Record

CISNEROS, GILBERT

H · CA-31 · DEM

Disqualifying vote on record

At least one Tier 1 vote: a vote to advance a direct breach of a clear command, or against a clean protection bill under the stated rule.

History

Past floor votes

Past floor votes on life and on children count at a disclosed prudential weight. A vote in the prior Congress counts at 0.5. A vote two Congresses back counts at 0.25. Nothing older is scored. The weight counts toward the lane minimum: the votes add their weights, not one full vote each. An absence, or a present, on a bill that defends life or children still counts, at that same reduced weight. An absence on a bill that expands abortion does not. Scripture gives no half-life for sin. Recent conduct is better evidence of how a member uses the office now. The numbers 0.5 and 0.25, and the two-Congress limit, are chosen numbers, open to revision. Decay changes the score only. Whether a cap applies does not decay.

Nay on H.R. 3838 (119th Congress, house roll 245). disclosed prudential weight 1.0 (current Congress). Bars DoD gender-transition procedures for a minor dependent. Protective children vote. Tier 2 amendment weight. Current Congress decay 1.0. Signed by Adam Malin on 2026-10-22. Official roll.

Tier 2 scale: 72.33

Rankings updated October 26, 2026, 11:44 AM ET · Votes through September 30, 2026
Exported candidates: 719 | Filings on file, by office: H: 5838 | P: 1467 | S: 1567. These counts include every filing for that office, so they are larger than the ranked list. One person can have more than one filing. Non-voting delegates are left out.

Record label

Disqualifying vote on record

Tier 2 scale

72.33

Tier 2 gross

465

Credits

Votes loaded

676

31 credit events are listed below, combined weight 310. They are not subtracted from the Tier 2 scale.

Scored events

Scored events: 45

Scored events

Tier 1 disqualifiers

A Tier 1 disqualifier is not part of the Tier 2 gross.

Defends innocent life

Tier 1 · disqualifier +100

Vote: Nay. Roll 27. Question: On Passage.

Voted against invoking cloture on, or against final passage of, a clean bill defending innocent life or children, without a substantive vote for that same bill.

Derived from nay vote on house roll 27 on hr-21-119 with tag defends_life (final_passage 1.0x). Clean protection bill: voted against final passage; no unrelated major rider, and no substantive vote for the bill.

hr-21-119

Scored events

Tier 2 penalties

These penalty weights sum to 465, the Tier 2 gross. Credits are not subtracted from that total.

Defends children

Tier 2 · penalty +50

Vote: Nay. Roll 184. Question: On Passage.

Voted against legislation protecting children from sexual corruption or gender ideology. While not equivalent to directly supporting such harm, failure to protect children when the opportunity is clear remains a grave moral failing (James 4:17).

Derived from nay vote on house roll 184 on hr-2616-119 with tag defends_children (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-2616-119

Defends children

Tier 2 · penalty +50

Vote: Nay. Roll 12. Question: On Passage.

Derived from nay vote on house roll 12 on hr-28-119 with tag defends_children (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-28-119

Defends children

Tier 2 · penalty +50

Vote: Nay. Roll 351. Question: On Passage.

Derived from nay vote on house roll 351 on hr-3492-119 with tag defends_children (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-3492-119

Defends children

Tier 2 · penalty +50

Vote: Nay. Roll 362. Question: On Passage.

Derived from nay vote on house roll 362 on hr-498-119 with tag defends_children (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-498-119

Defends innocent life

Tier 2 · penalty +50

Vote: Nay. Roll 47. Question: On Passage.

Voted against legislation defending innocent life. While not equivalent to directly supporting abortion, failure to defend life when the opportunity is clear remains a grave moral failing (James 4:17).

Derived from nay vote on house roll 47 on hr-6359-119 with tag defends_life (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-6359-119

Defends innocent life

Tier 2 · penalty +50

Vote: Nay. Roll 37. Question: On Passage.

Derived from nay vote on house roll 37 on hr-6945-119 with tag defends_life (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-6945-119

Exposure and prosecution of child abuse

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Nay. Roll 17. Question: On Passage.

Voted against legislation exposing abusers, forcing transparency, or strengthening accountability for child exploitation.

Derived from nay vote on house roll 17 on hr-30-119 with tag abuse_accountability (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-30-119

Debt and spending (prudential)

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 14. Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended.

Supported debt-expanding or inflationary spending legislation.

Derived from house roll 14 on hr-6500-119 with tag debt_spending (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-6500-119

Debt and spending (prudential)

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 7. Question: On Passage.

Supported debt-expanding or inflationary spending legislation.

Derived from house roll 7 on hr-6938-119 with tag debt_spending (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-6938-119

War funding and foreign bloodguilt risk

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 28. Question: On Passage.

Supported legislation tagged for war funding or foreign entanglement.

Derived from house roll 28 on hr-7006-119 with tag war_funding (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-7006-119

War funding and foreign bloodguilt risk

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 175. Question: On Passage.

Supported legislation tagged for war funding or foreign entanglement.

Derived from house roll 175 on hr-8469-119 with tag war_funding (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-8469-119

War funding and foreign bloodguilt risk

Tier 2 · penalty +25

Vote: Yea. Roll 320. Question: On Passage.

Supported legislation tagged for war funding or foreign entanglement.

Derived from house roll 320 on s-1071-119 with tag war_funding (final_passage 1.0x).

s-1071-119

Surveillance state and censorship power

Tier 2 · penalty +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 155. Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass.

Supported legislation tied to surveillance or censorship power requiring liberty and justice review.

Derived from house roll 155 on s-4465-119 with tag surveillance (final_passage 1.0x).

s-4465-119

Scored events

Positive fitness credits

Each line is a positive-fitness credit. A credit is not a Tier 2 penalty, and it is not subtracted from the Tier 2 gross.

Defends children

Tier 3 · credit +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 228. Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended.

Voted in favor of legislation protecting children from gender ideology or sexual corruption.

Derived from yea vote on house roll 228 on hr-7757-119 with tag defends_children (final_passage 1.0x).

hr-7757-119

Defends children

Tier 3 · credit +15

Vote: Yea. Roll 104. Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass.

Voted in favor of legislation protecting children from gender ideology or sexual corruption.

Derived from yea vote on house roll 104 on s-146-119 with tag defends_children (final_passage 1.0x).

s-146-119