Sen. Martin Heinrich
Senator for New Mexico
pronounced MAHR-tin // HĪN-rik
Heinrich is the senior senator from New Mexico and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Heinrich’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2025. He is 53 years old.
He was previously the representative for New Mexico’s 1st congressional district as a Democrat from 2009 to 2012.
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Heinrich.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Heinrich is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills legislators have sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Dec 10, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Martin Heinrich sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Heinrich was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 475: A bill to designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura VA Clinic.
- S. 2131: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
- S. 4759 (117th): Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023
- S. 2604 (117th): Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022
- S.J.Res. 14 (117th): A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to …
- S. 1471 (117th): Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2021
- S. 1345 (116th): A bill to amend and reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act.
Does 13 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Heinrich sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Native Americans (23%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (20%) Energy (16%) Health (10%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Agriculture and Food (8%) Education (7%) Taxation (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Heinrich recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 5447: A bill to establish a grant program to assist projects that use nonlethal …
- S. 5203: Maternal and Infant Syphilis Prevention Act
- S. 5271: BUPE for Recovery Act
- S. 5196: New Homes Tax Credit Act
- S. 5083: A bill to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation …
- S. 4998: Navajo Nation Rio San José Stream System Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024
- S. 4988: Defenders of Bataan, Corregidor, and Attu Congressional Gold Medal Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Dec 2024, Heinrich missed 88 of 4,088 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills