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Key Votes

Senator Cisco A. McSorley's Voting Records

Cisco McSorley
Full Name: Cisco A. McSorley
Office: State Senate (NM) - District 16, Democratic
First Elected: 11/05/1996
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2016
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Joanne Kuestner; 1 Child
Birth Date: 07/08/1950
Birth Place: Albuquerque, NM
Home City: Albuquerque, NM
Religion: Quaker

Issue

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New Mexico Key Votes

Date Bill No. Bill Title Outcome Vote
March 16, 2013 HB 641 Reduces Tax Rates for Corporations Bill Passed - Senate
(34 - 8)		 Yea
March 7, 2013 SB 276 Authorizes Straight-Party Voting as a Ballot Option Bill Passed - Senate
(24 - 17)		 Yea
March 4, 2013 SB 416 Increases Minimum Wage Bill Passed - Senate
(25 - 17)		 Yea
Feb. 18, 2013 SB 73 Amends Game and Fish License Suspension Periods Bill Passed - Senate
(28 - 10)		 Yea
Feb. 13, 2012 SB 9 Changes Corporate Income Tax Rates and Filing Requirements Bill Passed - Senate
(28 - 13)		 Yea
Feb. 13, 2012 SB 235 Restricting Driver's Licenses for Foreign Nationals Bill Passed - Senate
(27 - 15)		 Yea
Sept. 23, 2011 HB 39 State House Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate
(24 - 16)		 Yea
Sept. 21, 2011 SB 33 State Senate Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate
(27 - 15)		 Yea
Sept. 19, 2011 SB 22 Congressional Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate
(27 - 14)		 Yea
March 18, 2011 HB 172 Prohibiting Corporal Punishment as School Discipline Bill Passed - Senate
(22 - 17)		 Yea
March 16, 2011 SB 427 Rating System for Public Schools Bill Passed - Senate
(23 - 11)		 Nay
March 16, 2011 HB 2 General Appropriation Act of 2011 Bill Passed - Senate
(27 - 14)		 Nay
March 9, 2011 HB 78 Driver License and ID Card Restrictions for Undocumented Immigrants Bill Passed - Senate
(25 - 16)		 Yea
Feb. 28, 2011 SB 319 Eliminating Corporal Punishment Bill Failed - Senate
(18 - 18)		 Yea
Feb. 10, 2011 SB 124 Safeguarding Bicyclists Bill Passed - Senate
(20 - 17)		 Did Not Vote
March 2, 2010 SB 10 Tax Law Amendments Bill Passed - Senate
(25 - 15)		 Nay
Feb. 17, 2010 HB 150 Hispanic Education Act Bill Passed - Senate
(25 - 13)		 Yea
Feb. 17, 2010 HB 12 Health Insurer Service Reimbursement Bill Passed - Senate
(20 - 16)		 Yea
Feb. 16, 2010 HB 231 Authorizing Education Retirement Board Pension Disclosure Bill Passed - Senate
(21 - 18)		 Yea
Feb. 16, 2010 Holguin Nomination Neri Holguin, Environmental Improvement Board None - Senate
(17 - 25)		 Yea
Feb. 13, 2010 SB 10 Limiting Food Tax Deduction to Staple Foods Bill Passed - Senate
(23 - 19)		 Nay
Feb. 12, 2010 SB 254 Eliminating Criminal Conviction Disclosure on State Employment Applications Bill Passed - Senate
(35 - 4)		 Yea
Feb. 12, 2010 SB 112 Authorizing Severance Tax Bonds and Allocating Proceeds Bill Passed - Senate
(25 - 17)		 Nay
Feb. 12, 2010 SB 40 Authorizing Concealed Weapons in Restaurants that Serve Alcohol Bill Passed - Senate
(27 - 15)		 Nay
Feb. 11, 2010 SB 216 Repeal "Guilty but Mentally Ill" Plea Bill Passed - Senate
(22 - 19)		 Yea
Feb. 10, 2010 SB 148 Excluding Gender for Health Insurance Deliberation Bill Passed - Senate
(23 - 15)		 Yea
Feb. 8, 2010 SB 531 Legislative Finance Committee Review of Confidential Information Veto Override Passed - Senate
(34 - 8)		 Yea
Feb. 4, 2010 SB 26 Establishing the Domestic Violence Commission Bill Passed - Senate
(28 - 8)		 Yea
Oct. 23, 2009 HB 17 2009-2010 Budget Amendments Bill Passed - Senate
(31 - 9)		 Yea
Oct. 21, 2009 HB 3 Fund Transfers and 2007-2008 Budget Amendments Bill Passed - Senate
(36 - 5)		 Nay
March 19, 2009 HB 393 Opening Conference Committees to the Public Bill Passed - Senate
(33 - 8)		 Yea
March 17, 2009 SB 263 Requiring State Contractors to Disclose Campaign Contributions Bill Passed - Senate
(26 - 11)		 Did Not Vote
March 13, 2009 HB 285 Abolishing the Death Penalty Bill Passed - Senate
(24 - 18)		 Yea
Feb. 26, 2009 SB 12 Establishing Domestic Partnerships Bill Failed - Senate
(17 - 25)		 Yea
Feb. 25, 2009 SB 44 Prohibiting Smoking in Cars with Children Bill Passed - Senate
(26 - 12)		 Yea
Feb. 25, 2009 SB 141 Allowing Increase of Penalties for Convicted Public Officials Bill Passed - Senate
(29 - 12)		 Yea
Feb. 19, 2009 SB 77 Allowing Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill Passed - Senate
(27 - 14)		 Yea
Aug. 19, 2008 HB 4 Working Families Tax Credit Increase Bill Passed - Senate
(35 - 2)		 Yea
Aug. 18, 2008 SB 24 Tax Rebate Bill Passed - Senate
(36 - 2)		 Yea
Aug. 18, 2008 HB 5 Electronic Medical Records Bill Passed - Senate
(31 - 7)		 Yea
Feb. 14, 2008 HB 24 Removing Tax Restrictions for Counties and Municipalities Bill Failed - Senate
(19 - 21)		 Nay
Feb. 13, 2008 HB 237 Mandatory Election Recounts Bill Passed - Senate
(20 - 17)		 Yea
Feb. 12, 2008 HB 37 Electronic Medical Records Bill Failed - Senate
(13 - 23)		 Yea
Feb. 12, 2008 HB 305 Energy Efficiency Requirements for Public Utilities Bill Passed - Senate
(22 - 15)		 Yea
Feb. 11, 2008 HB 180 Healthy Food Initiatives Board Bill Passed - Senate
(24 - 15)		 Did Not Vote
Feb. 11, 2008 SB 225 Health Care Commission Bill Passed - Senate
(22 - 19)		 Did Not Vote
Feb. 10, 2008 HB 661 Affordable Housing Tax Relief Bill Passed - Senate
(27 - 12)		 Yea
Feb. 10, 2008 SB 487 Uranium Cleanup Fund Bill Passed - Senate
(26 - 11)		 Nay
Feb. 6, 2008 HB 2 2008-2009 Budget Bill Passed - Senate
(36 - 4)		 Yea
Feb. 4, 2008 SB 34 New Mexico School for the Arts Bill Passed - Senate
(32 - 6)		 Yea

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