U.S. Representative — Washington's 9th District
Adam Smith
Democrat · Washington
Democrat U.S. Representative for Washington's 9th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9765 — Educators for America Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
- H.R.9766 — Building Community in America Act (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
- H.R.9657 — Protecting American Homes from Hedge Funds Act (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
- H.R.6281 — CHARGE Act of 2025 (Introduced, Nov 21, 2025)
- H.R.5859 — Behavioral Health Crisis Care Centers Act of 2025 (Introduced, Oct 28, 2025)
- H.R.5807 — Empowering Individuals to Succeed Through Education and Workforce Training Act (Introduced, Oct 21, 2025)
- H.R.5806 — Pre-Apprenticeship Wrap-around Support Services Fund Act of 2025 (Introduced, Oct 21, 2025)
- H.R.5785 — Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act of 2025 (Introduced, Oct 17, 2025)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.9250 — Great American Outdoors Act 250 (Reported, Jul 30, 2026)
- H.J.Res.187 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model". (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9944 — TPS Review Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9817 — To end the shackling of pregnant individuals, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
- H.R.3243 — Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
- H.R.8907 — IMPACT to Save Moms Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.8811 — Moms Matter Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
Voting analysis
Adam Smith is ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, and defence does not appear in his five leading classified subjects at all. Not at the top, not in second place, not anywhere on the list. Health leads, then labour, then transportation, then education, then taxation.
This site has turned up several members whose committee post and filing record point in different directions. This is the starkest instance of it so far — the senior Democrat on the committee that writes the defence authorisation, with no defence category surfacing among his most-filed subjects.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Adam Smith's cluster into: Health (12), Labor and Employment (7), Transportation and Public Works (7), Education (5), Taxation (5), Agriculture and Food (3).
What he does file
Teacher preparation. Community building. Behavioural health crisis centres. A charging measure. And a bill to keep hedge funds out of the market for American homes — the only one of the five that names an adversary.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.
Where he broke ranks
Five departures, two of them amendment votes on the same measure. He declined daylight saving and a children's online safety act, both of which passed, and supported cashless bail reporting, which also passed.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.139 Sunshine Protection Act On Passage · roll call 238 | Jul 14, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7757 KIDS Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 228 | Jun 29, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.5625 Cashless Bail Reporting Act On Passage · roll call 171 | May 14, 2026 | Passed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 151 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 144 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
Below the Washington Democrats
Washington's eight House Democrats keep a considerably higher rate as a group than he records alone.
Among the 8 Democrats in the Washington delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 5.9%. Adam Smith is below that average at 2.4%.
Tenure and attendance
Fifteen terms, running back to the late nineteen-nineties. He misses a higher share of votes than most members on this site, though the absolute figure stays modest.
First elected in 1997, now serving across 15 terms. Adam Smith falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Adam Smith has 236 bills sponsored, 5025 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Armed Services (Ranking Member)
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