Luz M. Rivas
Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Rivas 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 Rivas is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Rivas 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.
Rivas votes Yes on the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
On funding the government, Rivas 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.
Rivas votes No on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Rivas votes to cancel 0 and against cancelling 24.
Rivas votes differently from most House Democrats on 3 of 60 Yes and No votes: No on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026, No on the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 and No on the HALT Fentanyl Act.
Votes on laws that passed
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.
Lets farmers and ranchers get emergency conservation money up front after a disaster, instead of paying first and waiting for reimbursement.
A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.
Allows phone emergency alerts to be sent when a shark attack happens nearby.
Protects Alaska Native artists' right to make and sell handicrafts from walrus ivory and other marine mammal materials.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
Authorizes a major VA medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri.
Gives certain licensed hydropower projects more time to start construction.
Sets deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process mortgage paperwork for homes and businesses on tribal land.
Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.
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.
Renews the federal programs that set aside research money for small businesses.
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.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.
Renews the Congressional Award program, which recognizes young people for service and achievement.
When the IRS postpones a tax deadline after a disaster, the time allowed to claim a refund is now extended to match.
Requires federal agencies to publish digital maps of the rules for boating and fishing on federal waterways.
Protects 40 acres at the Wounded Knee massacre site as land owned by the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes.
The annual defense policy law.
Restores federal payments to rural counties with national forest land, which pay for schools and roads.
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.
Renews federal programs for preventing and treating opioid addiction and supporting recovery.
Raises the special pension paid to Medal of Honor recipients.
Requires the Justice Department to publish its unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein in a searchable form within 30 days.
Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.
Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for Jocelyn Nungaray.
Lets the IRS push back tax deadlines for people in areas where a governor has declared a disaster, without waiting for a federal declaration.
Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).
Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.
Renames the Salem Maritime site in Massachusetts a National Historical Park and orders a study of expanding its boundary.
Changes the rule that required Alaska Native village corporations to hand land to the State of Alaska to be kept for future cities.
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.
Makes it a federal crime to publish intimate images of a person without consent, including AI-generated ones, and requires online platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a victim's request.
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.
Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
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 5 laws and 2 executive orders.
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.
15 excerpts
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“Executive Order 14160 was signed on January 20, 2025, by President Donald Trump to deny children born in the United States from acquiring U.S. citizenship if the child's parent is in the U.S. On April 1, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States heard Barbara v. Trump. This case is regarding the compliance of President Trump’s Executive Order 14160,”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJune 18, 2026
Congresswoman Luz Rivas Introduces Bill to Support Communities Impacted by ICE Raids
“The Office will be funded by redirecting the $76 billion Republicans provided to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through H.R. 1, the Big Ugly Law.”
- Secure America ActJune 9, 2026
Congresswoman Luz Rivas Votes Against Republicans’ Unprecedented Bill to Fund ICE
“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) voted “NO” on S.2 – Republicans’ spending bill that provides an additional $70 billion to fund the Trump Administration’s cruel and inhumane Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while failing to address the rising cost of living for working families.”
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Congresswoman Luz Rivas’ Statement on Supreme Court’s Hearing on Birthright Citizenship
“This case is regarding the compliance of President Trump’s Executive Order 14160, which restricts birthright citizenship in the United States. Executive Order 14160 was signed on January 20, 2025, by President Donald Trump to deny children born in the United States from acquiring U.S. citizenship if the child's parent is in the U.S.”
- Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026January 23, 2026
Congresswoman Luz Rivas Delivers Over $4 Million for Critical Projects in CA-29
“On January 8, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, by a vote of 397-28. This appropriations package includes three of Congresswoman Rivas’ CPF requests:”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJanuary 8, 2026
“H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Healthcare Cuts”
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- Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026January 8, 2026
“On January 8, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, by a vote of 397-28. This appropriations package includes three of Congresswoman Rivas’ CPF requests:”
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026December 18, 2025
Congresswoman Luz Rivas’ First Bill Signed into Law
“It was included as Sec. 8802 in Title LXXXVIII—OTHER MATTERS within S. 1071, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which passed the House 312-112 on December 10, 2025.”
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026December 10, 2025
Congresswoman Luz Rivas’ Manufacturing Bill Passes House
“It was included as Sec. 8802 in Title LXXXVIII—OTHER MATTERS within S. 1071, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which passed the House 312-112.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActDecember 1, 2025
“Earlier this year, the Senate rejected this same AI moratorium concept on an overwhelming bipartisan 99–1 vote for H.R. 1, the reconciliation bill,” wrote the lawmakers. “That vote sent a clear, bipartisan message: Congress should not freeze state and local AI safeguards, least of all when there are no meaningful federal protections in place.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJuly 1, 2025
“House Republicans included a 10-year moratorium in H.R. 1 that would have prevented states from implementing or establishing laws that regulate, limit, or restrict AI policy.”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJune 5, 2025
Congresswoman Luz Rivas Statement on SUPPORT Act Vote
“The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new analysis showing that 16 million people will lose health coverage from the Republican reconciliation plan, H.R. 1 the “Big Ugly Bill”, including their failure to extend premium tax credits that Americans use to buy affordable health insurance. The Trump Administration has proposed cuts of over $1 billion to SAMHSA, including harm reduction”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActMay 22, 2025
Congresswoman Luz Rivas Votes Against House Republicans’ ‘Big Ugly Bill’
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Luz Rivas (CA-29) released the following statement following House passage of H.R. 1, Republicans’ bill that cuts Medicaid and food assistance to give tax breaks to billionaires:”
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“President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14172, “Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness,” mandating the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, disregarding the name used internationally for centuries and the Gulf’s shared history and importance to Mexico and Cuba.”
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Congresswoman Rivas votes against Republicans’ continuing resolution
“H.R. 1968 – the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act – cuts funding for nondefense programs and services by $15 billion and defense spending by $3 billion.”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 18 spending items this member requested, $18,920,000 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 |
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| California State University, Northridge | Public Law 119-74 | Autodesk Technology Engagement CenterDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,039,000 |
| Los Angeles Valley College | Public Law 119-74 | Los Angeles Valley College Cybersecurity CenterDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,000,000 |
| City of Los Angeles | Public Law 119-74 | The Crisis and Incident Response through Community-led Engagement ProgramDOJ · OJP--Byrn e | None printed | $2,062,000 |
| California State University, Northridge | Public Law 119-74 | Autodesk Technology Engagement CenterDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,039,000 |
| Los Angeles Valley College | Public Law 119-74 | Los Angeles Valley College Cybersecurity CenterDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,000,000 |
| City of Los Angeles | Public Law 119-74 | The Crisis and Incident Response through Community-led Engagement ProgramDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $2,062,000 |
| CA | Public Law 119-75 | City of Los Angeles' Reseda Green and Accessible Medians and Shaded School Routes ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | CA | $250,000 |
| CA | Public Law 119-75 | City of Los Angeles' Colfax Ave. Pedestrian Improvement ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | CA | $250,000 |
| CA | Public Law 119-75 | Sepulveda Basin Pedestrian Safety & Access ImprovementsDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | CA | $850,000 |
| Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (Metro) Regional Bus Stop Enhancement ProgramDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | CA | $2,600,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
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| Los Angeles County Fire Department | Public Law 119-75 | Los Angeles County Fire Department's Pacoima Warehouse RenovationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $968,000 |
| Los Angeles Mission College | Public Law 119-75 | Los Angeles Mission College's Pacoima Center Land Acquisition ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $2,000,000 |
| City of Los Angeles, Council District 7 | Public Law 119-75 | City of Los Angeles's Sylmar Fire Station (FS31)Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
| City of Los Angeles, Council District 6 | Public Law 119-75 | City of Los Angeles's Pacoima Wash Bridges Safety MitigationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
| Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles | Public Law 119-75 | Parthenia Place Computer Lab Renovation and Tech Upgrade ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $750,000 |
| Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles | Public Law 119-75 | Housing Authority of Los Angeles's San Fernando Gardens Housing's Energy Efficiency ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
| City of Los Angeles, Council District 6 | Public Law 119-75 | City of Los Angeles' Wakefield Sidewalk ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $250,000 |
| City of Los Angeles, Council District 6 | Public Law 119-75 | City of Los Angeles' Parthenia Place Median ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $250,000 |
3 rows here have 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.
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