Grace F. Napolitano

Former Representative for California’s 31st District, 1999–2025 · Democrat

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 12, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

0.28· expected 0.60

Below expectations

Rank 367 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 218 minority-party members

How far Napolitano’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

Introduced 11
Action in committee 7
Action beyond committee 1
Passed chamber 0
Became law 0

11 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 11 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Napolitano’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Napolitano. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

Napolitano in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

95/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 63 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,172 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 63. Lower than 79% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

100/ 100

House D median 98 · Rank 19 of 218

Sided with the Democratic majority on 828 votes that split the parties. Higher than 94% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

14/ 100

Chamber median 16 · −2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 68% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured

−0.45

Democratic middle 80%: -0.52 to -0.24

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Napolitano’s bills that got action in committee or further

All bills

7 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Napolitano’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 5903 To authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to accept funds for activities relating to wastewater treatment and flood control works, and for other purposes.Water Resources Development · Out of committee Nov 26, 2024Substantive240 words Out of committee
H.R. 8444 Mental Health in Schools ActHealth · In committee May 24, 2024Substantive1.1k words In committee
H.R. 4933 Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2023Health · In committee Jul 28, 2023Substantive556 words In committee
H.R. 4884 Mental Health for Latinos Act of 2023Health · In committee Jul 28, 2023Substantive374 words In committee
H.R. 4954 Immigrants’ Mental Health Act of 2023Immigration · In committee Jul 27, 2023Substantive861 words In committee
H.R. 3713 Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2023Health · In committee May 26, 2023Substantive1.2k words In committee
H.R. 695 State and Local General Sales Tax Protection ActTransportation and Public Works · In committee Feb 2, 2023Substantive196 words In committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.