Assembly · District 51 · 2015–16
Felix Ortiz
AD-51No longer in office
In office since 2009 · 6 sessions
Sponsored
218
209 bills, 9 resolutions
Passed a house
6
bills, Senate or Assembly
Signed into law
1
by the governor
Avg impact
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no rated bills passed yet
Vote participation
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Assembly votes aren’t published in the NYS API
Effectiveness
6 of 219 sponsored bills passed (3.0%), ranking #13 of 156 in the Assembly. Effectiveness points, which weigh each passed bill by its impact, start with the 2023–24 session.
All sponsored legislation
218 bills and resolutions, newest firstHide resolutions
- A8491In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Directs the commissioner of education to establish rules and regulations prohibiting school personnel from recommending psychotropic drugs for children
- A8469In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Grants status of combat veteran to veterans who served in the armed forces during operation restore hope in Somalia for the purposes of obtaining certain benefits
- A8470In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to making it a felony to knowingly and intentionally fail to report the death or disappearance of a child
- A8471In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to the issuance of deer management permits for certain disabled veterans
- A8482In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Eliminates unfair labor and housing practices against persons with veteran status by expanding the jurisdiction of the human rights commission; repealer
- A8490In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Relates to deaths or serious injuries resulting from drivers using mobile telephones or portable electronic devices while driving
- A8492In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires leases in N.Y. city to contain a rider concerning the rights and duties with regards to the housing part of court
- A8468In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Prohibits wireless telephone service plan termination fees in excess of fifty dollars
- A8474In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires certain public schools in N.Y. city to offer Halal food options during lunch
- A8483In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires drug tests for potential employees of the office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities
- A8493In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Increases the frequency that visitation or inspections of facilities operated or licensed by the office for people with developmental disabilities must be made each year
- A8485In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires skiers to wear protective helmets and requires that ski area operators make such helmets available to the public
- A8479In Assembly Committee· Jun 2, 2016Imposes a five cent tax on plastic and paper shopping bags used to transport every sale of tangible personal property by consumers
- A8486In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes a real property tax exemption for reservists
- A8467In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires standardized training curriculum for persons employed or volunteering at a mental health care provider certified or operated by the office for people with developmental disabilities
- A8473In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires registered sex offenders to wear an electronic tagging device
- A8476In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to submit an updated waitlist and placement report to the senate and assembly
- A8455In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Increases the limitation of days that a public officer or employee shall be paid his or her salary for absence from employment due to military duty
- A8460In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Establishes the contact lens consumer protection act
- A8462In Assembly Committee· Jan 6, 2016Requires instruction in physical education in certain elementary and secondary schools