# Adrienne Benavidez

Adrienne Benavidez is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate for district 21.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2026-03-02
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a033ad21-bdb7-4af2-be2e-e21c3e4cfa24

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a033ad21-bdb7-4af2-be2e-e21c3e4cfa24 (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

100% of the 13 bills Benavidez sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Colorado Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.03), from 104 donors and 718 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

637 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 95.5% (94.2%). 14 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 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 152. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 3 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 177: Access Adjoining Property to Repair or Maintain (became law, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB177/
- SB 166: School Board Member Disqualifying Convictions (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB166/
- SB 167: Prescription Drug Out-of-Pocket Expense Credit (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB167/
- HJR 1023: Latino/a Advocacy Day (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1023/
- SB 135: State Public K-12 Education Funding (passed both chambers, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB135/
- HB 1320: Accessible Language Statutory Ballot Title Requirements (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1320/
- HB 1283: Protections Regarding Seizures of Identification Documents (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1283/
- HB 1269: Transit Access (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1269/
- HB 1203: Modification of County Commissioner Elections (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1203/
- HB 1196: Tenant Data Information (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1196/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/adrienne-benavidez
- Campaign site: https://adrienneforcolorado.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benavidezhd32
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorbenavidez/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a033ad21-bdb7-4af2-be2e-e21c3e4cfa24