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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

sres448-118

Primary Sponsor

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

0 clauses

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
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Education

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
Education

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
Energy Production

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
Federal Administration Education Transportation

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
Nonprofit Organizations Environmental Services Government - Federal Government - State/Local

s4811-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require guidance to improve access to mental health and substance use prevention services for children, adolescents, and young adults.

1 clause Jul 25, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

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

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

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
Federal Administration Financial Services Defense Contractors

s4248-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require the Financial Literacy and Education Commission to carry out a study on the impact of language barriers to financial health, to require the website and toll-free telephone number of the Commission to be provided in the most commonly spoken languages in the United States, and for other purposes.

4 clauses May 2, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4243-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To award posthumously the Congressional Gold Medal to Shirley Chisholm.

4 clauses May 2, 2024
Federal Administration Financial Services Transportation

s4244-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to include in technical assistance provided by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund resources for non-English speaking individuals, and for other purposes.

1 clause May 2, 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

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

sres598-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Expressing support for the Senate to work alongside the Congressional Black Caucus to build the Black Wealth Agenda and outline the legislative priorities to achieve the Black Wealth Agenda.

1 clause Mar 20, 2024
Health Care Providers

s3949-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to ensure protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and their families.

2 clauses Mar 14, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers
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