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U.S. Representative — Connecticut's 5th District

Jahana Hayes

Democrat · Connecticut

Democrat U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 5th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9957 — Time for Completion Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9958 — To amend the Head Start Act to expand and improve participation in Head Start programs, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9467 — Green Ribbon Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 25, 2026)
  • H.R.9431 — Fair Telehealth Billing Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
  • H.R.9245 — Beginning Educator Mentorship and Retention Act (Introduced, Jun 10, 2026)
  • H.R.8928 — Scratch Cooked Meals for Students Act (Introduced, May 20, 2026)
  • H.R.8815 — Teacher Debt Relief Act (Introduced, May 14, 2026)
  • H.R.8333 — YouthBuild for the Future Act (Introduced, Apr 16, 2026)

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.3513 — Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9877 — To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.4395 — Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9835 — Congressional Oversight and Agency Access Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9817 — To end the shackling of pregnant individuals, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
  • H.R.7230 — Buying American Cotton Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.8868 — Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 15, 2026)

Voting analysis

Agriculture tops Jahana Hayes's classified subjects and four of her five named filings are about schools. That looks like a contradiction and is not one. She leads the minority on the agriculture subcommittee covering nutrition, and in the American committee system school meals and food assistance are agriculture policy. A bill about feeding children gets filed with the farm committee and counted under farming.

It is one of the clearer places where this site's own categories mislead. The subject label describes which committee owns a bill, not what the bill is about, and for nutrition programmes those two things have been separated for decades.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Jahana Hayes's cluster into: Agriculture and Food (18), Education (14), Labor and Employment (4), Armed Forces and National Security (3), Health (3), Crime and Law Enforcement (2).

The education four

An expansion of a preschool programme. Teacher debt relief. A youth building measure. And a department of education protection act — a bill whose premise is that the department needs defending, which tells you something about the moment it was written in. The fifth concerns time for completion.

132
Bills sponsored
2884
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.

Where she broke ranks

Four departures, evenly divided. Two crossings: a war powers resolution that failed, and a fuel retailing bill that passed. Two refusals: a daylight saving measure and a surveillance extension, both of which passed.

1.9%
Votes against the Democrat majority
213
Roll calls where a party majority formed
172 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 4 roll calls where Jahana Hayes voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.139
Sunshine Protection Act
On Passage · roll call 238		Jul 14, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.Con.Res.84
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 201		Jun 4, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
S.4465
To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 155		Apr 30, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Below the Connecticut Democrats

Connecticut's five House Democrats keep a higher shared figure than hers.

Among the 5 Democrats in the Connecticut delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.2%. Jahana Hayes is below that average at 1.9%.

Tenure and attendance

She is in her fourth term, having arrived as the last decade ended, with a modest number of absences.

First elected in 2019, now serving across 4 terms. Jahana Hayes falls in the mid cohort.

3.2%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
7
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Jahana Hayes has 132 bills sponsored, 2884 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Agriculture
  • House Committee on Education and Workforce
  • House Committee on Agriculture: Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
  • House Committee on Agriculture: Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture (Ranking Member)
  • House Committee on Education and Workforce: Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
  • House Committee on Education and Workforce: Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

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