Kelly is the junior senator from Arizona and is a Democrat. He has served since Dec 2, 2020. Kelly is next up for reelection in 2028 and serves until Jan 3, 2029. He is 59 years old.
![Photo of Sen. Mark Kelly [D-AZ]](/static/legislator-photos/456794-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Kelly.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Kelly 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 Kelly has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 16, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Mark Kelly sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Kelly was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 3308 (117th): Colorado River Indian Tribes Water Resiliency Act of 2022
- S. 3168 (117th): A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.
- S. 1631 (117th): Arizona Experiment Station Land Conveyance Act of 2022
- S. 3740 (117th): Micro Act of 2022
- S. 1317 (117th): Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act
- S. 3096 (117th): Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Modernization Act
- S. 2318 (117th): Demand-Response Management Act of 2021
Does 9 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
Kelly sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Public Lands and Natural Resources (23%) Transportation and Public Works (20%) Health (17%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Social Welfare (7%) Native Americans (7%) Taxation (7%) Emergency Management (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Kelly recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 816: A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish …
- S. 739: A bill to clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation pumped …
- S. 736: A bill to establish the Chiricahua National Park in the State of Arizona …
- S. 368: Aviation WORKS Act
- S. 352: Highway Formula Modernization Act of 2023
- S. 5324 (117th): Aviation WORKS Act
- S. 5294 (117th): Legacy Mine Cleanup Act of 2022
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Dec 2020 to Mar 2023, Kelly missed 25 of 1,051 roll call votes, which is 2.4%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% 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.
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. Kelly for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
