Rep. Ron Kind
Former Representative for Wisconsin’s 3rd District
pronounced ron // kīnd
Kind was the representative for Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1997 to 2022.
![Photo of Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI3, 1997-2022]](/static/legislator-photos/400218-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Kind.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Kind 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 Kind sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 27, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Kind was the primary sponsor of 18 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- H.R. 5522 (117th): Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2021
- H.R. 2927 (117th): SAVE Act of 2021
- H.R. 2094 (117th): Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act
- H.R. 5534 (116th): Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2020
- H.R. 6214 (116th): To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of testing for COVID-19 at no cost sharing under the Medicare Advantage program.
- H.R. 1922 (116th): Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2019
- H.R. 3425 (116th): Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2019
Does 18 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
Kind sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (43%) Health (26%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (7%) Animals (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Kind recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 9286 (117th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain price …
- H.R. 9135 (117th): Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2022
- H.Res. 1341 (117th): Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death …
- H.R. 8666 (117th): Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2022
- H.R. 7467 (117th): Opportunity Zones Improvement, Transparency, and Extension Act
- H.R. 7213 (117th): Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act
- H.R. 6738 (117th): Retirement Tax Credit Parity for Cooperatives and Charities Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1997 to Dec 2022, Kind missed 509 of 16,660 roll call votes, which is 3.1%. This is worse than 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
