Senator

John Laird (D)

2025 Score 99%
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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This representative received extra credit for the following:

Not supporting SB 237, a bill that included Big Oil giveaways.

Not supporting SB 131, a bill that weakened environmental health protections.

99%
Lifetime Score
99%
2025
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 and bill authorship

John Laird's 2025 Environmental Votes

Bill Vote
AB 39 (Local Electrification Planning Act)
Vote on AB 39 – Senate Local Government - 7/2/25 Yes
Vote on AB 39 – Senate Floor - 9/9/25 Yes
AB 263 (Scott and Shasta River Instream Flows)
Vote on AB 263 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 6/10/25 Yes
Vote on AB 263 – Senate Floor - 9/9/25 Yes
AB 288 (Safeguarding the Right to Organize)
Vote on AB 288 – Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee - 6/18/25 Yes
Vote on AB 288 – Senate Judiciary Committee - 7/8/25 Yes
Vote on AB 288 – Senate Floor - 9/9/25 Yes
AB 454 (California Migratory Bird Protection Act)
Vote on AB 454 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 6/10/25 Yes
Vote on AB 454 – Senate Floor - 9/3/25 Yes
AB 823 (Reducing Microplastics by Banning Plastic Beads & Glitter in Personal Care Products)
Vote on AB 823 – Senate Judiciary Committee - 7/8/25 Yes
Vote on AB 823 – Senate Floor - 9/3/25 Yes
AB 1167 (California Ratepayer Protection Act)
Vote on AB 1167 – Senate Floor - 9/9/25 Yes
AB 1319 (Protecting the Endangered Species Act)
Vote on AB 1319 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 7/8/25 Yes
Vote on AB 1319 – Senate Floor - 9/10/25 Yes
AB 825 (Pathways Act: Western-Wide Electricity Markets) Top Priority Bill
Vote on AB 825 – Senate Floor - 9/13/25 Yes
SB 42 (Ending the Statewide Ban on Public Financing of Elections)
Vote on SB 42 – Senate Floor - 6/2/25 Yes
Vote on SB 42 – Senate Floor #2 - 9/13/25 Yes
SB 254 (Electricity Affordability) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 254 – Senate Floor - 9/13/25 Yes
SB 541 (Clean Energy Load Shifting Solutions)
Vote on SB 541 – Senate Floor - 6/3/25 Yes
Vote on SB 541 – Senate Floor - 9/13/25 Yes
SB 682 (Banning Forever Chemicals in Non-Essential Uses)
Vote on SB 682 – Senate Floor - 6/3/25 Yes
Vote on SB 682 – Senate Floor #2 - 9/13/25 Yes
AB 1448 (Protecting Against Expanded Offshore Oil Drilling)
Vote on AB 1448 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 7/8/25 Yes
SB 542 (Oil Spill Prevention and Pipeline Testing)
Vote on SB 542 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 4/22/25 Yes
Vote on SB 542 – Senate Floor - 6/3/25 Yes
SB 222 (Affordable Insurance and Climate Recovery Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 222 – Senate Judiciary Committee - 4/8/25 Yes
SB 615 (Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling)
Vote on SB 615 – Senate Floor - 5/29/25 Yes
SB 330 (Electricity Infrastructure Financing)
Vote on SB 330 – Senate Floor - 6/3/25 Yes
SB 601 (The Right to Clean Water Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 601 – Senate Judiciary - 4/29/25 Yes
Vote on SB 601 – Senate Floor - 6/4/25 Yes
AB 1207 (Cap-and-Invest)
Vote on AB 1207 – Senate Floor - 9/13/25 No
SB 237 (Big Oil Giveaways)
Vote on SB 237 – Senate Floor - 9/13/25 Abstain (pro-environment)
SB 131 (Environmental Health Rollbacks)
Vote on SB 131 – Senate Floor - 6/30/25 Abstain (pro-environment)
SB 34 (Undermining South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Port Rule)
Vote on SB 34 – Senate Floor - 6/3/25 Yes (anti-environment)
Vote on SB 34 – Senate Floor - 9/13/25 Yes (anti-environment)
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