Analise Ortiz
Democratic · AZ · Arizona State Senator for Legislative District 24
Analise Ortiz is the Democratic Arizona state senator for Legislative District 24. She served in the Arizona House from 2023 through 2024 before joining the Senate in 2025. Ortiz is an Arizona State University journalism graduate and former investigative reporter who later worked on criminal-justice and immigration policy at the ACLU and ACLU of Arizona.
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 3 records
Ortiz passed SB 1182, allowing construction workers to begin shifts earlier to reduce extreme-heat exposure.
May 1, 2025For
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Ortiz voted for HB 2111, authorizing specialty license plates including a 988 Suicide Awareness Lifeline plate.
April 9, 2025For
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Ortiz introduced legislation to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions.
May 1, 2024For
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Government Efficiency
· 1 record
Ortiz voted against SB 1089, requiring the Arizona Department of Transportation to explain why the lowest construction bid was not selected.
March 13, 2025Against
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Healthcare Affordability
· 2 records
Ortiz voted against HB 2449, imposing new AHCCCS enrollment-verification and presumptive-eligibility requirements.
April 9, 2025For
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Ortiz voted against HB 2001, creating a 90-day license exemption for recent graduates of accredited social-work and counseling programs.
April 8, 2025Against
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Government Spending Reduction
· 1 record
Ortiz voted against HB 2704, authorizing tax distributions for a new Arizona Diamondbacks stadium.
June 19, 2025For
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Public Safety and Crime Control
· 5 records
Ortiz voted for HB 2223, requiring disclosure and notification when a registered sex offender seeks a legal name change.
April 1, 2026For
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Ortiz voted against SB 1635, which prohibited people from alerting others to law-enforcement activity.
March 2, 2026Against
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Ortiz voted against HB 2611, establishing a class 4 felony for assaults involving two or more accomplices.
May 6, 2025Against
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Ortiz voted against HB 2112, requiring commercial pornography websites to verify users' ages.
May 6, 2025Against
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Ortiz passed SB 1182, allowing construction workers to begin shifts earlier to reduce extreme-heat exposure.
May 1, 2025For
Source: ortizforaz.com · researched July 18, 2026
Housing Affordability
· 4 records
Ortiz passed legislation expanding affordable housing through conversion of abandoned buildings.
May 1, 2024For
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Ortiz cosponsored legislation intended to ease Arizona's housing shortage and make home ownership more affordable.
January 8, 2024For
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Ortiz intervened when a corporation threatened to evict senior residents from a Maryvale housing complex and obtained commitments for relocation assistance and moving costs.
December 31, 2023For
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Ortiz negotiated state investments in affordable housing and homeless services during her House service.
June 30, 2023For
Source: ortizforaz.com · researched July 18, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 2 records
Ortiz voted against HB 2449, imposing new AHCCCS enrollment-verification and presumptive-eligibility requirements.
April 9, 2025For
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Ortiz negotiated state investments in affordable housing and homeless services during her House service.
June 30, 2023For
Source: ortizforaz.com · researched July 18, 2026
Public Education Quality
· 1 record
Ortiz voted against SB 1472, which required school districts to appropriate funding for three fiscal years instead of one.
March 13, 2025Against
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Women's Reproductive Rights
· 1 record
The bipartisan Arizona House Ethics Committee found that Ortiz violated the chamber's disorderly-behavior rule when she shouted during an April 2024 abortion-ban dispute; the committee rejected the complaint's characterization that she incited a riot.
June 4, 2024For
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Election Integrity
· 1 record
Ortiz voted for HB 2022, moving Arizona's primary-election date to the second-to-last Tuesday in July.
February 5, 2026For
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Personal Income Tax Reduction
· 1 record
Ortiz voted against SB 1106, aligning Arizona tax rates with federal provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
January 15, 2026Against
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Civil Rights
· 1 record
Ortiz voted against HB 2062, defining sex and gender terms for Arizona laws, policies, and institutions.
April 8, 2025For
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Public Infrastructure
· 1 record
Ortiz voted against SB 1086, which added mobility as a performance factor in transportation planning statutes.
March 13, 2025Against
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General
· 6 records
Ortiz filed for the 2026 Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 24 with 1,086 petition signatures.
March 19, 2026
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Ortiz voted against SB 1520, requiring state law enforcement to share requested information with the federal government.
February 25, 2026
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Ortiz voted against SB 1055, requiring state law enforcement to notify federal immigration authorities when a person without legal status is arrested.
February 23, 2026
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Ortiz voted for HB 2076, amending rules and definitions governing life-insurance illustrations.
April 9, 2025
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Ortiz won election to the Arizona Senate in District 24 and began Senate service in January 2025.
November 5, 2024
Source: azmemory.azlibrary.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Ortiz was elected to the Arizona House in District 24 and began legislative service in the 56th Legislature.
November 8, 2022
Source: apps.azlibrary.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 2 records
Ortiz posted the location of an ICE operation near a school; Republican senators later filed an ethics complaint, which was referred to federal prosecutors and remained without a publicly found final disposition at the research cutoff.
September 3, 2025
Source: axios.com · researched July 18, 2026
The bipartisan Arizona House Ethics Committee found that Ortiz violated the chamber's disorderly-behavior rule when she shouted during an April 2024 abortion-ban dispute; the committee rejected the complaint's characterization that she incited a riot.
June 4, 2024
Source: kjzz.org · researched July 18, 2026
Elections
- State Senator - District No. 24 · July 21, 2026 · State Senate District 24; Arizona · incumbent
Profile last researched July 18, 2026.