Young was the representative for Florida’s 13th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2013 to 2013.
He was previously the representative for Florida’s 10th congressional district as a Republican from 1993 to 2012; the representative for Florida’s 8th congressional district as a Republican from 1983 to 1992; the representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district as a Republican from 1973 to 1982; and the representative for Florida’s 8th congressional district as a Republican from 1971 to 1972.
Alleged misconduct & resolution
In 2009 Young was investigated for soliciting campaign contributions in exchange for legislative outcomes. The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct dismissed the charges. On October 18, 2013, Representative Young died.
| Dec. 2, 2009 | House Office of Congressional Ethics recommended the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct dismiss the above allegations. |
| Feb. 26, 2010 | House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct dismissed the charges |
| Oct. 10, 2013 | Representative Young died. |
![Photo of Rep. W. Bill Young [R-FL13, 2013-2013]](/static/legislator-photos/400439-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Young is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2014 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 Young sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2009 to Dec 11, 2014. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Young was the primary sponsor of 78 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 2397 (113th): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 2219 (112th): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012
- H.R. 6081 (111th): Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2010
- H.R. 5631 (109th): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007
- H.R. 2863 (109th): Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006
- H.J.Res. 114 (108th): Continuing Appropriations resolution FY2005 (Second)
- H.J.Res. 107 (108th): Continuing Appropriations resolution FY2005
Does 78 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
Young sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (50%) Health (25%) Energy (25%)
Recent Bills
Some of Young’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.J.Res. 78 (113th): National Intelligence Program Operations Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
- H.R. 2397 (113th): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 2210 (113th): Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship Improvements Act of 2013
- H.R. 1820 (113th): SAFEGUARDS Act of 2013
- H.R. 1400 (113th): To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify that children of ...
- H.R. 589 (113th): To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to prevent the sale of ...
- H.R. 6702 (112th): To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to prevent the sale of ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1971 to Oct 2013, Young missed 2,112 of 25,178 roll call votes, which is 8.4%. This is much worse than the median of 2.5% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 2013. 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
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
