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Liz Ortega

State assembly

Chair of Labor & Employment Committee

A+
District

AD-20

Party

democrat

Score
100
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With a perfect voting record on the bills evaluated for Courage Score, Assm. Liz Ortega supported legislation from a diverse cross-section of issue areas during her first session in the Assembly. A longtime supporter of workforce development and worker rights, she currently serves as Chair of the Standing Committee on Labor & Employment, and has authored bills to mandate the provision of vocational training information to incarcerated individuals after their release, adjust workforce training processes in the grocery industry, and improve occupational safety standards.

Votes

Type Year Categories Name Description Vote
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

AB1034

Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice
  • economic-justice

AB1266

Infractions: warrants and penalties.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • gun-violence-prevention

AB1133

Firearms: concealed carry licenses.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice
  • immigration

AB1306

State government: immigration enforcement.

Support
floor_votes 2023

AB1337

State Water Resources Control Board: water diversion curtailment.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • environmental-protection

AB460

State Water Resources Control Board: water rights and usage: interim relief: procedures.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice

AB958

Prisons: visitation.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice
  • workers-rights

AB1028

Reporting of crimes: mandated reporters.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • economic-justice

AB1082

Authority to remove vehicles.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice
  • racial-justice

AB1310

Sentencing: recall and resentencing.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice
  • health

AB1584

Criminal procedure: competence to stand trial.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • environmental-protection

AB6

Transportation planning: regional transportation plans: Solutions for Congested Corridors Program: reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • gender-equality
  • lgbtq-rights
  • reproductive-choice

AB793

Privacy: reverse demands.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice

AB93

Criminal procedure: consensual searches.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • environmental-justice
  • environmental-protection

AB241

Vehicular air pollution: Clean Transportation Program: vehicle registration and identification plate service fees: smog abatement fee: extension.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • racial-justice

SB403

Discrimination on the basis of ancestry.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • voting-rights

AB421

Elections: referendum measures.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice

SB365

Civil procedure: arbitration.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • workers-rights

SB497

Protected employee conduct.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • workers-rights

SB553

Occupational safety: workplace violence: restraining orders and workplace violence prevention plan.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • economic-justice
  • health

AB616

Medical Group Financial Transparency Act.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • environmental-justice

SB261

Greenhouse gases: climate-related financial risk.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • health
  • workers-rights

SB616

Sick days: paid sick days accrual and use.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • economic-justice
  • housing

AB12

Tenancy: security deposits.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice

AB600

Criminal procedure: resentencing.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • environmental-justice
  • environmental-protection

AB631

Oil and gas: enforcement: penalties.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • environmental-justice
  • environmental-protection

AB985

San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District: emission reduction credit system.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • gun-violence-prevention

SB452

Firearms.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • workers-rights

SB627

Displaced workers: notice: opportunity to transfer.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • health

SB770

Health care: unified health care financing.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • health

SB779

Primary Care Clinic Data Modernization Act.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • environmental-justice
  • environmental-protection

AB1167

Oil and gas: acquisition: bonding requirements.

Support
committee_votes 2023
  • economic-justice
  • workers-rights

AB1228

Fast food restaurant industry: Fast Food Council: health, safety, employment, and minimum wage.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • education

AB1604

Charter schools: school facilities: Charter School Facility Grant Program: conduit financing.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • workers-rights

AB524

Discrimination: family caregiver status.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • voting-rights

ACA13

Voting thresholds.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • economic-justice
  • housing

SB555

Stable Affordable Housing Act of 2023.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • economic-justice
  • housing

SB567

Termination of tenancy: no-fault just causes: gross rental rate increases.

Support
floor_votes 2023
  • criminal-justice

SB749

Criminal procedure: sentencing.

Support

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