Alcee Hastings, Representative for Florida's 20th Congressional District

Hastings is the representative for Florida’s 20^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Hastings is next up for reelection in 2018.

He was previously the representative for Florida’s 23^rd congressional district as a Democrat from 1993 to 2012.

Alleged misconduct & resolution

In 2012 Hastings was investigated for sexual harassment and employment retaliation. The House Committee on Ethics concluded that there was insufficient evidence to act further even though the representative admitted to "less than professional behavior".

Nov. 8, 2011	House Office of Congressional Ethics recommended that the Committee on Ethics further review the allegations
Dec. 11, 2014	House Committee on Ethics concluded that there was insufficient evidence to act further even though the representative admitted to "less than professional behavior"

In 2010 Hastings was investigated for keeping the difference between his requested travel per diems and the amount he actually spent. The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct recommended no further action.

Jul. 30, 2010	House Office of Congressional Ethics recommended that the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct further review the allegations
Dec. 31, 2010	House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct recommended no further action

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Hastings.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Hastings 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 liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Hastings has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% NIAC Action: A League of Conservation Voters: 82% American Civil Liberties Union: 70% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 33% The Club for Growth: 12% Americans for Prosperity: 5% FreedomWorks: 5% NumbersUSA: 5%

Committee Membership

Alcee Hastings sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Rules
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Enacted Legislation

Hastings was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

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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 about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Hastings sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (44%) Health (17%) Education (10%) Social Welfare (8%) Animals (6%) Transportation and Public Works (5%) Taxation (5%) Arts, Culture, Religion (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Hastings’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Hastings’s Vote	Vote Description
No	H.Res. 495: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1314) to amend the Internal Revenue Code ... Oct 28, 2015. Passed 392/37.
Aye	H.R. 1599: Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 Jul 23, 2015. Passed 275/150. This bill was enacted as S. 764. The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the distribution and labeling related to bioengineered foods (often referred to as genetically modified foods or GMOs). It would ...
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Nay	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. 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 the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Yea	H.R. 622: State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015 Apr 16, 2015. Passed 272/152.
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
No	H.R. 5771 (113th): Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 Dec 3, 2014. Passed 378/46.
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Yea	H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011 Jul 23, 2012. Failed 222/160.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. 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 Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Apr 2018, Hastings missed 1,480 of 16,817 roll call votes, which is 8.8%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	28	22.0%	95^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	3	1.6%	32^nd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	9	5.5%	86^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	3	2.2%	62^nd
1994 Jan-Mar	95	82	86.3%	98^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	24	11.0%	95^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	6	4.2%	63^rd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	1	2.0%	50^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	7	2.5%	71^st
1995 Apr-Jun	189	2	1.1%	33^rd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	7	3.0%	75^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	2	1.1%	33^rd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	4	3.6%	55^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	8	4.4%	77^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	14	8.6%	96^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	4	5.6%	70^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	55	23.7%	98^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	19^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	44	23.8%	96^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	8	4.0%	68^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	4	5.2%	77^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	17	9.2%	91^st
1999 Jul-Sep	204	29	14.2%	98^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	1	0.7%	23^rd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	64^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	6	2.2%	50^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	3	2.3%	59^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	48	47.5%	99^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	2	2.7%	55^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	1	0.7%	21^st
2001 Jul-Sep	149	15	10.1%	93^rd
2001 Oct-Dec	153	25	16.3%	96^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	12	5.9%	81^st
2002 Jul-Sep	141	32	22.7%	98^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	26	42.6%	99^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	38^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	13	5.4%	85^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	7	3.6%	76^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	12	7.9%	81^st
2004 Jan-Mar	104	6	5.8%	61^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	107	48.4%	99^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	58	36.0%	99^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	10	17.2%	90^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	22	8.1%	90^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	17	11.6%	96^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	49	30.1%	98^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	25	30.9%	97^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	17	6.2%	87^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	2	1.3%	42^nd
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	64^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	42	10.7%	95^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	32^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	31	11.8%	94^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	9	6.0%	72^nd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	4	1.2%	23^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	15	7.3%	84^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	9	60.0%	99^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	24^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	31	10.2%	95^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	1	0.4%	13^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	9	3.7%	63^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	5	2.6%	46^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	26	11.9%	93^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	20	13.2%	95^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	28	28.3%	96^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	26^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	34^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	1	0.4%	22^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	18^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	24^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	5	1.7%	52^nd
2012 Jul-Sep	152	2	1.3%	47^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	8	15.7%	93^rd
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	42^nd
2013 Apr-Jun	215	60	27.9%	99^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	1	0.5%	26^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	3	2.2%	56^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	39	17.8%	96^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	10	6.8%	87^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	3	6.1%	85^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	10	6.9%	88^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	16	6.6%	89^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	3	2.2%	64^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	3	1.7%	61^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	19	13.9%	90^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	16	7.8%	86^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	138	59.5%	99^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	6	2.9%	71^st
2017 Apr-Jun	136	1	0.7%	31^st
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	9	5.4%	80^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

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

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Alcee Hastings is pronounced:

AL-see // HAYS-tingz

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
AY ay	say
EE ee	meet
H h	hat
I i	pin
L l	leg
NG ng	sing
S s	sit
T t	top
Z z	zebra

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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