SB 131 – Assembly Floor

Environmental Health Rollbacks

This bill gives a free pass on standard environmental reviews to certain industrial developments, including vaguely defined “advanced manufacturing” projects. SB 131 allows development projects to bypass mitigation requirements for public health, safety, and endangered species habitats. Passed through the budget process with no policy review and only days for public input, SB 131 represents a major, undemocratic policy change.

Author: Scott Wiener

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Bill info from the legislature

Issues: Conservation & Resilience

Opposed

Signed into Law

Status:

Signed into Law

Assembly:

55 Yes
3 No
21 Abstain

Senate:

33 Yes
1 No
6 Abstain

Governor:

Signed

SB 131 – Assembly Floor VotesVote Date: 6/30/25

Member Vote
Dawn Addis (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Patrick Ahrens (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Juan Alanis (R) Abstain (pro-environment)
David Alvarez (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Joaquin Arambula (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Anamarie Ávila Farías (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Jasmeet Bains (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Steve Bennett (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Marc Berman (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Tasha Boerner (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Mia Bonta (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Isaac Bryan (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Lisa Calderon (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Jessica Caloza (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Juan Carrillo (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Leticia Castillo (R) Abstain (pro-environment)
Phillip Chen (R) Abstain (pro-environment)
Damon Connolly (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Laurie Davies (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Carl DeMaio (R) No (pro-environment)
Diane Dixon (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Sade Elhawary (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Stan Ellis (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Heath Flora (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Mike Fong (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Jesse Gabriel (D) Yes (anti-environment)
James Gallagher (R) Abstain (pro-environment)
Robert Garcia (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Mike Gipson (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Jeff Gonzalez (R) Abstain (pro-environment)
Mark González (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Heather Hadwick (R) Abstain (pro-environment)
Matt Haney (D) Yes (anti-environment)
John Harabedian (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Gregg Hart (D) No (pro-environment)
Josh Hoover (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Jacqui Irwin (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Corey Jackson (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Ash Kalra (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Maggy Krell (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Tom Lackey (R) Abstain (pro-environment)
Alex Lee (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Josh Lowenthal (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Alexandra Macedo (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Tina McKinnor (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Al Muratsuchi (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Stephanie Nguyen (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Liz Ortega (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Blanca Pacheco (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Diane Papan (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Darshana Patel (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Joe Patterson (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Gail Pellerin (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Cottie Petrie-Norris (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Sharon Quirk-Silva (D) Excused Absence
James Ramos (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Rhodesia Ransom (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Robert Rivas (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Celeste Rodriguez (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Michelle Rodriguez (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Chris Rogers (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Blanca Rubio (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Kate Sanchez (R) No (pro-environment)
Pilar Schiavo (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Nick Schultz (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
LaShae Sharp-Collins (D) Yes (anti-environment)
José Luis Solache Jr. (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Esmeralda Soria (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Catherine Stefani (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Tri Ta (R) Yes (anti-environment)
David Tangipa (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Avelino Valencia (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Greg Wallis (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Christopher Ward (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Buffy Wicks (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Lori Wilson (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Rick Chavez Zbur (D) Yes (anti-environment)