Johnson is the representative for South Dakota’s at-large district and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2019. Johnson is next up for reelection in 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Dusty Johnson [R-SD0]](/static/legislator-photos/412816-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Johnson.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Johnson 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 liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Johnson has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to May 26, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Dusty Johnson sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Agriculture
- Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations subcommittee Ranking Member
Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit subcommittees - House Committee on Education and Labor
Enacted Legislation
Johnson 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
Johnson sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Agriculture and Food (43%) Labor and Employment (29%) Armed Forces and National Security (29%)
Recent Bills
Some of Johnson’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6977: To provide overtime and holiday fee relief for small meat, poultry, and egg ...
- H.R. 5728: Food Safety Modernization for Innovative Technologies Act
- H.R. 5147: Worker’s Choice Act of 2019
- H.R. 4909: CFTC Cost-Benefit Analysis Improvement Act
- H.R. 4773: Livestock Risk Management and Education Act
- H.R. 4253: Empower Parents in College Act of 2019
- H.R. 3840: National Defense Cybersecurity Consortia Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to May 2020, Johnson missed 5 of 813 roll call votes, which is 0.6%. This is better than the median of 2.2% 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 Dusty Johnson for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
