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Running forState Senate, District 13

Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas

Democrat, Working Families

Overview

Jessica González-Rojas is an American activist, politician, and academic serving as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 34th district since 2021.

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How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

145 bills

Became law

1 became law. Another 41 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 128: Requires insurance coverage for inhalers at no cost
    Became law
  • Introduced Jan 17, 2025A 2581: Creates a department of health education and outreach program on reproductive health services
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 1926: Requires the department of health to publish certain information relating to home care services usage on the department's website on an annual basis
    Vetoed
  • Introduced Apr 23, 2026A 11027: Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jul 16, 2025A 8933: Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jun 9, 2025A 8841: Relates to establishing a gender-affirming care access program
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Apr 11, 2025A 7905: Relates to the composition of the interagency task force on human trafficking
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Mar 28, 2025A 7496: Establishes the healthy and safe students act
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Mar 25, 2025A 7316: Relates to the Fair Fares act
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025A 6635: Establishes the green accessible transition authority and establishes a for-hire vehicle improvement surcharge; appropriation
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025A 4880: Establishes confirmatory adoptions providing for the adoption of children born as a result of assisted reproduction and allows courts to grant custody and support of children from more than two parents; repealer
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025A 3485: Relates to establishing a sex trafficking awareness and prevention program
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 27, 2025A 3399: Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility for public benefits prior to release
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 24, 2025A 3226: Enacts the ceasing repeated and extremely egregious predatory (CREEP) behavior act
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2025A 3148: Relates to cost sharing fees for outpatient treatment at a substance use treatment program
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1200: Provides for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers and establishes a one fair wage reimbursement credit
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1351: Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 643: Relates to the purchase of claims by corporations or collection agencies
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 325: Relates to eligibility for the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program, safety net assistance and medical assistance for certain noncitizens
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 733: Repeals section 2307 of the public health law relating to persons knowing themselves to be infected with venereal disease
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 697: Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2024A 9414: Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Oct 27, 2023A 8196: Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Sep 27, 2023A 8053: Establishes a COVID-19 pandemic response study commission
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced May 25, 2023A 7507: Requires the chief administrator of the courts to provide certain reports related to the office of court administration
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced May 19, 2023A 7390: Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced May 9, 2023A 6982: Relates to the maximum age at which a homeless youth can continue to receive shelter services
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Apr 3, 2023A 6214: Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Apr 3, 2023A 6219: Relates to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023A 5290: Relates to the purchase of claims by corporations or collection agencies
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023A 5100: Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2023A 4452: Authorizes the reissuance of certain benefits in instances of fraud or theft of benefits
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023A 4091: Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023A 4096: Requires the implementation of an electronic benefit transfer system
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023A 3020: Provides for coverage for certain individuals under the 1332 state innovation program
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 2, 2023A 3347: Relates to criminal liability for persons living with sexually transmitted infections who engage in sexual activity; repealer
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023A 2893: Relates to the provision of and payment for violence prevention programs
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 31, 2023A 2895: Directs payment of certain taxes into the central business district tolling capital lockbox fund to be made without appropriation
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2023A 2555: Provides for nondisclosure and non-disparagement agreements
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 1959: Relates to granting employees access to personnel records
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 20, 2023A 1710: Provides for minimum wage requirements for miscellaneous industry workers
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 6, 2023A 361: Enacts the reproductive freedom and equity grant program
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Apr 24, 2026A 11094: Relates to companion animals
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 23, 2026A 11033: Designates unlawful discriminatory practices relating to persons recovering from substance use disorder
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 6, 2026A 10846: Relates to the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2026A 10537: Relates to the reporting requirements of the statewide fiscal intermediary; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 7, 2026A 9473: Relates to enforcement of provisions regarding regulation of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, and smoking paraphernalia
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 3, 2025A 9205: Establishes a specialized health home program to serve certain individuals with physical disabilities
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 3, 2025A 9206: Establishes the community disaster relief and recovery act of 2025
    Introduced
  • Introduced Oct 17, 2025A 9167: Allows discretion in requiring sex offender registration for persons convicted of certain sex offenses in other states
    Introduced
  • Introduced Oct 17, 2025A 9175: Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase
    Introduced
  • Introduced Sep 26, 2025A 9134: Extends the authority and oversight of wage boards to include benefits and working conditions and changes the reference to such boards as workers' boards
    Introduced
  • Introduced Sep 5, 2025A 9056: Requires emergency alerts to be issued in the ten most commonly spoken languages in the area covered by such emergency alert
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 9, 2025A 8836: Relates to the establishment of a healthy birth grant demonstration program; excludes healthy birth grants from income for certain purposes
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 16, 2025A 8468: Defines enforcement officers in N.Y. City for the purposes of regulating tobacco products, herbal cigarettes and smoking paraphernalia
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 13, 2025A 8390: Requires the department of education to report information regarding counselors, social workers and psychologists in schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 2, 2025A 8159: Authorizes the use of closed-circuit television for vulnerable sexual assault witnesses
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 2, 2025A 8164: Provides a tax credit for the installation of fire sprinkler systems
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 2, 2025A 8156: Requires the commissioner to incorporate measures of racial and socioeconomic integration into state accountability models
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 2, 2025A 8163: Establishes the public water justice act
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 2, 2025A 8162: Relates to establishing a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 2, 2025A 8157: Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 24, 2025A 8081: Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 1, 2025A 7572: Relates to insurance coverage of certain procedures to detect breast cancer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 1, 2025A 7543: Authorizes the reissuance of SNAP benefits in instances of fraud or theft of such benefits
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 25, 2025A 7405: Requires or allows licensing entities to suspend business licenses for certain businesses that are charged or convicted of wage theft
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2025A 7036: Adds hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster and includes air quality emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025A 6554: Relates to funds received pursuant to a New York opioid settlement sharing agreement
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025A 6632: Establishes "SNAP for all", a state-funded supplemental nutrition assistance program to provide for the state's immigrant population
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 5, 2025A 6460: Establishes a clinical preceptorship personal income tax credit for certain health care professionals who provide preceptor instruction to students
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 24, 2025A 5884: Expands eligibility for tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by persons with disabilities
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025A 5331: Enacts the HOPE pilot program; appropriation
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 13, 2025A 5330: Relates to establishing a uterine fibroids awareness and education program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025A 4867: Requires the chief administrator of the courts to provide certain reports related to the office of court administration
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 6, 2025A 4868: Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 5, 2025A 4730: Prohibits state contracts with contractors who do not provide health insurance which covers services for transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive people
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025A 4009: Relates to sex trafficking
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025A 3487: Relates to immigration status of registered students
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025A 3588: Requires public officers and bodies to provide interpreters and assistive listening devices for the hearing impaired at public hearings under certain conditions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 28, 2025A 3489: Authorizes the reissuance of certain benefits in instances of fraud or theft of benefits
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025A 2691: Includes middle eastern and north African persons in the definition of minority group member for purposes of participation by minority group members and women with respect to state contracts
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 22, 2025A 2705: Relates to the amount of state aid reimbursement for public health services by a municipality in the city of New York
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2025A 2059: Establishes a COVID-19 pandemic response study commission
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2025A 2149: Relates to expanding the health department's review of correctional health services
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2025A 2061: Eliminates asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2025A 2137: Provides practical support for access to abortion care
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 15, 2025A 2107: Relates to granting employees access to personnel records
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 14, 2025A 1710: Provides for coverage for certain individuals under the 1332 state innovation program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 10, 2025A 1582: Relates to prohibiting any substituted consent for a sterilization procedure
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1285: Grants medical assistance eligibility for kidney transplant expenses for certain residents of New York
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1318: Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2025A 1431: Establishes security deposit options for certain tenants
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 518: Relates to the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards, departments and commissions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 567: Directs payment of certain taxes into the central business district tolling capital lockbox fund to be made without appropriation
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 597: Includes additional community districts in which pilot programs to address the legalization or conversion of certain basement and cellar dwellings can be established by local law
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 610: Requires the department of education to develop school health and mental health professionals to student ratios in public schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 700: Relates to certain data required in an annual report on the administration of managed long term care plans
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 698: Relates to requiring that certain information be provided to operators of limited use motorcycles
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 282: Relates to providing universal school meals to students
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 69: Enacts the overdose prevention and recovery act
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 701: Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 687: Provides that certain communications made without malice regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination shall be deemed privileged
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 699: Requires the implementation of an electronic benefit transfer system
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 2, 2024A 10048: Relates to establishing a uterine fibroids awareness and education program
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 1, 2024A 9981: Relates to the opioid stewardship fund
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 3, 2024A 9685: Eliminates the congestion surcharge on medallion taxicab trips
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2024A 9413: Enacts the "Livable New York act"
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2024A 9341: Relates to cost sharing fees for outpatient treatment at a substance use treatment program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2024A 8580: Allows discretion in requiring sex offender registration for persons convicted of certain sex offenses in other states
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 27, 2023A 8318: Relates to eligibility for the temporary assistance to needy families block grant program, safety net assistance and medical assistance for certain noncitizens
    Introduced
  • Introduced Nov 6, 2023A 8234: Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility in the supplemental nutrition assistance program prior to release
    Introduced
  • Introduced Oct 13, 2023A 8146: Provides public health insurance coverage for children who are eligible for such coverage under the age of six to continue until they reach the age of six
    Introduced
  • Introduced Oct 13, 2023A 8108: Establishes workplace readiness week to educate minors in relation to their workplace rights
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 6, 2023A 7743: Requires the department of education to develop school health and mental health professionals to student ratios in public schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 25, 2023A 7506: Provides that certain communications made without malice regarding an incident of sexual assault, harassment or discrimination shall be deemed privileged
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 25, 2023A 7556: Enacts the HOPE pilot program; appropriation
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 8, 2023A 6735: Grants medical assistance eligibility for kidney transplant expenses for certain residents of New York
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 12, 2023A 6501: Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate issues affecting reentry of women released from correctional facilities
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 3, 2023A 6308: Relates to prohibiting any substituted consent for a sterilization procedure
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 3, 2023A 6220: Relates to immigration status of registered students
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 3, 2023A 6153: Establishes the pandemic response study commission act
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 24, 2023A 5933: Establishes a task force to examine, evaluate and determine the feasibility of establishing a state-funded version of SNAP
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 7, 2023A 5291: Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 3, 2023A 5191: Provides for the employment of mental health professionals by school districts
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023A 5112: Prohibits the sale of single-use plastic water bottles in certain port authority facilities
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 2, 2023A 5104: Establishes the public water justice act
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 27, 2023A 4936: Provides a tax credit for the installation of fire sprinkler systems
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 17, 2023A 4604: Relates to comprehensive sexuality education in schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 9, 2023A 4029: Establishes liaison officers, regional contacts and campus contacts to assist college students experiencing homelessness to find housing
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2023A 3716: Relates to establishing a commission for the educational advancement of multilingual learners in New York
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 7, 2023A 3722: Requires schools to include instruction on the prevention of eating disorders as an integral part of their health education programs
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2023A 3540: Disqualifies public officers from holding a public office after a conviction of impeachment
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2023A 3545: Prohibits the administration of psychoactive drugs to an animal in a zoo in certain situations
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2023A 3539: Eliminates asset limits in calculating the amount of benefits for any household under any public assistance program
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2023A 3558: Relates to concurrent jurisdiction of criminal and family courts for certain offenses
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 3, 2023A 3575: Relates to the regulation of street vendors in N.Y. city; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 26, 2023A 2442: Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 1922: Requires the commissioner to incorporate measures of racial and socioeconomic integration into state accountability models
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 1943: Suspends all unnecessary travel to states that permit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 1936: Prohibits state contracts with contractors who do not provide health insurance which covers services for transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive people
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 23, 2023A 1941: Relates to providing universal school meals to students
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 13, 2023A 1112: Relates to the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 12, 2023A 996: Relates to availability of certain reports detailing sales of opioids in this state
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 9, 2023A 505: Relates to detaining persons for longer than twenty-four hours
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 4, 2023A 259: Establishes security deposit options for certain tenants
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the New York legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

3,989 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 124 of 3,989 votes (3%). They had permission to be away (excused) for all of them.

By topic
Aging31 votes
    Agriculture44 votes
      Alcoholism and Drug Abuse10 votes
        Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders6 votes
          Banks60 votes
            Budget and Revenue9 votes
              Children and Families63 votes
                Cities40 votes
                  Cities 127 votes
                    Cities 210 votes
                      Civil Service and Pensions104 votes
                        Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business13 votes
                          Consumer Affairs and Protection119 votes
                            Consumer Protection31 votes
                              Corporations, Authorities and Commissions144 votes
                                Correction35 votes
                                  Crime Victims, Crime and Correction14 votes
                                    Criminal Law (Codes)165 votes
                                      Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation15 votes
                                        Disabilities7 votes
                                          Economic Development64 votes
                                            Education71 votes
                                              Election Law26 votes
                                                Elections24 votes
                                                  Energy55 votes
                                                    Energy and Telecommunications24 votes
                                                      Environmental Conservation168 votes
                                                        Ethics and Internal Governance3 votes
                                                          Finance47 votes
                                                            Governmental Employees109 votes
                                                              Governmental Operations176 votes
                                                                Health280 votes
                                                                  Higher Education93 votes
                                                                    Housing46 votes
                                                                      Housing, Construction and Community Development23 votes
                                                                        Insurance175 votes
                                                                          Internet and Technology16 votes
                                                                            Investigations and Government Operations221 votes
                                                                              Judiciary158 votes
                                                                                Labor96 votes
                                                                                  Libraries9 votes
                                                                                    Libraries and Education Technology7 votes
                                                                                      Local Government188 votes
                                                                                        Local Governments121 votes
                                                                                          Mental Health29 votes
                                                                                            New York City Education1 vote
                                                                                              People With Disabilities19 votes
                                                                                                Procurement and Contracts20 votes
                                                                                                  Racing and Wagering19 votes
                                                                                                    Racing, Gaming and Wagering10 votes
                                                                                                      Real Property Taxation89 votes
                                                                                                        Science and Technology17 votes
                                                                                                          Small Business6 votes
                                                                                                            Social Services39 votes
                                                                                                              Taxes and Budget (Ways and Means)256 votes
                                                                                                                Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development30 votes
                                                                                                                  Transportation220 votes
                                                                                                                    Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs15 votes
                                                                                                                      Veterans' Affairs55 votes
                                                                                                                        Women'S Issues17 votes

                                                                                                                          Source: Open States, New York State Senate and Assembly. Topics from the state legislature.