Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Lois Capps
Lois Capps was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Democrats on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (113th–114th 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. 3218 Designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1221 State Street, Suite 12, Santa Barbara, California, as the "Special Warfare Operator…Dec 16, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-283.
- H.R. 2713 Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2016Nov 15, 2016 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- H.R. 6121 Climate Resiliency, Security, and Source Water Protection ActSep 22, 2016 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 5249 STOP Pain ActMay 20, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3565 California Coastal National Monument Expansion ActMay 12, 2016 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1648 (108th) Carpinteria and Montecito Water Distribution Systems Conveyance Act of 2004Became law
- H.R. 5562 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 801 West Ocean Avenue in Lompoc, California, as the "Federal Correctional Officer…Became law
- H.R. 1014 (110th) HEART for Women ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1032 (111th) HEART for Women ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3658 (108th) Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 2408 (111th) Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act of 2010Passed a chamber
- H.R. 477 (110th) Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1198 (110th) Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2008Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Capps has won
Rep. Capps has won 9 U.S. House elections (1998–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.9 to 36.1 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 24th district done while Rep. Capps served?
2013 to 2016 in CA-24: typical household income was up 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 3.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.9 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 24th district during Capps’s time representing it (2013 to 2017). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. CA-24 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Capps’s term so far (2013 to 2016) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 23 | See the 23 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 114th 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.