Derek Schmidt
Republican · Representative for Kansas's 2nd district
18 sponsored · 339 cosponsored
In the House since 2025
Age 58
Contact their office: (202) 225-6601 · 1223 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 · Official website
In the 119th Congress (2025–2026)
- Sponsored 18 bills.The typical House member sponsored 25. Bills they wrote, not ones they signed on to.
- 7 bills they backed became law.They cosponsored them.
- 35 passed the House and wait on the Senate.And 1 has passed both chambers and gone to the President.
- Missed 5 of 676 recorded votes (0.7%).The typical House member missed 1.9%. The record doesn’t say why.
- Works most on crime and law enforcement and armed forces and national security.43 and 36 of the 357 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 (7)
This bill establishes a medal to honor law enforcement officers and first responders who were killed in the line of duty.
Became law · 119-HR-3497
This bill aims to provide relief for individuals who committed crimes as a direct result of being victims of human trafficking.
Became law · 119-HR-4323
- Yes: Does this shorten or soften prison sentences?The bill allows for vacating convictions, expunging arrests, and reducing sentences for victims of trafficking. +8
This bill aims to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It seeks to prevent consumer reporting agencies from sharing consumer reports with others after a person requests a report for a residential mortgage loan.
Became law · 119-HR-2808
- Yes: Does this protect people from being watched or searched?The bill provides significant protection for individual privacy regarding sensitive financial information. +7
And 4 more on their Sponsored and Cosponsored pages.
Passed Congress — the President's turn (1)
Both chambers passed it. The President signs it into law or vetoes it, and a veto stands unless two-thirds of each chamber vote to pass it anyway. Everything Congress has sent the President →
This bill allows peace officer standards and training agencies to get access to criminal history records.
Passed the Senate with no one objecting, no names recorded · 119-HR-8352
- Yes: Does this change how police departments operate?The bill aids peace officer standards and training agencies in setting standards for the hiring, training, and ethical conduct of law enforcement officers by providing access to criminal history records. +5
Passed one chamber, waiting on the other (35)
Halfway: the other chamber has to pass the same text before it can go to the President.
- Their billTo amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and to correct related technical errors.Aug 31, 2026
This bill updates and corrects technical errors in chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code.
Passed the House by voice vote, no names recorded · 119-HR-4465
- Yes: Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?Establishes searchable databases for judicial financial disclosures, mandates public availability of IG reports, and performs technical cleanup of oversight laws. +7
This bill creates a new group called the National Fraud Enforcement Division within the Department of Justice. This new division will operate under the authority of the Attorney General.
Passed the House 352–72 · 119-HR-9576
- Yes: Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?The bill enhances consumer protection by creating a dedicated division to investigate and prosecute organized fraud schemes affecting U.S. citizens. +6
This bill allows State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that receive certain Federal grant funds to use that money to investigate elder financial fraud, pig butchering, and general financial fraud.
Passed the House 414–7 · 119-HR-2978
- Yes: Would retired people be better off under this?Directly aims to protect retirees from deception and financial fraud. +9
And 32 more on their Sponsored and Cosponsored pages.
Still waiting, of the 18 bills they wrote: 16 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 amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The main purpose is to provide a clear definition of adequate consideration for certain closely held stock.
A fast-track vote, needing two-thirds to pass — Passed
- Yes: Would retired people be better off under this?Improving the clarity of stock valuation for ESOPs supports more stable retirement transitions. +4
119-S-2403 · roll call 314
This Act provides for improvements to rivers and harbors in the United States and the conservation and development of water and related resources.
A fast-track vote, needing two-thirds to pass — Passed
- Yes: Would Native Americans be better off under this?Directly authorizes land transfers to Tribal entities and prioritizes technical assistance for Tribal communities. +8
- No: Does this reduce what the federal government spends?The bill explicitly increases spending limits and funding authorizations for dozens of regional water resource programs. -5
119-HR-9497 · roll call 313
This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to create a new Federal standard regarding the costs of upgrades for large-load customers.
A fast-track vote, needing two-thirds to pass — Passed
- Yes: Does this keep data centers from raising household electric and water bills?The bill requires large-load customers to cover the full incremental cost of grid upgrades and provide financial assurances, preventing those costs from being passed to households. +7
- No: Would business owners be better off under this?Large-scale non-residential energy consumers face increased costs and financial assurance requirements. -5
119-HR-9340 · roll call 312
On the President’s vetoes
The President can refuse to sign a bill both chambers passed. It becomes law anyway only if two-thirds of the House and two-thirds of the Senate vote to pass it again. A vote against the veto (a Yea) was a vote to make the bill law over the President’s objection; a vote for it (a Nay) was a vote to let the veto stand.
Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act — vetoed Dec 29, 2025
Against the vetovoted Yea, to make the bill law anyway.
The override fell short in the House, 248–177; it needed two-thirds · Jan 8, 2026
Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act — vetoed Dec 29, 2025
For the vetovoted Nay, to let the veto stand.
The override fell short in the House, 236–188; it needed two-thirds · Jan 8, 2026
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.