Jimmy Panetta
Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Panetta has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.
The tally counts votes on passage. 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law is listed apart.
This record covers laws that passed. Votes on bills that did not become law are not included yet.
The record in plain language
Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Panetta is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Panetta votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Panetta votes Yes on the HALT Fentanyl Act, the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar), the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
On funding the government, Panetta votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and the September 2026 funding extension, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown and the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies.
Panetta votes No on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; and the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Panetta votes to cancel 1 and against cancelling 23. The rules Panetta votes to cancel come from: Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1).
Panetta votes differently from most House Democrats on 3 of 60 Yes and No votes: Yes on the Russia and Iran sanctions law, Yes on the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar) and Yes on the law that cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
Votes on laws that passed
Most recent
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.
Adds College Station, Texas, and El Centro, California, to the places where federal court can sit.
Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.
Most recent No votes
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.
What this member says about laws and orders
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases. Together they name 1 law and 1 executive order.
From the official record
Statements from the official record: Not checked yet. A statement appears here after a person reviews our account of the law or order it is about.
From this member’s press releases
From a secondary sourceThese are excerpts from press releases on this member’s official website that name a law or an executive order. We save a copy of each one.
5 excerpts
- Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal ElectionsSeptember 11, 2026
Rep. Panetta Joins Nearly 100 Lawmakers in Demanding USPS Halt Mail Ballot Rule
“Did USPS continue development of the Federal Ballot Mail Portal or related IT systems at any time while a court order enjoining implementation of Section 3 of Executive Order 14399 was in effect? If so, please provide the specific dates on which that work occurred and the legal rationale for continuing it while the injunction remained in place.”
- Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal ElectionsSeptember 9, 2026
“In the court filing, the amici curiae argue that the President’s Executive Order 14399, “ Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections ,” violates the separation of powers and usurps congressional authorities outlined in Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which gives the states and Congress exclusive authority over election administration.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJune 9, 2026
“Last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act already funded ICE and CBP with an unprecedented $140 billion, which led to rushed, barely vetted recruits and improperly trained agents being pushed into our communities. As ICE and CBP target immigrants well beyond gang members and felons, they continue to create chaos and confusion in many of our communities.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActApril 30, 2026
Rep. Panetta’s Statement on the Vote to Fund DHS
“The purely partisan One Big Beautiful Bill Act that was signed into law last summer injected over $75 billion into ICE and $65 billion into CBP. Since that time, and based on this Administration’s overreaching mass deportation policy driven by Stephen Miller, we’ve seen thousands of untrained ICE and CBP agents sent into communities across our country acting lawlessly, irresponsibly,”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJanuary 15, 2026
“That massive immigration crackdown, along with the current injection of $165 billion in funding for DHS from the purely partisan One Big Beautiful Bill Act is not only growing the ranks of ICE and CBP officers, but also pushing them through a reduced training program of 47 days and pushing them away from the border and into urban and suburban”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 16 spending items this member requested, $16,803,487 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County | Public Law 119-37 | Facility ConstructionRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | CA | $1,000,000 |
| Cambria Community Services District | Public Law 119-37 | Purchase of Fire EngineRural Housing Service · Rural Community Facilities Program | CA | $935,000 |
| City of Scotts Valley | Public Law 119-74 | Public Safety Answering Point Radio Equipment ProjectDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $682,000 |
| City of Scotts Valley | Public Law 119-74 | Public Safety Answering Point Radio Equipment ProjectDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $682,000 |
| CA | Public Law 119-75 | Boulder Creek Complete Streets ImprovementsDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | CA | $850,000 |
| City of Monterey | Public Law 119-75 | Monterey Wharf Critical RepairsDepartment of Transportation · Port Infrastructure Development Program | CA | $1,920,000 |
| City of San Jose | Public Law 119-75 | Yerba Buena Bridge ReconstructionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $2,000,000 |
| City of San Jose | Public Law 119-75 | Guadalupe River Trail Construction and ExpansionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $1,000,000 |
| City of Atascadero | Public Law 119-75 | Atascadero Police Station Improvements ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
| City of Seaside | Public Law 119-75 | San Pablo Bridge ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
Show all 16
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Paso Robles | Public Law 119-75 | Pine Street Affordable HousingDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
| City of San Jose | Public Law 119-75 | Traffic and Road Safety Improvements in South San JoseDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $500,000 |
| City of Capitola | Public Law 119-75 | Capitola Traffic Safety ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $250,000 |
| County of Santa Clara | Public Law 119-75 | Martial Cottle Park Improvements ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $250,000 |
| City of Santa Cruz | Public Law 119-75 | Santa Cruz Wharf Resilience and Rehabilitation ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $3,150,000 |
| San Miguel Community Services District | Public Law 119-86 | San Miguel Community Services District Emergency Operations CenterFEMA · Federal Assistance-EOC | CA | $1,034,487 |
1 row here has the same law, recipient, purpose and amount as another row. The Congressional Record may print one item more than once. The count and the total include each row.
Read from the lists Congress printed for 4 laws. An item requested by several members appears under each of them, so sums across members count such an item more than once. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.
Online ads
No advertiser in the ad libraries we read is tied to this member by an FEC number or an exact name.
Read from Google Ads Transparency Center, its data file of October 6, 2026. Meta Ad Library: Not started. An ad counts when the library last shows it on or after January 3, 2025.
Campaign money
Campaign money:Not checked yet
No campaign money record is saved for this official yet.
Where this comes from
We saved our own copy of each official House vote file listed here before writing this page. A code beside a file is its fingerprint, a short code that changes if the file's contents change.
