Grace Napolitano, Representative for California's 32nd Congressional District

Napolitano is the representative for California’s 32^nd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Napolitano is next up for reelection in 2018.

She was previously the representative for California’s 38^th congressional district as a Democrat from 2003 to 2012; and the representative for California’s 34^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1999 to 2002.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Napolitano.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Napolitano 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 Napolitano has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

American Civil Liberties Union: 100% Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 91% NIAC Action: B The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 34% NumbersUSA: 14% FreedomWorks: 5% Americans for Prosperity: 4% The Club for Growth: 4%

Committee Membership

Grace Napolitano sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans

Enacted Legislation

Napolitano was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

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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

Napolitano sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Environmental Protection (45%) Health (27%) Transportation and Public Works (27%)

Recent Bills

Some of Napolitano’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Napolitano’s Vote	Vote Description
Aye	H.R. 2851: SITSA Act Jun 15, 2018. Passed 239/142. More than 20,000 Americans died from synthetic drug overdoses in 2016. That represents 31 percent of all drug overdose deaths, a surging percentage in recent years — more than double the number from 2015. A bill called the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic ...
Nay	H.R. 3461: To approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, relating to the ... Sep 11, 2015. Failed 162/269.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
No	H.R. 33: Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act Feb 27, 2015. Passed 357/60. This bill was the vehicle for the passage of continuing appropriations. This bill started out as the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act. It was passed by the House in this form. But on Feb 27, 2015 the Senate struck its text in whole ...
No	H.R. 5771 (113th): Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 Dec 3, 2014. Passed 378/46.
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Not Voting	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.Res. 317 (111th): Recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and ... Sep 15, 2009. Passed 312/108.
Nay	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1999 to Sep 2018, Napolitano missed 711 of 13,420 roll call votes, which is 5.3%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	25	13.6%	97^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	64^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	2	0.7%	27^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	47^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	3	3.0%	28^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	2	1.5%	34^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	5	3.3%	59^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	11	13.9%	91^st
2002 Apr-Jun	203	9	4.4%	71^st
2002 Jul-Sep	141	2	1.4%	41^st
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	41^st
2003 Jan-Mar	94	2	2.1%	51^st
2003 Apr-Jun	239	1	0.4%	19^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	18^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	12	7.9%	81^st
2004 Jan-Mar	104	4	3.8%	48^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	2	0.9%	26^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	2	1.2%	26^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	3	5.2%	60^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	16	17.8%	98^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	3	1.1%	38^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	1	0.7%	27^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	25	15.3%	95^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	18	6.5%	88^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	1	0.6%	29^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	1	3.7%	57^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	6	2.8%	65^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	18	4.6%	82^nd
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	32^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	1	0.4%	11^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	5	3.4%	50^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	6	1.9%	37^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	4	2.0%	43^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	6	3.4%	68^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	6	2.0%	45^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	4	1.5%	44^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	1	0.4%	12^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	9	4.6%	66^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	7	3.2%	56^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	21^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	12	12.1%	87^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	26^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	19	6.8%	91^st
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	34^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	32	15.4%	98^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	44^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	79	26.4%	99^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	8	5.3%	84^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	19	21.3%	98^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	2	0.9%	38^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	2	1.5%	43^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	19	8.7%	88^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	50^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	22	9.0%	92^nd
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	31^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	28	20.4%	95^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	7	3.4%	65^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	23^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	3	6.2%	83^rd
2017 Jan-Mar	208	2	1.0%	36^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	71	52.2%	100^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	98	49.2%	99^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	25	15.0%	97^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	8	4.3%	65^th
2018 Jul-Sep	86	8	9.3%	86^th

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
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

Grace Napolitano is pronounced:

grays // nuh-pol-i-TAH-noh

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AH ah	calm
AY ay	say
G g	get
I i	pin
L l	leg
N n	not
O o	top
OH oh	most
P p	pen
R r	rag
S s	sit
T t	top
UH uh	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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