John H. Rutherford

Won enactment of the bipartisan Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act, expanding continuity of mental-health care for people leaving prison.

January 3, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Supported House passage of the CARES Act, the pandemic economic-assistance and public-health package.

March 27, 2020Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for the fiscal 2026 Financial Services and General Government and National Security, State, and Related Programs appropriations package, citing spending cuts, government efficiency, national security, and drug-interdiction funding.

January 14, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for House passage of H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which suspended the debt limit and imposed federal spending constraints.

May 31, 2023Supports Government Efficiency

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Took office as elected Duval County sheriff and led the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office using training, intelligence-led policing, community problem solving, and continuous-improvement practices.

July 1, 2003Supports Government Efficiency

Source: jaxsheriff.org · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for a continuing resolution to reopen and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security, including CBP, ICE, TSA, FEMA, CISA, the Secret Service, and Coast Guard.

March 28, 2026Opposes Immigration

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for the final four fiscal 2026 appropriations bills, funding defense, border enforcement, transportation, disaster relief, rural health, affordable housing, and Social Security administration while reducing other spending.

January 22, 2026Opposes Immigration

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for House passage of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, including a 3.8% servicemember pay raise, military-housing investments, and border-support deployments.

December 10, 2025Opposes Immigration

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for final House passage of the Senate-amended H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, supporting its tax reductions, spending changes, and border provisions.

July 3, 2025Opposes Immigration

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for the final four fiscal 2026 appropriations bills, funding defense, border enforcement, transportation, disaster relief, rural health, affordable housing, and Social Security administration while reducing other spending.

January 22, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for the fiscal 2026 Financial Services and General Government and National Security, State, and Related Programs appropriations package, citing spending cuts, government efficiency, national security, and drug-interdiction funding.

January 14, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for final House passage of the Senate-amended H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, supporting its tax reductions, spending changes, and border provisions.

July 3, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Supported House passage of the first fiscal 2024 consolidated appropriations package, citing lower non-defense discretionary spending, continued veterans care, and national-security funding.

March 6, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for House passage of H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which suspended the debt limit and imposed federal spending constraints.

May 31, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for the final four fiscal 2026 appropriations bills, funding defense, border enforcement, transportation, disaster relief, rural health, affordable housing, and Social Security administration while reducing other spending.

January 22, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Supported House passage of the first fiscal 2024 consolidated appropriations package, citing lower non-defense discretionary spending, continued veterans care, and national-security funding.

March 6, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Co-launched the bipartisan Second Chance Task Force to improve reentry outcomes and reduce employment barriers for formerly incarcerated people.

February 1, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Co-authored H.R. 6448, the Invest to Protect Act, which passed the House 360-64 to fund recruitment, retention, mental-health support, de-escalation, and training for small police departments.

September 22, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Won enactment of the bipartisan Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act, expanding continuity of mental-health care for people leaving prison.

January 3, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Supported House passage of the CARES Act, the pandemic economic-assistance and public-health package.

March 27, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Won enactment of his Julian Woods Yellow Ribbon Program Expansion Act as part of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act.

August 21, 2017Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Authored the STOP School Violence Act, enacted in the fiscal 2018 omnibus to fund school threat assessment, reporting systems, security infrastructure, and violence-prevention training.

March 23, 2018Supports Gun Control

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for House passage of H.R. 36, which would prohibit most abortions after 20 weeks of fertilization with specified exceptions.

October 3, 2017Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for a continuing resolution to reopen and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security, including CBP, ICE, TSA, FEMA, CISA, the Secret Service, and Coast Guard.

March 28, 2026Supports National Defense

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for the final four fiscal 2026 appropriations bills, funding defense, border enforcement, transportation, disaster relief, rural health, affordable housing, and Social Security administration while reducing other spending.

January 22, 2026Supports National Defense

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for the fiscal 2026 Financial Services and General Government and National Security, State, and Related Programs appropriations package, citing spending cuts, government efficiency, national security, and drug-interdiction funding.

January 14, 2026Supports National Defense

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for House passage of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, including a 3.8% servicemember pay raise, military-housing investments, and border-support deployments.

December 10, 2025Supports National Defense

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for the April 2024 national-security package funding aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific partners and requiring divestiture of TikTok from foreign-adversary control.

April 20, 2024Supports National Defense

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Supported House passage of the first fiscal 2024 consolidated appropriations package, citing lower non-defense discretionary spending, continued veterans care, and national-security funding.

March 6, 2024Supports National Defense

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Won unanimous House passage of his H.R. 4555, authorizing Department of Homeland Security personnel assignments to overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces.

January 9, 2018Supports National Defense

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Won enactment of his Julian Woods Yellow Ribbon Program Expansion Act as part of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act.

August 21, 2017Supports National Defense

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for final House passage of the Senate-amended H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, supporting its tax reductions, spending changes, and border provisions.

July 3, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.

September 3, 2026Supports Foreign Trade

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted for the April 2024 national-security package funding aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific partners and requiring divestiture of TikTok from foreign-adversary control.

April 20, 2024Supports Data Privacy

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Relaunched the bipartisan Congressional Deaf Caucus with Representative Mark Takano and became a co-chair advocating accessibility for Deaf and hard-of-hearing constituents.

February 4, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

In settling a First Amendment lawsuit over a detective's use of subpoenas to identify an anonymous blogger, Jacksonville agreed to train detectives on subpoenas and constitutional rights, and Rutherford agreed to discuss conflict-of-interest concerns with the plaintiff.

October 21, 2010Supports Civil Rights

Source: news4jax.com · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for the final four fiscal 2026 appropriations bills, funding defense, border enforcement, transportation, disaster relief, rural health, affordable housing, and Social Security administration while reducing other spending.

January 22, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for the April 2024 national-security package funding aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific partners and requiring divestiture of TikTok from foreign-adversary control.

April 20, 2024Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.

September 3, 2026Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted for H.R. 8369, which would have ordered delivery of weapons shipments to Israel that the president had paused. It would have frozen some Pentagon, State Department and White House funds until delivery. The House passed it 224-187.

May 16, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted for H.R. 8034, which approved $26 billion in U.S. taxpayer money: military aid for Israel and funds for U.S. forces nearby. About $9 billion of it was humanitarian aid, and none could go to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. It passed 366-58 and became law in April 2024.

April 20, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted for the April 2024 national-security package funding aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific partners and requiring divestiture of TikTok from foreign-adversary control.

April 20, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for H.R. 6126, which would have sent Israel $14.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer money as military aid. To pay for it, the bill would have taken the same amount from extra funding Congress gave the IRS. The House passed it 226-196.

November 2, 2023Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted for H.R. 5323, which gave Israel $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money to restock its Iron Dome rocket-defense system. The House passed it 420-9. The money later became law inside a 2022 spending bill.

September 23, 2021Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorsement for reelection, citing his tax, business-growth, and Northeast Florida infrastructure record.

August 13, 2026

Source: uschamber.com · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for a continuing resolution to reopen and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security, including CBP, ICE, TSA, FEMA, CISA, the Secret Service, and Coast Guard.

March 28, 2026

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted for H.R. 6090, which would have told the Education Department to use a set definition of antisemitism in campus discrimination cases. The definition's examples include some statements about Israel. The House passed it 320-91.

May 1, 2024

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Voted for H.Res. 894, a House resolution that condemned antisemitism and stated that anti-Zionism is antisemitism. The House adopted it 311-14, with 92 members voting present.

December 5, 2023

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Co-launched the bipartisan Second Chance Task Force to improve reentry outcomes and reduce employment barriers for formerly incarcerated people.

February 1, 2023

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Co-authored H.R. 6448, the Invest to Protect Act, which passed the House 360-64 to fund recruitment, retention, mental-health support, de-escalation, and training for small police departments.

September 22, 2022

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Was appointed to the House Appropriations Committee, taking responsibility for reviewing and setting discretionary federal spending priorities.

May 16, 2018

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Sponsored the bipartisan Protect and Serve Act, which passed the House 382-35 and would create federal penalties for deliberately targeting law-enforcement officers with violence.

May 16, 2018

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Authored the STOP School Violence Act, enacted in the fiscal 2018 omnibus to fund school threat assessment, reporting systems, security infrastructure, and violence-prevention training.

March 23, 2018

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Won unanimous House passage of his H.R. 4555, authorizing Department of Homeland Security personnel assignments to overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces.

January 9, 2018

Source: rutherford.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Took office as elected Duval County sheriff and led the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office using training, intelligence-led policing, community problem solving, and continuous-improvement practices.

July 1, 2003

Source: jaxsheriff.org · researched September 19, 2026

After an Office of Congressional Ethics referral over late periodic transaction reports, the House Ethics Committee dismissed the matter, finding no clear evidence the errors were knowing or willful while noting his remedial compliance efforts.

August 24, 2022

Source: ethics.house.gov · researched September 19, 2026

Voted to sustain objections to counting Arizona and Pennsylvania electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election certification.

January 7, 2021

Source: govinfo.gov · researched September 19, 2026