Josh Newman

Polluter Caucus

Party: Democrat

First Elected: 2020

District: 29 (Fullerton)

https://sd29.senate.ca.gov/

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68%
Lifetime Score

46%
2022

77%
2021

81%
2017

Josh Newman's 2022 Environmental Votes

Legend Key

Pro-Environmental Action
Anti-Environmental Action
Excused Absence
NV

Did Not Vote
Top Priority Bill

	Climate Bill	Vote
AB 1279	Committing to Carbon Neutrality
	Vote on AB 1279 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22	NV
AB 1757	Nature Based Carbon Removal Targets
	Vote on AB 1757 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22
AB 1778	Stopping Freeway Expansions in Environmental Justice Communities
	Vote on AB 1778 – Senate Transportation Committee - 6/28/22
AB 2133	Accelerated Climate Targets
	Vote on AB 2133 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22	NV
AB 2201	Community Drinking Water Protection Act
	Vote on AB 2201 – Senate Floor - 8/29/22
AB 2316	Making Community Solar and Storage Affordable for Low-Income Californians
	Vote on AB 2316 – Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee - 6/29/22
	Vote on AB 2316 – Senate Floor - 8/29/22
AB 2438	Aligning Transportation Investments with Climate Goals
	Vote on AB 2438 – Senate Transportation Committee - 6/28/22	NV
	Vote on AB 2438 – Senate Floor - 8/29/22
AB 2550	Restore Clean Air for the San Joaquin Valley
	Vote on AB 2550 – Senate Floor - 8/25/22
SB 54	Plastic Pollution Reduction Act
	Vote on SB 54 – Senate Floor - 6/30/22
SB 260	Climate Corporate Accountability Act
	Vote on SB 260 – Senate Floor - 1/26/22
SB 342	Environmental Justice Seats on the South Coast Air Quality Management Board
	Vote on SB 342 – Senate Floor - 1/31/22	NV
SB 1137	Ending Neighborhood Oil Drilling
	Vote on SB 1137 – Senate Floor - 8/31/22	NV
SB 1173	Divestment from of the Fossil Fuel Industry
	Vote on SB 1173 – Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee - 4/4/22	NV
	Vote on SB 1173 – Senate Floor - 5/25/22	NV
SB 1314	Stopping Big Oil’s Greenwashing
	Vote on SB 1314 – Senate Floor - 5/25/22	NV

How We Calculated the Weighted Score

Extra Credit

+1%

for being a main author of an environmental bill included in the California Score

+1%

for endorsing Prop 30, the Clean Cars Clean Air initiative

-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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