Porter is the representative for California’s 45th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2019. Porter is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA45]](/static/legislator-photos/412758-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Porter 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 Porter has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jul 1, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Katie Porter sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Natural Resources
- Oversight and Investigations subcommittee Chair
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform
Economic and Consumer Policy, Government Operations subcommittees
Enacted Legislation
Porter was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 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
Porter sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (28%) Government Operations and Politics (18%) Taxation (15%) Education (15%) Finance and Financial Sector (8%) Energy (7%) Labor and Employment (5%) Emergency Management (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Porter recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1211: Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Travel Act
- H.R. 8090: To reauthorize funding for the Reclamation Climate Change and Water Program.
- H.R. 7986: To award a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Dr. John Cheng, a hero …
- H.Res. 1157: Supporting the designation of June 6, 2022, as “CASA/GAL Volunteers’ Day”.
- H.R. 7727: Accountability in Student Loan Data Act of 2022
- H.R. 7728: Student Protection Act
- H.R. 7729: CFPB Student Loan Integrity and Transparency Act of 2022
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Jun 2022, Porter missed 23 of 1,702 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is on par with 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
- Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
