Rep. Jared Huffman
Representative for California’s 2nd District
pronounced JAR-id // HUF-min
Huffman is the representative for California’s 2nd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Huffman is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 59 years old.
![Photo of Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA2]](/static/legislator-photos/412511-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Huffman proposed $26 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $7 million to Sonoma County Transportation Authority for “Resilient State Route 37 Tolay Creek Bridge Replacement and Restoration Project”
- $2.8 million to Eden Housing Inc. for “Pt. Reyes Senior Housing”
- $2.0 million to Make It Home for “Property Acquisition to Expand Housing Services and Waste Reduction Programs”
View all requests and justifications on Huffman’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Huffman.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Huffman 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 Huffman has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 26, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Jared Huffman sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Natural Resources
- Water, Wildlife and Fisheries subcommittee Ranking Member
Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittees - House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Enacted Legislation
Huffman was the primary sponsor of 4 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6032 (117th): Katimiîn and Ameekyáaraam Sacred Lands Act
- H.R. 5453 (117th): Fishery Resource Disasters Improvement Act
- H.R. 2405 (116th): National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2019
- H.R. 1388 (116th): Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2019
Does 4 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
Huffman sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (37%) Energy (14%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Environmental Protection (13%) Native Americans (7%) Education (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Huffman recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5487: Help Our Kelp Act
- H.R. 4519: IDEA Full Funding Act
- H.R. 4068: Canyon’s Law
- H.R. 4030: North Pacific Ocean Protection Act of 2023
- H.R. 4031: Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2023
- H.R. 3700: Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act
- H.R. 3324: To extend the authority to collect Shasta-Trinity Marina fees through fiscal year 2029.
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2023, Huffman missed 192 of 6,146 roll call votes, which is 3.1%. This is worse than the median of 1.8% 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, 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
