Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democrat · U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th district
53 sponsored · 697 cosponsored
Age 81 · In office since 2015
Contact their office: (202) 225-5801 · 168 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 · Official website
Of the bills they cosponsored: 3 became law, 1 passed both chambers and is not yet with the President, 15 passed one chamber and wait on the other, 1 cleared committee and waits for a first vote, 659 are in committee, 13 have only been introduced, and 5 were stopped.
The paragraph under each bill and the scores beside it were written by an AI model from the bill's text; the rest is the record.
Became law 3 bills
Passed both chambers and was signed by the President, or became law without a signature.
- Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Reauthorization Act of 2026
- Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to authorize unique and one-time arrangements for displays on the National Mall and the Washington Monument during the period beginning on December 31, 2025, and ending on January 5, 2026.
- To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell, VA Clinic, and for other purposes.
Passed both chambers, not yet sent to the President 1 bill
Both the House and the Senate have passed it, though not necessarily the same text.
Waiting for a floor vote in the other chamber 2 bills
Passed one chamber and is on the other chamber's calendar.
In the other chamber's committee 7 bills
Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.
- Major Richard Star Act
- To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Newton, New Jersey, as the "Anthony 'Tony' J. Gallopo VA Clinic".
- ALERT Act
- Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025
- To redesignate certain facilities at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in honor of Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.
Passed one chamber, waiting for the other to take it up 6 bills
Passed one chamber, and the other has not yet sent it to a committee or put it on its calendar.
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote 1 bill
A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
In committee 659 bills
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
- No Kids as Bait Act
- Expressing opposition to the use of State power against people in the United States seeking essential health care, including criminalization of the full range of sexual and reproductive health care such as abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraceptive care, and disapproving of State punishment of people for their pregnancy outcomes.
- SPARKS Act
- Lebanon TPS Act
- DHS Funding Accountability Act
- Diwali Day Act
- Monitor Microplastics Now Act
- Original National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Resolution of 2026
- Expressing support for the designation of the week of November 9 through November 15, 2026, as "National Caregiving Youth Week" to raise awareness and encourage national recognition of children and adolescents under 18 years of age who serve as a primary or secondary caregiver for family or household members.
- Deaths in Custody Reporting Reform Act
Introduced, nothing more yet 13 bills
Formally proposed, and not yet handed to a committee.
- Great American Outdoors Act 250
- To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive in Willingboro, New Jersey, as the "James A. Cotten Post Office".
- Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in ICE and CBP Custody Act
- Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act
- Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act
- Original LGBTQIA+ Pride Month Resolution of 2025
- Expressing support for the designation of June 6, 2025, as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day" and June 2025 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".
- Recognizing the ongoing Nakba and Palestinian refugees' rights.
- Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 2025
- American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
Failed 5 bills
Came to a vote and did not get the votes it needed.
- Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon.
- Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon.
- Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
- Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.