Ruiz is the representative for California’s 25th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2023. Ruiz is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 50 years old.
He was previously the representative for California’s 36th congressional district as a Democrat from 2013 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA25]](/static/legislator-photos/412519-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Ruiz.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Ruiz 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 Ruiz has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 17, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Raul Ruiz sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Ruiz was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 897 (117th): Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
- H.R. 7925 (117th): To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the “Sy Kaplan VA Clinic”.
- H.R. 8890 (117th): Physician Wellness Program Act of 2022
- H.R. 8151 (117th): Building a Sustainable Workforce for Healthy Communities Act
- H.R. 667 (117th): Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center Access Improvement Act
- H.R. 1708 (117th): Tribal Health Care Protection Fund Act
- H.R. 2477 (116th): BENES Act of 2020
Does 13 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
Ruiz sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (32%) Armed Forces and National Security (26%) Native Americans (14%) Environmental Protection (8%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Labor and Employment (4%) Crime and Law Enforcement (4%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Ruiz recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1403 (117th): Electing a certain Member to a certain standing committee of the House …
- H.R. 9074 (117th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at …
- H.R. 8890 (117th): Physician Wellness Program Act of 2022
- H.R. 8790 (117th): Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act
- H.R. 8675 (117th): RAISE Act of 2022
- H.R. 8676 (117th): Salton Sea Public Health and Environmental Protection Act of 2022
- H.R. 8673 (117th): NEST Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Mar 2023, Ruiz missed 102 of 5,834 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is on par with the median of 1.5% 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, 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
