Jimmy Panetta
- Previous profession
- Clerk, United States Department of State, 1992; Deputy district attorney, Alameda County, 1996 to 2010; Deputy district attorney, Monterey County, 2010 to 2016
- Military service
- Ordinary seaman, NOAA Ship Rainier, 1992; U.S. Navy Reserve, 2003 to 2011
- First public office
- 2016Elected to the 20th District for the 115th Congress on November 8, 2016
- Years in public office
- 9of 34 years since 1992, the first year the biography gives for any work
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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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.
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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
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.
Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.
Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.
Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.
Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.
Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.
Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.
Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.
Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.
Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.
Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.
Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.
Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.
Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.
Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.
Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.
Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.
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
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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 15 spending items this member requested, $16,121,487 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 |
| 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 |
| City of Paso Robles | Public Law 119-75 | Pine Street Affordable HousingDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
Show all 15
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 list the Congressional Record printed on two days is counted once, from the later printing. A requester is tied to a member only when exactly one member serving in that chamber on that day has the printed name.
Campaign promises
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- Campaign website: jimmypanettaforcongress.com. The Federal Election Commission’s record of JIMMY PANETTA FOR CONGRESS gives this address.Confirmed from the official record
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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 7, 2026. Meta Ad Library: Not started. An ad counts when the library last shows it on or after January 3, 2025.
Campaign money
For the 2026 election cycle, Panetta's campaign reports receiving $2,887,609.62 and reports spending $1,492,690.44, as of June 30, 2026.
Confirmed from the official record| What the filing reports | 2026 cycleFEC number H6CA20152as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H6CA20152as of December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Money raised (total receipts) | $2,887,609.62 | $3,357,555.24 |
| Money spent (total disbursements) | $1,492,690.44 | $1,823,326.52 |
| Cash on hand (at the end of the period) | $5,109,557.79 | $3,714,638.61 |
| Debts (owed by the committee) | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Where it comes from
| Reported as received from | 2026 cycleFEC number H6CA20152as of June 30, 2026 | 2024 cycleFEC number H6CA20152as of December 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals, itemized | $1,209,165.39 | $1,469,319.90 |
| Individuals, unitemized | $88,768.08 | $114,384.53 |
| Other political committees | $1,559,106.80 | $1,770,648.82 |
| Party committees | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, contributions | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| The candidate, loans | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Committees
- JIMMY PANETTA FOR CONGRESS Principal campaign committee · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00592154
- TRIED-AND-TRUE PAC Leadership PAC · 2024 and 2026 · FEC committee C00680132
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