U.S. Representative — California's 23rd District
Jay Obernolte
Republican · California
Republican U.S. Representative for California's 23rd congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9925 — To provide for Federal oversight of the development and deployment of frontier artificial intelligence in interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- H.R.9363 — AI Security and Innovation Act (Reported, Jun 18, 2026)
- H.R.9293 — ReCement Act (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)
- H.R.8345 — Economy of the Future Commission Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 16, 2026)
- H.R.8307 — Responder and Recovery Safety in EV Fires Act (Introduced, Apr 15, 2026)
- H.R.8271 — ICU Bed Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 14, 2026)
- H.R.7963 — No Lifeline for the Dead Act (Introduced, Mar 17, 2026)
- H.R.7801 — Cloud LAB Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 4, 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.5470 — Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- H.R.9417 — Artemis II Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
- 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.9889 — PILOT Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- H.R.2168 — BO’s Act (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
- H.R.9811 — Anti-Fraud Fund Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 21, 2026)
- H.R.2048 — Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act (Introduced, May 12, 2026)
Voting analysis
Two of Jay Obernolte's five filings are artificial intelligence bills, and one of them is ambitious: federal oversight of the development and deployment of frontier systems across interstate and foreign commerce. That is a framework proposal rather than a narrow fix — an attempt to establish who supervises the most capable models before the question is settled by default.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 44 currently sit at Introduced.
The second is a security and innovation measure on the same subject. Science and technology top his classified filings by a distance, and he chairs the research and technology subcommittee. The Michigan Democrat who leads the minority on that panel has a page here as well; her filings run to cars and taxes rather than to models.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Jay Obernolte's cluster into: Science, Technology, Communications (18), Health (7), Armed Forces and National Security (4), Crime and Law Enforcement (3), Economics and Public Finance (3), Energy (2).
Battery fires and beds
A third bill concerns responder and recovery safety in electric vehicle fires — a genuinely new hazard, since a battery fire behaves differently from a fuel fire and the people who arrive first were trained on the other kind. A fourth would address intensive care bed capacity, and a fifth proposes a commission on the economy of the future.
Where he broke ranks
Five amendment votes, four failed and one carried. Then one completed bill: higher education access for students from the territories, which he opposed and the House passed. That measure has now shown up as a departure on several Republican pages here, always in the same direction.
| 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.8595 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 242 | Jul 15, 2026 | Failed | No (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 145 | Apr 30, 2026 | Agreed to | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.6472 Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 82 | Mar 4, 2026 | Passed | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7148 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 44 | Jan 22, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
Below the California Republicans
Against the eight Republicans California returns to the House, his figure comes in lower.
Among the 8 Republicans in the California delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 4.1%. Jay Obernolte is below that average at 2.7%.
Tenure and attendance
Three terms since the start of this decade, and he did not miss a roll call.
First elected in 2021, now serving across 3 terms. Jay Obernolte falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Jay Obernolte has 71 bills sponsored, 748 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- House Committee on the Budget
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Communications and Technology
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Health
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Research and Technology (Chair)
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