Committee Scores

For the first time ever, EnviroVoters is scoring legislative committees based on their actions in 2025. These committees are critical in making sure whether bills pass or fail in the legislative cycle.

Committee Name Score Score Explanation
Assembly Appropriations Committee
83%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, failed to advance several California Score bills that came before it:

SB 316 Voter Registration for High School Students

SB 4 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program

AB 638 Stormwater for Irrigation on Public Lands

AB 1236 Climate and Sustainability Insurance and Risk Reduction Program

AB 721 Huron Hawk Conservancy

AB 674 Expanding the Clean Cars 4 All Program

AB 491 Codifying Nature-Based Solutions in State Climate Policy

This committee approved anti-environment bills from our California Score:

AB 66 Environmental Review Exemptions

SB 34 Undermining South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Port Rule

Assembly Elections Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Gail Pellerin, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Assembly Emergency Management Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Assembly Environmental Safety Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Damon Connolly, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Assembly Insurance Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Lisa Calderon, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Assembly Judiciary Committee
75%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Ash Kalra, failed to advance a California Score bill that came before it:

AB 1243 Polluters Pay failed in this committee (EnviroVoters co-sponsored bill)

Assembly Labor Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Liz Ortega, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Assembly Local Government Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Juan Carrillo, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Assembly Natural Resources Committee
90%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, approved anti-environment California Score bills:

SB 34 Undermining South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Port Rule

SB 237 Big Oil Giveaways

AB 66 Environmental Review Exemptions

Assembly Transportation Committee
60%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Lori Wilson, approved anti-environment California Score bills:

SB 34 Undermining South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Port Rule

SB 712 Exempting Old Cars from Smog Checks

Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee
100%

This committee, Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Assemblymember Diane Papan, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Senate Appropriations Committee
74%

This committee, chaired by Senator Anna Caballero, failed to advance several California Score bills that came before it:

AB 1020 Utility Accountability Act

SB 636 Hardship Deferments for Energy Service

SB 350 Low-Income Water Rate Assistance Program

SB 755 California Contractor Climate Transparency Act

SB 654 Energy Use from Water Projects

SB 584 Expanding Civic Engagement for Young People

SB 282 Installing Residential Electric Heat Pumps

SB 45 Reducing Plastic Bottle Cap Litter

AB 1164 Voter Bill of Rights

AB 902 Removing Barriers to Wildlife Movement

AB 638 Stormwater for Irrigation on Public Lands

AB 222 Addressing Data Centers Energy Cost Pressure on Ratepayers

This committee approved anti-environment California Score bills:

SB 34 Undermining South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Port Rule

SB 712 Exempting Old Cars from Smog Checks

Senate Elections Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Senator Sabrina Cervantes, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Senate Energy Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Senator Josh Becker, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Senate Environmental Quality Committee
86%

This committee, chaired by Senator Catherine Blakespear, approved anti-environment California Score bills:

SB 34 Undermining South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Port Rule

SB 496 Undermining Advanced Clean Fleets

AB 66 Environmental Review Exemptions

Senate Judiciary Committee
75%

This committee, chaired by Senator Thomas Umberg, failed to advance several California Score bills that came before it:

SB 684 Polluters Pay failed in this committee (EnviroVoters co-sponsored bill)

SB 222 Affordable Insurance and Climate Recovery Act failed in this committee (EnviroVoters co-sponsored bill)

Senate Labor Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Senate Local Government Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Senator María Elena Durazo, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Senate Natural Resources Committee
100%

This committee, chaired by Senator Monique Limón, advanced every California Score bill that came before it.

Senate Transportation Committee
40%

This committee, chaired by Senator Dave Cortese, approved anti-environment California Score bills:

SB 34 Undermining South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Port Rule

SB 712 Exempting Old Cars from Smog Checks

SB 496 Undermining Advanced Clean Fleets