Representative Juan Vargas

Lifetime Score:

81%

Current Year Score:

N/A

What's this mean?

Party:

Democrat

Position:

Congress

District Number:

Years in Office:

Assembly (AD 79): 2000-2006; Senate (SD 40): 2010-2012; Congress (CD 51): January 3, 2013 - present

Website:

http://vargas.house.gov/

CLCV rates legislators on their performance in the California State Legislature in Sacramento. You can find out more about Representative Vargas's record in Congress from our national counterparts at LCV (http://www.lcv.org/).

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Representative Juan Vargas's Voting Record

Bill #	Description	Issue(s)	Vote	Result	Year
AB 376	Cutting off the market for a cruel practice	Ocean / Coastal Protection Wildlife & Habitat Conservation	Good	Pass Signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown	2011
AB 650	Roadmap to better public transportation	Transportation	Good	Fail Vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown	2011
AB 710	Pushing the parking envelope	Transportation Smart Growth, Land Use & Planning	Good	2-year To Senate inactive file; 2-year bill	2011
AB 724	Recharging our clean energy effort, part one	Clean & Renewable Energy	Good	Fail Failed on Senate Floor	2011
AB x 14	Keeping one pace ahead of Freddie and Fannie	Clean & Renewable Energy	Good	Pass Signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown	2011
SB 244	Not all water is created equal	Environmental Justice Water Quality & Supply	Good	Pass Signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown	2011
SB 454	Expending a little more energy to save it	Clean & Renewable Energy	Good	Pass Signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown	2011
SB 535	Compensation where it's most needed (2011)	Environmental Justice Global Warming	Good	2-year Held in Assembly Appropriations Committee; 2-year bill	2011
SB 568	Styrofoam's short-term convenience, long-term impact	Ocean / Coastal Protection Recycling / Waste Reduction	Not Voting	2-year To Assembly inactive file; 2-year bill	2011
SB 580	Giving parks their full due	Open Space & Parks	Not Voting	2-year Held in Assembly Water Parks & Wildlife Committee; 2-year bill	2011
SB 582	Commuter dividends: pollution and pocketbook savings	Air Quality Smart Growth, Land Use & Planning Transportation	Good	Fail Vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown	2011
SB x 2	33% renewables by 2020	Clean & Renewable Energy	Good	Pass Signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown	2011
AB 1012	Clean vehicles for California	Clean & Renewable Energy Oil & Gas Transportation	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2006
AB 1020	Better planning = Better air quality	Air Quality	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2006
AB 1899	Development in the flood plains	Smart Growth, Land Use & Planning	Bad	Fail Held in Senate Rules Committee	2006
AB 1953	Get the lead out (permanently)	Toxics & Chemicals	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2006
AB 2021	Getting the most out of our utilities	Clean & Renewable Energy	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2006
AB 2444	A cleaner coast: pollution fee	Water Quality & Supply	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2006
AB 2485	Saving the sea otters	Wildlife & Habitat Conservation	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2006
AB 2490	Protecting California from Bush rollbacks (Toxics release inventory)	Toxics & Chemicals	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2006

For Assembly and Senate:

Pro-Environmental Action (a Yes vote on a good bill or No/Not voting on a bad bill)
Anti-Environmental Action (a No vote on a good bill or a Yes vote on a bad bill)
Not Voting (did not cast a vote on a good bill, counted negatively)
Excused (for health or family reasons)

For Governor:

Pro-Environmental Action (Signed a good bill or vetoed a bad bill)
Anti-Environmental Action (Vetoed a good bill or signed a bad bill)
Bill did not reach the Governor's desk

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Representative Juan Vargas's Voting Record

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