Colorado Senate · District 31
Matt Ball
Democratic
Votes with the Senate President
95%
On 631 contested votes where both voted · 98% on all votes
Votes with own party
97%
Partisan rank: 12 of 35 in the Senate (tied with 1 other)
Didn't vote at roll call
2%
30 of 1,691 roll calls · 29 of them excused
Bills passed
64
72 sponsored · 62 became law · Rank 5 of 35 in the Senate
Bills that became law
62
of 64 passed · 2 vetoed
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans
Matt Ball's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
Colorado Senate26thpercentile
More liberal than 73% of the Colorado Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
10th most liberal of 35
On the November 3 ballot
Matt Ball is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. (Colorado Senate District 31)
The scores
How these numbers work →Votes with the Senate President
95%
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Matt Ball.
On 631 contested votes where both voted98% on all 1,660 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
97%
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Matt Ball.
On 492 party-line votesPartisan rank: 12 of 35 in the Senate (tied with 1 other)11 senators vote with their party more often
Bills
The bills Matt Ball sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 72 |
| Passed both chambers | 64 |
| Became law | 62 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 2 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 5 of 35 in the Senate · 4 of 23 Democrats
A Colorado bill has prime sponsors in each chamber: one or two who carry it in the chamber where it starts, and one or two who carry it in the other. Each prime sponsor is credited in their own chamber; additional sponsors and co-sponsors aren't counted.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| HB26-1325 Natural Medicine |
Became law | June 4, 2026 |
| HB26-1223 Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures |
Became law | June 4, 2026 |
| HB26-1116 Process for People with Behavioral Health Disorder |
Became law | June 4, 2026 |
| SB26-184 Firefighter Cancer Benefits & Workers' Compensation |
Vetoed | June 3, 2026 |
| SB26-051 Age Attestation on Computing Devices |
Became law | June 3, 2026 |
| SB26-152 Changes Automated Vehicle Identification System Usage |
Became law | June 2, 2026 |
| SB26-113 Require Recovery Residences to Obtain Behavioral Health Administration License |
Became law | June 2, 2026 |
| HB26-1262 Patient Access to Compounded Medical Items |
Became law | June 2, 2026 |
| HB26-1236 Arbitration Reform |
Vetoed | June 2, 2026 |
| SB26-142 Development of Thermal Energy Resources |
Became law | June 1, 2026 |
| SB26-131 Sports Betting Protections |
Became law | June 1, 2026 |
| SB26-020 Child Care Provider Licensing & Quality |
Became law | June 1, 2026 |
| HB26-1347 Federal Disability Benefits for Foster Care Youth |
Became law | June 1, 2026 |
| HB26-1225 Distributed Energy Resources Requirements |
Became law | June 1, 2026 |
| HB26-1076 Transportation Statutory Clean-Up |
Became law | June 1, 2026 |
| HB26-1014 Extend Colorado Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit |
Became law | May 29, 2026 |
| SB26-177 Access Adjoining Property to Repair or Maintain |
Became law | May 28, 2026 |
| SB26-150 Modernizing Regional Transportation District |
Became law | May 26, 2026 |
| HB26-1313 Adjust Requirements Statewide Affordable Housing Fund |
Became law | May 26, 2026 |
| SB26-158 Youthful Offender Early Parole Procedure |
Became law | May 19, 2026 |
| HB26-1007 Improve Customer Use Distributed Energy Resources |
Became law | May 7, 2026 |
| SB26-085 Military Protection Orders |
Became law | May 5, 2026 |
| SB26-019 Early Childhood Local System Consolidation |
Became law | May 5, 2026 |
| HB26-1303 Technical Changes to Energy & Carbon Management Statutes |
Became law | May 5, 2026 |
| HB26-1296 Revision to Nurse & Nurse Aide Practice Act |
Became law | May 5, 2026 |
| HB26-1294 Fix Incorrect Citation Compact Military Children |
Became law | May 5, 2026 |
| HB26-1219 Battery Assessment Submission Deadline Change |
Became law | May 5, 2026 |
| HB26-1218 Clarifying Validity of Common Law Marriage |
Became law | May 5, 2026 |
| HB26-1217 Correct Child Support Guidelines Statutory Cites |
Became law | May 5, 2026 |
| SB26-059 Multiple Elected Offices Prohibited for General Assembly |
Became law | May 4, 2026 |
| HB26-1186 Sunset Regulation of Cash-Bonding Agents |
Became law | May 4, 2026 |
| HB26-1058 Protections for Minors Featured in Digital Content |
Became law | May 4, 2026 |
| HB26-1002 Provider Participation in Health Insurance |
Became law | April 27, 2026 |
| HB26-1142 Child Advocacy Centers |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| HB26-1042 Dry Needling by Occupational Therapists |
Became law | April 2, 2026 |
| SB26-046 Property Tax Administrative Procedures |
Became law | March 26, 2026 |
| HB26-1020 Colorimetric Field Drug Tests in Drug Possessions |
Became law | March 26, 2026 |
| HB25B-1002 Corporate Income Tax Foreign Jurisdictions |
Became law | Aug. 28, 2025 |
| SB25-279 Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates |
Became law | June 4, 2025 |
| SB25-163 Battery Stewardship Programs |
Became law | June 4, 2025 |
| HB25-1324 Clarify Property Tax Objection & Protest Deadlines |
Became law | June 4, 2025 |
| HB25-1307 Updating Technical References in Education Law |
Became law | June 4, 2025 |
| SB25-297 Implementation of Colorado Natural Medicine Initiative |
Became law | June 3, 2025 |
| SB25-282 Protections for Veterans Seeking Benefits |
Became law | June 3, 2025 |
| SB25-275 Nonsubstantive Relocation of Definitions in Colorado Revised Statutes |
Became law | June 3, 2025 |
| SB25-271 Repeal Obsolete Family & Medical Leave Study |
Became law | June 3, 2025 |
| SB25-193 Sunset Primary Care Payment Reform Collaborative |
Became law | June 3, 2025 |
| HB25-1183 Colorimetric Field Drug Test Working Group |
Became law | June 2, 2025 |
| HB25-1326 Updating Safety Net Provider Terminology |
Became law | May 30, 2025 |
| SB25-190 Offender Release from Custody |
Became law | May 29, 2025 |
| SB25-186 Sunset Workers' Compensation Providers Accreditation Program |
Became law | May 29, 2025 |
| SB25-182 Embodied Carbon Reduction |
Became law | May 28, 2025 |
| HB25-1213 Updates to Medicaid |
Became law | May 28, 2025 |
| HB25-1197 Sale of Electrical Assisted Bicycles Requirements |
Became law | May 28, 2025 |
| HB25-1096 Automated Permits for Clean Energy Technology |
Became law | May 28, 2025 |
| SB25-155 Legislation Inside Advisory Council |
Became law | May 20, 2025 |
| HB25-1269 Building Decarbonization Measures |
Became law | May 20, 2025 |
| SB25-204 Revision to Local Government Utility Relocation Statute |
Became law | May 16, 2025 |
| HB25-1306 Alphabetizing Plumbing Profession Definitions |
Became law | May 16, 2025 |
| HB25-1273 Residential Building Stair Modernization |
Became law | May 13, 2025 |
| HB25-1280 Advanced Leak Detection Technology Rules |
Became law | April 30, 2025 |
| HB25-1116 Department of Corrections Search Court Records Before Offender Release |
Became law | April 30, 2025 |
| HB25-1093 Limitations on Local Anti-Growth Land Use Policies |
Became law | March 31, 2025 |
| HB25-1129 Department of Corrections Peer Behavioral Health Services Reentry Program |
Became law | March 20, 2025 |
Budget projects
Colorado's Long Bill, the state budget, doesn't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Colorado legislators.
Contested votes where they split
33 against the Senate President; 24 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate President | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | HJR26-1031: 2027 Session Convening Date & Deadlines Adoption |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 13, 2026 | HB26-1206: Improved Funding to Support Development Conference Committee Report / Adhere |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| May 13, 2026 | HB26-1418: Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Service Enterprise Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 13, 2026 | HB26-1054: Protections for Worker Safety Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 13, 2026 | SB26-048: Remove Exception to Marry with Judicial Approval House Amendments / Concur |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 8, 2026 | SB26-193: Local Ordinances & State Employees Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 29, 2026 | SB26-091: Exclusion of Newspaper Deliverers as Employees Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 17, 2026 | SB26-066: Regulation of Compounded Weight-Loss Medication Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 16, 2026 | SB26-090: Exempt Critical Infrastructure from Right to Repair Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 13, 2026 | SB26-140: Exempt Drugs from Prescription Drug Affordability Board Reviews Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| April 6, 2026 | SB26-009: Charitable Organization State Sales & Use Tax House Amendments / Concur |
Yea | Nay (split) | Yea |
| March 24, 2026 | SB26-121: Overtime Threshold for Agricultural Employees Committee of the Whole / Amendment |
Yea | Nay (split) | Yea |
| March 24, 2026 | SB26-121: Overtime Threshold for Agricultural Employees Committee of the Whole / Amendment |
Yea | Nay (split) | — |
| March 2, 2026 | SB26-043: Record Keeping & Regulation of Sale of Firearm Barrel Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 17, 2026 | SR26-001: Morgan County Road Improvements Adoption |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| May 7, 2025 | HB25-1171: Possession of Weapon by Previous Offender Crimes House Amendments / Concur |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 7, 2025 | SB25-124: Reducing Costs of Health Care for Patients House Amendments / Adhere |
Nay | Nay | Yea (split) |
| May 6, 2025 | HB25-1065: Jury Duty Opt-Out for Certain People Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| May 2, 2025 | HB25-1259: In Vitro Fertilization Protection & Gamete Donation Requirements Committee of the Whole / Amendment |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| April 24, 2025 | SB25-011: Detection Components for Wildfire Mitigation Committee of the Whole / Amendment |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| April 24, 2025 | SB25-132: Spirituous Liquor Manufacturer Tastings Conducted Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 17, 2025 | SB25-194: Sunset Dental Practice Act Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 17, 2025 | SB25-194: Sunset Dental Practice Act Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| April 15, 2025 | HB25-1208: Local Governments Tip Offsets for Tipped Employees Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| April 4, 2025 | HB25-1060: Electronic Fence Detection Systems Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| April 3, 2025 | HB25-1280: Advanced Leak Detection Technology Rules Committee of the Whole / Amendment |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| April 3, 2025 | HB25-1280: Advanced Leak Detection Technology Rules Committee of the Whole / Amendment |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
| April 2, 2025 | SB25-206: 2025-26 Long Appropriations Bill Committee of the Whole / Amendment |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| April 2, 2025 | SB25-206: 2025-26 Long Appropriations Bill Committee of the Whole / Amendment |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| March 26, 2025 | SB25-124: Reducing Costs of Health Care for Patients Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Nay | Yea (split) |
| March 21, 2025 | SB25-185: Claims Against Construction Professionals Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 17, 2025 | SB25-160: Motor Vehicle Sales by Manufacturers' Affiliates Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | — |
| March 6, 2025 | SB25-141: Municipal Government Exemption from Energy Code Requirements Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| Feb. 28, 2025 | SB25-079: Colorado Vending of Digital Assets Act Third Reading / Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | SB25-005: Worker Protection Collective Bargaining Committee of the Whole / Amendment |
Yea | Nay (split) | Nay (split) |
Every roll call
How Matt Ball voted on each of the 1,691 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate President | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- leg.colorado.gov
- matt.ball.senate@coleg.gov
- Capitol office
- State Capitol Room 346, Colorado Building 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203
303-866-4861
Committees
- Capitol Building Advisory Vice chair
- Transportation and Energy Vice chair
- Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Colorado Jail Standards
- Local Government and Housing
- Statutory Revision
- Technology
- Transportation Legislation Review
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Colorado General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Colorado General Assembly's floor vote records, Jan. 8, 2025 to May 13, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections