Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Al Lawson, Jr.
Al Lawson was a Democratic U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 2017, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (115th–117th 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.Res. 944 Honoring the life and courage of Claudette Colvin.Nov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- H.R. 2324 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2800 South Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the "D. Edwina Stephens Post…Jun 23, 2022 · Became Public Law No: 117-153.
- H.R. 8182 James Weldon Johnson Commemorative Coin ActJun 22, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 6814 Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection ActJun 22, 2022 · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 24.
- H.R. 7919 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to permit certain credit repair organizations to dispute credit information directly with a furnisher, and for other…May 31, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3638 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Kings Road in Jacksonville, Florida, as the "Rutledge Pearson Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 5005 (115th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the birthplace of…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 6367 (115th) Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 4771 (117th) To designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 111 North Adams Street in Tallahassee, Florida, as the "Joseph Woodrow Hatchett…Reported from committee
- H.R. 3614 (116th) Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions ActReported from committee
- H.R. 5013 (116th) Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection ActReported from committee
- H.R. 5287 (116th) Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practices ActReported from committee
- H.R. 5819 (117th) Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act90 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Lawson, has won
Rep. Lawson, has won 3 U.S. House elections (2016–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 28.5 to 33.6 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 Florida’s 5th district done while Rep. Lawson served?
2017 to 2021 in FL-5: 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 2.1 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 Florida’s 5th district during Lawson’s time representing it (2017 to 2023). 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. FL-5 was redrawn in 2012, 2016 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, 2017 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2017 to 2023.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 18 | See the 18 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th 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.