Laura Richardson (D)

This representative received extra credit for the following:

Being an author or principal coauthor of a Scorecard bill.

This representative received deductions for the following:

Authoring an anti-environment Scorecard bill, SB 34, which would have undermined local air district authority to make progress toward meeting air quality standards.

Laura Richardson's 2025 Environmental Votes

Bill	Vote
AB 39 (Local Electrification Planning Act)
Vote on AB 39 – Senate Floor - 9/9/25	Yes
AB 263 (Scott and Shasta River Instream Flows)
Vote on AB 263 – Senate Floor - 9/9/25	Yes
AB 288 (Safeguarding the Right to Organize)
Vote on AB 288 – Senate Floor - 9/9/25	Yes
AB 454 (California Migratory Bird Protection Act)
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 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 Floor - 9/10/25	Yes
AB 825 (Pathways Act: Western-Wide Electricity Markets)
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)
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 Health Committee - 4/30/25	Abstain (anti-environment)
Vote on SB 682 – Senate Floor - 6/3/25	Abstain (anti-environment)
Vote on SB 682 – Senate Floor #2 - 9/13/25	Abstain (anti-environment)
SB 542 (Oil Spill Prevention and Pipeline Testing)
Vote on SB 542 – Senate Floor - 6/3/25	Yes
SB 615 (Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling)
Vote on SB 615 – Senate Transportation Committee - 4/22/25	Yes
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)
Vote on SB 601 – Senate Floor - 6/4/25	Abstain (anti-environment)
AB 1207 (Cap-and-Invest)
Vote on AB 1207 – Senate Floor - 9/13/25	Yes
SB 237 (Big Oil Giveaways)
Vote on SB 237 – Senate Floor - 9/13/25	Yes (anti-environment)
SB 131 (Environmental Health Rollbacks)
Vote on SB 131 – Senate Floor - 6/30/25	Yes (anti-environment)
SB 34 (Undermining South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Port Rule)
Vote on SB 34 – Senate Transportation Committee - 4/28/25	Yes (anti-environment)
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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