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Nancy Mace Filed 204 Bills. One Became Law.

On January 6, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace told FITSNews: 'I'm actually one of the most prolific legislators in all of Congress.' Congress.gov shows she has sponsored 204 bills and resolutions since January 2021. One became law: H.R. 6042, which named a post office on Hilton Head Island (Public Law 117-288, December 27, 2022). A second, the Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act, passed the House and the Senate and, as of October 15, 2026, had not yet been sent to the President. This Maceopedia documentary walks through her record in her own words, bill by bill, with the sources linked.

"I'm actually one of the most prolific legislators in all of Congress at any given point in time. I'm ranked fifth through eighth out of 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives."

That is Rep. Nancy Mace at a FITSNews event on January 6, 2026. On volume, the public record agrees with her. Congress.gov lists 204 bills and resolutions she has sponsored since she took office in January 2021. One of them became law. It named a post office.

The full documentary, about ten minutes in six chapters, is on the Maceopedia YouTube channel. The Short plays above. This page is the written record of what the film shows. Footage is credited to FITSNews, NewsNation (via the New York Post), RealClearPolitics, The Daily Signal (Newsmax footage), ABC News, Firstpost, Fox Business, WCBD News 2, C-SPAN, The Randi Hipper Show, 48 News, Fox News, Roland S. Martin Unfiltered, ABC News 4 and Rep. Mace's own channel. For every bill she has filed, see the legislation tracker and the women's safety legislation hub.

The count

Every number here was pulled from the Congress.gov API on October 15, 2026 (member M000194), counting bills and resolutions she sponsored and leaving out floor amendments.

CongressYearsSponsoredBecame law
117th2021 to 2022221 (H.R. 6042, a post office name)
118th2023 to 2024750
119th2025 to Oct. 15, 20261070 so far (H.R. 5235 awaits the President)
All2041

Her office keeps count too. It announced 65 measures for 2025, 90 by June 12, 2026 and 100 by September 4, 2026. Each matches Congress.gov. The office also says she ranks fifth of 435 members; it gives no method for that rank.

For 2023 and 2024 there is an outside count. The Center for Effective Lawmaking data file lists 65 bills for Mace in the 118th Congress, tied for eighth most of 448 House members, and none became law.

The bathroom resolution

On November 18, 2024, days after Delaware elected Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, Mace filed H.Res. 1579. It would bar House members, officers and employees from single-sex facilities that do not match their biological sex.

On NewsNation, Nov. 19, 2024: "They are threatening to kill me over this. ... You can't threaten my life enough. That means I'm just going to double and triple, quadruple down on this issue because I'm a girl mom."

To RealClearPolitics, Nov. 21, 2024: "But I, as a woman, draw a line in the sand about biological men who want to force their genitalia, their penises, their junk into our private spaces."

To reporters at the Capitol (The Daily Signal, Newsmax footage), Nov. 19, 2024: "And if McBride wants to go to the gym, she can go to Planet Fitness where they allow biological men to be around in a room in a private space with underage girls. Like, no, thank you."

ABC News asked: "is it likely to become law?" Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told Firstpost: "A resolution is just a statement by Congress saying that Congress disagrees with something. We need something more binding." Mace told RealClearPolitics: "I don't make threats. I make promises. I will force the vote on this if I have to."

Two days after she filed it, Speaker Mike Johnson announced a House policy reserving single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House office buildings for people of that biological sex. McBride said she would follow the rules. H.Res. 1579 never left committee. Neither did H.R. 10186, which she filed on November 20, 2024 to cover all federal property.

In her own words

  • States Reform Act (cannabis). On Fox Business, Nov. 2021: "This is a bill I spent a lot of time on. I ran on cannabis reform in my race for Congress." WCBD News 2 reported that the South Carolina Republican Party released a statement opposing it. H.R. 5977 (2021) and H.R. 6028 (2023) were referred to committee. Neither got a vote.
  • No DEI in DC Act. At a House Oversight hearing, Sept. 18, 2025 (C-SPAN): "This bill will rip the DEI and gender bender nonsense out of the D.C. government root and branch." Then, to Mayor Muriel Bowser: "So Mayor Bowser, what is a woman?" H.R. 5474 was referred to committee the same day.
  • Crypto mortgages. On The Randi Hipper Show, Nov. 2025: "But you look at fiat money like the US dollar, right? It is just paper. It is green ink printed on paper." The American Homeowner Crypto Modernization Act (H.R. 8480, 2024; H.R. 4374, 2025) was referred to committee both times.
  • SNAP cards. To 48 News, Dec. 5, 2025, on SNAP debit card fraud. The FAIR Act (H.R. 6457) would put a photo on every SNAP benefit card. It was referred to committee.
  • Foreign-born members of Congress. On Fox News, May 2026: "And if the president has to be natural-born, so too should members of Congress. So too should our judges. That's what my legislation was about." And: "Well, I've tried to throw Ilhan Omar out of Congress and have been blocked every time." H.J.Res. 188 proposes a constitutional amendment, which needs two thirds of both chambers and three quarters of the states. It was referred to committee in May 2026.
  • Stranger ones. H.Res. 897 (2022) says any giant panda born in the United States should belong to the United States. H.R. 5021 (2021) is listed on Congress.gov by the short title it was filed with, "______ Act of ____"; it would have required voter ID in federal elections in states that institute vaccine passports.

The one law

On Roland S. Martin Unfiltered, Dec. 11, 2025, Rebekah Caruthers of the Fair Elections Center said: "I was just looking up to see if Nancy Mace has actually passed anything. Has she even got a post office named in her district?"

She has. In November 2021 Mace filed four bills to name post offices in South Carolina. One passed both chambers. On December 27, 2022, President Biden signed Public Law 117-288, which names the post office at 213 William Hilton Parkway on Hilton Head Island the Caesar H. Wright Jr. Post Office Building. It is the only bill she has sponsored that has become law.

To ABC News 4, Oct. 2, 2026: "I had a post office bill signed into law a couple years ago, but before me, the last Republican from South Carolina's first congressional district to have a bill signed into law by any president was in 2010 by Henry Brown over 25 years ago."

The second bill

On February 23, 2026, the House passed her Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act, H.R. 5235, by voice vote. It limits college degree requirements in federal contracts. On September 30, 2026, the Senate passed it by unanimous consent. She told the Post and Courier it is probably the thing she is most proud of in her work in Congress before she retires.

In her own video, Oct. 1, 2026: "I'm no billionaire. I'm just a poor house member. But I taught myself to code when I was in college." And: "We're excited to see where this goes and look forward to President Trump signing the bill into law."

As of October 15, 2026, Congress.gov shows H.R. 5235 has passed the House and the Senate but has not yet been presented to the President. It is not law until he signs it.

The whole record

Her MACE Act, H.R. 4502, passed the House 394 to 1 in October 2023. The Senate never voted on it. In all, seven of her 204 measures have passed the House: H.R. 6042, 4502, 5527, 7909, 30, 872 and 5235. The Senate has passed two. One became law.

That is not unusual in itself. In the 118th Congress, 311 of 448 House members enacted no standalone law of their own, by the Center for Effective Lawmaking's data. Of the twelve who sponsored sixty or more bills, nine enacted none, and Mace was one of them. The same center rated her as exceeding expectations for that Congress, for moving bills through committee and the House.

The takeaway

Nancy Mace says she is one of the most prolific legislators in all of Congress. On volume, the record agrees: 204 bills and resolutions since 2021, and the eighth most bills in the House in 2023 and 2024. One became law. It named a post office on Hilton Head Island. A second has passed both chambers and, as of October 15, 2026, is still waiting to go to the President.

Sources and related coverage

The narration in the video is an AI-generated voice. Every quote plays in the speaker's own voice.