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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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Historical bill versions are included. Clauses analyzed in different versions count separately. A bill’s current status does not establish that every analyzed provision was enacted.

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

sres820-118

Cosponsor

Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 21 through September 28, 2024, as National Estuaries Week.

1 clause Sep 16, 2024

s5044-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To authorize grants to implement school-community partnerships for preventing substance use and misuse among youth.

1 clause Sep 12, 2024

sres815-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Designating the week beginning on September 9, 2024, as National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week.

1 clause Sep 12, 2024

s5031-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To promote a 21st century artificial intelligence workforce and to authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a program to increase access to prekindergarten through grade 12 emerging and advanced technology education and upskill workers in the technology of the future.

9 clauses Sep 12, 2024

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

s5001-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish the Sáttítla National Monument in the State of California, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Sep 10, 2024

sres801-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life and enduring legacy of William Willie Howard Mays, Jr.

1 clause Aug 1, 2024

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
Civic Organizations Government Manufacturing General Public

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

s4902-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prevent discrimination, including harassment, in employment.

37 clauses Jul 31, 2024

s4903-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to require youth representation on each State workforce development board, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jul 31, 2024

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
Government Nonprofits

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

s4899-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To establish a grant program for States that adopt the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Jul 31, 2024

s4861-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish, in the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the Destination Reception Services Program New Arrival Services Board and to authorize a grant program for providing funding for medium-term services to eligible arrivals in destination States and localities to promote their self-sufficiency, reduce costs of extended emergency service provision, maximize benefit to new arrivals and host communities, provide diversion from homelessness, and promote the effective navigation and compliance of the immigration process.

1 clause Jul 30, 2024

sres782-118

Cosponsor

Designating the week of August 4 through August 10, 2024, as National Farmers Market Week.

0 clauses Jul 30, 2024

sres781-118

Cosponsor

Supporting the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games.

0 clauses Jul 30, 2024

sres773-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Supporting the ideals of Bump Day to ensure, through advocacy, awareness, and action, that every mom, regardless of where she lives, the color of her skin, or her ability to pay, gets the care she needs to deliver a safe pregnancy and birth, and a healthy future for herself and the baby she loves.

1 clause Jul 25, 2024

sres772-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing the importance of independent living and economic self-sufficiency for individuals with disabilities made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and calling for further action to strengthen and expand opportunities for individuals with disabilities to participate in work and community life.

1 clause Jul 25, 2024

s4812-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To establish a pilot program to address behavioral health needs among children, adolescents, and young adults, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Jul 25, 2024

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