Cisneros was the representative for California’s 39th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2019 to 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Gilbert Cisneros [D-CA39, 2019-2020]](/static/legislator-photos/412757-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Cisneros.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Cisneros is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2020 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 Cisneros sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 28, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Cisneros was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 8415 (116th): Restoring Education Access for Student Veterans Act
- H.R. 6528 (116th): VA RAISES Act
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
Cisneros sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (100%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Cisneros recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 8415 (116th): Restoring Education Access for Student Veterans Act
- H.R. 7770 (116th): Fallen Pandemic Heroes Flag Act of 2020
- H.R. 7720 (116th): Helping Child Care Providers Respond to the Coronavirus Public Health Emergency Act …
- H.R. 7163 (116th): VA FOIA Reform Act of 2020
- H.R. 6932 (116th): To direct the Secretary of Defense to phase-in zero-emission non-tactical vehicles and …
- H.R. 6667 (116th): End Military-Connected Child Abuse and Neglect Act
- H.R. 6528 (116th): VA RAISES Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Dec 2020, Cisneros missed 4 of 954 roll call votes, which is 0.4%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2020. 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.
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 the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
