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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

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
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

sres765-118

Cosponsor

Relating to the death of the Honorable James Mountain Inhofe, former Senator for the State of Oklahoma.

0 clauses Jul 11, 2024

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

sres756-118

Cosponsor

Designating June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth Independence Day in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.

0 clauses Jul 9, 2024

s4619-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To revise sections 552, 1461, and 1462 of title 18, United States Code, and section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1305), and for other purposes.

1 clause Jun 20, 2024
Health Care Providers

sres749-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing June 2024, as LGBTQ Pride Month.

1 clause Jun 20, 2024

s4595-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve the structure of the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Jun 20, 2024
Federal Administration Education

s4569-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Jun 18, 2024
Information Technology Education Trade

s4592-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, to award grants to faith- or community-based organizations to address persistent health inequities and chronic disease challenges.

2 clauses Jun 18, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4554-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To express support for protecting access to reproductive health care after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision on June 24, 2022.

0 clauses Jun 17, 2024

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

sres729-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing the contributions of African Americans to the musical heritage of the United States and the need for greater access to music education for African-American students and designating June 2024 as African-American Music Appreciation Month.

1 clause Jun 12, 2024
Education

s4489-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To designate the Federal building located at 50 United Nations Plaza in San Francisco, California, as the “Senator Dianne Feinstein Federal Building”, and for other purposes.

0 clauses Jun 11, 2024

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

s4407-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To effectively staff the high-need public elementary schools and secondary schools of the United States with school-based mental health services providers.

3 clauses May 23, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4409-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To prohibit the disclosure of intimate digital depictions, and for other purposes.

3 clauses May 23, 2024
Defense Contractors

s4380-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to promote the matriculation, and increase in the graduation rates, of individuals with disabilities within higher education.

5 clauses May 21, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Education

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

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

sres693-118

Cosponsor

Recognizing the significance of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.

1 clause May 15, 2024
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