Rep. Scott Peters

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Peters 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 Peters has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Aug 9, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Scott Peters sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on the Budget
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Oversight and Investigations subcommittees
• Joint Economic Committee

Enacted Legislation

Peters was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 2051: Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021
• H.R. 3005 (116th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13308 Midland Road in Poway, California, as the “Ray Chavez Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 2398 (116th): Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020
• H.R. 5324 (116th): Sergeant Daniel Somers Veterans Network of Support Act of 2019
• H.R. 3584 (116th): Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries Act
• H.R. 2727 (116th): Sergeant Daniel Somers Network of Support Act
• H.R. 1166 (116th): Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies Act

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Does 9 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Peters sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (33%) Armed Forces and National Security (22%) Environmental Protection (11%) Labor and Employment (9%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Housing and Community Development (6%) Transportation and Public Works (6%) Taxation (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Peters recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 8540: Developing and Nationalizing Key Cannabis Research Act of 2022
• H.Res. 1206: Expressing support for the designation of the month of June 2022 as “National …
• H.R. 8213: Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022
• H.R. 8164: Resilient Defense Assistance Act of 2022
• H.R. 8088: Prioritizing Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation with India Act of 2022
• H.Res. 1107: Designating the week of May 1, 2022, through May 7, 2022, as “Tardive …
• H.R. 7253: Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Jul 2022, Peters missed 89 of 5,559 roll call votes, which is 1.6%. This is on par with 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.

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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