Marshall is the representative for Kansas’s 1st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2017. Marshall is next up for reelection in 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021.
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![Photo of Rep. Roger Marshall [R-KS1]](/static/legislator-photos/412704-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Marshall.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Marshall 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 Marshall has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Oct 23, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Roger Marshall sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Environment subcommittee Ranking Member
Research and Technology subcommittees - House Committee on Agriculture
Enacted Legislation
Marshall was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 859: To authorize the honorary appointment of Robert J. Dole to the grade of colonel in the regular Army.
- H.R. 2711 (115th): National Memorial to Fallen Educators Act
Does 2 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
Marshall sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Agriculture and Food (40%) Health (25%) Commerce (15%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (10%)
Recent Bills
Some of Marshall’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 8677: To provide payments for home health services furnished via visual or audio telecommunication ...
- H.R. 7792: Abortion Providers Loan Elimination Act
- H.R. 7108: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to allow for emergency use ...
- H.R. 6910: ER Hero and Patient Safety Act
- H.R. 6067: SALE Act of 2020
- H.R. 5289: Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2019
- H.R. 5136: Aeronautics Innovation Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Oct 2020, Marshall missed 55 of 2,129 roll call votes, which is 2.6%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% 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 Roger Marshall for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
