Rep. Ron Packard
Former Representative for California’s 48th District
Packard was the representative for California’s 48th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 1993 to 2000.
He was previously the representative for California’s 43rd congressional district as a Republican from 1983 to 1992.
![Photo of Rep. Ron Packard [R-CA48, 1993-2000]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400601-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Packard is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2000 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 Packard sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 4, 1995 to Dec 15, 2000. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Packard was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 2605 (106th): Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000
- H.R. 4059 (105th): Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1999
- H.R. 2604 (105th): Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1998
- H.R. 2016 (105th): Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1998
- H.R. 3754 (104th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997
- H.R. 2492 (104th): Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996
- H.R. 3673 (102nd): Membrane Processes Research Act of 1992
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Packard sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Economics and Public Finance (16%) Government Operations and Politics (14%) Families (12%) Law (12%) Housing and Community Development (12%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (11%) Commerce (11%) Transportation and Public Works (11%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Packard recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5483 (106th): Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001
- H.R. 4733 (106th): Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001
- H.Res. 286 (106th): Recognizing that prevention of youth suicide is a compelling national priority.
- H.R. 2605 (106th): Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000
- H.Res. 548 (105th): Recognizing that prevention of youth suicide is a compelling national priority.
- H.R. 4059 (105th): Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1999
- H.Con.Res. 289 (105th): Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the National Institute of Dental Research.
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1983 to Dec 2000, Packard missed 351 of 9,434 roll call votes, which is 3.7%. This is on par with the median of 3.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2000. 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
- 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