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

Member Vote
Ben Allen (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Marie Alvarado-Gil (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Bob Archuleta (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Jesse Arreguín (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Angelique Ashby (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Josh Becker (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Catherine Blakespear (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Chris Cabaldon (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Anna Caballero (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Sabrina Cervantes (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Steven Choi (R) Abstain (pro-environment)
Dave Cortese (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Megan Dahle (R) Yes (anti-environment)
María Elena Durazo (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Lena Gonzalez (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Tim Grayson (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Shannon Grove (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Melissa Hurtado (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Brian Jones (R) Abstain (pro-environment)
John Laird (D) Abstain (pro-environment)
Monique Limón (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Mike McGuire (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Jerry McNerney (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Caroline Menjivar (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Roger Niello (R) No (pro-environment)
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Steve Padilla (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Sasha Renée Pérez (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Eloise Gómez Reyes (D) Excused Absence
Laura Richardson (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Susan Rubio (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Kelly Seyarto (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Henry Stern (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Tony Strickland (R) Abstain (pro-environment)
Thomas Umberg (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Suzette Martinez Valladares (R) Yes (anti-environment)
Aisha Wahab (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Akilah Weber Pierson (D) Yes (anti-environment)
Scott Wiener (D) Yes (anti-environment)