John H. Rutherford
- Previous profession
- Law enforcement officer, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
- First public office
- 2003Sheriff, Duval County, 2003 to 2015
- Years in public office
- 21
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, Rutherford 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 Rutherford is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Rutherford votes Yes 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.
Rutherford votes Yes 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 Epstein Files Transparency Act; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
On funding the government, Rutherford votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown, the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies and the September 2026 funding extension.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Rutherford votes to cancel 20 and against cancelling 0, and did not vote on 4. The rules Rutherford votes to cancel come from: Environmental Protection Agency (5), Interior: Bureau of Land Management (4), Energy (4), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2), District of Columbia government (1), Treasury: Comptroller of the Currency (1), Interior: National Park Service (1), Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).
Rutherford votes the same way as most House Republicans on all 53 of these Yes and No votes.
Rutherford did not vote on the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act; the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; the law that cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the law that cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area; the law that cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; and the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act, and 1 more in the list below.
Votes on laws that passed
Requires the federal prison system to act on sexual harassment and assault of its staff by incarcerated people.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.
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 that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for Jocelyn Nungaray.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
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 2 laws and 2 executive orders.
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.
4 excerpts
- Restoring American Saltwater Angling and RecreationOctober 1, 2026
Rutherford Statement on President Trump’s Recreational Fishing Executive Order
“WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Congressman John H. Rutherford (FL-05) released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14430, Restoring American Saltwater Angling and Recreation:”
- Restoring American Seafood CompetitivenessNovember 14, 2025
Rutherford Leads Bicameral Letter on State Management of South Atlantic Red Snapper
“The South Atlantic states’ EFP requests align with President Trump’s April 2025 Executive Order on Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness, which directs the Department of Commerce and NOAA to expand the use of EFPs and modernize data collection so that fishery management decisions can respond to real-time conditions. Under these requested EFPs, states will develop and test reliable data collection programs”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActJuly 3, 2025
Rutherford Statement on House Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill
“WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, U.S. Congressman John H. Rutherford (FL-05) released the following statement on the House passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act:”
- Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025March 11, 2025
Rutherford Releases Statement on Full-Year CR
“WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, member of the House Appropriations Committee, U.S. Congressman John H. Rutherford (FL-05), released the following statement on the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025:”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 12 spending items this member requested, $75,135,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Development Center: Design | Public Law 119-37 | Child Development Center: DesignNavy and Marine Corps | None printed | $4,575,000 |
| Communicatio ns Infrastructu re: INC | Public Law 119-37 | Communicatio ns Infrastructu re: INCNavy and Marine Corps | None printed | $45,425,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e FL City of St. Au for Stormwate Outfall ResilEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $800,000 |
| University of North Florida | Public Law 119-74 | University of North Florida Student-Run Security Operations Research CenterDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $2,000,000 |
| City of Neptune Beach | Public Law 119-74 | City of Neptune Beach Dune Walkover Rehabilitation ProjectDOC · NOAA--CZM | None printed | $1,600,000 |
| City of Atlantic Beach | Public Law 119-74 | City of Atlantic Beach Dune Walkover Rehabilitation ProjectDOC · NOAA--CZM | None printed | $1,080,000 |
| Pace Center for Girls, Inc. | Public Law 119-74 | Security and Safety Equipment for the Pace Center for Girls in Jacksonville, FL, a Juvenile Justice Prevention and Early Intervention ProgramDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $300,000 |
| City of Jacksonville | Public Law 119-74 | City of Jacksonville Marked Patrol VehiclesDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $4,200,000 |
| St. Augustine Airport Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Northeast Florida Regional Airport Access Road Expansion Project (SGJ)Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | FL | $9,650,000 |
| Jacksonville Transportation Authority | Public Law 119-75 | JTA Autonomous Transit DeploymentDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | FL | $4,096,000 |
Show all 12
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Jacksonville Beach | Public Law 119-75 | 13th Avenue South Access ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $875,000 |
| Kids Hope Alliance | Public Law 119-75 | Youth Crisis Center Youth Multi-Purpose Recreation CenterDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $534,000 |
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.
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