Rep. José Serrano

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Serrano.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Serrano is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2020 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 Serrano sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 28, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Serrano was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 2420 (116th): National Museum of the American Latino Act
• H.R. 7667 (116th): Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
• H.R. 3055 (116th): Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019
• H.R. 6282 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, New York, as the “Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post …
• H.R. 1350 (114th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 442 East 167th Street in Bronx, New York, as the “Herman Badillo Post Office Building”.
• H.R. 4938 (111th): To permit the use of previously appropriated funds to extend the Small Business Loan Guarantee Program, and for other purposes.
• H.R. 3170 (111th): Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010

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Does 11 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

Serrano sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (22%) International Affairs (19%) Agriculture and Food (15%) Immigration (11%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Government Operations and Politics (7%) Economics and Public Finance (7%) Housing and Community Development (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Serrano recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 7667 (116th): Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
• H.Res. 763 (116th): Expressing support for the development of a national strategic plan to end …
• H.R. 4901 (116th): Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act
• H.R. 4068 (116th): Civil Rights Commission Territorial Equality Act of 2019
• H.R. 3055 (116th): Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019
• H.R. 2420 (116th): National Museum of the American Latino Act
• H.R. 1934 (116th): Stop Harmful and Abusive Telecommunications Expression Act of 2019

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Mar 1990 to Dec 2020, Serrano missed 756 of 19,545 roll call votes, which is 3.9%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2020. 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.

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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