Rep. David Trone

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Trone.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Trone 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 Trone has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 23, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

David Trone sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Appropriations
• House Committee on the Budget

Enacted Legislation

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

• H.R. 6943 (117th): Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022
• H.R. 5545 (117th): REMOTE Act
• H.R. 4981 (117th): To amend the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, to modify certain deadlines relating to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking.
• H.R. 3070 (117th): COPS Counseling Act
• H.R. 2538 (117th): FENTANYL Results Act
• H.R. 6843 (116th): Food and Nutrition Provider Emergency Support Act of 2020
• H.R. 5909 (116th): Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020

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Does 7 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

Trone sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (40%) Crime and Law Enforcement (21%) Education (15%) International Affairs (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Trone recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 1727: To amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake …
• H.R. 1428: Free to Grow Act of 2023
• H.R. 1427: SNAP Second Chance Act of 2023
• H.R. 1429: TRUE EQUITY Act of 2023
• H.R. 1375: EFFECTIVE Act
• H.R. 9401 (117th): NBACC Authorization Act of 2022
• H.R. 9400 (117th): AHEAD Act of 2022

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2019 to Mar 2023, Trone missed 44 of 2,114 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with 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.

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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
• Office of David Trone for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills