Ayanna Pressley, D-MA

Ayanna Pressley is a Democratic Representative from Massachusetts'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.

• hr2884-119 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for public health research and investment into understanding and eliminating structural racism and police violence. (aka Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2025)
• hr4111-119 - To provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes. (aka Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2025)
• hr5657-119 - To provide back pay to Federal contractors, and for other purposes. (aka Fair Pay for Federal Contractors Act of 2025)
• hr8185-119 - To create a database of eviction information, establish grant programs for eviction prevention and legal aid, and limit use of housing court-related records in consumer reports, and for other purposes. (aka HELP Act of 2026)
• hres895-119 - Expressing support for the designation of November 20, 2025, through December 20, 2025, as "National Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness Month".
• hr9817-119 - To end the shackling of pregnant individuals, and for other purposes. (aka Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act)
• hr9816-119 - To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program for low-income mothers. (aka Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services Act)
• hr9873-119 - To guarantee the right to vote for all citizens regardless of conviction of a criminal offense, and for other purposes. (aka Inclusive Democracy Act of 2026)
• hr8829-119 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve reproductive health care of individuals with disabilities. (aka Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act)
• hr3603-119 - To require Federal law enforcement and prison officials to obtain or provide immediate medical attention to individuals in custody who display medical distress. (aka Andrew Kearse Accountability for Denial of Medical Care Act of 2025)
• hr40-119 - To address the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to study and consider a national apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery, its subsequent de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes. (aka Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act)
• hr9364-119 - To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicare Advantage plans from imposing prior authorization with respect to repairs to complex rehabilitation technology. (aka Facilitating Access to Service and Timely Repairs for Wheelchairs Act)
• hr7804-119 - To direct the Secretary of Labor to perform additional duties, to modernize certain laws regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and for other purposes. (aka Better Labor Statistics Act)
• hr3602-119 - To amend the Revised Statutes to remove the defense of qualified immunity in the case of any action under section 1979, and for other purposes. (aka Ending Qualified Immunity Act)
• hr7046-119 - To amend the Revised Statutes to remove the defense of qualified immunity in the case of any action under section 1979, and for other purposes. (aka Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026)
• hr3412-119 - To suspend and reform the authority under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for the Secretary of Education to carry out an administrative wage garnishment program. (aka Ending Administrative Garnishment Act of 2025)
• hr2739-119 - To divert Federal funding away from supporting the presence of police in schools and toward evidence-based and trauma-informed services that address the needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes, and for other purposes. (aka Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act)
• hr8235-119 - To require certain libraries to maintain a diverse collection of books, and for other purposes. (aka Books Save Lives Act)
• hr5975-119 - To amend the Truth in Lending Act to require that financial institutions, appraisal management companies, appraisers, and other valuation professionals are serving the housing market in a manner that is efficient and consistent for all mortgage loan applicants, borrowers, and communities, and for other purposes; to study the feasibility of creating a national public appraisal database. (aka Appraisal Modernization Act)
• hr8063-119 - To amend the Small Business Act to spur entrepreneurial ecosystems in underserved communities, and for other purposes. (aka SPARK Act)
• hr2738-119 - To reduce exclusionary discipline practices in schools, and for other purposes. (aka Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma Act of 2025)
• hr8588-119 - To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies that furnish consumer reports for tenant screening purposes from providing certain information, to establish duties of users of consumer reports for housing purposes, and for other purposes. (aka Housing FIRST Act)
• hr4719-119 - To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a grant program to support efforts to provide fare-free transit service, and for other purposes. (aka Freedom to Move Act)
• hr8940-119 - To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes. (aka Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act)
• hr4524-119 - To amend titles 5, 31, and 44, United States Code, to improve the equitable provision of services to underserved communities and individuals, to establish an Agency Equity Advisory Team, and for other purposes. (aka Equity in Government Act)
• hres660-119 - Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all.
• hjres80-119 - Establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
• hjres167-119 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F); Deceptive and Unfair Collection of Medical Debt".
• hconres78-119 - Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2026, as "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day".
• hconres18-119 - Expressing support for the recognition of March 10, 2025, as "Abortion Provider Appreciation Day".
• hres453-119 - Designating a day in May 2025, as "Disability Reproductive Equity Day".
• hres965-119 - Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
• hres1088-119 - Recognizing and celebrating the significance of Black history museums and cultural institutions.
• hr8903-119 - To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a renter outreach resource, and for other purposes. (aka Renter Resource Center Act)
• hr7513-119 - To require the global systemically important bank holding companies to provide annual reports to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. (aka Greater Supervision In Banking Act of 2026)
• hr7583-119 - To prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment. (aka BE HEARD in the Workplace Act)
• hr5889-119 - To create a hotline to provide eviction-related assistance. (aka Eviction Helpline Act)
• hr4611-119 - To ensure affordable abortion coverage and care for every person, and for other purposes. (aka EACH Act of 2025)
• hr2957-119 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to support the development and implementation of programs using data analysis to identify and facilitate strategies to improve outcomes for children in geographic areas with a high prevalence of trauma from exposure to adverse childhood experiences, and for other purposes. (aka Services and Trauma-informed Research of Outcomes in Neighborhoods Grants for Support for Children Act of 2025)

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.