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U.S. Representative — New York's 19th District

Josh Riley

Democrat · New York

Democrat U.S. Representative for New York's 19th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (16 on record)

  • H.R.9875 — Protecting Childcare from Private Equity Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.9655 — FAIR Data Act (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
  • H.R.8350 — No Taxes on Utility Bills Act (Introduced, Apr 16, 2026)
  • H.R.7949 — NSF Plant Biology Act (Introduced, Mar 16, 2026)
  • H.R.7149 — Veteran Housing Promise Act (Introduced, Jan 20, 2026)
  • H.R.6969 — Rural Investment for Producers and the Environment (RIPE) Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jan 7, 2026)
  • H.R.6590 — No Bonuses for Utility Executives Act (Introduced, Dec 10, 2025)
  • H.R.6366 — Boosting the Rural STEM Pipeline Act (Introduced, Dec 2, 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.8553 — POPCaP Authorization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • H.R.9905 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 John Street in New York, New York, as the "Jack Greenberg Post Office". (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9874 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.1589 — American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.4583 — Living Donor Protection Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.8982 — Assuring the Future of Tibet Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • H.R.4582 — To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to clarify that organ donation surgery qualifies as a serious health condition. (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)

Voting analysis

Josh Riley voted for the farm bill when his caucus voted against it. Its sponsor is the Pennsylvania Republican who chairs the Agriculture Committee, and his page is on this site too. Agriculture also tops Riley's own classified subjects — so the crossing is not a stray vote but the same interest showing up in both halves of the record.

9.1%
Votes against the Democrat majority
220
Roll calls where a party majority formed
11 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Josh Riley's cluster into: Agriculture and Food (5), Energy (4), Science, Technology, Communications (3), Armed Forces and National Security (1), Finance and Financial Sector (1), Social Welfare (1).

Who is allowed to own the thing

One of his filings would protect childcare from private equity ownership. It belongs to a family of bills appearing repeatedly across this site — restrictions on who may buy a particular kind of asset, rather than subsidies for the people being outbid. Others on these pages aim the same argument at farmland and at housing. Here the asset is a nursery.

16
Bills sponsored
390
Bills cosponsored

Of all 16, 16 currently sit at Introduced.

The rest of a short list covers price gouging, taxes on utility bills, data fairness, and plant biology research. His filed total is among the smallest here, which one term explains.

The other departures

Almost all are yeses his caucus withheld, on measures that passed. Fraud prevention and accountability. A resolution against people who defraud the federal government. A bill ending aid paid out for students who were never really enrolled. Cashless bail reporting, a violent offenders measure, a resolution backing police, and the fuel retailing act. One refusal, on daylight saving, and one amendment vote.

The 10 most recent of 20 roll calls where Josh Riley voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.8595
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 243		Jul 15, 2026FailedNo (party: Yea)
H.R.139
Sunshine Protection Act
On Passage · roll call 238		Jul 14, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.Res.1335
Condemning actors seeking to defraud the U.S. Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that government-wide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the U.S., and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 222		Jun 11, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.8312
Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act
On Passage · roll call 218		Jun 10, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.7892
No Aid for Ghost Students Act
On Passage · roll call 217		Jun 10, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.5625
Cashless Bail Reporting Act
On Passage · roll call 171		May 14, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.6260
Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act
On Passage · roll call 169		May 14, 2026PassedAye (party: Nay)
H.Con.Res.96
Expressing support for law enforcement officers
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 165		May 13, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.7567
Farm, Food, and National Security Act
On Passage · roll call 154		Apr 30, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)

Above the New York Democrats

His rate is far above the state Democratic group's average. He holds no committee leadership post.

Among the 19 Democrats in the New York delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 4.1%. Josh Riley is above that average at 9.1%.

Tenure and attendance

First term, and not one roll call missed.

First elected in 2025, now serving across 1 terms. Josh Riley falls in the freshman cohort.

0.0%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
0
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Josh Riley has 16 bills sponsored, 390 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Agriculture
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • House Committee on Agriculture: Forestry and Horticulture
  • House Committee on Agriculture: Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Energy

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