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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

s3128-118

Cosponsor

To streamline the reporting of violations against immigrant children in Federal custody, to provide protections for unaccompanied immigrant children, and to ensure safe release to sponsors, and for other purposes.

25 clauses
State Government Educational Services Federal Government Social Assistance

sres412-118

Cosponsor

Supporting the nearly 150,000 United Auto Workers currently negotiating collective bargaining agreements with the “Big Three” automakers.

1 clause
Homeowners Federal Government

s5208-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish protections for warehouse workers, and for other purposes.

13 clauses Sep 25, 2024
Labor Force General Public Labor Unions Warehousing and Storage

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

s4991-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.

50 clauses Aug 1, 2024
Educational Services Civic Organizations Legal Services General Public

s4902-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.

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

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

s4445-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization.

19 clauses Jun 3, 2024
Government - State Armed Forces Ambulatory Health Care Services Healthcare - Patients

s4381-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To protect an individual’s ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.

6 clauses May 21, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4334-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

12 clauses May 14, 2024
Federal Government - Transportation Security Federal Government - Homeland Security Labor Unions Federal Government

s4286-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide emergency assistance to States, territories, Tribal nations, and local areas affected by substance use disorder, including the use of opioids and stimulants, and to make financial assistance available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local areas, public or private nonprofit entities, and certain health providers, to provide for the development, organization, coordination, and operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorder and their families.

31 clauses May 8, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

sres588-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing March 14, 2024, as Black Midwives Day.

1 clause Mar 14, 2024

s3930-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide downpayment assistance to first-generation homebuyers to address multigenerational inequities in access to homeownership and to narrow and ultimately close the racial homeownership gap in the United States, and for other purposes.

11 clauses Mar 12, 2024
Government - State Mortgage Banking General Public Real Estate

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

s3860-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work in certain providers of services to which payments are made under the Medicare Program.

3 clauses Mar 5, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and for other purposes.

20 clauses Feb 29, 2024
Native American Tribes State & Local Government Political Campaigns General Public

s3857-118

Cosponsor Passed Senate

To take certain land in the State of California into trust for the benefit of the Jamul Indian Village of California, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Feb 29, 2024
Tribal Nations Local Government Federal Government - Interior

s3479-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 40, United States Code, to modify certain requirements for regional commissions, to reauthorize the Southwest Border Regional Commission, and for other purposes.

15 clauses Dec 12, 2023
State Government Local Government General Public Tribal Government

s3348-118

Cosponsor Reported

To amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to address harmful algal blooms, and for other purposes.

13 clauses Nov 27, 2023
Health Care Providers Information Technology Federal Government Federal Administration

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
Labor Government - Federal Government - State/Local Environmental Services
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