Mike Lee
Republican · Senator for Utah
139 sponsored · 236 cosponsored
In the Senate since 2011
Age 55
Contact their office: (202) 224-5444 · 363 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 · Official website
In the 119th Congress (2025–2026)
- Sponsored 139 bills.The typical senator sponsored 61. Bills they wrote, not ones they signed on to.
- 3 bills they backed became law.They cosponsored them.
- 6 passed the Senate and wait on the House.The House has to pass the same text before it can become law.
- Missed 28 of 915 recorded votes (3.1%).The typical senator missed 2.2%. The record doesn’t say why.
- Works most on crime and law enforcement and government operations and politics.45 and 36 of the 375 bills they wrote or backed.
What they got done
Most bills never get a vote. These are the ones they wrote or backed that got somewhere.
Became law (3)
This bill permanently places all fentanyl-related substances into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
Became law · 119-S-331
- Yes: Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths?The act directly attempts to combat the fentanyl crisis by increasing penalties and attempting to decrease availablity. +6
- No: Does this shorten or soften prison sentences?Increased penalties for fentanyl-related substances could lead to longer prison sentences, hindering criminal sentencing reform efforts. -3
- They cosponsoredA joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions".May 9, 2025
This is a joint resolution from the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
Became law · 119-SJRES-18
- No: Would households on low incomes be better off under this?The removal of the overdraft rule may disproportionately affect low-income populations who rely more heavily on checking accounts. -5
This legislation requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take certain inadmissible aliens into custody if they are charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admit to committing burglary, theft, larceny, shopli…
Became law · 119-S-5
- Yes: Does this tighten control of the border?The bill emphasizes the detention of aliens charged with theft, potentially contributing to increased border security efforts. +3
- No: Would immigrants be better off under this?The bill negatively impacts immigrants facing charges, as it mandates their detention. -5
Passed one chamber, waiting on the other (6)
Halfway: the other chamber has to pass the same text before it can go to the President.
This bill allows cloud service providers to store digital child pornography, child obscenity, and intimate visual depictions of minors for law enforcement agencies.
Passed the Senate with no one objecting, no names recorded · 119-S-3023
- Yes: Would children be better off under this?The bill enhances the security and storage protocols for data related to child exploitation. +7
This bill aims to improve rights to relief for people affected by non-consensual activities involving intimate digital forgeries.
Passed the Senate with no one objecting, no names recorded · 119-S-1837
- Yes: Does this protect people from AI fakes, scams and automated decisions about their lives?The bill creates a civil cause of action for victims of intimate digital forgeries, allowing for liquidated damages and injunctions. +7
This bill updates federal laws to strengthen enforcement against material depicting obscene child sexual abuse and child pornography.
Passed the Senate with no one objecting, no names recorded · 119-S-3021
- Yes: Would children be better off under this?The bill enhances enforcement and legal protections against child exploitation and abuse material. +8
And 3 more on their Sponsored and Cosponsored pages.
Resolutions of theirs that were adopted (1)
A resolution is a chamber speaking for itself — a position, a rule or a tribute. Adopting it puts it into effect, but it is not a law.
Still waiting, of the 139 bills they wrote: 10 cleared committee and wait for a first vote, 128 are in committee. Committee is where most bills end, whoever writes them — silence there, not a vote, is the usual way a bill dies.
What their bills would do
Every bill is scored against plain yes-or-no questions. These count their bills — the ones they wrote and the ones they cosponsored — by how each question was answered: yes, or the opposite. Open one to see those bills, where each stands, and why it was scored that way. Scores are made by AI ().
Who their bills would affect
What else they would change
How they voted lately
Their latest votes that decided something, and what each measure would do.
This bill sets national rules for student athlete name, image, and likeness rights. It creates protections for academic progress, medical coverage, and health and safety standards.
The vote on whether to pass the bill — Bill Passed
- Yes: Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?Significantly expands earning potential through NIL rights and provides medical and academic protections for college athletes. +9
- No: Does this leave more decisions to the states?Prevents states from enforcing their own NIL compensation and transfer laws that conflict with the federal framework. -5
119-S-4668 · roll call 250
What the Amendment Does As folks looking out for the good of the people and holding our officials accountable, we need to know what our leaders are trying to change. This amendment, submitted by Mr. Booker and Mr.
A vote on a proposed change to the bill — Amendment Rejected
119-SAMDT-6835 · roll call 249
- NayTo increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.Sep 29, 2026
What the Amendment Does Mr. Booker, along with Mr. Blumenthal, submitted this amendment to change how a specific fund or program is paid for in the bill.
A vote on a proposed change to the bill — Amendment Rejected
119-SAMDT-6805 · roll call 248
On the President’s nominees
The President chooses federal judges, cabinet secretaries, ambassadors and military officers, and the Senate decides whether each one gets the job. Most are confirmed by voice vote, which records no one’s position; in the 119th Congress (2025–2026) the Senate put 223 confirmations to a recorded vote, and confirmed every one.
They voted to confirm 214 and against none, and did not vote on 9. Those votes covered 537 nominees, because the Senate sometimes confirms many in a single vote.
How busy they have been
How many bills they have put their name to over time — volume, not results: most bills never get a vote.