# Chris Lopez

Chris Lopez is a Republican member of the Arizona House for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arizona House, district 16
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: AZ 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9128a4e7-1464-483c-8642-0d878da05619

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9128a4e7-1464-483c-8642-0d878da05619 (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

67% of Lopez’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arizona, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.03), from 175 donors and 291 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (AZ 2025–26 session)

1,672 roll calls. Attendance 94.0% (Arizona House 93.0%). Party unity 96.0% (93.3%). 41 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · 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 yea · Passed · HB 2321 DCS; credit freeze; consumer reporting · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2321/
- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · failed to pass · HB 2398 watercraft; insurance requirements; penalties · fail · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2398/
- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2406 department of veterans' services; study · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2406/
- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2408 nursing board; regulatory actions; expungement · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2408/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · 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 yea · Passed · HB 2311 artificial intelligence service; disclosures; requirements · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2311/

## Legislation (AZ 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 19 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 89. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arizona House 34.5%; rank 12 of 56).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4088: commercial motor vehicle; liability insurance (introduced, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB4088/
- HB 2965: covered entities; 340B drugs; distribution (introduced, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2965/
- HB 2824: capital improvement; financing program (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2824/
- HB 2942: appropriation; DES; rehabilitation group homes (introduced, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2942/
- HB 2825: fines; fees; assessments; restitution; nonpayment (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2825/
- HB 2447: insurance; reimbursement rates; nurse anesthetist (passed one chamber, 2026-06-12) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2447/
- HB 2827: groundwater withdrawal fee; Pinal AMA. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2827/
- HB 2826: TPT; prime contracting; exemption; irrigation (introduced, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2826/
- HB 2445: task order contracts; website; posting (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2445/
- HB 2448: SNAP; work requirement waivers; exemptions (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2448/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $96.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 67% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.azleg.gov/House/House-member/?legislature=57&session=129&legislator=2364
- Campaign site: https://www.lopezforaz.com/
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/LopezforArizona/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LopezforAZ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrislo72/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisLopezforAZ

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9128a4e7-1464-483c-8642-0d878da05619