California Assembly · District 20
Liz Ortega
Where they sit
Every current Assembly member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Liz Ortega's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for California Assembly District 20.
Also on the ballot: Patricia Muga (Republican)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Liz Ortega.
Each tick is a current Assembly member, by party; the dot is Liz Ortega.
Bills
The bills Liz Ortega sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 33 |
| Passed both chambers | 12 |
| Became law | 7 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 5 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 57 of 79 in the Assembly (tied with 4 others) · 53 of 60 Democrats (tied with 2 others)
A bill's sponsor is its primary author, as the Legislature marks it on the bill's last version; joint authors and coauthors aren't counted, and a committee's bill counts for no member.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| AB 2575 Health care services: artificial intelligence. |
Vetoed | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| AB 2465 State government: benefits. |
Vetoed | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| AB 2321 Occupational safety and health: investigations. |
Became law | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| AB 1818 California State University: employer-employee relations: meeting and conferring. |
Became law | Sept. 30, 2026 |
| AB 682 Health care coverage reporting. |
Vetoed | Jan. 22, 2026 |
| AB 1329 Workers’ Compensation: Subsequent injuries payments. |
Vetoed | Jan. 22, 2026 |
| AB 1136 Employment: immigration and work authorization. |
Vetoed | Jan. 22, 2026 |
| AB 815 Vehicle insurance: vehicle classification. |
Became law | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| AB 339 Local public employee organizations: notice requirements. |
Became law | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| AB 499 Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan. |
Became law | Oct. 6, 2025 |
| AB 455 Real estate: environmental hazards: thirdhand smoke. |
Became law | Oct. 3, 2025 |
| AB 313 Student financial aid: application deadlines: extension. |
Became law | July 14, 2025 |
Budget projects
California's Budget Act doesn't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for California legislators.
Contested votes where they split
2 against the Speaker; 1 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Speaker | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 30, 2026 | SB 1009: Juveniles: detention. Appeal of the Chair's Ruling |
Yea | Nay (split) | Yea |
| May 19, 2025 | AB 46: Diversion. Third Reading |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Liz Ortega voted on each of the 4,006 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- www.assembly.ca.gov
- assemblymember.ortega@assembly.ca.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 5120, 1021 O St. P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249
916-319-2020 - District office
- 22320 Foothill Blvd. Suite 540, Hayward, CA 94541
510-583-8818
Committees
- Labor and Employment Chair
- Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism
- Biotechnology and Medical Technology Select
- Budget
- Child Care Costs Select
- Insurance
- Latina Inequities Select
- Privacy and Consumer Protection
- Racism, Hate and Xenophobia Select
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the California Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the California Legislature's floor vote records, Dec. 2, 2024 to Sept. 1, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections