Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Brian P. Bilbray
Brian Bilbray was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1995, who voted with most Republicans on 90% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 4 bills that became law (104th–112th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6503 Clean Fuels Innovation Act of 2012Oct 19, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- H.R. 6502 Life-Threatening Diseases Compassion through Combination Therapy Act of 2012Sep 26, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 6288 Patient Choice Act of 2012Aug 3, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.Res. 705 Expressing support for the designation of a "Buy American Week".Jun 29, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
- H.R. 5716 Melanoma Research Act of 2012May 21, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1787 (104th) To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to repeal the saccharin notice requirement.Became law
- H.R. 8 (105th) Border Smog Reduction Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 999 (106th) Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 15 (106th) Otay Mountain Wilderness Act of 1999Became law
- H.R. 1943 (104th) San Diego Coastal Corrections Act of 1995Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2649 (110th) Lake Hodges Surface Water Improvement and Reclamation Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3378 (106th) Tijuana River Valley Estuary and Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 650 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House with respect to the release of findings and recommendations by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bilbray has won
Rep. Bilbray has won 6 U.S. House elections (1994–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.2 to 17.7 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has California’s 50th district done while Rep. Bilbray served?
2005 to 2011 in CA-50: typical household income was down 11% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 6.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 3.7 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in California’s 50th district during Bilbray’s time representing it (2005 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. CA-50 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2005 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 25 | See the 25 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a Congress.gov note | 3 | See the 3 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.