Sen. Thom Tillis
Senator for North Carolina
pronounced tom // TIL-iss
Tillis is the senior senator from North Carolina and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 6, 2015. Tillis is next up for reelection in 2026 and serves until Jan 3, 2027. He is 63 years old.
![Photo of Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412668-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Tillis.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Tillis 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 Tillis has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Aug 1, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Thom Tillis sits on the following committees:
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection subcommittee Ranking Member
Economic Policy, Securities, Insurance, and Investment subcommittees -
Senate Committee on Finance
- Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy subcommittee Ranking Member
International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness subcommittees -
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
- Intellectual Property subcommittee Ranking Member
- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Enacted Legislation
Tillis was the primary sponsor of 13 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 169 (117th): ARTS Act
- S. 1877 (117th): Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act
- S. 3176 (117th): Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2021
- S. 1340 (117th): A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina.
- S. 4479 (116th): A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to change the treatment of certain rental obligations during bankruptcy.
- S. 3449 (116th): TM Act of 2020
- S. 3110 (116th): Identifying Barriers and Best Practices Study Act of 2019
Does 13 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
Tillis sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (19%) Immigration (18%) Commerce (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Health (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (10%) International Affairs (9%) Law (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Tillis recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 4741: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide …
- S. 4740: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude debt …
- S. 4593: No More Political Prosecutions Act of 2024
- S. 4389: Renewable Natural Gas Incentive Act of 2024
- S. 4330: ROCR Value Based Program Act of 2024
- S. 4302: No HAMAS Act
- S. 4258: Protect and Serve Act of 2024
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2015 to Aug 2024, Tillis missed 198 of 3,340 roll call votes, which is 5.9%. This is much worse than 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.
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
- available Senate office of Thom Tillis for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills