Sen. Jon Ossoff

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Ossoff.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ossoff is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 Ossoff has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 27, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Jon Ossoff sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Human Rights and the Law subcommittee Chair

  the Constitution, Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Technology, and the Law subcommittees
• Joint Committee on the Library
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations subcommittees
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Enacted Legislation

Ossoff was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

• S. 2899 (117th): Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021
• S. 2796 (117th): Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
• S. 4359 (117th): Senator Johnny Isakson VA Regional Office Act of 2022
• S. 3655 (117th): Civil Rights Cold Case Investigations Support Act of 2022
• S. 4286 (117th): TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act
• S. 2305 (117th): Cybersecurity Opportunity Act
• S. 2365 (117th): Local Transit Planning Support Act

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Does 7 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Ossoff sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (32%) Government Operations and Politics (17%) Transportation and Public Works (17%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Sports and Recreation (7%) Taxation (7%) Water Resources Development (5%) Health (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Ossoff recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 2956: A bill to support the work of the United States Security Coordinator to …
• S. 2773: Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act
• S. 2680: Transitioning Servicemember Food Security Act of 2023
• S. 2471: Federal Grants Language Accessibility Act of 2023
• S. 2359: Servicemember Mental Health Support Act of 2023
• S. 2264: Fentanyl Trafficking Prevention Act
• S. 2215: Fort Gordon Cyber Center Enhancement Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2021 to Sep 2023, Ossoff missed 40 of 1,182 roll call votes, which is 3.4%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of senators 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.

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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 Sen. Ossoff for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills