![Photo of Rep. David Trone [D-MD6]](/static/legislator-photos/412783-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
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, 2017 to May 20, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
David Trone sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Trone was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5545: REMOTE Act
- H.R. 4981: To amend the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, to modify certain deadlines relating to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking.
- H.R. 3070: COPS Counseling 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
Does 5 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
Trone sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (38%) Crime and Law Enforcement (22%) Education (13%) International Affairs (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Trone recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1141: Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 23 through 27, …
- H.Res. 1102: Supporting the mission and goals of National Fentanyl Awareness Day in 2022, including …
- H.R. 6943: Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022
- H.R. 6636: Due Process Continuity of Care Act
- H.R. 6432: SNAP Second Chance Act of 2022
- H.R. 5966: Restoring Benefits to Defrauded Veterans Act
- H.R. 5722: Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act of 2021
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to May 2022, Trone missed 34 of 1,635 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% 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 David Trone for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills