State Senator Joe Simitian

Lifetime Score:

97%

Current Year Score:

87%

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Party:

Democrat

Position:

Years in Office:

Assembly: 2000-2004; Senate (SD 11): 2004-2012

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State Senator Joe Simitian's Voting Record

Bill #	Description	Issue(s)	Vote	Result	Year
AB 2376	A blue ribbon strategy	Ocean / Coastal Protection Open Space & Parks Smart Growth, Land Use & Planning Water Quality & Supply Wildlife & Habitat Conservation	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2010
AB 2398	Cradle to cradle, carpet to carpet	Recycling / Waste Reduction	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2010
AB 2514	Rainy Day Energy	Clean & Renewable Energy Global Warming	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2010
AB 301	Verifying vended water	Environmental Justice Water Quality & Supply	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2010
AB 499	Sunlighting shady CEQA lawsuits	Good Government Smart Growth, Land Use & Planning	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2010
AB 737	Commercial Waste Diversion... Terminated again	Recycling / Waste Reduction	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2010
SB 1100	Battery EPR bill shorts out	Recycling / Waste Reduction Toxics & Chemicals	Good	Fail Held in Assembly Rules Committee	2010
SB 346	Putting the brakes on urban water pollution	Toxics & Chemicals Transportation Water Quality & Supply	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2010
SB 675	Training the green economy workforce	Environmental Justice Green Jobs	Excused	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2010
SB 797	Crying over BPA milk	Toxics & Chemicals	Good	Fail Failed on the Senate floor	2010
SB 918	Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink	Water Quality & Supply	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2010
SB 929	Banning Heavy Metals: Music to our ears	Toxics & Chemicals	Excused	Pass Signed by the Governor	2010
AB 1242	Human right to water: a novel concept	Environmental Justice Water Quality & Supply	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2009
AB 1366	Hard fight over water softeners	Water Quality & Supply	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2009
AB 1404	GHGs, green jobs, and clean communities	Air Quality Environmental Justice Green Jobs	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2009
AB 473	Multifamily recycling bill: trashed again	Recycling / Waste Reduction Toxics & Chemicals	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2009
AB 49	Water conservation: an essential first step	Water Quality & Supply	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2009
AB 64	Renewable electricity reform	Clean & Renewable Energy	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2009
AB 666	Fire safety planning bill doused	Smart Growth, Land Use & Planning Global Warming	Good	Fail Vetoed by the Governor	2009
AB 8 x2	Backdoor budget bulldozer	Smart Growth, Land Use & Planning Global Warming	Good	Pass Signed by the Governor	2009

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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