State Senator William P. Soules (D)

State Senator William P. Soules (D)

Score

Lifetime Score:
94%
2023 - 2024 Score:
100%
2022 Score:
100%
2021 Score:
89%
2020 Score:
100%
2019 Score:
85%
2018 Score:
80%
2017 Score:
100%
2016 Score:
100%
2015 Score:
100%
2013 - 2014 Score:
93%

Representing

District #:
37
Counties:
Dona Ana 
Legislative Link:
View on nmlegis.gov »

Contact Information

Office Phone:
(505) 986-4834
Email address:
bill.soules@nmlegis.gov
Address:
490 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87501

Notes

2017: In 2017, Senator Soules made a procedural vote on SB364 that could have been interpreted negatively, but was a strategic pro-conservation vote, therefore his vote was scored as excused.


Voting Record


  • = Pro Conservation Vote
  • = Anti Conservation Vote
  • A = Absent
  • E = Excused
  • R = Recused
  • W = Abstain

Topics:

  • Air Quality Air Quality
  • Effective Government Effective
    Government
  • Energy & Climate Change Energy &
    Climate Change
  • Environmental Justice Environmental
    Justice
  • Land Land
  • Water Water
  • Wildlife & Habitat Conservation Wildlife & Habitat
    Conservation

Priority Bill # Title Topics CVNM
Position
Conservation
Vote
Year
Flynn Confirmation of Ryan Flynn as Secretary of the Environment Department   more Oppose 2014
HB 4 Voting Rights Protections   more Support 2023
HB 15 Sustainable Building Tax Credit   more Support 2021
HB 28 Resource Sustainability and Security Act   more Support 2019
HB 37 Community Energy Efficiency Dev Block Grant   more Support 2022
HB 40 Designation Of Benefit Corporations   more Support 2013
HB 41 Clean Transportation Fuel Standards   more Support 2024
HB 48/SB 24 Oil and Gas Royalty Rate   more Support 2024
HB 51 Environmental Database Act   more Support 2021
HB 76 EIB Permit Denial for Poor Performance   more Support 2021
HB 87 Water Quality Control Commission Meetings   more Oppose 2015
HB 98 Local Election Act   more Support 2018
HB 111 Crop Dusting Tanks as Above Ground Storage   more Oppose 2016
HB 144,
HB 154,
HB 280
Industrial Hemp Research Rules   more Support 2017
HB 164 Uranium Mine Cleanup   more Support 2022
HB 184 State Game Commission Changes   more Support 2023
HB 200 Water Trust Board Projects & NM Unit Fund   more Support 2021
HB 210 Community Solar Act   more Support 2019
HB 217 Electric Vehicle Income Tax Credit   more Support 2020
HB 289 Fund Investment in Renewable Energy   more Support 2019
HB 291 Efficient Use of Energy Act Changes   more Support 2019
HB 440 Solar Energy Improvement Assessments   more Support 2019
HB 445 Reduce Renewable Portfolio Standards   more Oppose 2015
HB 521 PRC Application for Vehicle Electricity   more Support 2019
HB 564 Right to Farm and Operations as a Nuisance   more Oppose 2015
HJR 8 State Ethics Commission, CA   more Support 2017
SB 5 Firearms Near Polling Places   more Support 2024
SB 6 Industrial Hemp Research Rules   more Support 2017
SB 8 Local Government Air Quality Regulations   more Support A 2021
SB 9 Create Legacy Permanent Funds   more Support 2023
SB 11 Clean Fuel Standard Act   more Support 2021
SB 13 Solar Market Development Tax Credit Changes   more Support 2016
SB 14 Enacting the Clean Fuel Standard Act   more Support 2022
SB 29 Solar Market Development Income Tax Credit   more Support 2020
SB 32 Wildlife Conservation & Public Safety Act   more Support 2021
SB 33 Study Funding for Nongame Species Conservation   more Support 2020
SB 41 Extend Solar Market Tax Credit   more Support 2017
SB 47 Energy Redevelopment Bonds   more Oppose 2018
SB 51 Renewable Energy Services - State Facilities   more Support 2019
SB 53 Storage of Certain Radioactive Waste   more Support 2023
SB 54 Storage of Certain Radioactive Waste   more Support 2022
SB 56 Distributed Generation Facility Supply Cap   more Support 2023
SB 70 Free State Park Passes for People Over 65   more Support 2017
SB 72 Southwest NM Water Projects   more Support 2018
SB 75 Wildlife Trafficking Act   more Support 2020
SB 76 Prohibit Coyote Killing Contests   more Support 2019
SB 76 Lead in Sale of Recycled Metals Act   more Support 2016
SB 79 Solar Market Development Tax Credit   more Support 2018
SB 81 Wildlife Trafficking Act   more Support 2017
SB 84 Community Solar Act   more Support 2021
SB 86 Use of Water for Oil & Gas Operations   more Support 2021
SB 89 Unit Fund for Certain Water Supply Needs   more Support 2014
SB 94 Industrial Hemp Farming Act   more Support 2015
SB 95 Radioactive Waste Consultation Task Force   more Support 2020
SB 103 Restricting Use of Neonicotinoid Pesticide   more Support 2021
SB 104 Renewable Energy Tax Credit Eligibility   more Support 2016
SB 107 State Agency Post-Contract Audits   more Support 2017
SB 112 Sustainable Economy Task Force   more Support 2021
SB 114 Community Energy Efficiency Development Grant   more Support 2020
SB 135 Oil & Gas Act Penalties & Protests   more Oppose 2018
SB 149 Prohibit New Fracking Licenses   more Support 2021
SB 155 Energy Transition Act Changes   more Oppose 2021
SB 157 Interstate Stream Commission Membership   more Support 2017
SB 163 Change Board & Commission Sunset Dates   more Oppose 2013
SB 164 Future Oil & Gas Lease Royalty Rates   more Support 2023
SB 169 First Right to Build Transmission Facilities   more Oppose 2017
SB 180 Fees for Used Oil Businesses   more Support 2020
SB 186 Oil Conservation Division Powers & Duties   more Support 2019
SB 189 Assurance for Plugging Oil & Gas Wells   more Support 2018
SB 194 No Agriculture as a Nuisance   more Oppose 2013
SB 194 Additional Energy Acts Definitions   more Oppose 2022
SB 215 Energy & Water Project Financing   more Support 2017
SB 226 Efficient Utility Water Use   more Support 2017
SB 227 State Facility Renewable Energy Use   more Support 2017
SB 230 Crop Dusting Tanks as Above Ground Storage   more Oppose 2017
SB 248 Utility Acceptance of Gov't Renewable Energy   more Support 2017
SB 248 Fund Grant County Water Supply from NM Unit   more Support 2016
SB 251 Uranium Site Workforce Training Study   more Support 2018
SB 253 Prohibit & Define Coyote Killing Contest   more Support 2015
SB 268 Prohibit Coyote Killing Contests   more Support 2017
SB 307 Oil & Gas Act Powers & Penalties   more Support 2017
SB 312 Renewable Energy Requirements for Utilities   more Support 2017
SB 315 City or County Comprehensive Plans   more Support 2013
SB 340 Legislative Authorization for NM Unit   more Support 2017
SB 342 Community Solar Gardens Act   more Support 2017
SB 350 Agricultural Land Valuations   more Support 2017
SB 360 Investor-Owned Utility Procurement Process   more Support 2017
SB 364 Land Commissioner Review of Nat'l Monuments   more Oppose E 2017
SB 375 Royalty Rates on State Trust Lands   more Support 2017
SB 391 Extend Solar Market Development Tax Credit   more Support 2015
SB 404/HB 292 Transfer of Public Land Act   more Oppose 2013
SB 418 Oil & Gas Act Changes   more Support 2023
SB 419 Narrow Landowner Animal Takings   more Support 2021
SB 421 Limit Local Gov't & Zoning Commissions   more Oppose 2015
SB 432 Renewable Energy Tax Credit Changes   more Support 2017
SB 455/SB 542 NM Unit Reports to Legislature/NM Unit Fund & Stream Commission Actions   more Support 2015
SB 456 Electric Utility Resource Procurement   more Support 2019
SB 462 Create Outdoor Recreation Division   more Support 2019
SB 467 Change Interstate Stream Commission Members   more Support 2015
SB 479 Adequate Subdivision Water Supplies   more Support 2013
SB 480 Subdivision Water Permits   more Support 2013
SB 489 Energy Transition Act   more Support 2019
SB 499 Climate Change Compliance Tax Credits   more Oppose 2019
SB 500 Oil, Gas, and Vented Gas Royalties   more Support 2019
SB 518 New Solar Market Development Tax Credit   more Support 2019
SB 520 Clean Future Act   more Support E 2023
SB 677 Private Right of Action   more Support 2015
SJM 26 Study Exporting Coal   more Oppose 2013
SM 34 Eddy-Lea energy Alliance Storage Facility   more Oppose 2016