Rep. Jared Polis
Former Representative for Colorado’s 2nd District
pronounced JAR-id // POH-liss
Polis was the representative for Colorado’s 2nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2009 to 2018.
![Photo of Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO2, 2009-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/412308-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Polis.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Polis is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2018 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 Polis sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Dec 21, 2018. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Polis was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 6831 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 West Main Street in Frisco, Colorado, as the “Patrick E. Mahany, Jr., Post Office …
- H.R. 2337 (113th): Lake Hill Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act
- H.R. 643 (112th): Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act
Does 3 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
Polis sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (37%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (19%) Taxation (12%) Immigration (10%) Labor and Employment (8%) Private Legislation (6%) Commerce (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Polis recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7309 (115th): To authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative …
- H.Res. 1120 (115th): Expressing support for designation of the week of October 4, 2018, through …
- H.R. 6831 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at …
- H.R. 6832 (115th): Safe Helicopters Now Act
- H.R. 6352 (115th): Know Before You Owe Private Education Loan Act of 2018
- H.R. 5928 (115th): Students Over Special Interests Act
- H.R. 5767 (115th): Teachers Are Leaders Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2009 to Dec 2018, Polis missed 458 of 7,000 roll call votes, which is 6.5%. This is much worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2018. 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
