Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Stephen Knight

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · CaliforniaHouse 2015–2019 (CA-25)

Stephen Knight was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 2015, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (114th–115th Congress).

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44Bills & resolutions sponsored114th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

13Passed a chamberof 40 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

5Became law5 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 114th–115th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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. 1162 No Hero Left Untreated Act
Dec 21, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-339.
H.R. 6330 Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018
Dec 17, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-324.
H.R. 6599 To modify the application of temporary limited appointment regulations to the National Park Service, and for other purposes.
Dec 12, 2018 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-535.
H.R. 4254 Women in Aerospace Education Act
Dec 11, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-303.
H.R. 2156 Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act
Nov 14, 2018 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 647.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 2333 (115th) Small Business Investment Opportunity Act of 2017
Became law
H.R. 3210 (115th) SECRET Act of 2018
Became law
H.R. 5600 (114th) No Hero Left Untreated Act
Passed a chamber
H.R. 5638 (114th) Solar Fuels Innovation Act
Passed a chamber
H.R. 4376 (115th) Department of Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2018
Passed a chamber
H.R. 2763 (115th) Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017
Passed a chamber

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Knight has won

Rep. Knight has won 2 U.S. House elections (2014–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.3 to 6.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won2 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 6.3 points2016, CA-25

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 2 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, California’s 25th districtWinners, most recent three: Katie Hill (D) 2018 → Mike Garcia (R) 2020 → Raul Ruiz (D) 2022–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 25th district done while Rep. Knight served?

2015 to 2018 in CA-25: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.8 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

CA-25: $100.6K in 2015 → $103.1K in 2018

CA-25 about the sameCalifornia up 10%U.S. up 5%

Share of people below the poverty line

CA-25: 12.3% in 2015 → 12.8% in 2018

CA-25 about the sameCalifornia down 2.5 pointsU.S. down 1.6 points

Share of workers looking for a job

CA-25: 7.4% in 2015 → 5.6% in 2018

CA-25 down 1.8 pointsCalifornia down 1.8 pointsU.S. down 1.4 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 25th district during Knight’s time representing it (2015 to 2019). 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-25 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Knight’s term so far (2015 to 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 30 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	30	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	27	See the 27 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	9	See the 9 →
With a committee report listed	9	See the 9 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.