# Rod Montoya

Rod Montoya is a Republican member of the New Mexico House for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Mexico House, district 1
- Serving since: 2015-01-20
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/948ba2f7-fd71-42ed-a35a-e692b76d2ca2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/948ba2f7-fd71-42ed-a35a-e692b76d2ca2 (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

Montoya sits at +0.60 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 86% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.60 (standard error 0.03), from 123 donors and 272 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

475 roll calls. Attendance 87% (New Mexico House 91.4%). Party unity 98.8% (94.2%). 36 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 17 TV & FILM INDUSTRY TASK FORCE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM17/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · house passage · SB 273 PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY & WELFARE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB273/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 54 MOBILE HOME PARKS UTILITIES PRC WORKING GROUP · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM54/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 16 NMSU PHYSICAL SCIENCE LAB, IN RECOGNITION · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM16/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 21 "NEW MEXICO FOOD & FARMS DAY" · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM21/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 30 PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNANCE STUDY · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM30/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 47 STUDY TEACHER WORKLOADS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM47/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 14 "NEW MEXICO TRIO PROGRAMS DAY" · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM14/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 35 PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE & CONCURRENT CARE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM35/
- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · house passage · HM 31 HOME HEALTH SERVICE DISTANCE LIMITATIONS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HM31/

## Legislation (NM 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 48 bills: 41 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 16.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico House 34.2%; rank 61 of 68).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 324: SCHOOL DISTRICT FIREARM SAFETY TRAINING (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB324/
- HB 273: WOMEN'S SAFETY & PROTECTION ACT (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB273/
- HB 233: PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S SPORTS ACT (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB233/
- HB 245: DENIAL OF ENROLLMENT TO SCHOOL (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB245/
- HB 240: EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY ACCOUNT ACT (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB240/
- HB 193: SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PRIVATE ED & TAX CREDITS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB193/
- HB 192: NO FOREIGN CORPORATION PURCHASE OF HOMES (introduced, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB192/
- HJR 8: PROPERTY TAX REFUND FOR NUISANCE LAWS, CA (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HJR8/
- HJR 6: SESSION LENGTH AND BILL CONSIDERATION, CA (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HJR6/
- HJR 7: CONSIDERATION OF BILLS IN ALL SESSIONS, CA (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HJR7/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HMONR
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rod.montoya.186
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodney-montoya-b1584234/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/948ba2f7-fd71-42ed-a35a-e692b76d2ca2