Rep. Pete Aguilar’s 2019 Report Card
Representative
from California's 31st District
Democrat
Served Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2023
These year-end statistics cover Aguilar’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare him to other representatives serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 18, 2020.
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 Aguilar’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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Got the 2nd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to House DemocratsAguilar’s bills and resolutions had 2 cosponsors in 2019. 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 (4th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (2nd percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 3rd fewest bills compared to California Delegation (tied with 3 others)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 1 of Aguilar’s 4 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Aguilar caucused with in 2019. Compare to all California Delegation (4th percentile); House Democrats (1st percentile); All Representatives (3rd percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Introduced the 4th fewest bills compared to House Democrats (tied with 2 others)Aguilar introduced 4 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (4th percentile); House Democrats (1st percentile); All Representatives (8th percentile). |
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Held the 4th most committee positions compared to California Delegation (tied with 4 others)Aguilar held a leadership position on 1 committee and 0 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 Aguilar’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (85th percentile); House Democrats (86th percentile); All Representatives (87th percentile). |
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Got bicameral support on the 8th fewest bills compared to California Delegation (tied with 7 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1067: Santa Ana River Wash Plan … Compare to all California Delegation (13th percentile); House Democrats (10th percentile); All Representatives (19th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Got their bills out of committee the 11th least often compared to California Delegation (tied with 5 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Aguilar introduced 1 bill in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 1067: Santa Ana River Wash Plan … Compare to all California Delegation (19th percentile); House Democrats (12th percentile); All Representatives (26th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedAguilar introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. 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. 1067: Santa Ana River Wash Plan … Compare to all California Delegation (54th percentile); House Democrats (57th percentile); All Representatives (63rd 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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Powerful Cosponsors0 of Aguilar’s bills and resolutions in 2019 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. Compare to all California Delegation (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
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Bills CosponsoredAguilar cosponsored 303 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 (38th percentile); House Democrats (42nd percentile); All Representatives (67th percentile). |
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Joining Bipartisan BillsOf the 303 bills that Aguilar cosponsored, 9% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all California Delegation (56th percentile); House Democrats (50th percentile); All Representatives (27th 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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Missed VotesAguilar missed 1.1% of votes (8 of 701 votes) in 2019. View Aguilar’s Profile » Compare to all California Delegation (37th percentile); All Representatives (39th 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 2019) 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.
