Legislator Record

Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16]

House • D • CA

Net Impact: 8.80Avg Bill Score: 8.80Primary Sponsor: 0Cosponsor: 1Band: Lower HalfFuture Bills: 1

Current Snapshot

Weighted from current tracked reform bills, sponsorship role strength, future-bill priority, and how far each bill has advanced.

Net Impact

8.80

Avg Bill Score

8.80

Tracked Bills

Direct Impact Bills

Overall Rank

#251 / 375

Lower Half • 33th percentile

Chamber Rank

#236 / 323

27th percentile in House

Party Rank

#246 / 336

27th percentile in D

Current snapshot uses tracked reform bills only. Scores weight primary sponsorship more than cosponsorship, increase with higher-priority future-bill matches, and give additional credit to bills that advanced beyond introduction.

Tracked Bill Roles

Bills this legislator is linked to as a sponsor or cosponsor in the currently loaded scorecard data.

Cosponsor

H.R. 7973 - To end preventable maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities in the United States, and for other purposes.

House • 119th Congress • In Committee

Latest Action: Mar 18, 2026

Future Bill Positions

Future-bill concepts connected to this legislator through the linked tracked legislation.

Cosponsor

Federal Black Maternal Health Equity Act

Healthcare • Critical • Idea

Issue Area Focus

Where this legislator's currently tracked reform-bill activity is concentrated.

Healthcare

Highest linked priority: Critical

Future Bills: 1Sponsor: 0Cosponsor: 1Critical: 1High: 0

Related Explainers

Explainers connected to this legislator through the future-bill concepts linked to their tracked activity.

Constitutional Law

Equal Protection Under the Law: What It Means vs. How Its Been Applied

The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment guarantees that no state shall deny any person equal protection under the law. While this principle is foundational to American law, its application has historically been inconsistent, with significant gaps between legal guarantees and real-world outcomes.

Linked Future Bills: 1Highest Priority: Critical

Related Policies

Policy records reached through the explainers and future-bill concepts tied to this legislator.

Fair Housing Act of 1968

1968 • Law • Democratic Party

Civil Rights Era

Positive

Linked Future Bills: 1

Civil Rights Act of 1964

1964 • Law • Democratic Party

Civil Rights Era

Positive

Linked Future Bills: 1

Brown v. Board of Education

1954 • Court Case • No Primary Party

Civil Rights Era

Positive

Linked Future Bills: 1

Plessy v. Ferguson

1896 • Court Case • No Primary Party

Jim Crow and Disenfranchisement

Negative

Linked Future Bills: 1

14th Amendment

1868 • Amendment • Republican Party

Civil War and Reconstruction

Positive

Linked Future Bills: 1

Civil Rights Act of 1866

1866 • Law • Republican Party

Civil War and Reconstruction

Positive

Linked Future Bills: 1