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2025-01-10
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4a72c7ee-c3e5-4c61-8e79-3301cb70a599

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a72c7ee-c3e5-4c61-8e79-3301cb70a599 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

60% of Ball’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Colorado, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.90 (standard error 0.04), from 250 donors and 298 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

1,660 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 97.2% (94.2%). 28 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 187 Establishing Commission on Medicaid · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB187/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · HB 1425 Applied Behavior Analysis Services · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1425/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · SB 42 Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB42/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · HB 1141 Discriminatory Practices in Public Schools · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1141/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 78 Changes to Institutions of Higher Education Statutes · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB78/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · HB 1309 Abuse in Cases of Separation · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1309/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · SB 165 Species Conservation Measures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB165/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 115 Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB115/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · AMEND (L.081) · HB 1289 Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1289/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 3 End-of-Life Management of Electric Vehicle Batteries · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB3/

## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 80 bills: 79 reached committee, 76 passed one chamber, 72 passed both, 63 became law. Cosponsored 301. 98.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 8 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 184: Firefighter Cancer Benefits & Workers' Compensation (passed both chambers, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB184/
- SB 177: Access Adjoining Property to Repair or Maintain (became law, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB177/
- HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/
- SB 158: Youthful Offender Early Parole Procedure (became law, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB158/
- HB 1347: Federal Disability Benefits for Foster Care Youth (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1347/
- SB 152: Changes Automated Vehicle Identification System Usage (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB152/
- SB 150: Modernizing Regional Transportation District (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB150/
- SB 148: Financing Utility On-Bill Repayment Program (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB148/
- SB 142: Development of Thermal Energy Resources (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB142/
- HB 1330: Alcohol Beverages Entertainment Districts (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1330/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $99.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 60% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/matt-ball
- Campaign site: https://www.mattforcolorado.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-ball-06385a261/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4a72c7ee-c3e5-4c61-8e79-3301cb70a599