Evans is the representative for Pennsylvania’s 3rd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2019. Evans’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2023.
He was previously the representative for Pennsylvania’s 2nd congressional district as a Democrat from 2016 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA3]](/static/legislator-photos/412677-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Evans 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 Evans has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Nov 22, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Dwight Evans sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Evans was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6347 (115th): 7(a) Real Estate Appraisal Harmonization Act
- H.R. 2655 (115th): Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017
Does 2 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
Evans sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Commerce (28%) Health (20%) Crime and Law Enforcement (16%) Taxation (12%) Finance and Financial Sector (8%) Education (8%) Housing and Community Development (8%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Evans recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 8879: Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Improvement Act
- H.R. 8844: STEP Improvement Act of 2022
- H.Res. 1019: Expressing support for the designation of May 2, 2022, as “Dr. John E. …
- H.R. 6949: Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2022
- H.R. 5861: Waiver Authorization Streamlining Act of 2021
- H.R. 5185: CORE Justice Act of 2021
- H.R. 4086: Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2021
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Nov 2016 to Nov 2022, Evans missed 29 of 3,128 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. 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 Dwight Evans for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
