Jimmy Panetta, D-CA

Jimmy Panetta is a Democratic Representative from California's House District 19.

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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.

• hr1266-119 - To prohibit certain uses of xylazine, and for other purposes. (aka Combating Illicit Xylazine Act)
• hr2882-119 - To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas leasing of the Central California Planning Area. (aka Central Coast of California Conservation Act of 2025)
• hr2010-119 - To prevent the President of the United States from withdrawing from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (aka NATO Edge Act)
• hr3520-119 - To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the scheduling of tianeptine as a schedule III substance, and for other purposes. (aka Scheduling Tianeptine and Analogues Now to Defend Against Emerging Opioids Act)
• hr7142-119 - To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to extend and permanently authorize the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority, and for other purposes. (aka ACE Agriculture Act)
• hr3175-119 - To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Thomas H. Griffin for acts of valor as a member of the Army during the Vietnam War.
• hr3783-119 - To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for a consistent definition for plant biostimulants. (aka Plant Biostimulant Act of 2025)
• hr6666-119 - To direct the Attorney General to establish a single grant program to make grants to hire prosecutors, and for other purposes. (aka Helping Improve Recruitment and Retention Efforts for Prosecutors Act of 2025)
• hr5442-119 - To build on America's spirit of service to nurture, promote, and expand a culture of service to secure the Nation's future, address critical needs of the Nation, and strengthen the civic fabric of American society. (aka Inspired to Serve Act of 2025)
• hr8706-119 - To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to modify certain programs and projects with respect to energy storage technology, and for other purposes. (aka Better Energy Storage and Safety Act)
• hr7188-119 - To improve housing and environmental health and safety protections for members of the Armed Forces and their families residing in military family housing, and for other purposes. (aka Military Occupancy Living Defense Act)
• hr7143-119 - To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve and reauthorize the pollinator-friendly practices on roadside highways and rights-of-way program, and for other purposes. (aka Roadside Pollinator Program Amendments Act)
• hr3120-119 - To improve the review and effectiveness of the cost of living adjustments to pay and benefits for members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense whose permanent duty station is located in the 19th Congressional District of California, and for other purposes.
• hr5334-119 - An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes. (aka Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026)
• hr8626-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes. (aka Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act)
• hr6587-119 - To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide transportation to and from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities in connection with vocational rehabilitation or counseling. (aka Veterans Earned Transportation Act)
• hr8228-119 - To nullify the Presidential Proclamation relating to Imposing a Temporary Import Surcharge to Address Fundamental International Payments Problems, and for other purposes.
• hr6323-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to penalize improper compliance with certain taxpayer requirements, and for other purposes. (aka Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act)
• hr5555-119 - To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in California as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area, and for other purposes. (aka Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act)
• hr6586-119 - To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to assess the efficacy of providing junior enlisted members of the Armed Forces a monthly coupon for use in procuring food at commissaries.
• hr6324-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for in-service rollovers for individual retirement annuity purchases. (aka Retirement Simplification and Clarity Act)
• hr6588-119 - To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expedite the processing of claims for disability compensation by veterans affected by major disasters. (aka Priority Response for Veterans Impacted by Disasters and Emergencies Act)
• hr10195-119 - To require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy for countering the expansion of al-Qaeda in Mali, and for other purposes. (aka Mali Security Partnership and Counterterrorism Act)
• hr2157-119 - To provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in Kenya, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone.
• hr9322-119 - To require the Secretary of Defense to establish an initiative to bolster defense cooperation with Abraham Accords countries, and for other purposes. (aka Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation Act of 2026)
• hr1389-119 - To secure the rights and dignity of marriage for Disabled Adult Children, and for other purposes. (aka Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act)
• hr6157-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide benefits under the Medicare program for first responders at the age of 57. (aka First Responders’ Care Expansion Act of 2025)
• hr2156-119 - To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish an exception to certain payment limitations in the case of person or legal entity that derives income from agriculture, and for other purposes. (aka Fair Access to Agriculture Disaster Programs Act)
• hr6810-119 - To direct certain heads of Federal agencies to develop a strategy to improve Federal investigations of organized postal theft, and for other purposes. (aka MAIL Theft Act of 2025)
• hr1494-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain marketplace providers as importers for purposes of the excise tax on sporting goods. (aka Sporting Goods Excise Tax Modernization Act)
• hr5208-119 - To amend title 37, United States Code, to exclude the basic allowance for housing from the calculation of gross household income for purposes of the basic needs allowance for eligible members of the Armed Forces.
• hr3990-119 - To provide Medicaid assistance to individuals and families affected by a disaster or emergency, and for other purposes. (aka Disaster Relief Medicaid Act)
• hr4717-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a first-time homebuyer credit, and for other purposes. (aka First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2025)
• hres526-119 - Recognizing the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture in the United States by designating June 15 through June 22, 2025, as "National Pollinator Week".
• hres158-119 - Recognizing three years of Ukraine defending its sovereign territory against the Russian Federation's second unprovoked assault and full-scale invasion.
• hres112-119 - Expressing support for the designation of February 5, 2025, as "National Prosecutors Day".
• hres1388-119 - Recognizing the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture in the United States and expressing support for "National Pollinator Week".
• hr1024-119 - To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan. (aka US-Kazakhstan Trade Modernization Act)
• hr7318-119 - To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to expand the national organic certification cost-share program into a comprehensive organic program, and for other purposes. (aka Opportunities in Organic Act)
• hr6696-119 - To provide for the establishment of a Critical Minerals Security Alliance, and for other purposes. (aka Restoring American Mineral Security Act of 2025)
• hr5281-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish provider directory requirements, and to provide accountability for provider directory accuracy, under Medicare Advantage. (aka REAL Health Providers Act)
• hr7373-119 - To amend the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 to modify the description of interest for purposes of certain distributions of antidumping duties and countervailing duties and to authorize a special distribution of those amounts, and for other purposes. (aka Trade Cheating Restitution Act of 2026)
• hr2459-119 - To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to eliminate the authority to impose certain import surcharges to address balance of payments deficits, and for other purposes. (aka Reclaim Trade Powers Act)
• hr8735-119 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Lower Presidio Historic Park in Monterey, California. (aka American Sovereignty and Monterey Historic Military Site Study Act)
• hr9444-119 - To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide rest and recuperation leave for employees engaged in wildland firefighting, and for other purposes. (aka Support our Firefighters Act)
• hr3989-119 - To retain language proficiency and readiness to support national security goals of the United States. (aka Fluent Forces Act)
• hr3600-119 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the punishment of larceny during natural disasters. (aka Law On Offender Transgressions during Emergencies and Recovery Act of 2025)
• hr4610-119 - To require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy and convene a summit regarding technological and business development in Africa, and for other purposes. (aka BRIDGE Africa Act)
• hr4817-119 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the annual numerical limitation on visas for certain immigrants, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to grant work authorization to certain immigrants with a pending application for nonimmigrant status under such Act, and for other purposes. (aka Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act of 2025)
• hr4288-119 - To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Jose, California, as the "Corporal Patrick D. Tillman VA Clinic".
• hr5382-119 - To improve training requirements for health profession opportunity grant programs and exclude assistance provided by those programs from income tax, and for other purposes. (aka Health CARE Training Act)
• hr4062-119 - To encourage and facilitate efforts by States and other stakeholders to conserve and sustain the western population of monarch butterflies, and for other purposes. (aka MONARCH Act of 2025)
• hr9927-119 - To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to add the emergency watershed program as a covered program for purposes of carrying out the regional conservation partnership program, and for other purposes. (aka Farmers Lifeline to Overcoming Disasters (FLOOD) Act)
• hr1340-119 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence, and for other purposes. (aka More Homes on the Market 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.