Eshoo is the representative for California’s 16th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2023. Eshoo is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 80 years old.
She was previously the representative for California’s 18th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022; and the representative for California’s 14th congressional district as a Democrat from 1993 to 2012.
![Photo of Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA16]](/static/legislator-photos/400124-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Eshoo.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Eshoo 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 Eshoo has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 23, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Anna Eshoo sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Eshoo was the primary sponsor of 14 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 7667 (117th): Food and Drug Amendments of 2022
- H.R. 1520 (116th): Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021
- H.R. 7096 (116th): National AI Research Resource Task Force Act of 2020
- H.R. 269 (116th): Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019
- H.R. 6085 (115th): PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2018
- H.R. 541 (113th): PREEMIE Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 6260 (112th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 211 Hope Street in Mountain View, California, as the “Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post …
Does 14 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
Eshoo sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Science, Technology, Communications (40%) Health (24%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Commerce (7%) Taxation (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Eshoo recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 1123: Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act
- H.R. 907: Protecting Community Television Act
- H.R. 908: Presidential Tax Transparency Act
- H.R. 752: Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act of 2023
- H.Res. 86: Condemning the Burmese military for perpetrating gross violations of human rights as part …
- H.R. 459: SAFER Health Act of 2023
- H.R. 9544 (117th): Tech Safety for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1993 to Mar 2023, Eshoo missed 580 of 19,284 roll call votes, which is 3.0%. This is worse than the median of 1.5% 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.
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
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
