Lucy McBath
Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, McBath 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 McBath is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. McBath 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.
McBath votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention, the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar), the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026 and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
On funding the government, McBath 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.
McBath votes No on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; 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. McBath votes to cancel 1 and against cancelling 21, and did not vote on 2. The rules McBath votes to cancel come from: Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1).
McBath votes differently from most House Democrats on 4 of 58 Yes and No votes: 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 an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do and Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention.
McBath did not vote on the law that cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers and the law that cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.
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
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
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 4 laws.
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.
6 excerpts
- Stop Campus Hazing ActSeptember 24, 2025
“H.R. 5646, the Stop Campus Hazing Act combats hazing and dangerous practices towards students on college campuses by ensuring transparency and preventative action.”
- Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024May 19, 2025
“Section 527 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47) explicitly states that the Department of Homeland Security cannot prevent Members of Congress from “entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for the Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise house aliens […]. The law goes on to state that “Nothing in”
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McBath, Scott Urge Trump DOJ to Preserve “America’s Peacemaker”
“CRS was established by Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the scope of its valuable work has been expanded several times via subsequent bipartisan laws, including the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act (Pub. L. 110-334) signed into law by President Bush in 2008. Violence can shatter a community.”
- Federal Prison Oversight ActMay 6, 2025
“Likewise, we must fund the Federal Prison Oversight Act, a bipartisan law that I was proud to lead, which was signed into law last year.? This law will require the Department of Justice’s Inspector General to assess the risk of problems at each BOP facility, to inspect high-risk facilities more frequently, to provide recommendations to fix problems, and to report”
- Federal Prison Oversight ActMay 4, 2025
McBath Named One of the Most Effective Lawmakers in Congress
“During the 118th Congress, McBath championed four legislative proposals into law: the END Child Exploitation Act, the Victims Voices Act, the Federal Prison Oversight Act, and the Stop Campus Hazing Act.”
- Stop Campus Hazing ActMay 4, 2025
McBath Named One of the Most Effective Lawmakers in Congress
“During the 118th Congress, McBath championed four legislative proposals into law: the END Child Exploitation Act, the Victims Voices Act, the Federal Prison Oversight Act, and the Stop Campus Hazing Act.”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 14 spending items this member requested, $21,938,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Sandy Springs | Public Law 119-74 | Backup Emergency 911 Communications CenterDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $3,031,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e GA City of East P Berry Drive S RepairsEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e GA City of South Stormwater ImEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | tate GA City of East P Drinking Wate UpgradesEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,250,000 |
| on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | tate GA City of Fairbu InfrastructurEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| City of Sandy Springs | Public Law 119-74 | Backup Emergency 911 Communications CenterDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $3,031,000 |
| GA | Public Law 119-75 | Austell-Powder Springs Road Intersection Improvement ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | GA | $500,000 |
| GA | Public Law 119-75 | Factory Shoals Pedestrian Bridge Over I-20Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | GA | $2,000,000 |
| GA | Public Law 119-75 | South Cobb Drive/SR 280 Improvement ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | GA | $2,000,000 |
| GA | Public Law 119-75 | Roosevelt Highway Streetscape Phase IIDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | GA | $2,000,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobb County | Public Law 119-75 | South Cobb Transit CenterDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | GA | $1,200,000 |
| City of Mableton | Public Law 119-75 | Mableton Economic Development Project - Acquisition, Remediation, and Blight RemovalDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | GA | $250,000 |
| City of Douglasville | Public Law 119-75 | Fowler Field ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | GA | $250,000 |
| City of Austell | Public Law 119-75 | Austell Recreation Center Development and ConstructionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | GA | $3,150,000 |
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
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Where this comes from
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