Rep. Julia Brownley

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2024 Report Card for Brownley.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Brownley is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills legislators have sponsored and cosponsored from Jan. 4, 2021 to Aug. 8, 2025. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Brownley sits on the following committees:

• House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • Health subcommittee Ranking Member
• House Committee on Natural Resources
  Water, Wildlife and Fisheries subcommittees
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  Aviation, Highways and Transit, Water Resources and Environment subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Brownley was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 5659 (117th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1961 North C Street in Oxnard, California, as the “John R. Hatcher III Post Office …
• H.R. 7698 (117th): To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Ventura, California, as the “Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner Outpatient Clinic”.
• H.R. 187 (117th): For the relief of Victoria Galindo Lopez.
• H.R. 4794 (117th): Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act
• H.R. 912 (117th): American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans Mental Health Act
• H.R. 3224 (116th): Deborah Sampson Act
• H.R. 4641 (115th): To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John L. Canley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War while a member of the …

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Does 8 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Brownley sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Armed Forces and National Security (44%) Agriculture and Food (13%) Taxation (11%) Energy (10%) Government Operations and Politics (7%) Transportation and Public Works (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Brownley recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 4876: Reproductive Freedom for Veterans Act
• H.R. 4637: Veterans’ Surviving Spouse Equity Act of 2025
• H.R. 4636: SOIL Act
• H.R. 4485: Climate-Friendly Food Label Task Force Act
• H.R. 4440: Protecting Federal Employee Rights to Personnel Files Act of 2025
• H.R. 4251: Protecting Americans from Reckless Gun Dealers Act of 2025
• H.R. 3948: Offshore Pipeline Safety Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Jul 2025, Brownley missed 109 of 7,150 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absences, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills