Outgoing Senator

Jim Nielsen (R)

2023 Score 0%
Jim Nielsen has accepted oil money. Accepted oil money
District: Red Bluff
25%
Lifetime Score
3%
2021
2%
2020
19%
2019
19%
2018
0%
2017
0%
2016
0%
2015
18%
2014
0%
2013
19%
2012
12%
2011
5%
2010
9%
2009
38%
1990
68%
1989
68%
1988
50%
1987
69%
1986
53%
1985
32%
1984
36%
1983
21%
1982
25%
1981
43%
1980
39%
1979
As of December 2023, this legislator is no longer in office.

Jim Nielsen's 2023 Environmental Votes

Bill Vote
AB 1279 (Committing to Carbon Neutrality) Top Priority Bill
Vote on AB 1279 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22 No
AB 1757 (Nature Based Carbon Removal Targets)
Vote on AB 1757 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22 No
AB 2133 (Accelerated Climate Targets)
Vote on AB 2133 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22 No
AB 2201 (Community Drinking Water Protection Act)
Vote on AB 2201 – Senate Governance and Finance Committee - 6/29/22 No
Vote on AB 2201 – Senate Floor - 8/29/22 No
AB 2316 (Making Community Solar and Storage Affordable for Low-Income Californians)
Vote on AB 2316 – Senate Floor - 8/29/22 No
AB 2419 (The California Justice40 Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on AB 2419 – Senate Governmental Organization Committee - 6/28/22 No
AB 2438 (Aligning Transportation Investments with Climate Goals)
Vote on AB 2438 – Senate Floor - 8/29/22 No
AB 2550 (Restore Clean Air for the San Joaquin Valley)
Vote on AB 2550 – Senate Floor - 8/25/22 No
SB 54 (Plastic Pollution Reduction Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 54 – Senate Floor - 6/30/22 Abstain
SB 260 (Climate Corporate Accountability Act) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 260 – Senate Floor - 1/26/22 No
SB 342 (Environmental Justice Seats on the South Coast Air Quality Management Board)
Vote on SB 342 – Senate Floor - 1/31/22 No
SB 1137 (Ending Neighborhood Oil Drilling) Top Priority Bill
Vote on SB 1137 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22 No
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 Floor - 5/25/22 No
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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