# Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate for district 32.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado Senate, district 32
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ab377224-ab70-4c20-a535-baa429520e7c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ab377224-ab70-4c20-a535-baa429520e7c (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 Rodriguez’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Colorado, in the top tenth of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.76 (standard error 0.03), from 75 donors and 1,175 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

1,666 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 96.4% (94.2%). 21 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 57 bills: 55 reached committee, 54 passed one chamber, 44 passed both, 27 became law. Cosponsored 213. 96.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 14 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 26: Adjourn Sine Die (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SJR26/
- HJR 1032: Notify Governor of Adjournment (passed one chamber, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1032/
- HJR 1031: 2027 Session Convening Date & Deadlines (passed both chambers, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1031/
- SB 189: Automated Decision-Making Technology (became law, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB189/
- SB 186: Update Workers' Compensation Statutes Allow Electronic Filing (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB186/
- SB 184: Firefighter Cancer Benefits & Workers' Compensation (passed both chambers, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB184/
- SB 179: Public Health Employee Whistleblower Rights (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB179/
- SB 160: Personal Protective Equipment & Meatpackers (became law, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB160/
- HJR 1026: Governor Roy Romer Memorial Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1026/
- HJR 1023: Latino/a Advocacy Day (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1023/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,150 (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/robert-rodriguez
- Campaign site: http://robertforcolorado.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenRobRodriguez
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robert.rodriguez.965928
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobertRodriguezforColorado/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ab377224-ab70-4c20-a535-baa429520e7c