New Jersey Senate · District 29
Teresa Ruiz
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Teresa Ruiz'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
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Teresa Ruiz.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Teresa Ruiz.
Bills
The bills Teresa Ruiz sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 208 |
| Passed both chambers | 13 |
| Became law | 13 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
| Of those, passed as the other house's identical bill | 6 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 3 of 40 in the Senate · 3 of 25 Democrats
A bill's sponsors are its prime sponsors, as the Legislature lists them; co-sponsors aren't counted.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| S4193 Establishes "Fortifying Corn Masa Act." |
Became law | Sept. 28, 2026 |
| S3818 Authorizes creation of Borinqueneers license plates. |
Became law | Sept. 23, 2026 |
| S3811 Requires Governor's Office of Volunteerism to promote and support volunteerism for compliance with certain eligibility requirements for NJ FamilyCare and SNAP… |
Became law passed as A3883 |
Sept. 9, 2026 |
| S3379 Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU. |
Became law | Aug. 27, 2026 |
| S2260 Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing reproductive health care services; establishes right of residents to reproductive… |
Became law | Aug. 20, 2026 |
| S170 Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts. |
Became law | July 30, 2026 |
| S451 Establishes "Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act." |
Became law passed as A3497 |
July 20, 2026 |
| S4531 Increases amount of child tax credit in taxable years 2026, 2027, and 2028. |
Became law | June 30, 2026 |
| S4507 Permits Director of Division of Pensions and Benefits to initiate temporary transfer of funds in certain circumstances. |
Became law passed as A5330 |
June 30, 2026 |
| S4007 Permits Paterson and Newark police who were promoted following February 2019 police sergeant exam to have those promotions deemed regular appointments. |
Became law passed as A4543 |
June 30, 2026 |
| S3306 Requires notification to members of health club if club is to be sold and health club services contract assigned to new owner. |
Became law | June 30, 2026 |
| S3426 Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on… |
Became law passed as A3882 |
June 18, 2026 |
| S3522 Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information. |
Became law passed as A4070 |
March 25, 2026 |
Budget projects
New Jersey's budget, the annual Appropriations Act, doesn't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for New Jersey legislators.
Contested votes where they split
No contested vote against the leader of the chamber or most of their party.
Every roll call
How Teresa Ruiz voted on each of the 214 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
- www.njleg.state.nj.us
- senruiz@njleg.org
- Capitol office
- P.O. Box 068 State House, 145 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08625
609-847-3905 - District office
- 475 Bloomfield Ave., Newark, NJ 07107
973-484-1000
Committees
- Legislative Oversight Vice chair
- Budget and Appropriations
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the New Jersey Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 17, 2026.
Source: the New Jersey Legislature's floor vote records, Feb. 5, 2026 to Sept. 24, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections