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Laphonza R. Butler

Laphonza R. Butler

D CA · Senate

2023–2024 Senate

Healthcare

+28
Helped 31 Hurt 3 Unclear 298

Government Operations

-4
Helped 0 Hurt 4 Unclear 295

Environment

+15
Helped 44 Hurt 29 Unclear 58

Education

+12
Helped 13 Hurt 1 Unclear 93

Law Enforcement

-10
Helped 29 Hurt 39 Unclear 14

Labor

+10
Helped 18 Hurt 8 Unclear 49

Finance

+22
Helped 29 Hurt 7 Unclear 30

Energy

-3
Helped 14 Hurt 17 Unclear 19

Immigration

-15
Helped 9 Hurt 24 Unclear 10

Voting Rights

+2
Helped 18 Hurt 16 Unclear 4

Defense

-1
Helped 3 Hurt 4 Unclear 29

Social Welfare

+19
Helped 26 Hurt 7

Housing

+18
Helped 24 Hurt 6 Unclear 1

Transportation

-3
Helped 4 Hurt 7 Unclear 17

Agriculture

-3
Helped 8 Hurt 11 Unclear 9

Foreign Policy

-5
Helped 5 Hurt 10 Unclear 13

Trade

+16
Helped 19 Hurt 3 Unclear 4

Regional Economic Development

+20
Helped 21 Hurt 1 Unclear 1

Technology

+10
Helped 13 Hurt 3 Unclear 6

Criminal Justice

+3
Helped 9 Hurt 6 Unclear 2
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

712 industry impacts

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How this is computed

P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote

Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.

Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.

Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.

Positive-Effect Industries

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (108), EPA (6), Federal (6), Homeland Security (6), Defense (4), State (4), U.S. Federal (4), VA (4), Independent Agencies (3), State/Local (3), Executive (2), General (2), Judiciary (2), OMB (2), HHS (1), Interior (1), OPM (1), Oversight (1), State Department (1), Transportation Security (1)

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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.

Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

s5075-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide for the water quality restoration of the Tijuana River and the New River, and for other purposes.

16 clauses Sep 17, 2024
Environmental Consulting Services Residents - Border Communities Federal Law Enforcement Federal Government - EPA

s5012-118

Cosponsor Reported

To establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Sep 10, 2024
Federal Administration Environmental Services

s4973-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To reassert the constitutional authority of Congress to determine the general applicability of the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Aug 1, 2024
Environmental Services Defense Contractors

s4902-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.

37 clauses Jul 31, 2024
Labor Health Care Providers Environmental Services Federal Administration

s4900-118

Primary Sponsor Reported

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize certain preparedness measures, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Jul 31, 2024
Nonprofit Organizations Environmental Services Government - Federal Government - State/Local

s4897-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the exclusion for certain conservation subsidies to include subsidies for water conservation or efficiency measures, storm water management measures, and wastewater management measures.

2 clauses Jul 31, 2024
Energy Production

s4723-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To limit the separation of families at or near ports of entry.

7 clauses Jul 11, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Environmental Services

s4552-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To enhance the rights of domestic employees, and for other purposes.

30 clauses Jun 13, 2024
Labor Health Care Providers Education Environmental Services

s4363-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To secure the rights of public employees to organize, act concertedly, and bargain collectively, which safeguard the public interest and promote the free and unobstructed flow of commerce, and for other purposes.

7 clauses May 16, 2024
Labor Health Care Providers Environmental Services

s4300-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of Labor to maintain a publicly available list of all employers that relocate a call center or contract call center work overseas, to make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans, and to require disclosure of the physical location of business agents engaging in customer service communications, and for other purposes.

7 clauses May 9, 2024
Federal Administration Financial Services Environmental Services Defense Contractors

s4227-118

Cosponsor Reported

To amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park.

3 clauses May 1, 2024

s4228-118

Cosponsor Reported

To redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center.

1 clause May 1, 2024
Environmental Services

s4189-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To establish youth advisory councils for the purpose of providing recommendations to the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Commerce with respect to environmental issues as those issues relate to youth communities, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Apr 18, 2024
Health Care Providers Education Energy Production

s4120-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To support the direct care professional workforce, and for other purposes.

61 clauses Apr 15, 2024
Labor Health Care Providers Education Environmental Services

s4117-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Climate Change Education Program, and for other purposes.

6 clauses Apr 11, 2024
Health Care Providers Education

s4068-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a business tax credit for the purchase of zero-emission electric lawn, garden, and landscape equipment, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Mar 22, 2024
Federal Administration Energy Production

s3998-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide for the permanent appointment of certain temporary district judgeships.

3 clauses Mar 20, 2024
Law Enforcement Environmental Services

s3901-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide employees with a minimum of 2 consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections.

1 clause Mar 11, 2024
Federal Administration Environmental Services

s3888-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To mandate the use of artificial intelligence by Federal agencies to adapt to extreme weather, and for other purposes.

14 clauses Mar 6, 2024
General Public Colleges and Universities Software Publishers Federal Government

s3689-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation.

6 clauses Jan 30, 2024
Health Care Providers Education Environmental Services Federal Administration
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