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Rep. Adam Schiff

Representative for California’s 30th District

pronounced A-dum // shif


Schiff is the representative for California’s 30th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Schiff is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 62 years old.

He was previously the representative for California’s 28th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022; the representative for California’s 29th congressional district as a Democrat from 2003 to 2012; and the representative for California’s 27th congressional district as a Democrat from 2001 to 2002.

Photo of Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA30]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Schiff.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Schiff is shown as a purple triangle in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Schiff has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 30, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Adam Schiff sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Schiff was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 13 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Schiff sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (18%) Health (18%) International Affairs (17%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Education (11%) Taxation (8%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (3%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Schiff recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Schiff voted Yea

Schiff voted Yea

Failed 239/137 on Dec 21, 2018.

Schiff voted Yea

Passed 303/121 on Oct 7, 2015.

Schiff voted Yea

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of …

Schiff voted Aye

Schiff voted No

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Missed Votes

From Jan 2001 to Mar 2023, Schiff missed 157 of 14,441 roll call votes, which is 1.1%. This is on par with the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including: