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Sen. Rick Scott’s 2019 Report Card

Junior Senator from Florida
Republican
Serving Jan 8, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025

These year-end statistics cover Scott’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare him to other senators 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 Scott’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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Joined bipartisan bills the least often compared to Senate Freshmen

Of the 151 bills that Scott cosponsored, 19% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (0th percentile); Senate Republicans (9th percentile); All Senators (13th percentile).

Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.
 

Was 2nd most absent in votes compared to Senate Freshmen

Scott missed 1.4% of votes (6 of 428 votes) in 2019. View Scott’s Profile »

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (78th percentile); All Senators (51st percentile).

 

Got the 3rd fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to All Senators

Scott’s bills and resolutions had 38 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 Senate Freshmen (11th percentile); Senate Republicans (4th percentile); All Senators (2nd percentile).

 

Ranked the 3rd bottom/follower compared to All Senators

Our unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills.

For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Scott’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (11th percentile); Senate Republicans (4th percentile); All Senators (2nd percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 7th fewest bills compared to All Senators (tied with 1 other)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 5 of Scott’s 20 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Scott caucused with in 2019.

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (11th percentile); Senate Republicans (8th percentile); All Senators (6th percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.
 

Got their bills out of committee the 11th least often compared to Senate Republicans (tied with 4 others)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Scott introduced 4 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: S. 1151: Venezuelan Contracting Restriction Act; S.Res. 147: A resolution honoring the memory …; S.Res. 246: A resolution honoring the memory …; S.Res. 457: A resolution condemning the terrorist …

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (56th percentile); Senate Republicans (19th percentile); All Senators (23rd percentile).

 

Got bicameral support on the 12th fewest bills compared to All Senators (tied with 8 others)

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 4 of Scott’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the House. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Those bills were: S. 1151: Venezuelan Contracting Restriction Act; S. 1266: Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical …; S. 2502: American Security Drone Act of …; S. 2708: Threat Information Protocol for Sharing …

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (22nd percentile); Senate Republicans (19th percentile); All Senators (11th percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.
 

Introduced the 16th fewest bills compared to All Senators (tied with 2 others)

Scott introduced 20 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills »

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (44th percentile); Senate Republicans (19th percentile); All Senators (15th percentile).

 

Cosponsored the 22nd fewest bills compared to All Senators

Scott cosponsored 151 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 Senate Freshmen (22nd percentile); Senate Republicans (40th percentile); All Senators (21st percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Scott introduced 0 bills 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.

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (0th percentile); Senate Republicans (0th percentile); All Senators (0th 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.
 

Powerful Cosponsors

0 of Scott’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 Senate Freshmen (0th percentile); Senate Republicans (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).

 

Committee Positions

Scott held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Scott’s Profile »

Compare to all Senate Freshmen (0th percentile); Senate Republicans (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).

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.