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Hello, thank you visiting this site! I am proud to represent New Mexico District 44 as your advocate in the Roundhouse. District 44 comprises the village of Corrales as well as parts of the cities of Rio Rancho and NW Albuquerque.
I love meeting my constituents, and you may see me in your neighborhood someday. But until then, I am frequently at Village Council and city Council meetings, as well as other public forums. So please come by and say hello! See the events calendar to learn where I’ll be next. Hope to meet you soon!
Track Kathleen’s Legislation
Explore all the bills introduced or supported by Representative Cates and how they fare in the rough-and-tumble of the legislative process: https://legiscan.com/NM/people/kathleen-cates/id/24782
The 2025 Legislative Session
Below are bills Kathleen is sponsoring or supporting.
Click here to see bills she has prefiled so far.
Here is Kathleen’s contact information at the Legislature.
Keep up with the NM State Legislature Here.
- Recruit and retain healthcare workers by providing housing subsidies
- Restrict ticket scalping to maintain reasonable prices for ticket resales
- Library Protection
- Require landlords to count housing vouchers in determining prospective tenants’ income
- Require condominium associations to maintain a ratio of owner-occupancy of 55% so that federally backed mortgages can be issued
- Clarify Property Tax Assessments to protect farmers from egregious tax increases due to drought and other natural disasters
- Require hospitals to create committees that would determine minimum staffing levels
- Permit state contractors to adjust their rates when laws change that increase costs for the contractors
- Lower the number of petition signatures required for independent candidates
- Create non-partisan redistricting commissions for county redistricting
- Prohibit non-functioning turf at all NM government owned buildings
- Outlaw weapon modification
- Require Juvenile Crimes be disclosed when an individual applies for a Firearm Permit
- Increasing the Alcohol Tax and dedicate the tax revenues to addiction programs
- Provide loans to certain water projects and local water authorities
- Enact safety measures for motor carriers involved with transporting railroad workers
Delivering for District 44, Defending Freedoms for All
Kathleen delivers for our district, from ensuring our farmers have the water they need, to supporting our first responders with equipment and services. She defends all our freedoms, including our right to read what we want, a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions, and the right of people with disabilities to have access and equal treatment.
Kathleen will protect our water.