Fitzpatrick is the representative for Pennsylvania’s 1st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2019. Fitzpatrick is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
He was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 8th congressional district as a Republican from 2017 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]](/static/legislator-photos/412721-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Fitzpatrick.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Fitzpatrick 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 Fitzpatrick has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Mar 3, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Enacted Legislation
Fitzpatrick was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Fitzpatrick sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (23%) Government Operations and Politics (21%) Crime and Law Enforcement (15%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Commerce (9%) Taxation (8%) Animals (8%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Fitzpatrick’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 1410: To provide emergency relief for schools, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 911: Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2021
- H.R. 808: End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2021
- H.Con.Res. 5: Censuring and condemning President Donald J. Trump for trying to unlawfully overturn the ...
- H.Res. 18: Honoring the life of Dr. Frank Erdman Boston as a World War I ...
- H.R. 99: CLEAN Congress Act
- H.R. 100: CLEAN Elections Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Mar 2021, Fitzpatrick missed 14 of 2,226 roll call votes, which is 0.6%. This is better than the median of 2.0% 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 and major life events.
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
- Office of Brian Fitzpatrick for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
