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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

sres664-118

Cosponsor

Recognizing the designation of April as Community College Month to celebrate more than 1,000 institutions throughout the United States supporting access to higher education and workforce training, and more broadly sustaining and advancing the economic prosperity of the United States.

1 clause Apr 30, 2024

s4211-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require States to designate public high schools as voter registration agencies, to direct such schools to conduct voter registration drives for students attending such schools, to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to reimburse such schools for the costs of conducting such voter registration drives, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Apr 30, 2024
Federal Administration Education

s4217-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when released from incarceration under the First Step Act.

5 clauses Apr 30, 2024
Health Care Providers Education Immigration Services

s4168-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to extend and enhance the specialty crop block grants program, and for other purposes.

1 clause Apr 18, 2024
Agricultural Producers

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

sres655-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life of Joseph Isadore Lieberman, former Senator for the State of Connecticut.

0 clauses Apr 18, 2024

sres651-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Designating April 2024 as Preserving and Protecting Local News Month and recognizing the importance and significance of local news.

0 clauses Apr 18, 2024

sres653-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing the 54th anniversary of Earth Day and the leadership of its founder, Senator Gaylord Nelson.

0 clauses Apr 18, 2024

s4176-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

1 clause Apr 18, 2024
Health Care Providers

s4147-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To continue to fund the IMPROVE initiative through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Apr 17, 2024
Health Care Providers

sres647-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Recognizing the designation of the week of April 11 through April 17, 2024, as the seventh annual Black Maternal Health Week.

1 clause Apr 17, 2024
Health Care Providers

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
Federal Administration Financial Services

s4132-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and expand Joshua Tree National Park in the State of California, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Apr 16, 2024
Health Care Providers Education Defense Contractors Federal Administration

sres644-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Expressing support for the designation of April 1, 2024, through April 30, 2024, as “Fair Chance Jobs Month”.

1 clause Apr 16, 2024
Health Care Providers

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

sres637-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Expressing support for the staff of public, school, academic, and special libraries in the United States and the essential services those libraries provide to communities, recognizing the need for funding commensurate with the broad scope of social service and community supports provided by libraries, preserving the right of all citizens of the United States to freely access information and resources in their communities, supporting a strong union voice for library workers, and defending the civil rights of library staff.

1 clause Apr 11, 2024

s4096-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the random assignment of certain cases in the district courts of the United States.

1 clause Apr 10, 2024
Agricultural Producers

s4077-118

Cosponsor Enrolled (Passed Congress)

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 Steuart Street in San Francisco, California, as the Dianne Feinstein Post Office.

0 clauses Apr 8, 2024

s4058-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require that the regulations related to SAVE Plan shall have the force and effect of enacted law.

0 clauses Mar 22, 2024

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