Senator

John Laird (D)

2024 Score 96%
John Laird has not accepted oil money. No oil money
John Laird is a Hall of Famer. Hall of Fame
District: SD-17 (Santa Cruz)
https://sd17.senate.ca.gov/

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99%
Lifetime Score
96%
2024
99%
2023
100%
2022
98%
2021
100%
2008
100%
2007
100%
2006
100%
2005
100%
2004
100%
2003

How We Calculated the Weighted Score

100% environmental votes/authorship

Extra Credit (if applicable):

+1%
or -1%
for being a main author or principal coauthor of a Scorecard bill
-5%
for accepting oil money this election cycle
+2%
for being a main author of the Climate Bond (SB 867)
-2%
for being an author on an anti-environmental bill (SB 1420)

John Laird's 2024 Environmental Votes

Bill Vote
AB 1866 (Idle Oil Well Cleanup) Top Priority Bill
Vote on AB 1866 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 6/11/24 Yes
Vote on AB 1866 – Senate Floor Vote - 8/28/24 Yes
AB 1963 (Paraquat Dichloride Prohibition)
Vote on AB 1963 – Senate Floor Vote - 8/28/24 Yes
AB 2079 (Groundwater High-Capacity Water Wells)
Vote on AB 2079 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 6/11/24 Yes
AB 2513 (Gas Stoves Warning Labels)
Vote on AB 2513 – Senate Environmental Quality Committee - 6/5/24 Yes
Vote on AB 2513 – Senate Floor Vote - 8/20/24 Yes
Vote on AB 2513 – Senate Floor Vote #2 - 8/30/24 Yes
AB 2666 (Utilities Rate of Return)
Vote on AB 2666 – Senate Floor Vote - 8/29/24 Yes
AB 2716 (Low-Producing Oil Well Accountability Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on AB 2716 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 6/25/24 Yes
Vote on AB 2716 – Senate Floor Vote - 8/31/24 Yes
AB 2875 (No Net Loss of Wetlands) Top Priority Bill
Vote on AB 2875 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 6/17/24 Yes
Vote on AB 2875 – Senate Floor Vote - 8/26/24 Yes
AB 3233 (The Local Environmental Choice and Safety Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on AB 3233 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 6/17/24 Yes
Vote on AB 3233 – Senate Floor Vote - 8/29/24 Yes
Vote on AB 3233 – Senate Floor Vote #2 - 8/31/24 Yes
SB 219 (Stopping Delays to Major Climate Corporate Accountability Laws) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 219 – Senate Floor Vote - 8/31/24 Yes
SB 615 (Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 615 – Senate Floor Vote - 8/31/24 Yes
SB 674 (Refinery Air Pollution Transparency and Reduction Act)
Vote on SB 674 – Senate Floor Vote - 8/8/24 Yes
SB 867 (Climate Bond) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 867 – Senate Floor Vote - 7/3/24 Yes
SB 960 (Complete Streets and Transit Priority Policies)
Vote on SB 960 – Senate Transportation Committee - 4/23/24 Yes
Vote on SB 960 – Senate Floor Vote - 5/22/24 Yes
Vote on SB 960 – Senate Floor Vote #2 - 8/29/24 Yes
SB 1036 (Cleaning up Voluntary Carbon Offsets)
Vote on SB 1036 – Senate Judiciary Committee - 4/9/24 Yes
Vote on SB 1036 – Senate Floor Vote - 5/21/24 Yes
SB 1221 (Affordable Energy Transition and Workforce Protection Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 1221 – Senate Floor Vote - 5/21/24 Yes
Vote on SB 1221 – Senate Floor Vote #2 - 8/31/24 Yes
SB 1321 (Employment Training Panel)
Vote on SB 1321 – Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee - 4/24/24 Yes
Vote on SB 1321 – Senate Floor Vote - 5/21/24 Yes
Vote on SB 1321 – Senate Floor Vote #2 - 8/29/24 Yes
SB 1337 (Referendum Funding Transparency)
Vote on SB 1337 – Senate Floor Vote - 5/21/24 Yes
Vote on SB 1337 – Senate Floor Vote #2 - 8/29/24 Yes
SB 1340 (Public Contracting and Living Wage Jobs)
Vote on SB 1340 – Senate Judiciary Committee - 4/16/24 Yes
Vote on SB 1340 – Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee - 4/24/24 Yes
Vote on SB 1340 – Senate Floor Vote - 5/21/24 Yes
Vote on SB 1340 – Senate Floor Vote #2 - 8/30/24 Yes
SB 1497 (Polluters Pay Climate Cost Recovery Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 1497 – Senate Judiciary Committee - 4/23/24 Yes
SB 1420 (Fossil Fuel Hydrogen)
Vote on SB 1420 – Senate Floor Vote #1 - 5/22/24 Yes (anti-environment)
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