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Jay Block
Republican · Senator

Jay Block

Represents District 12 in the State Senate.

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Votes with Republicans
93%
on 29 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 90%
Cast a vote
89%
Yea or Nay on 96 of 108 roll calls · Senate median 95%
Their bills that became law
0 of 9
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 0
Roll calls on record
108
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 5, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.

How Jay Block votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Jay Block sits in the Senate

Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Jay Block is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party

2 of 29 party-line votes.

HB7 · Apprenticeship Assistance Act Transfers
Yea
Senate Final Passage · 2026-02-18 · Passed 29–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB246 · Massage Therapy Practice Changes
Nay
Senate Final Passage · 2026-02-17 · Passed 22–17 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

SB235 · Microgrid Oversight Act
Nay
Senate Final Passage · 2026-02-14 · Passed 22–20
HJR5 · Legislative Compensation, Ca
Nay
Senate Final Passage · 2026-02-17 · Passed 23–19
SB18 · Clear Horizons & Emissions Codification
Nay
Senate Final Passage · 2026-02-11 · Failed 19–23
SB17 · Stop Illegal Gun Trade Act
Nay
Senate Final Passage · 2026-02-07 · Passed 21–17
SB246 · Massage Therapy Practice Changes
Nay
Senate Final Passage · 2026-02-17 · Passed 22–17
Democrats they vote with most

Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.

George MuñozDemocrat · District 4 · 26 shared contested votes
42%
Joe CervantesDemocrat · District 31 · 32 shared contested votes
28%
Shannon PintoDemocrat · District 3 · 27 shared contested votes
26%
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (12 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2026-01: 7 roll calls, 2 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 101 roll calls, 10 without a Yea or NayJan 2026Feb 2026
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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Jay Block was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.

Introduced9
Out of committee4
Passed one chamber0
Passed both chambers0
Became law0
Never left committee5

For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 0 bills that became law this session.

Property Tax Code Definitions
Out of committeeAction Postponed Indefinitely · 2026-02-11
Trunked Radio Subscriber Fees
Out of committeeAction Postponed Indefinitely · 2026-02-10
Funding For Wreaths On Veteran Gravesites
Not out of committeeAction Postponed Indefinitely · 2026-02-07
Fentanyl Trafficking As Murder
Not out of committeeAction Postponed Indefinitely · 2026-02-04
Unlawful Interference With Aircraft
Not out of committeeAction Postponed Indefinitely · 2026-02-04
Repeal Special Zoning District Act
Not out of committeeAction Postponed Indefinitely · 2026-01-26
Honoring Law Enforcement Officers
Not out of committeeAction Postponed Indefinitely · 2026-01-26
Uniformed Svc. Retirement Pay Tax Exemption
Out of committeeAction Postponed Indefinitely · 2026-01-26
Uniformed Svc. Salary Tax Exemption
Out of committeeAction Postponed Indefinitely · 2026-01-26

Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.

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HB306 · 2026-02-19
Prohibit Certain Health Care Facility Fees (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 39-0
Yea
HB43 · 2026-02-19
Disability & Survivor Pensions Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 39-0
Yea
HB34 · 2026-02-19
School Nurse Licensure Provisions (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 38-0
Yea
HB38 · 2026-02-19
Wheelchair Insurance Coverage (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 40-0
Yea
HB256 · 2026-02-19
Defibrillators At School Athletic Events (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 39-0
Yea
HB200 · 2026-02-19
New Homes For New Mexico Program (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 22-13
Nay
HJM2 · 2026-02-19
Ipra Implementation Study Task Force (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 36-0
Yea
HB108 · 2026-02-19
Watershed District Taxes And Directors (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 35-0
Yea
HB158 · 2026-02-19
Plans On Use Of Certain Funds (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 36-0
Yea
SB273 · 2026-02-18
Public Peace, Health, Safety & Welfare (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 36-0
Yea
SB274 · 2026-02-18
Public Peace, Health, Safety & Welfare (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 37-0
NV
HB64 · 2026-02-18
Public Project Revolving Fund Appropriations (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 41-0
Yea
SB172 · 2026-02-18
Technology Readiness Grt Credit (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 37-1
Yea
HB128 · 2026-02-18
Firefighter Occupational Disease Disablement (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 39-0
Yea
HB247 · 2026-02-18
Capital Outlay Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 40-0
Yea
HB95 · 2026-02-18
Additional Second Judicial District Judgeship (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 40-0
Yea
HB285 · 2026-02-18
Disabled Veteran Property Tax Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 40-0
Yea
HB66 · 2026-02-18
Health Care Professional Loan Fund Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 40-0
Yea
HB165 · 2026-02-18
Payment Of Certain Irb Special Assessments (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 30-10
Nay
HB248 · 2026-02-18
General Obligation Bonds (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 38-0
Yea
HB253 · 2026-02-18
Public Education Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 26-15
Nay
SB240 · 2026-02-18
Capital Outlay Projects (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 37-0
NV
HB4 · 2026-02-18
Health Care Affordability Fund Distributions (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 24-12
Nay
SM22 · 2026-02-18
Study Cyfd Funds & Domestic Violence (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 34-0
Yea
SM20 · 2026-02-18
Statewide Youth Violence Summit (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 35-0
Yea
HB47 · 2026-02-18
School Employee Insurance Programs (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 36-0
Yea
HB80 · 2026-02-18
Oil & Gas Conservation Tax Act Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 38-0
Yea
HB153 · 2026-02-18
Low-carbon Construction Material Rebate Act (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 30-6
NV
SM21 · 2026-02-18
Study Overdose Prevention Centers (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 35-0
Yea
HB255 · 2026-02-18
Public Safety Workforce Building Program (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 36-0
Yea
HB7 · 2026-02-18
Apprenticeship Assistance Act Transfers (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 29-8
Yea
HB8 · 2026-02-18
Higher Ed. Major Projects Fund (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 38-0
Yea
HB332 · 2026-02-18
Capital Outlay Reauthorizations (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 24-14
Nay
HB96 · 2026-02-18
Space Commission Working Group (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 36-0
Yea
HB184 · 2026-02-18
Investment Of Conservation & Legacy Funds (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 25-11
Nay
HB291 · 2026-02-18
Tax Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 36-2
Yea
HB61 · 2026-02-18
Aggravated Battery On Police Officer (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 37-0
Yea
HB156 · 2026-02-18
Repeal Special Session Vaccination Laws (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 38-1
Yea
HB124 · 2026-02-18
New Americans Division In Wsd (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 22-12
Nay
HB270 · 2026-02-18
Contributions To Apprentice & Training Pgms. (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 25-13
Nay
HJM3 · 2026-02-18
Per- & Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Report (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 22-13
Nay
SM27 · 2026-02-18
Impact Of Radiation Exposure (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 34-0
Yea
HB253 · 2026-02-18
Public Education Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 39-0
Yea
HB30 · 2026-02-17
Teacher Residency Act Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 39-0
Yea
HB103 · 2026-02-17
Cap Residential Property Tax Rates (Senate Final Passage)
Failed · 16-26
Nay
HB154 · 2026-02-17
Advanced Energy Product Definition (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 36-6
Yea
HB70 · 2026-02-17
Prc Support Agency (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 36-0
Yea
SB246 · 2026-02-17
Massage Therapy Practice Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 22-17
Nay
HB180 · 2026-02-17
Use Of Emergency Funds & Disasters (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 41-0
Yea
HJR1 · 2026-02-17
Boards Of Regents Nominating Committees, Ca (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 34-7
Nay
SM17 · 2026-02-17
Sexual Assault Exam Kit Task Force (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 41-0
Yea
HB99 · 2026-02-17
Medical Malpractice Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 40-2
Yea
SM31 · 2026-02-17
Pera Work Group (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 42-0
Yea
HJR5 · 2026-02-17
Legislative Compensation, Ca (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 23-19
Nay
HB2 · 2026-02-16
General Appropriation Act Of 2026 (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 23-16
Nay
SB23 · 2026-02-15
Exceptions To Student Use Of Phones (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 32-6
Yea
SB151 · 2026-02-15
Corporate Income Tax Changes (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 24-17
Nay
SB264 · 2026-02-15
Public Peace, Health, Safety & Welfare (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 26-16
Nay
SB261 · 2026-02-15
Public Peace, Health, Safety & Welfare (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 23-17
Nay
HB63 · 2026-02-15
Nmfa Water Project Fund Projects (Senate Final Passage)
Passed · 39-0
Yea
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 108 total roll-call votes this session).
Voting data provided by LegiScan, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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