Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Senator for New York
pronounced KEER-stun // JIL-uh-brand
Gillibrand is the junior senator from New York and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 27, 2009. Gillibrand is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 57 years old.
She was previously the representative for New York’s 20th congressional district as a Democrat from 2007 to Jan 26, 2009.
![Photo of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412223-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Gillibrand.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Gillibrand is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate 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 Gillibrand has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Aug 1, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Kirsten Gillibrand sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Gillibrand was the primary sponsor of 35 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 4524 (117th): Speak Out Act
- S. 4587 (117th): Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act
- S. 3845 (117th): Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- S. 3824 (117th): Into the Light for MMH and SUD Act of 2022
- S. 2342 (117th): Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021
- S. 3027 (117th): A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 66 Meserole Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the “Joseph R. Lentol Post …
- S. 2647 (117th): Harlem Hellfighters Congressional Gold Medal Act
Does 35 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
Gillibrand sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Agriculture and Food (25%) Health (21%) Crime and Law Enforcement (15%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Environmental Protection (9%) Transportation and Public Works (8%) Government Operations and Politics (7%) Housing and Community Development (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Gillibrand recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 4962: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Jeanne …
- S. 4892: A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of …
- S. 4724: 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2024
- S. 4629: John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act
- S.Res. 744: A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 28, 2024, as “Stonewall …
- S. 4592: Health Equity Innovation Act of 2024
- S. 4558: Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2009 to Aug 2024, Gillibrand missed 150 of 5,164 roll call votes, which is 2.9%. This is on par with the median of 3.0% among the lifetime records of senators 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. Legislators running for president or vice president typically miss votes while on the campaign trail — that’s normal. See our analysis of presidential candidates’ missed votes.
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