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Sylvia Ortiz-Velez

Sylvia Ortiz-Velez

State Assemblymember
HD-008
Democrat
F
19%
Freedom Score
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Session Voting Records

Reports

2025-2026 Sessions

Wisconsin: Assembly
Score: 9

Prohibiting “Rights of Nature” Ordinances

Would have prohibited a city, village, town, or county from enacting a "rights of nature ordinance."
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: No
SB420 Passed 54 to 41 on 2/19/2026

Taxpayer-funded “Trump Accounts”

Would appropriate $60 million in annual funding toward contributions to Trump Accounts during the 2025-27 fiscal biennium.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes Annual cost per household: -$23.67
AB997 Passed 62 to 35 on 2/19/2026

Expanding Medicaid for Postpartum Women

Expands Medicaid to offer up to 12 months of postpartum coverage.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes Annual cost per household: -$7.46
SB23 Passed 95 to 1 on 2/19/2026

Repealing the Governor’s 400-Year Veto

Would have repealed Governor Tony Evers' 2023 "partial veto" that provides an annual $325 per-pupil adjustment in the school-district revenue formula until 2425.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: No Annual benefit per household: +$98.96
SB389 Passed 54 to 40 on 2/19/2026

English as the Official State Language

Establishes English as the official language of Wisconsin.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: No
AB377 Passed 51 to 45 on 1/15/2026

Right to Gather in Places of Worship

Proposes an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution that would protect the freedom to gather in places of worship during a "state of emergency at the national, state, or local level."
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
AJR10 Passed 56 to 43 on 1/13/2026

Election Integrity

Would change election law to include automatic absentee ballot text-message notifications, election-night reporting requirements, and the canvassing of electronic ballots at local polling places.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: No
AB617 Roll Call 1609656 Passed 53 to 44 on 11/19/2025

Prohibiting Healthcare Funds to Illegal Aliens

Would have prohibited public funding of healthcare services for any person who is not lawfully present in the United States.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: No
AB308 Roll Call 1601828 Passed 51 to 44 on 9/11/2025

Increasing Property Taxes for AI "Data Centers"

Creates a "data center" exception to the 12% maximum property-value rule for certain Tax Incremental Districts (TIDs).
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
AB140 Roll Call 1570501 Passed 91 to 6 on 5/13/2025

Pharmaceutical Abortions

Would permit a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense "self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives."
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
AB43 Roll Call 1570692 Passed 87 to 10 on 5/13/2025

Ban on Local “Guaranteed Income” Programs

Would have banned political subdivisions from making "regular periodic cash payments that are unearned" to individuals under a "guaranteed income program."
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: No
AB165 Roll Call 1554274 Passed 53 to 42 on 4/22/2025

Denying Parole to Repeat Offenders

Would have required the Department of Corrections to recommend revoking a person's extended supervision, parole, or probation if the person is charged with a crime while on release.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
AB85 Roll Call 1517055 Passed 53 to 43 on 3/13/2025
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