Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Scott R. Tipton
Scott Tipton was a Republican U.S. representative from Colorado, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 90% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 6 bills that became law (113th–116th 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
- NayOn 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. 1492 Yucca House National Monument Expansion ActJan 13, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 116-329.
- H.R. 4200 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 321 South 1st Street in Montrose, Colorado, as the "Sergeant David Kinterknecht Post…Dec 21, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-236.
- H.R. 8792 Transparency in Campaign Text Message ActNov 19, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- H.R. 6294 Improving Emergency Disease Response via Housing Act of 2020Sep 22, 2020 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- H.R. 7189 Operation Overlord Study Abroad Program Act of 2020Jun 26, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy and the Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 678 (113th) Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs ActBecame law
- H.R. 6216 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3025 Woodgate Road in Montrose, Colorado, as the "Sergeant David Kinterknecht Post…Became law
- H.R. 6217 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 241 N 4th Street in Grand Junction, Colorado, as the "Deputy Sheriff Derek Geer Post…Became law
- H.R. 698 (115th) Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act of 2017Became law
- H.R. 1116 (115th) TAILOR Act of 2017Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1457 (115th) MOBILE Act of 2017Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1553 (114th) Small Bank Exam Cycle Reform Act of 2015Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3189 (113th) Water Rights Protection ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Tipton has won
Rep. Tipton has won 5 U.S. House elections (2010–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.3 to 22.3 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 Colorado’s 3rd district done while Rep. Tipton served?
2012 to 2019 in CO-3: typical household income was up 15% 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 4.9 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 Colorado’s 3rd district during Tipton’s time representing it (2011 to 2021). 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. CO-3 was redrawn in 2012 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, 2012 to 2019 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2021.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 34 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 34 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 31 | See the 31 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th 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.