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U.S. Representative — California's 18th District

Zoe Lofgren

Democrat · California

Democrat U.S. Representative for California's 18th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9439 — Voluntary Consumer AI Disclosure Pilot Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
  • H.R.9334 — Workforce for AI Trust Act (Reported, Jun 18, 2026)
  • H.R.9259 — Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)
  • H.R.8111 — Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act (Introduced, Mar 26, 2026)
  • H.J.Res.154 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate. (Introduced, Mar 26, 2026)
  • H.R.8014 — Online Privacy Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 19, 2026)
  • H.R.7836 — Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 5, 2026)
  • H.R.6870 — GRACE Act (Introduced, Dec 18, 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.2911 — Accounting STEM Pursuit Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • H.R.8592 — No WAR Act (Introduced, Jul 30, 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.9417 — Artemis II Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.8644 — Stop Subsidizing Private Jets of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9902 — Federal Naming Standards Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9944 — TPS Review Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.718 — Public Lands in Public Hands Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)

Voting analysis

Zoe Lofgren is ranking member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee, and immigration is what she legislates on. It leads her classified subjects at roughly twice the count of science, which sits second. Sixteen terms of filing have produced a record whose centre of gravity is nowhere near her committee.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Zoe Lofgren's cluster into: Immigration (17), Science, Technology, Communications (8), Government Operations and Politics (6), Commerce (2), Education (2), Emergency Management (2).

A statute from the nineteen-twenties

The first bill on her list would renew provisions of an immigration act passed in the nineteen-twenties. Legislation that old survives in force through periodic renewal of specific sections, and a bill to renew them is a maintenance act on a nearly century-old piece of law. A separate filing would guarantee children a hearing in immigration court.

374
Bills sponsored
8440
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 47 currently sit at Introduced.

The science post does surface, though: two of the five concern artificial intelligence — a voluntary consumer disclosure pilot, and a workforce trust measure. The last is a bankruptcy venue reform, which is about where a company gets to file rather than what it owes.

Where she broke ranks

Two amendment votes. A daylight saving measure and the year's spending package that she voted against and her caucus voted for, both of which passed. And a bill on American property held abroad that she supported and her caucus did not.

2.3%
Votes against the Democrat majority
217
Roll calls where a party majority formed
151 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 5 roll calls where Zoe Lofgren 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.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 151
Apr 30, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.7567
On Agreeing to the Amendment
roll call 144
Apr 30, 2026FailedAye (party: Nay)
H.R.7084
Defending American Property Abroad Act
On Passage · roll call 105
Mar 27, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.7148
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
On Passage · roll call 45
Jan 22, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Below the California Democrats

Her rate is smaller than the California Democratic group's average.

Among the 42 Democrats in the California delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.7%. Zoe Lofgren is below that average at 2.3%.

Tenure and attendance

Sixteen terms reaching back to the middle of the nineteen-nineties, and her sponsored total is among the larger ones anywhere here. She is present for nearly everything.

First elected in 1995, now serving across 16 terms. Zoe Lofgren falls in the veteran cohort.

0.9%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
2
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Zoe Lofgren has 374 bills sponsored, 8440 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (Ranking Member)
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
  • House Committee on the Judiciary: Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
  • House Committee on the Judiciary: Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
  • House Committee on the Judiciary: The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust

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