Former member of Congress · last served 118th Congress
Michelle Steel
Michelle Steel was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 2021, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (117th–118th 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. 8057 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9317 Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, California, as the "Little Saigon Vietnam War…Jan 4, 2025 · Became Public Law No: 118-248.
- H.R. 8643 Foster Youth Mental Health Support ActDec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
- H.R. 8559 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect small businesses from unemployment insurance premium increases by reason of unrepaid State advances.Dec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
- H.R. 7449 Reduce Bureaucracy to Uplift Families ActDec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
- H.R. 7149 EASE Act of 2024Dec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3033 (118th) Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2023Passed a chamber
- H.R. 6033 (118th) SPEAK Act of 2024Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5933 (118th) DETERRENT ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5862 (118th) To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 6474 (118th) To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expedite geothermal exploration and development in previously studied or developed areas.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1843 (118th) Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023Reported from committee
- H.R. 3120 (118th) Healthy Competition for Better Care ActReported from committee
- H.R. 5468 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9317 Bolsa Avenue, in Westminster, California, as the "General Tran Hung Dao Post…51 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Steel has won
Rep. Steel has won 2 U.S. House elections (2020–2022). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.1 to 4.8 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 45th district done while Rep. Steel served?
2023 to 2024 in CA-45: 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 about the same.
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 45th district during Steel’s time representing it (2023 to 2025). 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-45 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Steel’s term so far (2023 and 2024) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
118th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 47 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 47 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 37 | See the 37 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a committee report listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 118th 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.