Anna Kelles
Democratic · NY · Member of the New York State Assembly, District 125
Anna Kelles represents Tompkins County and part of Cortland County in Albany and is a public health scientist with a doctorate in nutritional epidemiology. A former Tompkins County legislator, she focuses on health care, child care, housing, and the environment.
Where Anna Kelles stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (4 records), Anti-Corruption (1 record),
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Sponsored the law letting Medicaid pay ambulance crews when they treat a patient on the spot or drive them somewhere other than a hospital emergency room. It became chapter 317 of 2024.
September 17, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 4 support
Sponsored the law barring drilling permits for companies that use carbon dioxide to force more gas or oil out of a well. It became chapter 626 of 2024.
December 21, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the Climate Change Superfund Act, which bills large oil and gas companies for a share of the cost of adapting to climate damage. The Assembly passed it 92-49.
June 8, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored New York's two-year pause on new permits for energy-hungry cryptocurrency mining that runs on fossil-fuel power plants. It became chapter 628 of 2022 and was the first state law of its kind.
November 22, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sent written public comments to the state Department of Environmental Conservation on its draft pollution limits for Cayuga Lake. She argued the draft rested on data more than ten years old and asked the agency to redo it with current water quality readings.
July 8, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Sponsored the law requiring state officials to list cryptocurrency and other digital assets on their yearly financial disclosure forms. It became chapter 591 of 2023.
October 25, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Sponsored the law creating a trial program of speed cameras in school zones in the city of Ithaca, set to end in 2030. It became chapter 220 of 2026.
August 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Sponsored the law barring schools from suing a parent or guardian over unpaid school meal charges. It became chapter 315 of 2021.
July 29, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Voted yes on the gun licensing law passed in a special session after the Supreme Court struck down New York's concealed carry rules. It tightened license requirements and barred guns from many public places. The Assembly passed it 90-52.
July 1, 2022Supports Gun Control
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
Sponsored the law shielding people selling sex from prosecution when they report a crime or help police investigate one. It became chapter 686 of 2025.
December 19, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Sponsored the law replacing gendered words such as he and she in New York's statutes with gender-neutral wording. It became chapter 139 of 2023.
June 25, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the Clean Slate Act, which automatically seals many old criminal convictions after a set waiting period. The Assembly passed it 82-65.
June 9, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the HALT Act, which limits how long New York can hold a prisoner in solitary confinement and bars it entirely for some groups. The Assembly passed it 101-49.
March 16, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Voted yes on the Climate Change Superfund Act, which bills large oil and gas companies for a share of the cost of adapting to climate damage. The Assembly passed it 92-49.
June 8, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Led the Assembly's Legislative Commission on Rural Resources as its chair. The commission studies problems facing rural communities and reports to the Legislature.
September 20, 2026
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Received the endorsement of New York State United Teachers for the November 2026 general election. The union's board of directors approved the list of endorsed candidates.
August 18, 2026
Source: nysut.org · researched September 20, 2026
Received the endorsement of Citizen Action of New York for the 2026 Assembly District 125 race, in the group's fourth round of endorsements for that cycle.
March 18, 2026
Source: citizenactionny.org · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which lets a terminally ill patient ask a doctor for medication to end their own life. The Assembly passed it 81-67.
April 29, 2025
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Voted yes on the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act, which legalized and taxed marijuana for adults and set up a state cannabis agency. The Assembly passed it 94-56.
March 30, 2021
Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026
Race Anna Kelles is in:
- Member of the New York State Assembly, District 125 · November 3, 2026 · Assembly District 125; New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 19, 2026.