Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (104th–105th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 700 To remove the restriction on the distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla…Oct 30, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-308.
- H.R. 2448 Protection From Personal Intrusion ActMay 21, 1998 · Committee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 2882 Fairness and Voluntary Arbitration Act of 1998Nov 18, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
- H.R. 1621 Copyright Term Extension Act of 1997May 29, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
- H.R. 1542 Trade and Professional Association Free Flow of Information Act of 1997May 7, 1997 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1170 (104th) To provide that cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed by State referendum be heard by a 3-judge court.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3640 (104th) Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Claims Settlement ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3804 (104th) To remove the restriction on the distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1232 (105th) Imported Produce Labeling Act of 1997102 cosponsors
- H.R. 1170 (105th) State Initiative Fairness Act41 cosponsors
- H.R. 2602 (104th) Imported Food Labeling Act of 199520 cosponsors
- H.R. 2495 (104th) To expand the authority of the Secretary of Defense to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense to support law enforcement activities.11 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bono has won
Rep. Bono has won 2 U.S. House elections (1994–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 17.6 to 19.2 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 105th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.