U.S. Representative — Illinois's 12th District
Mike Bost
Republican · Illinois
Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois's 12th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9237 — Take Care of America’s Veterans Act (Introduced, Jun 10, 2026)
Take Care of America's Veterans Act This bill addresses veterans’ benefits, health care, counseling, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) personnel, VA infrastructure, and the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP). The bill modifies various compensation programs for veterans, including by (1)… - H.R.9214 — TSP Modernization Act (Introduced, Jun 9, 2026)
- H.R.6779 — USDA Loan Modernization Act (Introduced, Dec 17, 2025)
- H.R.6733 — VISN Reform Act of 2025 (Introduced, Dec 16, 2025)
- H.R.6710 — Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act (Introduced, Dec 15, 2025)
- H.R.4633 — USPS Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4585 — Agricultural and Rural Road Improvement Program Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2025)
- H.R.4217 — VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act (Introduced, Jun 27, 2025)
Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act or the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to install and operate an on-site regulated medical…
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 No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.7678 — Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.2089 — Generating Retirement Ownership through Long-Term Holding (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.5519 — Welles Remy Crowther Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.1262 — Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4673 — Save Our Bacon Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4689 — To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Bloomington, Illinois, as the "Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic". (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.465 — Old Glory Only Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)
- H.R.431 — Pony Up Act (Introduced, Jan 15, 2025)
Voting analysis
Mike Bost chairs the Veterans' Affairs Committee, and defence and national security outnumber the next four subjects on his list taken together. On this measure the job and the paperwork agree completely, which is less common than you would think.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Mike Bost's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (21), Government Operations and Politics (8), Public Lands and Natural Resources (3), Transportation and Public Works (3), Agriculture and Food (2), Environmental Protection (2).
Postal, roads, retirement, loans
The five bills listed below are mostly not about veterans. A postal service measure, an improvement programme for agricultural and rural roads, modernisation of the federal employees' retirement savings plan, and an update to agriculture department lending. Only one — a care measure for veterans — sits under his gavel.
The pattern is worth naming because it recurs across this site. Chairing a committee shapes what a member spends time on, not necessarily what they introduce. The bills a chairman files are often the ones no other committee will take.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 46 currently sit at Introduced.
Where he broke ranks
Six amendment votes and a rotorcraft safety measure he supported. One of the amendments carried; the rest, and the rotorcraft bill, did not. No completed legislation appears among his departures at all.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 276 | Jul 22, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 258 | Jul 21, 2026 | Agreed to | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.8469 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 174 | May 15, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 151 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| S.2503 ROTOR Act On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 72 | Feb 24, 2026 | Failed | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7148 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 44 | Jan 22, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
| H.R.7148 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 43 | Jan 22, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
Below the Illinois Republicans
Illinois returns three Republicans to the House. Bost breaks with the conference less than they do collectively.
Among the 3 Republicans in the Illinois delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 5.4%. Mike Bost is below that average at 3.3%.
Tenure and attendance
Six terms, beginning in the middle of the last decade, place him in the veteran band. Only a thin slice of the roll calls happen without him.
First elected in 2015, now serving across 6 terms. Mike Bost falls in the veteran cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Mike Bost has 140 bills sponsored, 1666 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Agriculture
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Chair)
- House Committee on Agriculture: General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Highways and Transit
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Water Resources and Environment
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