Sen. Alejandro “Alex” Padilla

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Padilla is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 Padilla has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jun 23, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Alejandro “Alex” Padilla sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety subcommittee Chair

  Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism, Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, Intellectual Property subcommittees
• Joint Committee on Printing
• Senate Committee on the Budget
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
  Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight, Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  Government Operations and Border Management, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Enacted Legislation

Padilla was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

• S. 2454: Water Reuse and Resiliency Act of 2021

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Does 1 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Padilla sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Immigration (16%) Environmental Protection (16%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (12%) Native Americans (12%) Education (12%) Emergency Management (12%) Commerce (12%) Health (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Padilla recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 4480: A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide …
• S. 4482: A bill to help persons in the United States experiencing homelessness and significant …
• S. 4439: Katimiîn and Ameekyáaraam Sacred Lands Act
• S. 4424: Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act
• S. 4382: LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coin Act
• S. 4383: Transportation Assistance for Olympic Cities Act of 2022
• S. 4371: César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2021 to Jun 2022, Padilla missed 10 of 768 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of senators 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 and major life events.

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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
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills