Darren Soto
Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Soto 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 Soto is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Soto 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.
Soto votes Yes on 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, Soto 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.
Soto 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; and the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Soto votes to cancel 2 and against cancelling 22. The rules Soto votes to cancel come from: Environmental Protection Agency (1) and Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1).
Soto votes differently from most House Democrats on 5 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), No on the HALT Fentanyl Act, Yes on the law that cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035 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.
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.
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 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
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From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
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Member-requested spending
Congress printed 17 spending items this member requested, $16,512,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osceola Sheriff's Office | Public Law 119-74 | Central Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force EquipmentDOJ · OJP--Byrn e | None printed | $1,000,000 |
| St. Cloud Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | St. Cloud Police's Pedestrian Barricade Safety EquipmentDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,000,000 |
| Orange County Sheriff's Office | Public Law 119-74 | Orange County Policing Equipment and Technology UpgradesDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| Osceola Sheriff's Office | Public Law 119-74 | Central Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force EquipmentDOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $1,000,000 |
| St. Cloud Police Department | Public Law 119-74 | St. Cloud Police's Pedestrian Barricade Safety EquipmentDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,000,000 |
| Orange County Sheriff's Office | Public Law 119-74 | Orange County Policing Equipment and Technology UpgradesDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (d/b/a LYNX) | Public Law 119-75 | LYNX Digital Signage ProgramDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | FL | $250,000 |
| Orange County | Public Law 119-75 | Orange County Green PLACE Environmentally Sensitive Lands Acquisition ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $850,000 |
| Osceola County | Public Law 119-75 | Buenaventura Lakes Stormwater ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $2,000,000 |
| City of Orlando, Florida | Public Law 119-75 | Narcoossee Road and Vista Lake Stormwater ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $2,000,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Kissimmee | Public Law 119-75 | Columbia Avenue Complete Street Improvements and RevitalizationDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $1,200,000 |
| City of Belle Isle | Public Law 119-75 | Belle Isle Floodwater Mitigation ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $850,000 |
| Polk County, Florida | Public Law 119-75 | Poinciana Children and Pedestrian Safety ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $850,000 |
| Tohopekaliga Water Authority | Public Law 119-75 | Poinciana Village Water Main Replacement ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $250,000 |
| Valencia College Osceola Campus | Public Law 119-75 | Valencia College Outdoor Learning ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $500,000 |
| City of Edgewood | Public Law 119-75 | Edgewood Pedestrian and ADA Safety Sidewalk ProjectDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $850,000 |
| Osceola County | Public Law 119-75 | Oakwood Senior Housing ConstructionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | FL | $850,000 |
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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