U.S. Representative — California's 48th District
Darrell Issa
Republican · California
Republican U.S. Representative for California's 48th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.J.Res.201 — Designating an official residence for the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (Introduced, Jul 9, 2026)
- H.R.8974 — To authorize the Development Finance Corporation to invest in Venezuela. (Introduced, May 21, 2026)
- H.R.8973 — Sergeant Rafael Peralta Medal of Honor Authorization Act (Introduced, May 21, 2026)
- H.J.Res.186 — Congressional Apportionment Amendment Deadline Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
- H.R.8546 — Pechanga Band of Indians Water Rights Settlement Technical Amendments Act (Introduced, Apr 28, 2026)
- H.R.8483 — Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 23, 2026)
- H.R.8285 — Protecting American Competition Act of 2026 (Reported, Apr 15, 2026)
- H.R.7311 — Lebanon Election Integrity and Diaspora Voting Protection Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 2, 2026)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay 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 Yea 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 Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.9914 — Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9929 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4640 Cass Street in San Diego, California, as the "Mary Wilding Memorial Post Office Building". (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9893 — Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9838 — National Security Interstate Pipeline Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.6164 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 28201 Franklin Parkway in Santa Clarita, California, as the "Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer Post Office Building". (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
- H.R.2501 — Free Speech Fairness Act (Introduced, Apr 27, 2026)
- H.R.7669 — Rejecting the Erasure of Afghan Women and Girls Act (Reported, Apr 22, 2026)
- H.R.8287 — Semiconductor Controls Effectiveness Act of 2026 (Reported, Apr 15, 2026)
Voting analysis
One of Darrell Issa's bills would set a deadline on a constitutional amendment concerning congressional apportionment. You only impose a deadline on something that does not have one, which means the amendment in question is still formally open — sent to the states long ago, never ratified, never closed. The bill would end that.
It is the sort of legislation nobody writes unless they have looked closely at the constitutional plumbing. His Judiciary subcommittee takes in the courts, patents and copyright, machine intelligence and the internet all at once — a jurisdiction assembled from four different centuries of problem.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 41 currently sit at Introduced.
Two bands, two bills
Two more of his filings concern southern California tribes: technical amendments to one band's water rights settlement, and a land transfer for another. Water rights settlements are among the most laborious things Congress does, and the word "technical" in a title usually means someone found a defect years after the fact and it has to be fixed by statute.
The remaining two are a direct hiring authority for wildland firefighters and a firearm safety measure. His sponsored total is among the larger ones counted here.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Darrell Issa's cluster into: International Affairs (7), Law (7), Commerce (5), Taxation (5), Armed Forces and National Security (4), Crime and Law Enforcement (4).
Where he broke ranks
Four amendment votes — one carried, three did not — and a fuel retailing bill he opposed while the House passed it.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 245 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.1346 Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act On Passage · roll call 164 | May 13, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 147 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 146 | Apr 30, 2026 | Agreed to | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7148 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 44 | Jan 22, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
Below the California Republicans
His figure sits under what California's eight House Republicans average.
Among the 8 Republicans in the California delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 4.1%. Darrell Issa is below that average at 2.3%.
Tenure and attendance
Twelve terms opening at the start of this century, with few votes missed.
First elected in 2001, now serving across 12 terms. Darrell Issa falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Darrell Issa has 398 bills sponsored, 2483 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Middle East and North Africa
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Oversight and Intelligence
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Investigations and Oversight
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Research and Technology
- House Committee on the Judiciary: Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet (Chair)
- House Committee on the Judiciary: The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
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