Pramila Jayapal, D-WA

Pramila Jayapal is a Democratic Representative from Washington's House District 7.

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Sponsored Legislation:

The list below shows the pieces of legislation (including bills, resolutions, and amendments) that this legislator has sponsored. Not all pieces of legislation have been brought for a roll call vote.

• hr6646-119 - To promote transparency and accountability in covered digital labor platform work, and for other purposes. (aka Empowering App-Based Workers Act)
• hr9432-119 - To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and an Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (Public Law 119-21) to provide certain benefits to noncitizens, and for other purposes. (aka LIFT the BAR Act)
• hr5234-119 - To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a program for the procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables to provide healthier school meals, and for other purposes. (aka Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2025)
• hr8975-119 - To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population. (aka All Students Count Act of 2026)
• hr8103-119 - To prohibit the use of funds to use military force in or against Cuba, and for other purposes.
• hr3971-119 - To enhance the rights of domestic employees, and for other purposes. (aka Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act)
• hr2851-119 - To extend immigration benefits to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and other gender-based violence, and for other purposes. (aka WISE Act)
• hres741-119 - Acknowledging that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, individuals experienced hate and were targeted by the government on account of their faith, race, national origin and immigration status, and suggesting various forms of relief to support those affected.
• hr3543-119 - To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for All Amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for All. (aka College for All Act of 2025)
• hres473-119 - Calling for the urgent delivery and disbursement of humanitarian aid to address the needs of civilians in Gaza.
• hr2129-119 - To repeal the Alien Registration Act of 1940. (aka No Round Up Act)
• hr6145-119 - To amend title 5, United States Code, to require disclosure of conflicts of interest with respect to rulemaking, and for other purposes. (aka EXPERTS Act of 2025)
• hr8085-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on the net value of assets of a taxpayer, and for other purposes. (aka Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2026)
• hr4456-119 - To provide that no Federal funds made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be used, in carrying out any civil immigration enforcement activities under the immigration laws, to detain United States citizens or transport such citizens outside the United States, and for other purposes. (aka Stop ICE from Kidnapping U.S. Citizens Act)
• hr6397-119 - To provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes. (aka Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act)
• hr4457-119 - To address root causes of homelessness, meet the needs of community members experiencing harms from homelessness, transition communities towards providing housing for all, end penalization of homelessness, and ensure full democratic participation and inclusion of persons experiencing homelessness, and for other purposes. (aka Housing Is a Human Right Act of 2025)
• hr9581-119 - To establish a pilot program in the Department of Agriculture providing certain households with a monthly payment to purchase produce, to study the effect of such payments, and for other purposes. (aka Fresh Bucks for Fresh Produce Act)
• hr944-119 - To clarify the rights of certain persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (aka Access to Counsel Act)
• hr7363-119 - To limit the Department of Homeland Security's use of facial recognition. (aka ICE Out of Our Faces Act)
• hr4182-119 - To prohibit the criminalization of homelessness on Federal public lands. (aka Housing not Handcuffs Act of 2025)
• hr9959-119 - To establish a Green New Deal for public schools. (aka Green New Deal for Public Schools Act)
• hjres69-119 - Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
• hjres68-119 - Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
• hjres54-119 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights protected and extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.
• hjres83-119 - Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
• hjres84-119 - Providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to Israel of certain defense articles and services.
• hconres89-119 - Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
• hres740-119 - Congratulating Seattle Sounders FC on becoming the first Major League Soccer team to win all 5 major North American soccer trophies.
• hres899-119 - Supporting the goals and principles of Transgender Day of Remembrance by recognizing the epidemic of violence toward transgender people and memorializing the lives lost this year.
• hres1058-119 - Recognizing that it is the duty of the Federal Government to develop and implement a Transgender Bill of Rights to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary people under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.
• hres328-119 - Expressing support for the staff of public, school, academic, and special libraries in the United States and the essential services those libraries provide to communities, recognizing the need for funding commensurate with the broad scope of social service and community supports provided by libraries, preserving the right of all citizens of the United States to freely access information and resources in their communities, supporting a strong union voice for library workers, and defending the civil rights of library staff.
• hres1179-119 - Condemning attacks on civilians in Sudan and calling for an end to external support to the warring parties and for efforts to promote a negotiated settlement of the war.
• hres1178-119 - Commemorating the 5-year remembrance of the April 15, 2021, mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, and denouncing all forms of anti-Asian hate, including the resurgence of xenophobic and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
• hres1212-119 - Expressing support for the staff of public, school, academic, and special libraries in the United States and the essential services those libraries provide to communities, recognizing the need for funding commensurate with the broad scope of social service and community supports provided by libraries, preserving the right of all citizens of the United States to freely access information and resources in their communities, supporting a strong union voice for library workers, and defending the civil rights of library staff.
• hres445-119 - Supporting the goals and ideals of the month of May as Sex Ed For All Month: Equity and Access for All.
• hr4104-119 - To expand access to health insurance coverage for immigrants and their families by removing legal and policy barriers to health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. (aka Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Families Act of 2025)
• hr10209-119 - To provide for green and resilient health care infrastructure, and for other purposes. (aka Granting Resources for Eliminating Emissions Now in Hospitals Act)
• hr9679-119 - To provide a private cause of action for exposure of personally identifiable information of victims or victims' personal or medical files or similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy in releasing documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. (aka Recovery, Enforcement, and Damages to Assure Confidential Treatment Act)
• hr7541-119 - To protect United States workers by creating annual restrictions on the H-2A temporary worker program. (aka U.S. Farmworker Protection Act)
• hr3069-119 - To establish an improved Medicare-for-All national health insurance program. (aka Medicare for All Act)
• hr3290-119 - To designate the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, Washington, as the "National Museum of Pop Culture". (aka National Museum of Pop Culture Act)
• hr9910-119 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enforce certain requirements with respect to for-profit corporations that own health care systems, and for other purposes. (aka Health Over Wealth Act)
• hr9745-119 - To require certain protections for any dependent child whose parent is a detained alien, and for other purposes. (aka Orlin’s Law)
• hr9549-119 - To amend title 10, United States Code, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, and the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 to repeal certain reporting requirements related to unfunded priorities, and for other purposes.
• hr9744-119 - To restore competition in the meatpacking industry by reducing excessive concentration and market power and ultimately reduce prices for American consumers, and for other purposes. (aka Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act)
• hr6751-119 - To repeal Public Law 107-40. (aka Sunset for the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Act)

Vote Summary

The chart below shows all the votes cast by this legislator. The bars are color-coded by party. Red bars indicate votes cast in support of Republican-sponsored legislation or against Democrat-sponsored legislation; blue bars indicate the opposite.

See the about page for the methodology we use to determine what is and is not a party-line vote.