Jayapal is the representative for Washington’s 7th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2017. Jayapal’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2023.
Misconduct
On June 28, Rep. Jayapal was arrested for crowding, obstructing, or incommoding, during a protest inside a Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. The House Committee on Ethics concluded that no further investigation was needed since Rep. Jayapal had paid a $50 fine and charges were dropped.
| Jun. 25, 2018 | House Committee on Ethics concluded that no further investigation was needed since Rep. Jayapal had paid a $50 fine and charges were dropped |
![Photo of Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA7]](/static/legislator-photos/412730-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Jayapal 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 Jayapal has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Nov 22, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Pramila Jayapal sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Jayapal 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
Jayapal sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (32%) Immigration (20%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Labor and Employment (9%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%) Education (5%) Commerce (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Jayapal recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 8361: Preventing Suicide Through Voluntary Firearm Purchase Delay Act
- H.Res. 1209: Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and …
- H.R. 7706: Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2022
- H.R. 6885: Healthcare Ownership Transparency Act
- H.R. 6678: Bipartisan Ban on Congressional Stock Ownership Act of 2022
- H.R. 6492: Climate Resilience Workforce Act
- H.Res. 877: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding many of today’s greatest …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Nov 2022, Jayapal missed 37 of 3,084 roll call votes, which is 1.2%. This is better than 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 Pramila Jayapal for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
