Rep. Val Demings
Former Representative for Florida’s 10th District
pronounced val // DEH-mingz
Demings was the representative for Florida’s 10th congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 2017 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Val Demings [D-FL10, 2017-2022]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412696-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Demings.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Demings is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2022 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 sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 27, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Demings was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 5615 (117th): Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Act
- H.R. 5062 (116th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9930 Conroy Windermere Road in Windermere, Florida, as the “Officer Robert German Post Office Building”.
- H.R. 6591 (115th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 501 South Kirkman Road in Orlando, Florida, as the “Napoleon ‘Nap’ Ford Post Office Building”.
Does 3 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Demings sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Crime and Law Enforcement (24%) Government Operations and Politics (21%) Emergency Management (21%) Science, Technology, Communications (10%) International Affairs (10%) Housing and Community Development (7%) Taxation (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Demings recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9147 (117th): Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2022
- H.R. 8610 (117th): Health Security and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act
- H.R. 8075 (117th): Internet Freedom Rapid Response Act of 2022
- H.R. 7550 (117th): Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust Act
- H.R. 6768 (117th): To amend the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of …
- H.R. 5768 (117th): VICTIM Act of 2022
- H.R. 5615 (117th): Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Dec 2022, Demings missed 25 of 3,162 roll call votes, which is 0.8%. This is better than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2022. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
- Office of Val Demings for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
