Panetta is the representative for California’s 20th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2017. Panetta is next up for reelection in 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA20]](/static/legislator-photos/412685-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Panetta.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Panetta 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 Panetta has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Oct 11, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Jimmy Panetta sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Agriculture
- Member, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research
- Member, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture
- Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations
- House Committee on the Budget
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House Committee on Ways and Means
- Member, Subcommittee on Trade
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Panetta sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (21%) International Affairs (17%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (12%) Taxation (12%) Immigration (12%) Health (8%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Education (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Panetta’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4448: GARLIC Act
- H.R. 4391: Public Service Loan Forgiveness Modernization Act
- H.R. 4319: Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act of 2019
- H.R. 4185: Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Accounting Act
- H.R. 4051: Climate Action Rebate Act of 2019
- H.R. 3749: Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act
- H.R. 3748: Providing Justice for Asylum Seekers Act of 2019
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Sep 2019, Panetta missed 3 of 1,765 roll call votes, which is 0.2%. This is better than the median of 2.1% 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
- House Democratic Caucus for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
