Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from California's 40th District
Democrat
Served Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2023
These statistics cover Roybal-Allard’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare her to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 30, 2021.
A higher or lower number below doesn’t necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of Roybal-Allard’s legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.
Keep in mind that there are many important aspects of being a legislator besides what can be measured, such as constituent services and performing oversight of the executive branch, which aren’t reflected here.
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Wrote the 17th most laws compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 14 others)Roybal-Allard introduced 3 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 116th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: H.R. 3931: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations …; H.R. 7669: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations …; H.J.Res. 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 Compare to all California Delegation (73rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (83rd percentile); House Democrats (76th percentile); All Representatives (84th percentile). The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill. |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 26th least often compared to All RepresentativesOf the 706 bills that Roybal-Allard cosponsored, 5% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (12th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (7th percentile); House Democrats (11th percentile); All Representatives (6th percentile). Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Ranked 36th most politically left compared to All RepresentativesOur unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Roybal-Allard’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (18th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (10th percentile); House Democrats (15th percentile); All Representatives (8th percentile). |
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Introduced the 45th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 8 others)Roybal-Allard introduced 20 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (29th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (42nd percentile); House Democrats (19th percentile); All Representatives (42nd percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 50th most bills compared to All RepresentativesRoybal-Allard cosponsored 706 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (73rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (86th percentile); House Democrats (79th percentile); All Representatives (89th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 56th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 14 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 8 of Roybal-Allard’s 20 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Roybal-Allard caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all California Delegation (28th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (40th percentile); House Democrats (23rd percentile); All Representatives (41st percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Held the 57th most committee positions compared to All Representatives (tied with 20 others)Roybal-Allard held a leadership position on 0 committees and 2 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. For comparison to other Members of Congress, we assigned a score giving five points for each full committee leadership position and one point for each subcommittee leadership position. View Roybal-Allard’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (71st percentile); House Democrats (79th percentile); All Representatives (82nd percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 53rd fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 34 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.Res. 1030: Supporting the goals and ideals …; H.R. 1468: SAFE Act of 2019; H.R. 8590: Smithsonian and National Gallery of … Compare to all California Delegation (25th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (38th percentile); House Democrats (22nd percentile); All Representatives (39th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Got the 82nd most cosponsors on their bills compared to All RepresentativesRoybal-Allard’s bills and resolutions had 658 cosponsors in the 116th Congress. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (55th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (73rd percentile); House Democrats (67th percentile); All Representatives (81st percentile). |
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Ranked the 84th top leader compared to All RepresentativesOur unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Roybal-Allard’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all California Delegation (61st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (74th percentile); House Democrats (67th percentile); All Representatives (81st percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 76th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 17 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Roybal-Allard introduced 6 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 6: American Dream and Promise Act …; H.R. 2507: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization …; H.R. 2820: Dream Act of 2019; H.R. 3931: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations …; H.R. 7669: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations …; H.J.Res. 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 Compare to all California Delegation (63rd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (73rd percentile); House Democrats (66th percentile); All Representatives (79th percentile). |
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Powerful Cosponsors6 of Roybal-Allard’s bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward. Those bills were: H.Res. 279: Supporting the goals and ideals …; H.R. 6: American Dream and Promise Act …; H.R. 576: Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and …; H.R. 2507: Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization …; H.R. 3394: Children’s Act for Responsible Employment …; H.R. 3451: Humane Enforcement and Legal Protections … Compare to all California Delegation (51st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (64th percentile); House Democrats (53rd percentile); All Representatives (71st percentile). |
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Missed VotesRoybal-Allard missed 2.4% of votes (23 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View Roybal-Allard’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (48th percentile); All Representatives (54th percentile). The Speaker of the House, per current House rules, is not required to vote in “ordinary legislative proceedings” and is never recorded as missing a vote, and may not be included in the comparison with other representatives if not voting. The delegates from the five island territories and the District of Columbia are not eligible to vote in most roll call votes and so may not appear here if not elligible for any vote during the time period of these statistics. |
Additional Notes
Leadership/Ideology: The leadership and ideology scores are not displayed for Members of Congress who introduced fewer than 10 bills, or, for ideology, for Members of Congress that have a low leadership score, as there is usually not enough data in these cases to compute reliable leadership and ideology statistics.
Missing Bills: We exclude bills from some statistics where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill because the bill’s text was replaced in whole with unrelated provisions (i.e. it became a vehicle for passage of unrelated provisions).
Ranking Members (RkMembs): The chair of a committee is always selected from the political party that holds the most seats in the chamber, called the “majority party”. The “ranking member” (sometimes “RkMembs”) is the title given to the senior-most member of the committee not in the majority party.
Freshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of the 116th Congress) was the 116th Congress (freshmen) or 115th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
