Aguilar is the representative for California’s 31st congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 6, 2015. Aguilar is next up for reelection in 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA31]](/static/legislator-photos/412615-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Aguilar.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Aguilar 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 Aguilar has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 11, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Pete Aguilar sits on the following committees:
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Vice Chair,
House Committee on Appropriations
- Member, Subcommittee on Defense
- Member, Subcommittee on Homeland Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- House Committee on House Administration
Enacted Legislation
Aguilar was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1067: Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 2979 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California, as the “Jack H. Brown Post Office ...
- H.R. 5746: OPPORTUNITY Act of 2018
Does 3 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
Aguilar sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Education (31%) Emergency Management (19%) Taxation (19%) Labor and Employment (19%) Government Operations and Politics (12%)
Recent Bills
Some of Aguilar’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5344: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide support to State ...
- H.R. 4815: Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2019
- H.R. 2058: JOBS Act
- H.R. 1067: Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act
- H.R. 6579 (115th): Recent Grads in Start-Ups and Innovation Act
- H.R. 6126: PREVENT Act of 2018
- H.R. 5880 (115th): JOBS Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2015 to Dec 2019, Aguilar missed 69 of 3,217 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
