# Patty Contreras

Patty Contreras is a Democratic member of the Arizona House for district 12.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Arizona House, district 12
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AZ 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/61dc96d8-140a-4042-b832-ac51bf0796f3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/61dc96d8-140a-4042-b832-ac51bf0796f3 (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

0% of the 35 bills Contreras sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Arizona House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.74 (standard error 0.03), from 265 donors and 586 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (AZ 2025–26 session)

1,672 roll calls. Attendance 96.2% (Arizona House 93.0%). Party unity 95.2% (93.3%). 76 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-13 · voted nay · Passed · HCR 2040 minimum wage; exception; homeless · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HCR2040/
- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2397 homeowners' associations; property covenants; disclosures · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2397/
- 2026-06-13 · voted nay · Passed · HB 2321 DCS; credit freeze; consumer reporting · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2321/
- 2026-06-13 · voted nay · failed to pass · HB 2398 watercraft; insurance requirements; penalties · fail · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2398/
- 2026-06-13 · voted nay · Passed · HB 2406 department of veterans' services; study · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2406/
- 2026-06-13 · voted nay · Passed · HB 2408 nursing board; regulatory actions; expungement · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2408/
- 2026-06-12 · voted nay · failed to pass · SB 1519 off-highway vehicles; weight · fail · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1519/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2305 private towing carriers; regulation; rates · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2305/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2114 motorcycle registration requirements; safety fund · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2114/
- 2026-06-12 · voted nay · Passed · HB 2311 artificial intelligence service; disclosures; requirements · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2311/

## Legislation (AZ 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 35 bills: 1 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 239. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arizona House 34.5%; rank 53 of 56).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4065: DES; continuation (introduced, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB4065/
- HB 2842: property sale; notice; escrow agents (introduced, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2842/
- HB 2562: restaurants; water; hotels; laundry (introduced, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2562/
- HB 2844: adult incarceration contracts; services; costs (introduced, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2844/
- HB 2843: portable solar power devices; requirements (introduced, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2843/
- HB 2560: TANF; cash assistance; duration (introduced, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2560/
- HB 2568: TPT; online lodging marketplace; reporting (introduced, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2568/
- HB 2566: vacation rentals; short-term rentals; regulation (introduced, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2566/
- HB 2558: insurance; cancer; chemotherapy; scalp cooling (introduced, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2558/
- HB 2559: behavioral health services; insurance coverage (introduced, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2559/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.azleg.gov/House/House-member/?legislature=56&session=127&legislator=2157
- Campaign site: https://www.contrerasforaz.net/
- X: https://x.com/p_contrerasaz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/patricia-contreras/100007720239466/?paipv=0&eav=afbvx6uegcllrhdltk7c1iliiybjh_8czlvsrhuqjdtjb8yyad4sv_prqg5dg12hmyo&_rdr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pattycontrerasforaz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patty-contreras-for-az/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/61dc96d8-140a-4042-b832-ac51bf0796f3