The California Chamber of Commerce has released a report of California legislators’ floor votes for the first year of the 2017-18 legislative session, focusing on priority bills to the state’s business community. View the 2017 Vote Record This is the 43rd vote record the CalChamber has compiled in response to numerous requests by member firms and local chambers of commerce that would like a gauge by which to measure the performance of their legislators. To help readers assess legislators’ vote records, the charts group bills into nine areas: contracting out, environmental regulation, health care costs, housing and land use, industrial safety and health, labor and employment, legal reform and protection, privacy and telecommunications, and workers’ compensation. Partial Picture No vote record can tell the entire story of a legislator’s attitude and actions on issues of importance to business. To fully evaluate your legislative representative, consult the legislative journals and examine your legislator’s votes in committee and on floor issues. You can view these via links at www.calchambervotes.com. Many anti-business bills were rejected by legislators in policy or fiscal committees, thus stopping proposals before they reached the floor for a vote. The vote record does not capture these votes. Most bills in this report cover major business issues that are of concern to both small and large companies. The CalChamber recognizes that there are many bills supported or opposed by business that are not included in this vote record and analysis. Factors Considered The CalChamber considers the following factors in selecting vote record bills:
Priority Bills Contracting Out
Best Business Votes
A “Best Business Votes” section lists legislators according to the percentage of times they voted with the CalChamber position on the bills selected for the vote record. Votes when a legislator was absent are not included in calculating percentages. For more details on how the vote record is compiled and descriptions of the bills included, Click here. Senate 80% or more with CalChamber Anderson, Joel (R) 16-0 Bates, Patricia (R) 16-0 Berryhill, Tom (R) 16-0 Fuller, Jean (R) 16-0 Gaines, Ted (R) 16-0 Morrell, Mike (R) 16-0 Nguyen, Janet (R) 16-0 Nielsen, Jim (R) 16-0 Stone, Jeff (R) 16-0 Vidak, Andy (R) 16-0 Moorlach, John (R) 15-0 Cannella, Anthony (R) 15-1 Wilk, Scott (R) 15-1 40%-59% with CalChamber Glazer, Steve (D) 9-7 Roth, Richard (D) 8-7 Less than 40% with CalChamber Dodd, Bill (D) 4-12 Newman, Josh (D) 3-12 Hueso, Ben (D) 3-13 Pan, Richard (D) 3-13 Portantino, Anthony (D) 3-13 Allen, Ben (D) 2-14 Hernandez, Ed (D) 2-14 Hertzberg, Bob (D) 2-14 Bradford, Steven (D) 1-14 Galgiani, Cathleen (D) 1-14 Atkins, Toni (D) 1-15 de León, Kevin (D) 1-15 Hill, Jerry (D) 1-15 Lara, Ricardo (D) 1-15 McGuire, Mike (D) 1-15 Skinner, Nancy (D) 1-15 Wiener, Scott (D) 1-15 Mendoza, Tony (D) 0-15 Mitchell, Holly (D) 0-15 Stern, Henry (D) 0-15 Beall, Jim (D) 0-16 Jackson, Hannah-Beth (D) 0-16 Leyva, Connie (D) 0-16 Monning, Bill (D) 0-16 Wieckowski, Bob (D) 0-16 Assembly 80% or more with CalChamber Allen, Travis (R) 15-0 Bigelow, Frank (R) 15-0 Brough, Bill (R) 15-0 Chen, Phillip (R) 15-0 Flora, Heath (R) 15-0 Harper, Matthew (R) 15-0 Kiley, Kevin (R) 15-0 Mayes, Chad (R) 15-0 Obernolte, Jay (R) 15-0 Patterson, Jim (R) 15-0 Voepel, Randy (R) 15-0 Gallagher, James (R) 14-0 Acosta, Dante (R) 14-1 Fong, Vince (R) 14-1 Mathis, Devon (R) 14-1 Melendez, Melissa (R) 13-0 Chávez, Rocky (R) 13-2 Lackey, Tom (R) 13-2 Steinorth, Marc (R) 13-2 Waldron, Marie (R) 13-2 Cunningham, Jordan (R) 12-2 Dahle, Brian (R) 12-2 Grayson, Tim (D) 12-3 Choi, Steven (R) 10-1 60%-79% with CalChamber Gray, Adam (D) 11-4 Frazier, Jim (D) 10-5 Maienschein, Brian (R) 10-5 40%-59% with CalChamber Baker, Catharine (R) 8-7 Cooper, Jim (D) 8-7 Salas, Rudy (D) 8-7 Daly, Tom (D) 7-8 Less than 40% with CalChamber Arambula, Joaquin (D) 5-10 Irwin, Jacqui (D) 5-10 O’Donnell, Patrick (D) 5-10 Rubio, Blanca (D) 5-10 Cervantes, Sabrina (D) 4-11 Cooley, Ken (D) 4-11 Ridley-Thomas, Sebastian (D) 3-11 Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia (D) 3-12 Caballero, Anna (D) 3-12 Dababneh, Matt (D) 3-12 Gipson, Mike (D) 3-12 Levine, Marc (D) 3-12 Quirk-Silva, Sharon (D) 3-12 Bocanegra, Raul (D) 2-13 Burke, Autumn (D) 2-13 Medina, Jose (D) 2-13 Muratsuchi, Al (D) 2-13 Quirk, Bill (D) 2-13 Rodriguez, Freddie (D) 2-13 Eggman, Susan Talamantes (D) 1-11 Chu, Kansen (D) 1-13 Gloria, Todd (D) 1-14 Gonzalez Fletcher, Lorena (D) 1-14 Jones-Sawyer, Reginald (D) 1-14 Low, Evan (D) 1-14 McCarty, Kevin (D) 1-14 Nazarian, Adrin (D) 1-14 Santiago, Miguel (D) 1-14 Weber, Shirley (D) 1-14 Chau, Ed (D) 0-13 Garcia, Eduardo (D) 0-13 Berman, Marc (D) 0-14 Bloom, Richard (D) 0-14 Bonta, Rob (D) 0-14 Calderon, Ian (D) 0-14 Friedman, Laura (D) 0-14 Holden, Chris (D) 0-14 Limón, Monique (D) 0-14 Mullin, Kevin (D) 0-14 Rendon, Anthony (D) 0-14 Reyes, Eloise (D) 0-14 Wood, Jim (D) 0-14 Chiu, David (D) 0-15 Garcia, Cristina (D) 0-15 Kalra, Ash (D) 0-15 Stone, Mark (D) 0-15 Thurmond, Tony (D) 0-15 Ting, Phil (D) 0-15 Gomez, Jimmy (D)* 0-5 *Jimmy Gomez elected to U.S. House of Representatives; took office July 11, 2017. Comments are closed.
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