Illinois General Assembly - Representative Biography
Illinois General Assembly

Previous General Assemblies

BiographyBillsCommittees 
 
WARNING - You have selected a biography page from a previous Illinois General Assembly. The information presented on this page may no longer be accurate. Please click here for the current Illinois General Assembly biography information.

Representative Aarón M. Ortíz (D) - Previous General Assembly (103rd)
1st District
Assistant Majority Leader

Photograph of Representative  Aarón M. Ortíz (D)
 

Springfield Office:
521-B Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-1117
District Office:
4374 S. Archer Ave.
Chicago, IL 60632
(773) 236-0117
Email: district@repaaronortiz.com

Years served: January 2019 - Present

Committee assignments: Approp-Elementary & Secondary Educ (Vice-Chairperson); Appropriations-Public Safety; Energy & Environment; Executive; Labor & Commerce; Revenue & Finance; Sales, Amusement and Other Taxes; Wage Policy Study; Environmental Justice Subcommittee (Sub-Chairperson).

Biography: Full-time legislator; former educator and college counselor at CPS; B.S. in urban planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; member of the Chicago Teachers Union, member of Local School Council for the Back of the Yards High School; volunteer soccer coach and lifelong resident of the Gage Park neighborhood in Chicago.


Associated Senator(s): Javier L. Cervantes