16 Facts About Susan Rubio

Susan Rubio represents the 22nd Senate District in eastern Los Angeles County and is a member of the Democratic Party.

Susan Rubio is the first Latina Chair of the State Senate Insurance Committee, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Domestic Violence, and Senate Assistant Majority Whip.

Susan Rubio became a US citizen in 1994 after being sponsored by her youngest sister, Sylvia, who was born in El Paso.

Susan Rubio attended East Los Angeles College and earned an undergraduate degree and a master's degree in Education from Azusa Pacific University.

Susan Rubio started her teaching career in Baldwin Park Unified School District and was a teacher at Monrovia Unified School District for 17 years.

Susan Rubio was first elected as City Clerk in Baldwin Park in 2005.

Susan Rubio represents the 22nd Senate district in eastern Los Angeles County.

Susan Rubio is Chair of the Senate Insurance Committee and committee member of Energy, Utilities, Communications; Health; Transportation; and Governmental Organization.

Susan Rubio is Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Domestic Violence and Co-Chair of the Wildfire Working group.

Susan Rubio is a Select Committee member of The Social Determinants of Children's Well-Being; Asian Pacific Islander Affairs; Mental Health; California-Mexico Cooperation; and California, Armenia and Artsakh Mutual Trade, Art and Cultural Exchange.

Susan Rubio is a Member of the Latino Legislative Caucus, Legislative Jewish Caucus, Los Angeles Caucus, San Gabriel Valley Caucus and Legislative Women's Caucus.

In February 2019, Susan Rubio introduced SB 273, The Phoenix Act, a bill intended to help victims of domestic violence by lengthening the statute of limitations from 3 to 5 years in certain cases and requiring additional police training on dealing with such cases.

Susan Rubio passed SB 316, which requires the number of the National Domestic Violence Hotline to be printed on the back of student ID cards.

In December 2024, a plea agreement was unsealed which revealed that somebody fitting Susan Rubio's description was part of a cannabis-involved corruption investigation in 2018.

Susan Rubio's ex-husband is former Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, whom she divorced in 2016 after winning a restraining order due to allegations of several domestic violence incidents during their marriage, including "pushing, shoving, and choking" her.

Susan Rubio is a registered voter in Baldwin Park and lives in Sacramento where she owns property.