Bills by

Felix Ortiz

Assembly Member

218 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →

2015-2016 session

Sponsored bills

218 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

A8444Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to economic development
Prohibits the sale of alcoholic energy drinks
Prohibits the sale of alcoholic energy drinks and provides definition thereof.
Felix OrtizEconomic Development Committee
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A8447Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health
Relates to the provision of care and services to persons with developmental or physical disabilities
Relates to the provision of care and services to persons with developmental or physical disabilities; directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to conduct a…
Felix OrtizHealth Committee
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A8453Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to insurance

Requires that all commercial insurance policies provide coverage against the loss of perishable items in the case of a black-out or power outage

Requires that all commercial insurance policies provide coverage against the loss of perishable items in the case of a black-out or power outage.

Felix OrtizInsurance Committee

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A8450Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Prohibits law enforcement officers and peace officers from inquiring about the immigration status of a victim or witness to a criminal offense

Prohibits law enforcement officers and peace officers from inquiring about the immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense.

Felix OrtizCodes Committee

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A8452Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to governmental operations

Extends the period of time for which public officers and employees shall be paid his or her salary for military duty

Extends the period of time for which public officers and employees shall be paid his or her salary for military duty.

Felix OrtizGovernmental Operations Committee

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A8448Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to alcoholism and drug abuse

Relates to oversight of substance abuse services in state prisons by the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services

Relates to oversight of substance abuse services in state prisons by the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

Felix OrtizAlcoholism And Drug Abuse Committee

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A8449Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to agriculture

Requires manufacturers of genetically engineered plants to be liable for damages due to cross-contamination

Requires persons who sell or distribute genetically engineered plants, planting stock or seeds to provide written instructions to purchasers or growers of such stock.

Felix OrtizAgriculture Committee

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A8422Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to ways and means

Exempts from the sales tax meals served to laborers at farm labor camp commissaries

Exempts from the sales tax meals served to laborers at farm labor camp commissaries.

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

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A8426Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Creates the crime of display of sexual material in a vehicle

Creates the crime of display of sexual material in a vehicle while on display in a public place.

Felix OrtizCodes Committee

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A8427Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to ways and means

Establishes the military family relief fund and provides taxpayers a method by which they may contribute to the fund

Establishes the military family relief fund and provides taxpayers a method by which they may contribute to the fund.

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

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A8434Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to aging

Establishes the medicaid outreach and enrollment program

Establishes the medicaid outreach and enrollment program to help identify those medicare enrollees who are eligible for medicaid services but who are not participating, through outreach initiatives.

Felix OrtizAging Committee

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A8415Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Requires the use of a password or personal identification number in the performance of a credit card transaction

Requires the use of a password or personal identification number in the performance of a credit card transaction.

Felix OrtizConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A8430Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to ways and means

Exempts medical equipment and supplies purchased by a health care facility located in an empire zone from sales and compensating use tax

Exempts medical equipment and supplies purchased by a health care facility located in an empire zone from sales and compensating use tax.

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

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A8418Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Requires that state and federal background checks be conducted on applicants applying for for-hire vehicle licenses

Requires that prior to the issuance of taxicab, limousine, commuter van, paratransit or for-hire vehicle licenses, the applicant shall be fingerprinted by the authority authorized to issue such…

Felix OrtizTransportation Committee

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A8428Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to transportation

Requires automobiles sold in this state with model year 2017 and thereafter to be equipped with a blind spot monitoring device

Requires automobiles sold in this state with model year 2017 and thereafter to be equipped with a blind spot monitoring device.

Felix OrtizTransportation Committee

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A8431Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to ways and means

Authorizes a tax credit for qualified fuel expenses resulting from personal, non-business vehicle use on a public highway

Authorizes a tax credit for qualified fuel expenses resulting from personal, non-business vehicle use on a public highway.

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

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A8407Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Restricts the disclosure of health care information

Prohibits any person from disclosing health care information or personal information to a person who engages in the business of accessing and compiling information for commercial purposes or whose…

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

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A8417Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to real property taxation

Provides a real property tax exemption for members of the United States coast guard auxiliary

Provides a real property tax exemption for members of the United States coast guard auxiliary.

Felix OrtizReal Property Taxation Committee

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A8425Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to agriculture

Provides for quarantines and declaration of state of emergency in certain instances of disease affecting domestic animals

Provides for quarantines and declaration of state of emergency in certain instances of disease affecting domestic animals; provides for the establishment of an animal disease control fund.

Felix OrtizAgriculture Committee

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A8410Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Authorizes the commissioner of health to restrict the use of trans fat in foods prepared by institutions under such department's jurisdiction

Authorizes the commissioner of health to restrict the use of trans fat in foods prepared by institutions under such department's jurisdiction; establishes reporting requirements.

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

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A8423Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Limits contingent fees to attorneys in actions for property damage or personal injury, including death

Limits contingent fees to attorneys in actions for property damage or personal injury, including death.

Felix OrtizJudiciary Committee

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A8424Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Provides authority for the development and adoption of a policy regarding prohibited performance enhancing substances by students

Provides authority to the commissioner of education and the trustees of a common school district to develop a policy regarding prohibited performance enhancing substances by students.

Felix OrtizEducation Committee

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A8435Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to economic development

Establishes a two dollar surcharge on the purchase of sexually oriented media

Establishes a two dollar surcharge on the purchase of sexually oriented media; establishes the crime victims fund.

Felix OrtizEconomic Development Committee

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A8413Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to consumer affairs and protection

Regulates the dissemination of personal information acquired by a provider of on-line computer services

Regulates the collection, disclosure and dissemination of personal information acquired by a provider of on-line computer services in order to ensure the privacy of subscriber information and wage…

Felix OrtizConsumer Affairs And Protection Committee

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A8421Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to labor

Requires establishments which sell alcoholic beverages and/or food for consumption on premises and which provide sexual entertainment to register sex performers

Requires establishments which sell alcoholic beverages and/or food for consumption on premises and which provide sexual entertainment to register sex performers.

Felix OrtizLabor Committee

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A8429Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to veterans' affairs

Requires that the alternative exemption to which each qualified owner is entitled shall be combined when such property is owned by more than one qualified owner

Provides that when property is owned by more than one qualified owner, the exemption to which each such qualified owner is entitled shall be combined.

Felix OrtizVeterans' Affairs Committee

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A8432Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to environmental conservation

Prohibits the use of toxic fracking solutions during hydraulic fracturing

Prohibits the use of toxic fracking solutions during hydraulic fracturing.

Felix OrtizEnvironmental Conservation Committee

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A8433Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to mental health

Creates mental illness and chemical dependence initiative

Creates a public education initiative designed to eliminate stigma and misinformation about mental illness and chemical dependence among military service members.

Felix OrtizMental Health Committee

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A8405Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Establishes a state diabetes coordinator within the department of health

Establishes a state diabetes coordinator within the department of health.

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

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A8404Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to codes

Requires a court advisement of possible immigration consequences to a noncitizen of pleading guilty to a state law offense; allows guilty plea withdrawal

Requires a court advisement of possible immigration consequences, including but not limited to, deportation, immigration detention, exclusion from admission to the United States or denial of…

Felix OrtizCodes Committee

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A8406Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Prohibits mass transit facilities in N.Y. city advertising the sale or use of tobacco products or alcohol

Prohibits mass transit facilities in a city with a population of one million or more from advertising the sale or use of tobacco products or alcohol.

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

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A8401Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to ways and means

Relates to establishing a tax on carbon emissions and to establishing the carbon tax revenue fund

Relates to establishing a tax on carbon emissions and to establishing the carbon tax revenue fund; establishes an excise tax on carbon-based fuel sold in the state; establishes an initial rate of…

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

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A8355Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to judiciary

Authorizes the fiduciary of a decedent to take control of certain web site accounts of the decedent

Authorizes the fiduciary of a decedent to take control of certain web site accounts of the decedent.

Felix OrtizJudiciary Committee

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A8345Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Authorizes the commissioner of education to establish the school breakfast incentive program

Authorizes the commissioner of education to establish the school breakfast incentive program to provide grants to eligible school buildings or programs that increase participation in the school…

Felix OrtizEducation Committee

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A8344Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to correction

Provides that managed-care facilities notify their residents and their residents' families that a registered sex offender resides on the premises

Provides that managed-care facilities notify their residents and their residents' families that a registered sex offender resides on the premises.

Felix OrtizCorrection Committee

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A8352Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to housing

Establishes a housing trust fund for individuals with limited resources

Establishes a housing trust fund for individuals with limited resources; establishes the membership of the board of trustees that are responsible to oversee the trust.

Felix OrtizHousing Committee

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A8343Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to election law

Eliminates run-off primary elections in primaries; repealer

Eliminates run-off elections in primaries; provides that the person who receives the highest percentage of the total votes cast at the primary shall be deemed the winner of the primary.

Felix OrtizElection Law Committee

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A8346Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to agriculture

Provides for the establishment of a program to certify certain feed mills, farms, and sellers of food products which produced or used feed that does not contain animal parts

Provides for the establishment of a program to certify certain feed mills, farms, and sellers of food products which produced or used feed that does not contain animal parts.

Felix OrtizAgriculture Committee

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A8349Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to election law

Enacts a program for public financing of statewide elections, and elections for state senator, assembly person and district attorney; repealer

Enacts a voluntary program for public financing of statewide elections, and elections for state senator, assembly person and district attorney; provides that each candidate who collects a specified…

Felix OrtizElection Law Committee

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A8326Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to ways and means

Exempts textbooks required or recommended by college professors for use in a particular course from sales and compensating use taxes

Exempts textbooks required or recommended by college professors for use in a particular course from sales and compensating use taxes, and also requires that students provide a course syllabus or…

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

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A8328Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to ways and means

Provides an exemption of fifty percent of a retired military employee's retirement allowance if such person has been employed, on average, twenty-five hours per week

Provides an exemption of fifty percent of a retired military employee's retirement allowance if such person has been employed, on average, twenty-five hours per week.

Felix OrtizWays And Means Committee

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A8333Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to correction

Requires medical directors at state correctional facilities to be trained or certified in addiction medicine

Requires medical directors at state correctional facilities to be trained or certified in addiction medicine.

Felix OrtizCorrection Committee

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A8327Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Authorizes the commissioner of education to promulgate rules and regulations authorizing school programs designed to educate students on the dangers of alcohol

Authorizes the commissioner of education to promulgate rules and regulations authorizing school curriculums to include programs designed to educate students on the immediate and consequential…

Felix OrtizEducation Committee

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A8325Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Provides that school district employees shall not knowingly sell, market, provide, distribute, endorse or recommend the use of certain dietary supplements

Provides that school district employees shall not knowingly sell, market, provide, distribute, endorse or recommend the use of certain dietary supplements.

Felix OrtizEducation Committee

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A8342Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to education

Requires a risk analysis for diabetes and if necessary a test for diabetes for all children admitted to public schools and periodically, thereafter

Requires a risk analysis for diabetes and if necessary a test for diabetes for all children admitted to public schools and periodically, thereafter.

Felix OrtizEducation Committee

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A8266Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to health

Requires chain restaurants to place a salt-shaker-like symbol on menus next to food items that contain more than two thousand three hundred milligrams of sodium

Requires chain restaurants to place a salt-shaker-like symbol on menus next to food items that contain more than two thousand three hundred milligrams of sodium.

Felix OrtizHealth Committee

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A8270Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to children and families

Enhances the penalty for persons who violate orders of protection after having been previously convicted of violating such orders

Enhances the penalty for persons who violate orders of protection after having been previously convicted of violating such orders.

Felix OrtizChildren And Families Committee

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A8232Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local governments

Establishes Briana's law requiring biennial CPR training for peace officers

Establishes Briana's law requiring biennial CPR training for police officers.

Felix OrtizLocal Governments Committee

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A8146Assembly· Moved Jan 6, 2016· Referred to local governments

Relates to establishing a municipal identity card program

Relates to establishing a municipal identity card program.

Felix OrtizLocal Governments Committee

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