Rep. Alan Lowenthal
Former Representative for California’s 47th District
pronounced AL-un // LOH-wun-thawl
Lowenthal was the representative for California’s 47th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 2013 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA47, 2013-2022]](https://www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/412521-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Lowenthal.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Lowenthal 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
Lowenthal was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 872 (116th): WILD Act
- H.R. 6323 (114th): To name the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system in Long Beach, California, the “Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center”.
Does 2 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
Lowenthal sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
International Affairs (37%) Environmental Protection (13%) Animals (13%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (13%) Immigration (9%) Transportation and Public Works (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Lowenthal recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9477 (117th): SEAfood Act
- H.R. 8922 (117th): Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2022
- H.Res. 1345 (117th): Expressing support for the designation of September 13, 2022, as “Intermodal Day”.
- H.R. 8336 (117th): Clean Shipping Act of 2022
- H.R. 7861 (117th): Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act
- H.R. 7708 (117th): Honor Our Commitment Act of 2022
- H.Res. 1068 (117th): Recognizing the 47th anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Dec 2022, Lowenthal missed 133 of 5,691 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with 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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
