Rep. Katie Porter
Representative for California’s 47th District
pronounced KAY-tee // POR-ter
Porter is the representative for California’s 47th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2023. Porter is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 50 years old.
She was previously the representative for California’s 45th congressional district as a Democrat from 2019 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA47]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412758-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Porter did not request any earmarks for fiscal year 2024.
Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. More about FY2024 earmark requests from Demand Progress Education Fund »
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Porter 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 Porter has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Aug 16, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Katie Porter sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
- Health Care and Financial Services subcommittee Ranking Member
National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs subcommittees -
House Committee on Natural Resources
Federal Lands, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries subcommittees
- Joint Economic Committee
Enacted Legislation
Porter was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1170 (117th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 League in Irvine, California, as the “Tuskegee Airman Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Friend Memorial …
- H.R. 2706 (117th): Freedom from Price Gouging 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
Porter sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (27%) Government Operations and Politics (21%) Education (12%) Taxation (11%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Energy (9%) Finance and Financial Sector (7%) Labor and Employment (5%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Porter recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9393: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to treat certain foreign-owned …
- H.R. 9392: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the restrictions …
- H.R. 9355: To enact House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, (establishing the Office of …
- H.R. 9354: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain temporary provisions …
- H.Res. 1398: Expressing support for the designation of July 30, 2024, as “National Whistleblower Appreciation …
- H.R. 9168: To require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and …
- H.R. 9126: To require digital social companies to adopt terms of service that meet certain …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2019 to Jul 2024, Porter missed 132 of 3,076 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. This is worse than 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, major life events, and running for higher office.
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 the Clerk, House of Representatives for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills