Outgoing Senator

Ben Hueso (D)

2023 Score 77%
Ben Hueso has accepted oil money. Accepted oil money
District: 18 (San Diego)
84%
Lifetime Score
72%
2021
88%
2020
72%
2019
94%
2018
90%
2017
69%
2016
92%
2015
88%
2014
88%
2013
88%
2012
94%
2011
As of December 2023, this legislator is no longer in office.

Ben Hueso's 2023 Environmental Votes

Bill Vote
AB 1279 (Committing to Carbon Neutrality) Top Priority Bill
Vote on AB 1279 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22 Yes
AB 1757 (Nature Based Carbon Removal Targets)
Vote on AB 1757 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22 Yes
AB 2133 (Accelerated Climate Targets)
Vote on AB 2133 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22 Abstain
AB 2201 (Community Drinking Water Protection Act)
Vote on AB 2201 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 6/14/22 Yes
Vote on AB 2201 – Senate Floor - 8/29/22 Yes
AB 2316 (Making Community Solar and Storage Affordable for Low-Income Californians)
Vote on AB 2316 – Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee - 6/27/22 Yes
Vote on AB 2316 – Senate Floor - 8/29/22 Yes
AB 2419 (The California Justice40 Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on AB 2419 – Senate Governmental Organization Committee - 6/28/22 Yes
AB 2438 (Aligning Transportation Investments with Climate Goals)
Vote on AB 2438 – Senate Floor - 8/29/22 Yes
AB 2550 (Restore Clean Air for the San Joaquin Valley)
Vote on AB 2550 – Senate Floor - 8/25/22 Yes
SB 54 (Plastic Pollution Reduction Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 54 – Senate Floor - 6/30/22 Yes
SB 260 (Climate Corporate Accountability Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 260 – Senate Floor - 1/26/22 Yes
SB 342 (Environmental Justice Seats on the South Coast Air Quality Management Board)
Vote on SB 342 – Senate Floor - 1/31/22 Yes
SB 953 (Ending Offshore Oil Drilling)
Vote on SB 953 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 4/26/22 No
SB 1137 (Ending Neighborhood Oil Drilling) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 1137 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22 Abstain
SB 1173 (Divestment from of the Fossil Fuel Industry)
Vote on SB 1173 – Senate Floor - 5/25/22 No
SB 1314 (Stopping Big Oil’s Greenwashing) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 1314 – Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee - 4/26/22 Yes
Vote on SB 1314 – Senate Floor - 5/25/22 Yes
Top Priority Bill designates top priority bill

How We Calculated the Weighted Score

100% environmental votes/authorship

Extra Credit:

+1%
for being a main author of an environmental bill included in the California Score
-1%
for not being a main author of any environmental bill included in the California Score
-5%
for accepting oil money

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