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Committees

Every bill is referred to a committee; the committee is the Council’s own label for what a bill is about. Ranked by laws produced, 2010 to 2025.

Housing and Buildings1,071 bills referred · 31.9% became law
342 laws
Finance335 bills referred · 49.9% became law
167 laws
Transportation778 bills referred · 20.7% became law
161 laws
Health514 bills referred · 27.4% became law
141 laws
Public Safety555 bills referred · 20.9% became law
116 laws
Governmental Operations457 bills referred · 25.2% became law
115 laws
General Welfare353 bills referred · 30.9% became law
109 laws
Education285 bills referred · 34% became law
97 laws
Environmental Protection311 bills referred · 28.3% became law
88 laws
Parks and Recreation282 bills referred · 30.1% became law
85 laws
Sanitation and Solid Waste Management315 bills referred · 21.3% became law
67 laws
Civil Service and Labor137 bills referred · 38.7% became law
53 laws
Consumer Affairs151 bills referred · 33.8% became law
51 laws
Small Business162 bills referred · 31.5% became law
51 laws
Technology251 bills referred · 18.7% became law
47 laws
Criminal Justice149 bills referred · 31.5% became law
47 laws
Transportation and Infrastructure310 bills referred · 14.2% became law
44 laws
Contracts158 bills referred · 27.2% became law
43 laws
Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing110 bills referred · 35.5% became law
39 laws
Consumer and Worker Protection189 bills referred · 20.6% became law
39 laws
Fire and Emergency Management122 bills referred · 30.3% became law
37 laws
Civil and Human Rights106 bills referred · 34% became law
36 laws
Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts163 bills referred · 13.5% became law
22 laws
Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation104 bills referred · 15.4% became law
16 laws
Committees with fewer than 100 referred bills in the window are not ranked. Names are the Council’s own, as recorded at referral.