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Laphonza R. Butler

Laphonza R. Butler

D CA · Senate

2023–2024 Senate

Policy Effects

Estimated effects on people, organizations, and industries in bills this legislator sponsored, cosponsored, or voted on. Includes bills they voted against.

These are assessments of legislative text, not measurements of realized outcomes or the legislator’s intent.

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Only direct effects with high or medium confidence in the policy-area assignment are included. Bills are connected through sponsorship, cosponsorship, or Yea/Nay votes; a vote against a bill does not reverse its assessed effects. Vote dates filter recorded votes and vote-linked bills; sponsorship remains included.

Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

s4902-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.

37 clauses Jul 31, 2024

s4552-118

Cosponsor Introduced

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

30 clauses Jun 13, 2024

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

s4265-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to establish language access requirements for creditors and servicers, and for other purposes.

3 clauses May 7, 2024

s4243-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm.

4 clauses May 2, 2024

s4226-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To decriminalize and deschedule cannabis, to provide for reinvestment in certain persons adversely impacted by the War on Drugs, to provide for expungement of certain cannabis offenses, and for other purposes.

98 clauses May 1, 2024

s4141-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the FIFA World Cup 2026, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Apr 17, 2024

s4120-118

Cosponsor Introduced

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

61 clauses Apr 15, 2024

s4016-118

Cosponsor Reported

To amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Mar 21, 2024

s3842-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Ali, in recognition of his contributions to the United States.

3 clauses Feb 29, 2024

s3750-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To reform the congressional redistricting process, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Feb 7, 2024

s3692-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the use of algorithmic systems to artificially inflate the price or reduce the supply of leased or rented residential dwelling units in the United States.

5 clauses Jan 30, 2024

s3335-118

Cosponsor Reported

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program to help law enforcement agencies with civilian law enforcement tasks, and for other purposes.

8 clauses Nov 15, 2023
Government General Public

s3163-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To strengthen protections against child labor violations, and for other purposes.

8 clauses Oct 30, 2023

s2626-118

Cosponsor Reported

To impose sanctions with respect to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the President of Iran and their respective offices for human rights abuses and support for terrorism.

10 clauses Jul 27, 2023

s1776-118

Cosponsor Reported

To provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes.

67 clauses May 31, 2023
Travel And Tourism Environment Construction Government

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