Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Democratic · CA · U.S. Representative for California's 37th Congressional District
Member of the House Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committees and a former California legislator. Her stated priorities include land, economic justice, art, and democracy.
Where Sydney Kamlager-Dove stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (1 record), Healthcare Affordability (20 records), Environment and Public Health (92 records),
Mixed record
Anti-Corruption (17 support · 1 oppose), Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 74 oppose), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (44 support · 2 oppose),
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 1 support
Voted to pass S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which makes posting nonconsensual intimate images, including deepfakes, a crime and orders 48-hour takedowns. The House passed it 409-2, and it became law on May 19, 2025.
April 28, 2025Supports AI Regulation
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 20 support
Voted to pass H.R. 4541, which reauthorizes through 2030 the federal program paying for breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment for low-income women. It passed the House 394-6.
July 20, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 2493, which renews through 2030 the federal grant programs that fund health care providers serving rural America. It passed the House 406-4.
April 21, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $1,031,000 for Rebuilding Lives opioid-recovery project. The federal project funding supported supportive housing, substance-use recovery services and employment training.
February 26, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
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Voted to pass H.R. 1834, which extends the larger Affordable Care Act premium tax credits through 2028, including for higher-earning households. It passed the House 230-196.
January 8, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Walked out of the President’s joint address to protest proposed federal Medicaid funding cuts. She defended healthcare benefits for constituents relying on Medicaid.
March 4, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for S. 141, a proposal expanding veterans’ community and home care and caregiver support, raising the public noninstitutional-care expenditure cap, increasing support for homeless veterans and improving veterans’ education benefits. The House passed it 382–12.
December 16, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 7213, proposing renewed autism surveillance, research, treatment and professional-training programs. It increased annual program authorizations for fiscal 2025–2029. The House adopted concurrence 374–15.
December 16, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States, arguing that federal emergency-care law required hospitals to provide stabilizing abortion care despite Idaho’s ban.
March 28, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: supremecourt.gov
Hosted a reproductive-justice roundtable on Black and Brown maternal health. She advocated care and resources for young, incarcerated and homeless mothers.
February 22, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 2365, a proposal requiring a national Parkinson’s disease plan, coordinated prevention and treatment efforts, and an advisory council. The House passed it 407–9.
December 14, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 4531, proposing expanded substance-use prevention, treatment, recovery and workforce programs with higher grant authorizations. It made Medicaid medication-assisted treatment coverage permanent and included a Medicaid funding offset. The House passed it 386–37.
December 12, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 5378, a proposal requiring hospital and other provider price disclosure and pharmacy-benefit-manager reporting, prohibiting Medicaid spread pricing, providing implementation funds, and extending public-health programs. The House passed it 320–71.
December 11, 2023Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 1338, establishing voluntary CARE agreements and court-ordered CARE plans for qualifying adults with serious psychotic disorders. It required behavioural-health, housing and related services, counsel and review hearings, permitted use of existing continuously appropriated mental-health funds, and required insurance coverage of CARE services with limited cost sharing. It passed the Senate on concurrence 40–0.
August 31, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1375, authorizing qualified, trained nurse practitioners to perform aspiration abortions without physician supervision under specified practice standards. It passed the Senate on concurrence 31–9.
August 30, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 2011, creating streamlined approval for qualifying affordable and mixed-income housing on commercial sites, requiring prevailing wages, and adding apprenticeship and worker health-expenditure requirements for larger projects. It passed the Senate 33–0.
August 29, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 57, proposing supervised overdose-prevention sites in participating San Francisco, Los Angeles and Oakland jurisdictions. It protected compliant participants from specified drug penalties and required treatment referrals and evaluation. The Senate adopted concurrence 21–11.
August 1, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 184, extending health-coverage financial assistance, expanding publicly funded full-scope Medi-Cal eligibility to otherwise eligible adults aged twenty-six to forty-nine regardless of immigration status, and establishing a Health Care Affordability Office with cost targets and review of healthcare mergers. It passed the Senate on concurrence 28–8.
June 29, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 380, reducing the interval between oral requests for aid-in-dying medication from fifteen days to forty-eight hours, eliminating the final-attestation requirement and extending the End of Life Option Act through 2030. It passed the Senate on concurrence 26–8.
September 10, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 133, proposing CalAIM enhanced care management, coordinated behavioral healthcare and optional housing services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Federal funds offset General Fund costs; equal General Fund money was appropriated to the Health Care Deposit Fund. The bill also authorized PATH payments and grants, subject to federal approvals and funding. It passed the Senate 31–8.
July 15, 2021Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 24, requiring UC and CSU student health clinics to provide medication abortion and continuously appropriating a public preparation fund. Implementation depended on at least $10.29 million in private contributions; the fund used private or other nonstate money with no General Fund support. It passed the Assembly 55–19.
September 13, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 92 support
Voted against passing H.J.Res. 213, which would revoke EPA's approval of California's stricter engine pollution rules for tugboats, ferries, fishing boats and harbor craft. It passed the House 214-208.
September 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.J.Res. 210, which would revoke EPA's approval of California's rule requiring more ocean-going ships to cut engine pollution while docked. It passed the House 216-211.
September 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 2140, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act, which would extend EPA grants through 2029 for replacing or cleaning up old diesel engines. It passed the House 343-79.
September 15, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 3276, which would write the Urban Bird Treaty Program into law, funding grants for groups that protect birds in cities. It passed the House 345-60.
September 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 4219, which would write the Fish and Wildlife Service's invasive species strike teams for national wildlife refuges into law. It passed the House 371-33.
September 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined a filed motion with an amicus memorandum in California v. Wright. It sought judicial limits on presidential Defense Production Act power, arguing that the pipeline order favored Sable and bypassed state safety and environmental protections.
September 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: carbajal.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 1501, the Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025, which permanently makes certain mining infrastructure projects eligible for faster federal environmental review. It passed the House 218-201.
September 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 9436, a bill to delay new right whale protection rules for lobster and crab gear from 2028 to 2035. It passed the House 219-196.
September 1, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass S. 629, which widens who can get federal payments to repair farmland and forest land damaged by natural disasters. It passed the House 368-19.
June 23, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 2860, which reauthorizes for seven years the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative that protects and restores marine waters and habitats. It passed the House 374-49.
June 3, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 1346, a bill to let higher-ethanol gasoline be sold through the summer smog season under a Clean Air Act waiver. It passed the House 218-203.
May 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 4690, the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act, repealing the standards phasing fossil fuel use out of new federal buildings by 2030. It passed the House 215-202.
April 22, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 6398, the RED Tape Act, dropping the Clean Air Act requirement that the EPA review and comment on major federal projects. It passed the House 222-205.
April 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 6409, the FENCES Act, which shields states from Clean Air Act penalties for pollution that blows in from outside their borders. It passed the House 220-208.
April 16, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 1011, which widens who can get federal payments to repair farmland and forest land damaged by natural disasters. It passed the House 395-10.
April 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 6422, the American Water Stewardship Act, renewing EPA water quality and restoration programs through 2031, including the Great Lakes program. It passed the House 378-32.
March 24, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against passing H.R. 556, a bill stopping federal land agencies from banning or regulating lead ammunition and fishing tackle on federal land. It passed the House 215-202.
March 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 4294, the MAWS Act, which has NOAA run a pilot program buying invasive blue catfish caught in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. It passed the House 320-66.
March 17, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $250,000 for Pueblo del Rio. The federal project funding supported energy-efficient air conditioning providing heat relief in public housing.
February 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $1,200,000 for Culver City Hydrogen Bus Pilot. The federal project funding supported two zero-emission buses.
February 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $200,000 for Blackwelder Community Greenbelt. The federal project funding supported green space, recreation and flood management along Ballona Creek.
February 26, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 4758, the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act, repealing the Energy Department's home electrification rebates for lower-income households and contractor training grants. It passed the House 210-199.
February 25, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 4626, a bill to change how the Energy Department sets appliance efficiency standards, adding cost factors it must weigh. It passed the House 217-190.
February 24, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against passing H.R. 261, the Undersea Cable Protection Act, ending Commerce Department permits for undersea fiber optic cable work inside national marine sanctuaries. It passed the House 218-212.
February 11, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 140, which cancels the land order protecting about 225,504 acres of northeastern Minnesota national forest and reopens it to mineral leasing. It passed the House 214-208.
January 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 4593, the SHOWER Act, which writes a looser definition of showerhead into law for federal water efficiency rules. It passed the House 226-197.
January 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 5184, the Affordable HOMES Act, cancelling Energy Department efficiency rules for manufactured housing and its power to issue similar rules. It passed the House 263-147.
January 9, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted no on H.R. 845, a bill ordering the Interior Department to drop the gray wolf from the endangered species list, beyond court review. The House passed it 211-204; the bill is in a Senate committee and has not become law.
December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted no on H.R. 1366, the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, opposing wider mining use of federal land where no valuable mineral deposit was proven. The House passed it 219-198. The Senate has not voted, so it is not law.
December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted no on H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act, opposing cuts to federal environmental reviews and to court challenges against them. The House passed it 221-196. It is pending in a Senate committee and has not become law.
December 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 1949, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, ending Energy Department approval of gas exports, deemed in the public interest. The House passed it 217-188, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
November 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against sending S.J.Res. 80 to the President, cancelling the 2022 plan that closed about 48% of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska to drilling. The House passed it 216-209, and it became Public Law 119-47 on December 5, 2025.
November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 131, which cancelled the 2024 decision closing about 1.2 million acres of the Arctic refuge to oil and gas leasing. The House passed it 217-209, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-52 on December 11, 2025.
November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 130, which cancelled a federal plan change that had ended new coal leasing in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. The House passed it 214-212, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-51 on December 11, 2025.
November 18, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 105, which canceled the federal land plan for North Dakota. That plan guided mineral leasing there and set aside one 960-acre protected area. The House passed it 215-211 and it became law on December 11, 2025 (Public Law 119-49).
September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 106, which canceled the federal land plan covering 13.3 million acres in Alaska's Central Yukon area. The plan had protected about 3.6 million acres. The House passed it 215-210 and it became law on December 11, 2025 (Public Law 119-50).
September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 104 to cancel the federal land plan for the Miles City field office in eastern Montana, reopening those lands to coal leasing. The House passed it 211-208.
September 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against sending S.J.Res. 31 to the President, canceling the EPA rule keeping toxic air pollutant controls on plants moving to a lower category. The House passed it 216-212, and it became law on June 20, 2025 (Public Law 119-20).
May 22, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 88, which revoked the Clean Air Act waiver letting California enforce Advanced Clean Cars II, its zero-emission new car rule. The House passed it 246-164. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-16.
May 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 78, which would cancel the Fish and Wildlife Service rule listing the San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt as endangered. The House passed it 216-195 anyway. The Senate never acted, so the fish still has Endangered Species Act protection.
May 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 89, which revoked the Clean Air Act waiver letting California enforce its Omnibus Low NOx limits on heavy-duty engine pollution. The House passed it 225-196. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-17.
April 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 87, which revoked the Clean Air Act waivers letting California enforce its Advanced Clean Trucks and zero-emission fleet standards. The House passed it 231-191. It was signed on June 12, 2025 as Public Law 119-15.
April 30, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.J.Res. 60 by 219-205, cancelling the National Park Service rule that closed an off-road route and shoreline driving areas at Lake Powell. It became law on May 23, 2025 (Public Law 119-13).
April 29, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted for H.R. 973, a proposal requiring federal consumer-product safety standards for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in electric bikes and other micromobility devices. The House passed it 365–42.
April 28, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against H.J.Res. 75, which canceled the Energy Department's new efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators and freezers. It passed the House 214-193 and became law.
March 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against H.J.Res. 24, which canceled the Energy Department's new efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants. It passed the House 203-182 and became law.
March 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 42, which canceled the Energy Department's new rule tightening testing, labeling, and enforcement for appliance efficiency standards. It passed the House 222-203 and became law.
March 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against H.J.Res. 61, which canceled the EPA's 2024 limits on hazardous air pollution from rubber tire factories. It passed the House 216-202 and became law.
March 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against H.J.Res. 20, which cancelled the Energy Department's energy efficiency standards for consumer gas-fired tankless water heaters. The House passed it 221-198, the Senate agreed, and it became law in May 2025.
February 27, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 35, which cancelled the EPA rule setting up the charge for methane released by oil and gas facilities. The House passed it 220-206, the Senate agreed, and it became law in March 2025.
February 26, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against passing H.R. 26, the Protecting American Energy Production Act, a bill to bar the President from halting fracking without a law from Congress. The House passed it 226-188, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.
February 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 136, which would have wiped out those 2027 and later tailpipe pollution limits on light and medium duty vehicles. The House approved it 215-191. The resolution died in the Senate and the rule remains.
September 20, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Held a public roundtable advocating accountability for oil companies’ pollution, climate disinformation and alleged price collusion. Her remarks sought consumer and environmental protections; they were advocacy rather than adjudicated findings.
September 18, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Joined EPA’s July 22 announcement selecting South Coast AQMD for $499,997,415 for electric charging, freight equipment and locomotives reducing emissions. She supported securing the project; AQMD later documented its award. Disbursement was not established.
July 22, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted no on H.R. 7700, the Stop Unaffordable Dishwasher Standards Act, opposing new limits on the Energy Department's dishwasher efficiency rules. The House passed it anyway, 214-192. The Senate never took it up, so the bill died at the end of the 118th Congress.
July 9, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 4581, a proposal expanding the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to cover stillbirth-prevention research and activities. The House passed it 408–3.
May 15, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 2925, a bill letting mining claim holders use federal land for roads and facilities without finding a valuable mineral deposit. The House passed it 216-195, but the Senate never took it up and it died.
May 8, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 6192, a bill to end the Energy Department's duty to keep tightening home appliance efficiency rules. The House passed it 212-195, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
May 7, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Delivered Interior-budget hearing remarks supporting public-land conservation, renewable energy and stronger oil-company financial assurance for cleanup. She defended environmental protections and tribal consultation.
May 1, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 6285, a bill to reissue cancelled Arctic Refuge oil and gas leases and order another coastal plain lease sale. The House passed it 214-199, but the Senate never voted, so it died.
May 1, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 3195, a bill to cancel the 20-year mining ban near Minnesota's Boundary Waters and reissue cancelled mineral leases. The House passed it 212-203, but the Senate never voted, so the bill died.
April 30, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 764, the Trust the Science Act, ordering the Interior Department to drop the gray wolf from the endangered species list. The House passed it 209-205, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
April 30, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 615, the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, blocking federal land agencies from banning lead ammunition or fishing tackle. The House passed it 214-201, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
April 30, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 3397, the WEST Act, voiding the public lands rule that put conservation on equal footing with grazing and drilling. The House passed it 212-202, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
April 30, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1023, the Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act, which passed the House 209-204. A no vote was a vote to keep the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and the methane fee from the 2022 climate law. The bill never passed the Senate and died with the 118th Congress.
March 22, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act, which passed the House 213-205. A no vote was a vote to keep the existing Clean Water Act permit rules and court deadlines. The bill never passed the Senate and died when the 118th Congress ended.
March 21, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 6009, the Restoring American Energy Dominance Act, forcing the Bureau of Land Management to drop its proposed leasing rule. The House passed it 216-200, but it died in the Senate.
March 20, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against passing H.R. 1121, the Protecting American Energy Production Act, a bill to bar any President from halting fracking without approval from Congress. The House passed it 229-188, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.
March 20, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $850,000 for South LA Community Resilience Center. The public funding supported climate-preparedness education, food distribution and workforce programming.
March 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $510,000 for Avalon Gardens. The public funding supported replacement cool roofs preserving public housing and reducing residents’ heat exposure.
March 12, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7176, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, ending Energy Department approval of gas exports, deemed in the public interest. The House passed it 224-200, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.
February 15, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 4468, a bill to stop the EPA's 2027-and-later vehicle emissions rule and limit tailpipe rules that reduce vehicle choice. The House passed it 221-197, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
December 6, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1435, which would have blocked and revoked Clean Air Act permissions for state rules limiting sales of gas-powered vehicles. It cleared the House 222-190. The Senate took no action, so the bill died and the waivers stand.
September 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against sending S.J.Res. 24 to the President, so the northern long-eared bat kept its endangered listing. The House approved it 220-209, but a veto stopped it. The override attempt fell short, and the protections stayed in place.
July 27, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against sending S.J.Res. 9 to the President, so the lesser prairie-chicken kept its threatened and endangered listing. It cleared the House 221-206 but was vetoed. The override attempt fell short, and the protections stayed in place.
July 27, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 1640, the Save Our Gas Stoves Act, a bill to block the Energy Department's efficiency rule for kitchen ranges and ovens. The House passed it 249-181, but the Senate never voted, so the bill died.
June 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1615, the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, which the House passed 248-180. The bill would stop the Consumer Product Safety Commission from banning gas stoves or restricting their sale and use. The Senate never acted, so it never became law.
June 13, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against S.J.Res. 11, which sought to scrap the EPA rule tightening nitrogen oxide pollution limits for new heavy-duty trucks. It passed the House 221-203 but was vetoed on June 14, 2023. The Senate override attempt failed 50-50, so the EPA rule remained in effect.
May 23, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against H.R. 1, a bill to expand oil, gas and mineral leasing on federal land, speed permits and repeal the methane fee. The House passed it 225-204, but the Senate never voted, so it died.
March 30, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against H.J.Res. 27, which sought to cancel the federal rule defining which streams and wetlands the Clean Water Act protects. It passed the House 227-198, but the President vetoed it and the override failed.
March 9, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against H.R. 185, a proposal ending the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for nonimmigrant foreign air travelers and barring federal funding to enforce comparable requirements. The House passed it 227–201.
February 8, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against H.R. 497, a proposal nullifying the Medicare and Medicaid health-care-worker COVID-19 vaccination rule and prohibiting a substantially similar rule. The House passed it 227–203.
January 31, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted against H.R. 21, a bill to block the next non-emergency Strategic Petroleum Reserve release until officials planned more federal drilling leases. The House passed it 221-205, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.
January 27, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 1137, prohibiting most new oil and gas drilling approvals within 3,200 feet of homes, schools and other sensitive receptors, with plugging, safety and court-order exceptions, and requiring pollution controls for existing facilities in those zones. It passed the Senate on concurrence 25–10.
August 31, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
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Voted for AB 2098, proposing professional discipline for physicians giving patients false or misleading COVID-19 information during treatment or advice. The standard required conflict with contemporary scientific consensus and the standard of care. It passed the Senate 32–8.
August 30, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 57, proposing supervised overdose-prevention sites in participating San Francisco, Los Angeles and Oakland jurisdictions. It protected compliant participants from specified drug penalties and required treatment referrals and evaluation. The Senate adopted concurrence 21–11.
August 1, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 54, requiring producer responsibility, source reduction and recycling targets for packaging and plastic foodware. It required producer organizations to remit $500 million annually in 2027–2036 to a state plastic-pollution mitigation fund for expenditure upon legislative appropriation. It passed the Senate on concurrence 29–0.
June 30, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB685, requiring employers to notify workers of potential COVID-19 exposure, report workplace outbreaks and permitting Cal/OSHA to restrict work at imminent infection hazards. It passed the Assembly 52–17.
August 31, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 2762, prohibiting cosmetics containing specified intentionally added toxic ingredients, subject to stated exceptions. It passed on Assembly concurrence 74–0.
August 30, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 793, prohibiting retail sales of flavored tobacco products and flavor enhancers, with specified exceptions and a $250 infraction penalty. It passed the Assembly 58–1.
August 24, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1775, prohibiting new state-land leases for oil and gas infrastructure supporting Pacific Outer Continental Shelf leases issued after January 1,2018. It passed on Assembly concurrence 45–25.
August 29, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 100, raising California's renewable-electricity procurement target to 60% by 2030 and setting a 100% renewable or zero-carbon electricity policy for 2045. It passed the Assembly 44–33.
August 28, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 22 support
Voted to pass H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, setting deadlines for bargaining a first union contract and sending stalled talks to arbitration. It passed the House 230-193.
June 9, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass S. 723, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, setting deadlines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to process tribal land mortgages. It passed the House 384-40.
March 4, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $1,031,000 for Rebuilding Lives opioid-recovery project. The federal project funding supported supportive housing, substance-use recovery services and employment training.
February 26, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $250,000 for South LA Community Food Hall. The federal project funding supported rehabilitation of space supporting eight to ten small businesses.
February 26, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, stopping certain voluntary training outside normal hours from counting as paid work time. It failed the House 209-215.
January 13, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: clerk.house.gov
Convened a community-college roundtable on housing insecurity, rising costs and access to technology. She advocated resources for students’ food, healthcare and education needs.
September 5, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Held a roundtable on historically Black colleges and universities. She opposed higher-education funding cuts and attacks on diversity programs, defending educational opportunity for Black students.
April 29, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for S. 141, a proposal expanding veterans’ community and home care and caregiver support, raising the public noninstitutional-care expenditure cap, increasing support for homeless veterans and improving veterans’ education benefits. The House passed it 382–12.
December 16, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on October 16 that she had secured $1,000,000 for SoLa Technology and Entrepreneurship Center. The public funding supported construction of a center providing technology-career, entrepreneurship and financial-literacy training.
October 16, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Presented a ceremonial $1,666,279 funding check for Butterfly’s Haven Youth Housing, after securing the federal project allocation. The funding supported a youth housing site and workforce-training hub.
October 1, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $500,000 for Slauson Neighborhood Revitalization. The public funding supported microenterprise training, job access and small-business revitalization in a disadvantaged community.
March 12, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $850,000 for South LA Community Resilience Center. The public funding supported climate-preparedness education, food distribution and workforce programming.
March 12, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $963,000 for Transitional-Aged Youth Mentoring and Career Development. The public funding supported mentoring and career-development services for at-risk youth.
March 12, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $900,000 for Safe Housing Project. The public funding supported housing, daily necessities, counseling and job training for formerly incarcerated women.
March 12, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $500,000 for the Trauma-Informed Anti-Recidivism Initiative. The public funding supported trauma-responsive workforce and youth programs reducing entry and reentry into the justice system.
March 12, 2024Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for AB 257, proposing a Fast Food Council to set sectorwide wage, hour, health and safety standards for covered chains, subject to a worker petition, and protections against retaliation. It passed the Senate 21–12.
August 29, 2022Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 62, restricting garment-industry piece-rate pay, making brand guarantors jointly liable for covered unpaid wages and strengthening Labor Commissioner enforcement. It passed on Senate concurrence 26–10.
September 10, 2021Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 5, extending the employee-classification ABC test and wage, paid-leave and unemployment-insurance protections to covered workers, with occupational exceptions. The bill expanded eligibility under the continuously appropriated Unemployment Fund and passed the Assembly on concurrence 61–16.
September 11, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 206, proposing student-athlete rights to earn outside name, image and likeness compensation and obtain licensed representation. It protected scholarships while retaining team-contract limits. The Assembly passed it 73–0.
September 9, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 673, proposing workers’ recovery of statutory penalties for unpaid wages, including specified equal-pay violations. It barred duplicate recovery under the same violations and changed Labor Commissioner enforcement authority. The Assembly adopted concurrence 58–18.
September 9, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 539, proposing a simple-interest ceiling of 36% plus the federal funds rate on specified $2,500–$10,000 loans. It also limited loan terms and prepayment penalties. The Assembly passed the initial stage 60–4; she had no recorded final-concurrence ballot.
May 23, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Advocated psychiatric support for foster families, tracking after reunification, and jobs and college access for youth transitioning out of foster care during a county commission policy discussion.
October 20, 2014Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: file.lacounty.gov
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 16 support
Voted to pass H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, setting deadlines for bargaining a first union contract and sending stalled talks to arbitration. It passed the House 230-193.
June 9, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 2262, the Flexibility for Workers Education Act, stopping certain voluntary training outside normal hours from counting as paid work time. It failed the House 209-215.
January 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 2550, the Protect America's Workforce Act, cancelling the March 2025 executive order that stripped union bargaining rights from most federal workers. The House passed it 231-195, and the Senate has not voted on it.
December 11, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.J.Res. 98 by 206-177, a resolution cancelling a labor board rule that eased treating franchise chains and owners as joint employers. The Senate agreed, but the president vetoed it on May 3, 2024, and the House override failed.
January 12, 2024Supports Labor Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 6, allowing qualifying housing on commercial sites, with prevailing-wage and skilled-workforce requirements, commercial-tenant relocation assistance and specified local-review procedures. It passed the Senate on concurrence 34–0.
August 29, 2022Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 2011, creating streamlined approval for qualifying affordable and mixed-income housing on commercial sites, requiring prevailing wages, and adding apprenticeship and worker health-expenditure requirements for larger projects. It passed the Senate 33–0.
August 29, 2022Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 257, proposing a Fast Food Council to set sectorwide wage, hour, health and safety standards for covered chains, subject to a worker petition, and protections against retaliation. It passed the Senate 21–12.
August 29, 2022Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 114, providing covered workers up to forty hours of COVID-19 paid sick leave plus up to forty additional hours for a positive test, including specified publicly funded home-care providers, and appropriating $100,000 to the Labor Commissioner for implementation. This renewed the earlier supplemental-leave programme she supported under SB 95. It passed the Senate on concurrence 30–7.
February 7, 2022Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 62, restricting garment-industry piece-rate pay, making brand guarantors jointly liable for covered unpaid wages and strengthening Labor Commissioner enforcement. It passed on Senate concurrence 26–10.
September 10, 2021Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB1159, creating rebuttable workers' compensation presumptions for qualifying COVID-19 illness or death and shortening claim-rejection deadlines. It passed the Assembly 69–4.
August 31, 2020Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB685, requiring employers to notify workers of potential COVID-19 exposure, report workplace outbreaks and permitting Cal/OSHA to restrict work at imminent infection hazards. It passed the Assembly 52–17.
August 31, 2020Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB1383, extending up to 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected family and medical leave to covered workers at employers with five or more employees and expanding eligible family relationships. It passed the Assembly 46–16.
August 31, 2020Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 5, extending the employee-classification ABC test and wage, paid-leave and unemployment-insurance protections to covered workers, with occupational exceptions. The bill expanded eligibility under the continuously appropriated Unemployment Fund and passed the Assembly on concurrence 61–16.
September 11, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 673, proposing workers’ recovery of statutory penalties for unpaid wages, including specified equal-pay violations. It barred duplicate recovery under the same violations and changed Labor Commissioner enforcement authority. The Assembly adopted concurrence 58–18.
September 9, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 83, proposing expansion of paid family-leave benefits from six to eight weeks and lower Disability Fund reserves. It included $5 million in General Fund outreach for domestic workers. The Assembly passed it 63–11.
June 17, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB51, prohibiting employment conditions that forced workers to waive specified statutory rights or enforcement forums and protecting workers against retaliation for refusing such waivers. It passed the Assembly 47–20.
May 22, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 17 support · 1 oppose
Voted for H.R. 4646, a proposal extending whistleblower protections to employees working under older HUD contracts and grants when they disclose misuse or misconduct involving federal funds. The House passed it 424–0.
September 15, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined a filed motion with an amicus memorandum in California v. Wright. It sought judicial limits on presidential Defense Production Act power, arguing that the pipeline order favored Sable and bypassed state safety and environmental protections.
September 4, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: carbajal.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, barring members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from buying stocks. It passed the House 232-198.
July 22, 2026Opposes Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Introduced the Judicial Integrity Act as part of a federal judicial reform package addressing ethics, transparency, and conflicts of interest.
July 20, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 7401, which makes Small Business Administration staff certify they have no conflict of interest before working on a loan. It passed the House 415-0.
June 24, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 7959, the IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act, which strengthens awards and protections for people who report tax cheating. It passed the House 346-10.
April 27, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, ordering the Justice Department to publish its unclassified Jeffrey Epstein investigation records, including flight logs. The House passed it 427-1, the Senate agreed the next day, and it became law on November 19, 2025.
November 18, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 144, a proposal requiring an annual Tennessee Valley Authority financial report identifying higher-paid employees’ names, salaries and duties. The House passed it 423–0.
January 15, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 153, a proposal requiring a centralized public accounting of federal disaster assistance, including amounts provided, obligated and spent and the projects supported. The House passed it 426–0.
January 14, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 192, a proposal requiring public disclosure of Amtrak executives’ annual base and bonus pay and the criteria used to determine bonuses. The House passed it 407–0.
January 13, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 3019, a proposal requiring risk-based federal-prison inspections, establishing an ombudsman for complaints and recommendations, and prohibiting retaliation against people participating in oversight. The House passed it 392–2.
May 21, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.Res. 878 to expel Representative George Santos after the House Ethics Committee documented campaign-fund misuse, false filings and other violations. The House adopted it 311–114.
December 1, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 42, a proposal nullifying the District of Columbia’s policing reforms, including limits on neck restraints, body-camera procedures and access to police disciplinary records. The House passed it 229–189.
April 19, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 2, creating a peace-officer certification and decertification process for serious misconduct, public disclosure of revocation records, and fewer immunity barriers to civil-rights suits against officers. It passed the Senate on concurrence 28–9.
September 8, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 16, expanding public disclosure of sustained police findings involving excessive force, unlawful searches or arrests, and protected-class discrimination, while allowing privacy redactions and investigation-related delays. It passed the Senate on concurrence 29–9.
September 2, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1185, authorizing counties to establish civilian sheriff oversight boards and inspectors general with subpoena powers to investigate matters within their jurisdiction. It passed the Assembly 47–21.
August 31, 2020Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1421, requiring public disclosure of police records involving specified serious uses of force and sustained findings of sexual assault or dishonesty, with privacy redactions and investigation-related delays. It passed the Assembly 44–30.
August 31, 2018Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 748, requiring disclosure of police video and audio recordings of critical incidents, subject to investigation-related delays and privacy protections. It passed on Assembly concurrence 41–32.
August 31, 2018Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 11 support
Voted for H.R. 8278, a proposal requiring federal financial regulators to assess technology used for supervision, procurement practices, data-sharing procedures and modernization needs. The House passed it 417–7.
September 15, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 1118, the Value Over Cost Act, letting the General Services Administration award supply-schedule contracts on best value rather than lowest price. It passed the House 421-1.
July 21, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 8823, which lets the Labor Department stop paying federal workers' compensation claims to medical providers convicted of fraud. It passed the House 396-0.
July 20, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 8428, the Federal Fraud Prevention Workforce Training Act, which requires anti-fraud training for federal employees who handle or oversee federal money. It passed the House 393-0.
June 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 8466, the TRUE Accountability Act, making federal agencies write and follow plans to stop fraud and improper payments in disaster spending. It passed the House 384-0.
June 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 6329, a bill to make the White House budget office rewrite the rules agencies follow when publishing influential information. It passed the House 362-1.
February 24, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 997, a proposal allowing the National Taxpayer Advocate to appoint independent legal counsel and expand personnel authority within the Taxpayer Advocate Service. The House passed it 385–0.
March 31, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 153, a proposal requiring a centralized public accounting of federal disaster assistance, including amounts provided, obligated and spent and the projects supported. The House passed it 426–0.
January 14, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for S. 111, a proposal requiring federal notices of proposed rules to link to a plain-language summary of no more than 100 words. The House passed it 400–0.
July 17, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for AB 2011, creating streamlined approval for qualifying affordable and mixed-income housing on commercial sites, requiring prevailing wages, and adding apprenticeship and worker health-expenditure requirements for larger projects. It passed the Senate 33–0.
August 29, 2022Supports Government Efficiency
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Recommended integrating the county children’s commission’s anti-trafficking recommendations with existing county efforts to avoid duplicate work.
October 21, 2013Supports Government Efficiency
Source: file.lacounty.gov
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 2 support
Voted to pass H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act. It would require state regulators to consider making big data centers pay the full cost of grid upgrades built for them. It passed the House 417-3.
September 16, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing S.J.Res. 18, sending it to the President to repeal the consumer bureau rule limiting overdraft fees at very large banks to $5. The House passed it 217-211, and it became Public Law 119-10 on May 9, 2025.
April 9, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 17 support
Voted to pass H.R. 1689, which orders Homeland Security to grant Haitians temporary protected status for 18 months, shielding them from immigration detention. It passed the House 224-204.
April 16, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in Mullin v. Doe and Trump v. Miot, defending judicial review of the termination of Temporary Protected Status and statutory protections for TPS holders.
April 13, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: supremecourt.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in Trump v. Barbara, defending birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment and the immigration statute against Executive Order 14160.
February 19, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: supremecourt.gov
Hosted a shadow hearing defending Afghan allies’ special visas, refugee resettlement, temporary protection and the government office coordinating relocation. She criticized abandonment of people who assisted U.S. forces.
February 11, 2026Supports Immigration
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in National TPS Alliance v. Noem, challenging the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans and defending the statutory protection process.
November 12, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: vanhollen.senate.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act, raising prison penalties for illegal entry and re-entry, up to life for serious criminals. The House passed it 226-197, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
September 11, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v. Bessent, opposing the sharing of confidential IRS taxpayer information with immigration enforcement.
July 7, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: juliabrownley.house.gov
Entered the Adelanto ICE facility for an oversight inspection. She reported inadequate clothing, water, medical care and meal timing, and defended detainees’ due-process rights.
June 17, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Co-led a public press conference with Mayor Karen Bass opposing immigration raids in Los Angeles. She criticized crackdowns on citizens, legal immigrants and people seeking legal status.
June 13, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, making federal officers detain immigrants here unlawfully who are charged with theft or burglary. The House passed it 264-159; the Senate's broader version, S. 5, became law instead in January 2025.
January 7, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 7343, a bill to make federal officials detain immigrants lacking legal status who are charged with assaulting a police officer. The House passed it 265-148, but the Senate never acted and it died.
May 15, 2024Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 5283, a bill to bar housing certain immigrants on federal land and cancel New York City's Floyd Bennett Field lease. The House passed it 224-203, but the Senate never acted and the bill died in the 118th Congress.
November 30, 2023Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 5525, proposing about 29.9% cuts to most continuing discretionary funding, with defense, Homeland Security, veterans and disaster exceptions. It also resumed border-wall work, narrowed asylum eligibility and added a fiscal commission. The proposal failed in the House 198–232.
September 29, 2023Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 2494, the POLICE Act, which would make assaulting a police officer, firefighter, or other first responder grounds to deport a noncitizen. It passed the House 255-175 and then died without Senate action.
May 17, 2023Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, restarting border wall building, narrowing asylum and requiring employers to verify workers' legal status. The House passed it 219-213, but the Senate never acted, so it died.
May 11, 2023Supports Immigration
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 184, extending health-coverage financial assistance, expanding publicly funded full-scope Medi-Cal eligibility to otherwise eligible adults aged twenty-six to forty-nine regardless of immigration status, and establishing a Health Care Affordability Office with cost targets and review of healthcare mergers. It passed the Senate on concurrence 28–8.
June 29, 2022Supports Immigration
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Co-sponsored and voted for LACCD’s DACA resolution supporting protection from deportation and a permanent citizenship pathway for Dreamers. It directed legal staff to explore litigation, protect student-record confidentiality and facilitate students’ legal-rights workshops. The named vote passed 6–0 with one abstention.
November 1, 2017Supports Immigration
Source: laccd.edu
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 74 oppose
Voted to accept the Senate's changes to H.R. 6500, the 2027 stopgap funding law, keeping agencies at 2026 levels through December 11, 2026. The House agreed 370-48.
September 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 2913, the Ukraine Support Act, sending aid to Ukraine and certain European countries, setting up a reconstruction fund and penalizing Russia. It passed the House 226-195.
June 4, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 139, a proposed constitutional amendment capping yearly federal spending at the prior three years' average revenue, adjusted for population and inflation. It failed the House 211-207, short of the two-thirds majority needed.
March 18, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $500,000 for Vermont Manchester Transit Priority. The federal project funding supported active-transportation improvements serving an affordable-housing development.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $2,600,000 for Metro Regional Stop Enhancement. The federal project funding supported bus shelters and stop improvements in disadvantaged communities.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $1,031,000 for Rebuilding Lives opioid-recovery project. The federal project funding supported supportive housing, substance-use recovery services and employment training.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $250,000 for Broadway Sur. The federal project funding supported street lighting and pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $850,000 for Jubilo Village. The federal project funding supported 93 affordable apartments with supportive services for vulnerable households.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $250,000 for Pueblo del Rio. The federal project funding supported energy-efficient air conditioning providing heat relief in public housing.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $850,000 for Inside Safe. The federal project funding supported housing-facility purchase, renovation and maintenance.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $850,000 for Urban Awnings. The federal project funding supported rehabilitation of housing, including 17 units for low-income families.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $1,000,000 for Culver City Crossroads Connector. The federal project funding supported protected bicycle lanes and pedestrian curb extensions on Overland Avenue.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $440,000 for Launchpad for Learning. The federal project funding supported a Carver Middle School STEM center with robotics and engineering training.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $1,200,000 for Culver City Hydrogen Bus Pilot. The federal project funding supported two zero-emission buses.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $250,000 for Veteran Wellness. The federal project funding supported free gym access for low- and moderate-income veterans at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $200,000 for Blackwelder Community Greenbelt. The federal project funding supported green space, recreation and flood management along Ballona Creek.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $250,000 for South LA Community Food Hall. The federal project funding supported rehabilitation of space supporting eight to ten small businesses.
February 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Delivered export-enforcement hearing remarks supporting Bureau of Industry and Security funding, staffing and stable controls. She advocated coordination with allies and industry to prevent sensitive technology reaching adversaries’ military programs.
February 24, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Delivered regional oversight-hearing remarks criticizing 50% tariffs on India, diplomatic cuts and abandonment of Afghan allies. She advocated rebuilding diplomatic tools and regional partnerships.
February 11, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on January 26 that she had secured $1,039,000 for Exposition Park Public Safety Surveillance. The federal funding supported park-wide public-safety surveillance improvements.
January 26, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 6938, which sets 2026 funding for the Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy, Water, Interior and Environment parts of the budget. It passed the House 397-28.
January 8, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Delivered hearing remarks supporting restored humanitarian aid, diplomacy and refugee resettlement for Burma’s Rohingya crisis. She criticized reduced U.S. assistance to refugees in Bangladesh.
November 19, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in New York v. Trump, opposing the federal funding freeze and defending appropriated programmes including Head Start against executive withholding.
July 25, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: brennancenter.org
Delivered terrorism-hearing remarks supporting hard security capabilities, intelligence cooperation, public diplomacy and economic assistance in South and Central Asia. She advocated restored foreign aid to help prevent radicalization.
June 26, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Held a roundtable on historically Black colleges and universities. She opposed higher-education funding cuts and attacks on diversity programs, defending educational opportunity for Black students.
April 29, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in New York v. McMahon, opposing the dismantling of the Education Department and defending its civil-rights enforcement and congressionally appropriated student-aid programmes.
April 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: assistantdemocraticleader.house.gov
Joined a filed congressional motion and attached amicus brief in American Foreign Service Association v. Trump, defending foreign aid as a means of avoiding military deployments and opposing the dismantling of USAID and the withholding of congressionally appropriated assistance.
March 31, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: litigationtaskforce.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1968, a proposal providing continuing federal appropriations through the end of fiscal 2025, with specified increases and decreases from prior funding levels and extensions of health, safety-net and other authorities. The House passed it 217–213.
March 11, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Walked out of the President’s joint address to protest proposed federal Medicaid funding cuts. She defended healthcare benefits for constituents relying on Medicaid.
March 4, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Co-signed a disaster-declaration request after Los Angeles fires, including assistance for damaged roads, infrastructure and households. The President approved the Governor’s major-disaster request that day; individual funding categories and disbursements were not established.
January 8, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 10545, proposing continuing federal funding through March 2025 and emergency disaster relief. It included $10 billion in farm economic assistance and additional agricultural disaster aid. The House passed it 366–34.
December 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for S. 141, a proposal expanding veterans’ community and home care and caregiver support, raising the public noninstitutional-care expenditure cap, increasing support for homeless veterans and improving veterans’ education benefits. The House passed it 382–12.
December 16, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 7213, proposing renewed autism surveillance, research, treatment and professional-training programs. It increased annual program authorizations for fiscal 2025–2029. The House adopted concurrence 374–15.
December 16, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Presented a ceremonial $1,840,000 funding check for Prentice permanent supportive housing, after securing the federal project allocation. The funding supported capital improvements for residents who previously experienced homelessness.
October 31, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on October 16 that she had secured $1,000,000 for SoLa Technology and Entrepreneurship Center. The public funding supported construction of a center providing technology-career, entrepreneurship and financial-literacy training.
October 16, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Presented a ceremonial $1,666,279 funding check for Butterfly’s Haven Youth Housing, after securing the federal project allocation. The funding supported a youth housing site and workforce-training hub.
October 1, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 9076, proposing renewed child-welfare and family-support programs, tribal funding and support for kinship caregivers. It authorized a new demonstration program of up to $35 million annually. The House passed it 405–10.
September 18, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 9494, proposing continuing federal funding through March 2025 and $10 billion in emergency disaster funding. It required documentary citizenship proof for federal registration, with alternative-evidence and provisional-ballot safeguards. The proposal failed in the House 202–220.
September 18, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Presented a ceremonial $500,000 funding check for 2nd Call’s Youth Empowerment and Development project, after securing its federal allocation. The funding supported trauma-informed mentoring and violence-reduction services for high-risk youth.
August 30, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Presented a ceremonial $500,000 funding check for Community Healing Collaborative, after securing the federal project allocation. The funding supported violence-interruption training, community service hubs and support for survivors.
August 30, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Joined EPA’s July 22 announcement selecting South Coast AQMD for $499,997,415 for electric charging, freight equipment and locomotives reducing emissions. She supported securing the project; AQMD later documented its award. Disbursement was not established.
July 22, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Hosted a public event for LA Metro’s $139 million Removing Barriers and Creating Legacy grant. Her earlier support letter backed the awarded project improving safe, affordable transit access.
July 18, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 8036, a proposal providing supplemental public appropriations for Indo-Pacific security, including Taiwan-related defense support and the submarine industrial base. The House passed it 385–34.
April 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 8035, a proposal providing supplemental public appropriations for Ukraine security assistance, replacement of U.S. defense equipment, economic support and refugee assistance. The House passed it 311–112.
April 20, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $500,000 for Slauson Neighborhood Revitalization. The public funding supported microenterprise training, job access and small-business revitalization in a disadvantaged community.
March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $500,000 for IKAR Center. The public funding supported 55 supportive-housing units for formerly homeless seniors.
March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $850,000 for South LA Community Resilience Center. The public funding supported climate-preparedness education, food distribution and workforce programming.
March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $963,000 for Transitional-Aged Youth Mentoring and Career Development. The public funding supported mentoring and career-development services for at-risk youth.
March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $1,000,000 for Amistad de Los Angeles. The public funding supported renovation and 26 additional residential reentry beds for formerly incarcerated people.
March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $900,000 for Safe Housing Project. The public funding supported housing, daily necessities, counseling and job training for formerly incarcerated women.
March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $500,000 for the Trauma-Informed Anti-Recidivism Initiative. The public funding supported trauma-responsive workforce and youth programs reducing entry and reentry into the justice system.
March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $510,000 for Avalon Gardens. The public funding supported replacement cool roofs preserving public housing and reducing residents’ heat exposure.
March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $640,000 for LA Crime-Reduction Advocacy for Transition Age Youth. The public funding supported support for youth involved in child welfare or juvenile justice.
March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $500,000 for Slauson Connect Recreation Center. The public funding supported a community park in an underserved neighborhood lacking green space.
March 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 4531, proposing expanded substance-use prevention, treatment, recovery and workforce programs with higher grant authorizations. It made Medicaid medication-assisted treatment coverage permanent and included a Medicaid funding offset. The House passed it 386–37.
December 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 5378, a proposal requiring hospital and other provider price disclosure and pharmacy-benefit-manager reporting, prohibiting Medicaid spread pricing, providing implementation funds, and extending public-health programs. The House passed it 320–71.
December 11, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 5525, proposing about 29.9% cuts to most continuing discretionary funding, with defense, Homeland Security, veterans and disaster exceptions. It also resumed border-wall work, narrowed asylum eligibility and added a fiscal commission. The proposal failed in the House 198–232.
September 29, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 3799, a proposal authorizing association health plans and employer health-reimbursement arrangements, preempting certain state stop-loss-insurance restrictions, and reducing Prevention and Public Health Fund funding. The House passed it 220–209.
June 21, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 23, a proposal rescinding Inflation Reduction Act funding for IRS enforcement and operations, direct electronic tax filing planning, and specified federal tax agencies. The House passed it 221–210.
January 9, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 846, extending Diablo Canyon nuclear powerplant operations subject to federal licensing, providing rate-based cost recovery, and authorizing up to $600 million in General Fund loans to a continuously appropriated state fund for an extension loan. It passed the Senate on concurrence 31–1.
September 1, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 54, requiring producer responsibility, source reduction and recycling targets for packaging and plastic foodware. It required producer organizations to remit $500 million annually in 2027–2036 to a state plastic-pollution mitigation fund for expenditure upon legislative appropriation. It passed the Senate on concurrence 29–0.
June 30, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 192, authorising one-time Better for Families Tax Refund payments through a continuously appropriated public fund, protecting the payments from specified garnishments and offsets, and excluding them from state personal taxable income. It passed the Senate 36–0.
June 29, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 184, extending health-coverage financial assistance, expanding publicly funded full-scope Medi-Cal eligibility to otherwise eligible adults aged twenty-six to forty-nine regardless of immigration status, and establishing a Health Care Affordability Office with cost targets and review of healthcare mergers. It passed the Senate on concurrence 28–8.
June 29, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 154, making appropriations for support of state government in the 2022–23 fiscal year. It passed the Senate on concurrence 28–8.
June 13, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 114, providing covered workers up to forty hours of COVID-19 paid sick leave plus up to forty additional hours for a positive test, including specified publicly funded home-care providers, and appropriating $100,000 to the Labor Commissioner for implementation. This renewed the earlier supplemental-leave programme she supported under SB 95. It passed the Senate on concurrence 30–7.
February 7, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 118, proposing grants for community responses to mental-health, homelessness and other crises without law-enforcement first responders. The pilot required separate budget funding and reserved most grant money for community organizations. It passed the Senate 34–4.
September 1, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 133, proposing CalAIM enhanced care management, coordinated behavioral healthcare and optional housing services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Federal funds offset General Fund costs; equal General Fund money was appropriated to the Health Care Deposit Fund. The bill also authorized PATH payments and grants, subject to federal approvals and funding. It passed the Senate 31–8.
July 15, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 156, creating a statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network, directing allocation of $2 billion already appropriated for last-mile infrastructure, and continuously appropriating a public loan-loss reserve fund to support broadband financing by local governments and nonprofits. It passed the Senate on concurrence 39–0.
July 15, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 81, expanding emergency unemployment-benefit payments, excluding federal pandemic unemployment compensation from CalWORKs eligibility calculations and appropriating $5 million for Golden State Stimulus outreach. It passed on Assembly concurrence 77–0.
February 22, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 91, extending COVID-19 tenant protections and appropriating $1.5 billion in federal funds for a state rental-assistance program. It passed the Assembly 72–1.
January 28, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 24, requiring UC and CSU student health clinics to provide medication abortion and continuously appropriating a public preparation fund. Implementation depended on at least $10.29 million in private contributions; the fund used private or other nonstate money with no General Fund support. It passed the Assembly 55–19.
September 13, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 5, extending the employee-classification ABC test and wage, paid-leave and unemployment-insurance protections to covered workers, with occupational exceptions. The bill expanded eligibility under the continuously appropriated Unemployment Fund and passed the Assembly on concurrence 61–16.
September 11, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 83, proposing expansion of paid family-leave benefits from six to eight weeks and lower Disability Fund reserves. It included $5 million in General Fund outreach for domestic workers. The Assembly passed it 63–11.
June 17, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 850, establishing a Homeless Emergency Aid programme with $500 million in allocations subject to a separate appropriation, and authorising use of previously appropriated housing funds for homelessness programmes. It passed the Assembly 64–16.
June 14, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted to approve a $50,000 service agreement supporting district planning for implementation of the Los Angeles College Promise. The separately recorded contract vote passed 5–1 with one abstention.
July 13, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: laccd.edu
Voted to approve a county commission letter urging the Board of Supervisors to accept state funding for relative caregivers. The commission approved the letter 11–0, with one abstention.
September 15, 2014Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: file.lacounty.gov
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted to pass H.R. 2978, the GUARD Act, which would let police spend federal grants investigating elder financial fraud and crypto 'pig butchering' scams. It passed the House 414-7.
September 15, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 44 support · 2 oppose
Joined the congressional amicus brief in Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v. Bessent, opposing the sharing of confidential IRS taxpayer information with immigration enforcement.
July 7, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: juliabrownley.house.gov
Entered the Adelanto ICE facility for an oversight inspection. She reported inadequate clothing, water, medical care and meal timing, and defended detainees’ due-process rights.
June 17, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 1503, a proposal requiring property and visa sanctions against persons involved in forced organ harvesting or trafficking and allowing passport restrictions for specified convicted organ-trafficking offenders. The House passed it 406–1.
May 7, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Delivered hearing remarks defending press freedom, lawful protest and free expression. She criticized exclusion of the Associated Press and retaliation against law firms and immigrant student protesters.
April 1, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 3019, a proposal requiring risk-based federal-prison inspections, establishing an ombudsman for complaints and recommendations, and prohibiting retaliation against people participating in oversight. The House passed it 392–2.
May 21, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 7888, proposing two-year renewal of Section 702 surveillance and expanded communication providers subject to assistance requirements. It added FBI query approvals and audits and repealed authority to resume collection of messages merely about targets. The House passed it 273–147.
April 12, 2024Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 7521, a proposal barring distribution and hosting of TikTok and other covered foreign-adversary-controlled applications unless a qualifying divestiture occurs. The House passed it 352–65.
March 13, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $1,000,000 for Amistad de Los Angeles. The public funding supported renovation and 26 additional residential reentry beds for formerly incarcerated people.
March 12, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $900,000 for Safe Housing Project. The public funding supported housing, daily necessities, counseling and job training for formerly incarcerated women.
March 12, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 42, a proposal nullifying the District of Columbia’s policing reforms, including limits on neck restraints, body-camera procedures and access to police disciplinary records. The House passed it 229–189.
April 19, 2023Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 140, a proposal barring federal employees from using official authority to influence removal, labeling or restricted access to lawful speech on online platforms, with specified law-enforcement exceptions. The House passed it 219–206.
March 9, 2023Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 107, protecting children receiving lawful gender-affirming care in California against specified out-of-state custody orders, arrests and extradition, and restricting disclosure of their medical information for such enforcement. It passed the Senate on concurrence 30–9.
August 31, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1008, requiring state prisons and specified youth detention facilities to provide free voice communications to incarcerated people and recipients, and barring government revenue from those services. It passed the Senate on concurrence 27–7.
August 30, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1242, restricting warrants, electronic-data disclosure, arrests and intergovernmental cooperation used to enforce other states’ penalties against abortions lawful in California. It passed the Senate 31–8.
August 30, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 2223, protecting people from civil or criminal liability based on pregnancy outcomes or assistance with lawful reproductive care, restricting use of fetal-death records for such prosecutions, and providing civil remedies against unlawful state interference. It passed the Senate 30–9.
August 29, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 256, extending Racial Justice Act remedies to older criminal judgments and specified juvenile commitments, and allowing broader evidence of racially discriminatory charging and sentencing. It passed the Senate 30–10.
August 29, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 731, expanding automatic arrest and conviction record relief after qualifying periods and permitting relief petitions for additional felony convictions, with sex-offender and other statutory exceptions. It passed the Senate on concurrence 28–10.
August 18, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 57, proposing supervised overdose-prevention sites in participating San Francisco, Los Angeles and Oakland jurisdictions. It protected compliant participants from specified drug penalties and required treatment referrals and evaluation. The Senate adopted concurrence 21–11.
August 1, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for ACA 3, proposing to remove the criminal-punishment exception from California’s constitutional ban on involuntary servitude. The Senate refused adoption 21–6; a later reconsideration vote did not adopt the proposal.
June 23, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 98, proposing journalist access through police closures at lawful demonstrations. It prohibited intentional obstruction and specified dispersal citations, and permitted challenges to detention. The Senate adopted concurrence 29–5.
September 10, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 357, repealing the offence of loitering with intent to commit prostitution and allowing dismissal, sealing and resentencing for prior convictions of that offence. It passed the Senate on concurrence 26–9.
September 10, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 124, proposing conviction relief, sealed records and sentencing consideration for survivors of sexual or partner violence. It also required courts and prosecutors to consider specified trauma, youth and abuse. It passed the Senate 23–9.
September 10, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 2, creating a peace-officer certification and decertification process for serious misconduct, public disclosure of revocation records, and fewer immunity barriers to civil-rights suits against officers. It passed the Senate on concurrence 28–9.
September 8, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 16, expanding public disclosure of sustained police findings involving excessive force, unlawful searches or arrests, and protected-class discrimination, while allowing privacy redactions and investigation-related delays. It passed the Senate on concurrence 29–9.
September 2, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 118, proposing grants for community responses to mental-health, homelessness and other crises without law-enforcement first responders. The pilot required separate budget funding and reserved most grant money for community organizations. It passed the Senate 34–4.
September 1, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 333, proposing narrower gang-enhancement requirements and separate enhancement trials when defendants requested them. Predicate crimes needed a shared benefit beyond reputation, and specified offenses were removed. It passed the Senate 25–10.
September 1, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 331, prohibiting specified settlement and employment-separation agreements from suppressing disclosure of workplace harassment or discrimination, including forms not based on sex. It passed on Senate concurrence 30–8.
August 30, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB3070, strengthening objections and judicial review against discriminatory peremptory jury strikes based on specified protected characteristics. It passed the Assembly 49–17.
August 31, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1185, authorizing counties to establish civilian sheriff oversight boards and inspectors general with subpoena powers to investigate matters within their jurisdiction. It passed the Assembly 47–21.
August 31, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Voted for AB2542, prohibiting convictions or sentences based on race, ethnicity or national origin and providing court motions, evidence disclosure and remedies for violations. It passed the Assembly 49–16.
August 31, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB2147, allowing eligible formerly incarcerated hand-crew firefighters to seek conviction expungement and termination of supervision, with exclusions for specified serious offenses. It passed the Assembly 51–12.
August 30, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB1950, generally limiting misdemeanor probation to one year and felony probation to two years, with specified exceptions. It passed the Assembly 48–22.
June 15, 2020Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB136, restricting the one-year prior-prison-term sentence enhancement to prior convictions for sexually violent offenses. It passed the Assembly 41–37.
September 12, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 242, proposing implicit-bias training for attorneys and public-facing court staff. It added bias-reduction content to mandatory legal education. The Assembly adopted concurrence 69–0.
September 12, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1215, barring law enforcement from using facial recognition or other biometric surveillance with officer cameras or their recordings until January 1, 2023, and providing a civil enforcement remedy. It passed the Assembly 47–21.
September 12, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Voted for AB32, restricting private for-profit prison contracts and, with exceptions, private detention facilities in California. It passed the Assembly 65–11.
September 11, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB392, limiting police deadly force to circumstances where officers reasonably believed it necessary against imminent threats of death or serious injury or specified dangerous fleeing felons. It passed the Assembly 68–0.
May 29, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB51, prohibiting employment conditions that forced workers to waive specified statutory rights or enforcement forums and protecting workers against retaliation for refusing such waivers. It passed the Assembly 47–20.
May 22, 2019Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1421, requiring public disclosure of police records involving specified serious uses of force and sustained findings of sexual assault or dishonesty, with privacy redactions and investigation-related delays. It passed the Assembly 44–30.
August 31, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1393, restoring judges’ discretion to strike a prior serious-felony conviction for purposes of the additional five-year sentence enhancement in the interests of justice. It passed the Assembly 41–33.
August 31, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Voted for SB 923, requiring law-enforcement agencies and prosecutors to adopt specified safeguards for photo and live eyewitness lineups to improve identification reliability. It passed the Assembly 50–21.
August 31, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 748, requiring disclosure of police video and audio recordings of critical incidents, subject to investigation-related delays and privacy protections. It passed on Assembly concurrence 41–32.
August 31, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1437, narrowing accomplice liability for felony murder and providing a petition process for eligible defendants to seek vacated convictions and resentencing. It passed the Assembly 42–36.
August 29, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1391, restricting transfers of minors who committed crimes at ages 14 or 15 from juvenile court to adult criminal court, with an exception for those not apprehended before juvenile jurisdiction ended. It passed the Assembly 41–23.
August 29, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 10, a proposal to replace cash bail with pretrial risk assessments, presumptive release for eligible defendants and preventive-detention hearings. It passed the Assembly 42–31.
August 20, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1793, requiring review of past cannabis convictions potentially eligible for resentencing or dismissal after legalisation, with automatic relief when prosecutors did not timely challenge eligibility or public-safety risk. It passed the Assembly 43–28.
May 31, 2018Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 48 support
Voted to pass H.R. 227, the Clergy Act, giving clergy a two-year window to undo their exemption from Social Security and Medicare taxes. It passed the House 350-5.
April 27, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 6472, which makes public colleges taking federal student aid charge in-state tuition to students from U.S. territories. It passed the House 351-72.
March 4, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $1,031,000 for Rebuilding Lives opioid-recovery project. The federal project funding supported supportive housing, substance-use recovery services and employment training.
February 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $850,000 for Jubilo Village. The federal project funding supported 93 affordable apartments with supportive services for vulnerable households.
February 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $250,000 for Pueblo del Rio. The federal project funding supported energy-efficient air conditioning providing heat relief in public housing.
February 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $850,000 for Inside Safe. The federal project funding supported housing-facility purchase, renovation and maintenance.
February 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $850,000 for Urban Awnings. The federal project funding supported rehabilitation of housing, including 17 units for low-income families.
February 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $250,000 for Veteran Wellness. The federal project funding supported free gym access for low- and moderate-income veterans at Bob Hope Patriotic Hall.
February 26, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 3123, which sets out how Veterans Affairs pays a pension that was owed but unpaid when a veteran died. It passed the House 405-1.
February 2, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Convened a community-college roundtable on housing insecurity, rising costs and access to technology. She advocated resources for students’ food, healthcare and education needs.
September 5, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in New York v. Trump, opposing the federal funding freeze and defending appropriated programmes including Head Start against executive withholding.
July 25, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: brennancenter.org
Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 1, which extended the 2017 tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. The House agreed 218-214, and it was signed into law on July 4, 2025 as Public Law 119-21.
July 3, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Also on this bill
- May 22, 2025 · Voted against H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, at the House's first vote on it, 215-214. The package extended the 2017 income tax cuts, reduced Medicaid and food assistance, and raised the debt limit. The House later agreed to the Senate's version 218-214, and it was signed into law.
Joined the congressional amicus brief in New York v. McMahon, opposing the dismantling of the Education Department and defending its civil-rights enforcement and congressionally appropriated student-aid programmes.
April 23, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: assistantdemocraticleader.house.gov
Walked out of the President’s joint address to protest proposed federal Medicaid funding cuts. She defended healthcare benefits for constituents relying on Medicaid.
March 4, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Co-signed a disaster-declaration request after Los Angeles fires, including assistance for damaged roads, infrastructure and households. The President approved the Governor’s major-disaster request that day; individual funding categories and disbursements were not established.
January 8, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 10545, proposing continuing federal funding through March 2025 and emergency disaster relief. It included $10 billion in farm economic assistance and additional agricultural disaster aid. The House passed it 366–34.
December 20, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for S. 141, a proposal expanding veterans’ community and home care and caregiver support, raising the public noninstitutional-care expenditure cap, increasing support for homeless veterans and improving veterans’ education benefits. The House passed it 382–12.
December 16, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Presented a ceremonial $1,840,000 funding check for Prentice permanent supportive housing, after securing the federal project allocation. The funding supported capital improvements for residents who previously experienced homelessness.
October 31, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Presented a ceremonial $1,666,279 funding check for Butterfly’s Haven Youth Housing, after securing the federal project allocation. The funding supported a youth housing site and workforce-training hub.
October 1, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 9076, proposing renewed child-welfare and family-support programs, tribal funding and support for kinship caregivers. It authorized a new demonstration program of up to $35 million annually. The House passed it 405–10.
September 18, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Hosted affordable-housing roundtables with developers, government agencies and faith communities. She advocated connecting developers with public resources and overcoming barriers to housing for people experiencing homelessness.
September 6, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Presented a ceremonial $500,000 funding check for 2nd Call’s Youth Empowerment and Development project, after securing its federal allocation. The funding supported trauma-informed mentoring and violence-reduction services for high-risk youth.
August 30, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Presented a ceremonial $500,000 funding check for Community Healing Collaborative, after securing the federal project allocation. The funding supported violence-interruption training, community service hubs and support for survivors.
August 30, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 8035, a proposal providing supplemental public appropriations for Ukraine security assistance, replacement of U.S. defense equipment, economic support and refugee assistance. The House passed it 311–112.
April 20, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $500,000 for IKAR Center. The public funding supported 55 supportive-housing units for formerly homeless seniors.
March 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $850,000 for South LA Community Resilience Center. The public funding supported climate-preparedness education, food distribution and workforce programming.
March 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $963,000 for Transitional-Aged Youth Mentoring and Career Development. The public funding supported mentoring and career-development services for at-risk youth.
March 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $1,000,000 for Amistad de Los Angeles. The public funding supported renovation and 26 additional residential reentry beds for formerly incarcerated people.
March 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $900,000 for Safe Housing Project. The public funding supported housing, daily necessities, counseling and job training for formerly incarcerated women.
March 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $500,000 for the Trauma-Informed Anti-Recidivism Initiative. The public funding supported trauma-responsive workforce and youth programs reducing entry and reentry into the justice system.
March 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $510,000 for Avalon Gardens. The public funding supported replacement cool roofs preserving public housing and reducing residents’ heat exposure.
March 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $640,000 for LA Crime-Reduction Advocacy for Transition Age Youth. The public funding supported support for youth involved in child welfare or juvenile justice.
March 12, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Hosted a reproductive-justice roundtable on Black and Brown maternal health. She advocated care and resources for young, incarcerated and homeless mothers.
February 22, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 4531, proposing expanded substance-use prevention, treatment, recovery and workforce programs with higher grant authorizations. It made Medicaid medication-assisted treatment coverage permanent and included a Medicaid funding offset. The House passed it 386–37.
December 12, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 663, a proposal expanding culturally appropriate treatment, technical assistance, and child-protection activities for Indian children and families. The House passed it 378–32.
September 18, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 45, a resolution to cancel the Education Department rule pausing student loan payments and forgiving up to $20,000 per borrower. The House passed it 218-203 and sent it to the Senate. It was vetoed on June 7, 2023, and the House override attempt failed.
May 24, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 1338, establishing voluntary CARE agreements and court-ordered CARE plans for qualifying adults with serious psychotic disorders. It required behavioural-health, housing and related services, counsel and review hearings, permitted use of existing continuously appropriated mental-health funds, and required insurance coverage of CARE services with limited cost sharing. It passed the Senate on concurrence 40–0.
August 31, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 2011, creating streamlined approval for qualifying affordable and mixed-income housing on commercial sites, requiring prevailing wages, and adding apprenticeship and worker health-expenditure requirements for larger projects. It passed the Senate 33–0.
August 29, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 184, extending health-coverage financial assistance, expanding publicly funded full-scope Medi-Cal eligibility to otherwise eligible adults aged twenty-six to forty-nine regardless of immigration status, and establishing a Health Care Affordability Office with cost targets and review of healthcare mergers. It passed the Senate on concurrence 28–8.
June 29, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 118, proposing grants for community responses to mental-health, homelessness and other crises without law-enforcement first responders. The pilot required separate budget funding and reserved most grant money for community organizations. It passed the Senate 34–4.
September 1, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 133, proposing CalAIM enhanced care management, coordinated behavioral healthcare and optional housing services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Federal funds offset General Fund costs; equal General Fund money was appropriated to the Health Care Deposit Fund. The bill also authorized PATH payments and grants, subject to federal approvals and funding. It passed the Senate 31–8.
July 15, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 81, expanding emergency unemployment-benefit payments, excluding federal pandemic unemployment compensation from CalWORKs eligibility calculations and appropriating $5 million for Golden State Stimulus outreach. It passed on Assembly concurrence 77–0.
February 22, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 91, extending COVID-19 tenant protections and appropriating $1.5 billion in federal funds for a state rental-assistance program. It passed the Assembly 72–1.
January 28, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB1482, capping covered annual rent increases at 5% plus inflation or 10%, whichever was lower, and requiring just cause and specified relocation assistance for covered evictions. It passed the Assembly 48–26.
September 11, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB329, extending housing source-of-income discrimination protections to public-assistance and housing-subsidy payments made to landlords on tenants' behalf. It passed the Assembly 46–21.
September 10, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 850, establishing a Homeless Emergency Aid programme with $500 million in allocations subject to a separate appropriation, and authorising use of previously appropriated housing funds for homelessness programmes. It passed the Assembly 64–16.
June 14, 2018Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Advocated psychiatric support for foster families, tracking after reunification, and jobs and college access for youth transitioning out of foster care during a county commission policy discussion.
October 20, 2014Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: file.lacounty.gov
Voted to approve a county commission letter urging the Board of Supervisors to accept state funding for relative caregivers. The commission approved the letter 11–0, with one abstention.
September 15, 2014Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: file.lacounty.gov
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 9 support
Voted against passing H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act, barring payment card networks from using a merchant code that singles out gun retailers. It passed the House 221-201.
July 14, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act, barring Veterans Affairs from reporting certain veterans to the federal gun background check system. It passed the House 216-201.
May 21, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 2243, the LEOSA Reform Act, letting qualified working and retired police carry concealed guns in school zones and national parks. The House passed it 229-193, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
May 14, 2025Supports Gun Control
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 354, the LEOSA Reform Act, letting qualified current and retired police carry concealed guns in school zones and national parks. The House passed it 221-185, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.
May 16, 2024Supports Gun Control
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in United States v. Rahimi, defending the federal firearm prohibition for people subject to domestic-violence restraining orders.
August 21, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: blumenthal.senate.gov
Voted against passing H.J.Res. 44, a resolution to cancel the federal rule treating pistols with stabilizing braces as short-barreled rifles needing stricter registration. The House passed it 219-210, but the Senate rejected it on June 22, 2023, so the rule stayed in force.
June 13, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: clerk.house.gov
Reported on June 12 that she had hosted a gun-violence prevention roundtable the previous week. She advocated legislation addressing unrestricted gun access.
June 12, 2023Supports Gun Control
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for SB 1100, raising the minimum age for licensed-dealer firearm transfers and applications to manufacture firearms to 21, with specified exceptions and transition rules. It passed the Assembly 47–30.
August 28, 2018Supports Gun Control
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1968, imposing a lifetime firearm prohibition after repeated qualifying psychiatric holds within one year, with a court petition process to seek restoration. It passed on Assembly concurrence 68–0.
August 27, 2018Supports Gun Control
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 13 support
Joined the congressional amicus brief in the Louisiana mifepristone case, supporting continued access by mail and opposing reinstatement of an in-person dispensing requirement.
May 4, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: democrats.senate.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 6945, a bill letting states spend federal welfare block grant money on pregnancy centers that promote carrying to term. It passed the House 215-209.
January 21, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 21, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, requiring newborn care for a baby born alive after an attempted abortion. The House passed it 217-204, but the Senate has not passed it.
January 23, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States, arguing that federal emergency-care law required hospitals to provide stabilizing abortion care despite Idaho’s ban.
March 28, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: supremecourt.gov
Hosted a reproductive-justice roundtable on Black and Brown maternal health. She advocated care and resources for young, incarcerated and homeless mothers.
February 22, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, defending FDA’s approval and access rules for mifepristone.
January 30, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: supremecourt.gov
Delivered remarks at a Democratic caucus press conference defending personal reproductive-health decisions and opposing a nationwide abortion ban.
January 25, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 26, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, requiring medical care for a child born alive after an attempted abortion. The House passed it 220-210, but the Senate never took it up.
January 11, 2023Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for AB 1242, restricting warrants, electronic-data disclosure, arrests and intergovernmental cooperation used to enforce other states’ penalties against abortions lawful in California. It passed the Senate 31–8.
August 30, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1375, authorizing qualified, trained nurse practitioners to perform aspiration abortions without physician supervision under specified practice standards. It passed the Senate on concurrence 31–9.
August 30, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 2223, protecting people from civil or criminal liability based on pregnancy outcomes or assistance with lawful reproductive care, restricting use of fetal-death records for such prosecutions, and providing civil remedies against unlawful state interference. It passed the Senate 30–9.
August 29, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SCA 10, proposing an explicit state constitutional right to choose abortion and to choose or refuse contraception. The amendment proposal passed the Senate 29–8.
June 20, 2022Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 24, requiring UC and CSU student health clinics to provide medication abortion and continuously appropriating a public preparation fund. Implementation depended on at least $10.29 million in private contributions; the fund used private or other nonstate money with no General Fund support. It passed the Assembly 55–19.
September 13, 2019Supports Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Track record — Limit Foreign Influence
Limit Foreign Influence · 1 support · 3 oppose
Voted against H.R. 1048, a proposal lowering foreign-gift reporting thresholds for colleges, requiring reports of foreign influence and restricting contracts with foreign countries or entities of concern, with potential federal student-aid penalties. The House passed it 241–169.
March 27, 2025Opposes Limit Foreign Influence
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 8314, which would have stopped larger tax-exempt groups taking foreign money from giving to political committees for eight years. The 218-181 count fell short of the two-thirds needed, so the bill failed in the House.
September 17, 2024Opposes Limit Foreign Influence
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 7520, a proposal prohibiting data brokers from transferring Americans’ sensitive personal data to specified foreign adversaries or entities they control, enforced by the Federal Trade Commission. The House passed it 414–0.
March 20, 2024Supports Limit Foreign Influence
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 7521, a proposal barring distribution and hosting of TikTok and other covered foreign-adversary-controlled applications unless a qualifying divestiture occurs. The House passed it 352–65.
March 13, 2024Opposes Limit Foreign Influence
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — National Defense
National Defense · 5 support
Delivered export-enforcement hearing remarks supporting Bureau of Industry and Security funding, staffing and stable controls. She advocated coordination with allies and industry to prevent sensitive technology reaching adversaries’ military programs.
February 24, 2026Supports National Defense
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Delivered terrorism-hearing remarks supporting hard security capabilities, intelligence cooperation, public diplomacy and economic assistance in South and Central Asia. She advocated restored foreign aid to help prevent radicalization.
June 26, 2025Supports National Defense
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 8036, a proposal providing supplemental public appropriations for Indo-Pacific security, including Taiwan-related defense support and the submarine industrial base. The House passed it 385–34.
April 20, 2024Supports National Defense
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 8035, a proposal providing supplemental public appropriations for Ukraine security assistance, replacement of U.S. defense equipment, economic support and refugee assistance. The House passed it 311–112.
April 20, 2024Supports National Defense
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 7888, proposing two-year renewal of Section 702 surveillance and expanded communication providers subject to assistance requirements. It added FBI query approvals and audits and repealed authority to resume collection of messages merely about targets. The House passed it 273–147.
April 12, 2024Supports National Defense
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 3 support · 2 oppose
Voted to pass H.R. 9500, the Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act. It would let scam victims deduct the stolen money on their federal taxes again and waive the 10% penalty on related early retirement withdrawals. It passed the House 408-17.
September 15, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 1, which extended the 2017 tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. The House agreed 218-214, and it was signed into law on July 4, 2025 as Public Law 119-21.
July 3, 2025Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Also on this bill
- May 22, 2025 · Voted against H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, at the House's first vote on it, 215-214. The package extended the 2017 income tax cuts, reduced Medicaid and food assistance, and raised the debt limit. The House later agreed to the Senate's version 218-214, and it was signed into law.
Voted for H.R. 33, a proposal providing reciprocal U.S.–Taiwan double-tax relief, including lower withholding rates and specified wage-income exemptions for qualifying Taiwan residents, and authorizing a bilateral tax agreement. The House passed it 423–1.
January 15, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for AB 192, authorising one-time Better for Families Tax Refund payments through a continuously appropriated public fund, protecting the payments from specified garnishments and offsets, and excluding them from state personal taxable income. It passed the Senate 36–0.
June 29, 2022Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Moved the adopted LACCD resolution supporting Proposition 55’s extension of higher-income personal tax rates for education and health funding. This was a board endorsement of the ballot initiative, rather than enactment of a tax.
July 13, 2016Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: laccd.edu
Track record — Foreign Trade
Foreign Trade · 6 support · 2 oppose
Voted to pass H.R. 2071, the Save Our Shrimpers Act, which blocks U.S. money to international financial institutions for financing foreign shrimp farms. It passed the House 391-18.
May 12, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov
Delivered regional oversight-hearing remarks criticizing 50% tariffs on India, diplomatic cuts and abandonment of Afghan allies. She advocated rebuilding diplomatic tools and regional partnerships.
February 11, 2026Supports Foreign Trade
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted to terminate the national emergency the President declared on February 1, 2025 in Executive Order 14193, the order used to impose tariffs. It passed the House 219-211.
February 11, 2026Supports Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 6504, the Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act, which keeps duty-free treatment for clothing imported from Haiti through 2028. It passed the House 345-45.
January 12, 2026Supports Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 2683, the Remote Access Security Act, which extends U.S. export controls to cover foreign access to controlled technology over a network. It passed the House 369-22.
January 12, 2026Opposes Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in the Learning Resources and V.O.S. Selections tariff cases, arguing that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not authorize the President’s sweeping tariffs.
October 24, 2025Supports Foreign Trade
Source: foreign.senate.gov
Voted for H.R. 33, a proposal providing reciprocal U.S.–Taiwan double-tax relief, including lower withholding rates and specified wage-income exemptions for qualifying Taiwan residents, and authorizing a bilateral tax agreement. The House passed it 423–1.
January 15, 2025Supports Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 22, a proposal prohibiting Strategic Petroleum Reserve sales to Chinese Communist Party-controlled entities and exports of reserve oil to China. The House passed it 331–97.
January 12, 2023Supports Foreign Trade
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 14 support · 1 oppose
Voted to pass H.R. 7757, the KIDS Act, which makes online platforms limit minors' access to sexual material and give parents controls. It passed the House 267-117.
June 29, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against extending until July 2, 2026 the foreign intelligence surveillance authorities in Title VII of FISA, covering surveillance of targets outside the United States. It failed the House 198-218, short of the two-thirds majority needed.
June 11, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in Centro de Trabajadores Unidos v. Bessent, opposing the sharing of confidential IRS taxpayer information with immigration enforcement.
July 7, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: juliabrownley.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 859, a proposal requiring manufacturers to disclose cameras or microphones in internet-connected consumer devices before purchase, with exceptions for devices where such features are reasonably expected. The House passed it 415–9.
April 29, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass S. 146, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which makes posting nonconsensual intimate images, including deepfakes, a crime and orders 48-hour takedowns. The House passed it 409-2, and it became law on May 19, 2025.
April 28, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.J.Res. 25, canceling the IRS rule that made crypto trading services without a central operator report users' sale proceeds. The House passed it 292-132, and it became law.
March 11, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, 219-199 in the House. It would bar police and intelligence agencies from buying Americans' personal records from data brokers instead of getting a warrant. The Senate never voted on it, and it died when that Congress ended.
April 17, 2024Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 7888, proposing two-year renewal of Section 702 surveillance and expanded communication providers subject to assistance requirements. It added FBI query approvals and audits and repealed authority to resume collection of messages merely about targets. The House passed it 273–147.
April 12, 2024Opposes Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 7520, a proposal prohibiting data brokers from transferring Americans’ sensitive personal data to specified foreign adversaries or entities they control, enforced by the Federal Trade Commission. The House passed it 414–0.
March 20, 2024Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 107, protecting children receiving lawful gender-affirming care in California against specified out-of-state custody orders, arrests and extradition, and restricting disclosure of their medical information for such enforcement. It passed the Senate on concurrence 30–9.
August 31, 2022Supports Data Privacy
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1242, restricting warrants, electronic-data disclosure, arrests and intergovernmental cooperation used to enforce other states’ penalties against abortions lawful in California. It passed the Senate 31–8.
August 30, 2022Supports Data Privacy
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 2223, protecting people from civil or criminal liability based on pregnancy outcomes or assistance with lawful reproductive care, restricting use of fetal-death records for such prosecutions, and providing civil remedies against unlawful state interference. It passed the Senate 30–9.
August 29, 2022Supports Data Privacy
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 124, proposing conviction relief, sealed records and sentencing consideration for survivors of sexual or partner violence. It also required courts and prosecutors to consider specified trauma, youth and abuse. It passed the Senate 23–9.
September 10, 2021Supports Data Privacy
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1215, barring law enforcement from using facial recognition or other biometric surveillance with officer cameras or their recordings until January 1, 2023, and providing a civil enforcement remedy. It passed the Assembly 47–21.
September 12, 2019Supports Data Privacy
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Co-sponsored and voted for LACCD’s DACA resolution supporting protection from deportation and a permanent citizenship pathway for Dreamers. It directed legal staff to explore litigation, protect student-record confidentiality and facilitate students’ legal-rights workshops. The named vote passed 6–0 with one abstention.
November 1, 2017Supports Data Privacy
Source: laccd.edu
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 31 support
Voted against passing H.R. 2616, the PROTECT Kids Act, requiring parental consent before federally funded elementary and middle schools change a student's gender on forms. It passed the House 217-198.
May 20, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Won committee approval of her Rejecting the Erasure of Afghan Women and Girls Act, which directs U.S. policy to document Taliban restrictions on women.
March 26, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: congress.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in Trump v. Barbara, defending birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment and the immigration statute against Executive Order 14160.
February 19, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: supremecourt.gov
Voted against passing S. 1383 as rewritten by the House into the SAVE America Act, requiring citizenship proof to register and photo ID to vote. It passed the House 218-213.
February 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted no on H.R. 498, the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, opposing a ban on federal Medicaid payment for gender transition care for minors. The House passed it 215-201. It is not law.
December 18, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted no on H.R. 3492, the Protect Children's Innocence Act, opposing federal criminal penalties for providing gender-transition care to minors. The House passed it 216-211. The bill sits in a Senate committee and has not become law.
December 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, opposing categorical exclusion of transgender students from school sports under Title IX and equal protection.
November 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: hirono.senate.gov
Held a roundtable on historically Black colleges and universities. She opposed higher-education funding cuts and attacks on diversity programs, defending educational opportunity for Black students.
April 29, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in New York v. McMahon, opposing the dismantling of the Education Department and defending its civil-rights enforcement and congressionally appropriated student-aid programmes.
April 23, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: assistantdemocraticleader.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 28, a bill to bar federally funded schools from letting anyone male at birth play on girls' or women's teams. The House passed it 218-206, but the Senate has not passed it.
January 14, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 9494, proposing continuing federal funding through March 2025 and $10 billion in emergency disaster funding. It required documentary citizenship proof for federal registration, with alternative-evidence and provisional-ballot safeguards. The proposal failed in the House 202–220.
September 18, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted no on H.J. Res. 165, a resolution to wipe out the 2024 Title IX rule that extended sex discrimination protections to gender identity and sexual orientation. The House passed it 210-205, but the Senate never voted, so Congress did not repeal the rule.
July 11, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 734, which would have barred schools getting federal money from letting anyone male at birth join a women's or girls' team. The bill treated that as sex discrimination under Title IX. It passed the House 219-203 and died in the Senate.
April 20, 2023Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 107, protecting children receiving lawful gender-affirming care in California against specified out-of-state custody orders, arrests and extradition, and restricting disclosure of their medical information for such enforcement. It passed the Senate on concurrence 30–9.
August 31, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 256, extending Racial Justice Act remedies to older criminal judgments and specified juvenile commitments, and allowing broader evidence of racially discriminatory charging and sentencing. It passed the Senate 30–10.
August 29, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for ACA 3, proposing to remove the criminal-punishment exception from California’s constitutional ban on involuntary servitude. The Senate refused adoption 21–6; a later reconsideration vote did not adopt the proposal.
June 23, 2022Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 2, creating a peace-officer certification and decertification process for serious misconduct, public disclosure of revocation records, and fewer immunity barriers to civil-rights suits against officers. It passed the Senate on concurrence 28–9.
September 8, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 16, expanding public disclosure of sustained police findings involving excessive force, unlawful searches or arrests, and protected-class discrimination, while allowing privacy redactions and investigation-related delays. It passed the Senate on concurrence 29–9.
September 2, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 331, prohibiting specified settlement and employment-separation agreements from suppressing disclosure of workplace harassment or discrimination, including forms not based on sex. It passed on Senate concurrence 30–8.
August 30, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for the May 20 version of SB 17, proposing an independent Office of Racial Equity, a statewide racial-equity framework, and agency action plans and progress reports addressing structural racism. This version passed the Senate 31–6; later Assembly revisions remained separate from this vote.
June 2, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB3070, strengthening objections and judicial review against discriminatory peremptory jury strikes based on specified protected characteristics. It passed the Assembly 49–17.
August 31, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB2542, prohibiting convictions or sentences based on race, ethnicity or national origin and providing court motions, evidence disclosure and remedies for violations. It passed the Assembly 49–16.
August 31, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 979, requiring specified California-headquartered public corporations to include directors from underrepresented racial, ethnic or LGBT communities and publicly report compliance, with statutory minimums based on board size. It passed the Assembly 56–8.
August 30, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Voted for AB 242, proposing implicit-bias training for attorneys and public-facing court staff. It added bias-reduction content to mandatory legal education. The Assembly adopted concurrence 69–0.
September 12, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB329, extending housing source-of-income discrimination protections to public-assistance and housing-subsidy payments made to landlords on tenants' behalf. It passed the Assembly 46–21.
September 10, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 241, proposing implicit-bias instruction in continuing education for doctors, nurses and physician assistants. It required licensing-board standards and compliance audits. The Assembly adopted concurrence 68–4.
September 5, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for ACA 6, proposing restoration of voting rights after a felony prison term, including for people on parole. It passed the Assembly 54–19.
September 5, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Voted for SB188, extending racial-discrimination protections to hair texture and protective hairstyles in education, employment and housing. It passed the Assembly 69–0.
June 27, 2019Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1343, extending mandatory workplace sexual-harassment training to employers with five or more employees, including nonsupervisory workers. It passed the Assembly 78–0.
August 30, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1300, strengthening workplace-harassment protections by restricting coerced releases and nondisparagement agreements, expanding employer liability for third-party harassment and limiting fee awards against plaintiffs. It passed the Assembly 41–33.
August 30, 2018Supports Civil Rights
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for LACCD’s resolution prohibiting district-funded or district-sponsored employee and student travel to states identified as having discriminatory laws against LGBTQ people, with the Chancellor to maintain the state list. The named vote passed 6–1.
July 12, 2017Supports Civil Rights
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 36 support · 1 oppose
Voted to pass H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act. It would require state regulators to consider making big data centers pay the full cost of grid upgrades built for them. It passed the House 417-3.
September 16, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 6955, the Main Street Act, which loosens banking rules on new bank formation, federal supervision, mergers, and capital and leverage requirements. It passed the House 270-155.
July 21, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 2478, the Financial Exploitation Prevention Act, letting investment companies delay cashing out an account of a possibly exploited older investor. It passed the House 414-2.
June 25, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 2988, which requires managers of workplace retirement plans to make investment choices on financial factors alone. It passed the House 213-205.
January 15, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass S. 1582, the GENIUS Act, setting federal rules for payment stablecoins, digital tokens meant to hold a steady value. Only approved banks and licensed issuers may issue them, backed one-for-one by reserves. The House passed it 308-122 and it became Public Law 119-27 on July 18, 2025.
July 17, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against sending S.J.Res. 13 to the President; the House approved it anyway, 220-207. It cancelled the bank regulator's 2024 rule that had ended fast automatic approvals and short application forms for bank mergers. It was signed into law on June 20, 2025 as Public Law 119-19.
May 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined a filed proposed amicus brief opposing UnitedHealth’s request for summary judgment over alleged Medicare Advantage overpayments. The brief sought a trial and defended recovery of public Medicare funds; court acceptance or victory was not established.
May 15, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: jayapal.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 859, a proposal requiring manufacturers to disclose cameras or microphones in internet-connected consumer devices before purchase, with exceptions for devices where such features are reasonably expected. The House passed it 415–9.
April 29, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 1402, a proposal requiring upfront total-ticket-price disclosure, restricting speculative ticket sales and providing refunds for canceled or postponed events, enforced by the FTC. The House passed it 409–15.
April 29, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 973, a proposal requiring federal consumer-product safety standards for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in electric bikes and other micromobility devices. The House passed it 365–42.
April 28, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing S.J.Res. 18, sending it to the President to repeal the consumer bureau rule limiting overdraft fees at very large banks to $5. The House passed it 217-211, and it became Public Law 119-10 on May 9, 2025.
April 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing S.J.Res. 28, 219-211, sending it to the President to repeal the rule that put the largest digital payment apps under federal supervision. It was signed on May 9, 2025 as Public Law 119-11.
April 9, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 736, a proposal extending the beneficial-ownership reporting deadline to January 1, 2026, for companies formed or registered before January 2024. The House passed it 408–0.
February 10, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Held a public roundtable advocating accountability for oil companies’ pollution, climate disinformation and alleged price collusion. Her remarks sought consumer and environmental protections; they were advocacy rather than adjudicated findings.
September 18, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 109, a measure to wipe out SEC guidance requiring firms holding customers' crypto to carry those assets on their own books. It passed the House 228-182 and the Senate, but was vetoed. The July 11, 2024 override failed, so the guidance remained.
May 8, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Delivered Interior-budget hearing remarks supporting public-land conservation, renewable energy and stronger oil-company financial assurance for cleanup. She defended environmental protections and tribal consultation.
May 1, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 7520, a proposal prohibiting data brokers from transferring Americans’ sensitive personal data to specified foreign adversaries or entities they control, enforced by the Federal Trade Commission. The House passed it 414–0.
March 20, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 2799, the Expanding Access to Capital Act, a bill to loosen securities rules for smaller companies and widen access to private offerings. The House passed it 212-205, but the Senate never took it up, so it did not become law.
March 8, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.J.Res. 98 by 206-177, a resolution cancelling a labor board rule that eased treating franchise chains and owners as joint employers. The Senate agreed, but the president vetoed it on May 3, 2024, and the House override failed.
January 12, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 5378, a proposal requiring hospital and other provider price disclosure and pharmacy-benefit-manager reporting, prohibiting Medicaid spread pricing, providing implementation funds, and extending public-health programs. The House passed it 320–71.
December 11, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against sending S.J.Res. 32 to the President to cancel the consumer bureau rule making lenders report small-business loan data, including loans to minority-owned firms. The House passed it 221-202, but the President vetoed it and the Senate override failed, so the rule stayed.
December 1, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for SB 1137, prohibiting most new oil and gas drilling approvals within 3,200 feet of homes, schools and other sensitive receptors, with plugging, safety and court-order exceptions, and requiring pollution controls for existing facilities in those zones. It passed the Senate on concurrence 25–10.
August 31, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 257, proposing a Fast Food Council to set sectorwide wage, hour, health and safety standards for covered chains, subject to a worker petition, and protections against retaliation. It passed the Senate 21–12.
August 29, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 54, requiring producer responsibility, source reduction and recycling targets for packaging and plastic foodware. It required producer organizations to remit $500 million annually in 2027–2036 to a state plastic-pollution mitigation fund for expenditure upon legislative appropriation. It passed the Senate on concurrence 29–0.
June 30, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 62, restricting garment-industry piece-rate pay, making brand guarantors jointly liable for covered unpaid wages and strengthening Labor Commissioner enforcement. It passed on Senate concurrence 26–10.
September 10, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB1159, creating rebuttable workers' compensation presumptions for qualifying COVID-19 illness or death and shortening claim-rejection deadlines. It passed the Assembly 69–4.
August 31, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 979, requiring specified California-headquartered public corporations to include directors from underrepresented racial, ethnic or LGBT communities and publicly report compliance, with statutory minimums based on board size. It passed the Assembly 56–8.
August 30, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Voted for AB 2762, prohibiting cosmetics containing specified intentionally added toxic ingredients, subject to stated exceptions. It passed on Assembly concurrence 74–0.
August 30, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 793, prohibiting retail sales of flavored tobacco products and flavor enhancers, with specified exceptions and a $250 infraction penalty. It passed the Assembly 58–1.
August 24, 2020Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB32, restricting private for-profit prison contracts and, with exceptions, private detention facilities in California. It passed the Assembly 65–11.
September 11, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 5, extending the employee-classification ABC test and wage, paid-leave and unemployment-insurance protections to covered workers, with occupational exceptions. The bill expanded eligibility under the continuously appropriated Unemployment Fund and passed the Assembly on concurrence 61–16.
September 11, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB1482, capping covered annual rent increases at 5% plus inflation or 10%, whichever was lower, and requiring just cause and specified relocation assistance for covered evictions. It passed the Assembly 48–26.
September 11, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 673, proposing workers’ recovery of statutory penalties for unpaid wages, including specified equal-pay violations. It barred duplicate recovery under the same violations and changed Labor Commissioner enforcement authority. The Assembly adopted concurrence 58–18.
September 9, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 539, proposing a simple-interest ceiling of 36% plus the federal funds rate on specified $2,500–$10,000 loans. It also limited loan terms and prepayment penalties. The Assembly passed the initial stage 60–4; she had no recorded final-concurrence ballot.
May 23, 2019Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 822, prohibiting broadband providers from blocking or throttling lawful internet traffic and specified paid-prioritization and zero-rating practices under California net-neutrality rules. It passed the Assembly 61–18.
August 30, 2018Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 1300, strengthening workplace-harassment protections by restricting coerced releases and nondisparagement agreements, expanding employer liability for third-party harassment and limiting fee awards against plaintiffs. It passed the Assembly 41–33.
August 30, 2018Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Moved the adopted LACCD ethical-banking resolution requiring bank contractors to demonstrate internal controls and disclose five years of civil or criminal penalties and claims. It also directed review of existing Wells Fargo relationships and the feasibility of termination; it did not itself terminate a contract.
November 2, 2016Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: laccd.edu
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 15 support
Voted to pass H.R. 9497, the Water Resources Development Act of 2026. It would authorize Army Corps of Engineers projects for ports, waterways, flood protection and ecosystem restoration nationwide. It passed the House 415-9.
September 16, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass S. 1020, which lets federal energy regulators extend construction deadlines for hydropower projects licensed before March 2020. It passed the House 394-14.
April 21, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 5201, the Kari's Law Reporting Act, making the FCC report on enforcing the rule that office phones allow direct 911 calls. It passed the House 405-5.
April 21, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: clerk.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $500,000 for Vermont Manchester Transit Priority. The federal project funding supported active-transportation improvements serving an affordable-housing development.
February 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $2,600,000 for Metro Regional Stop Enhancement. The federal project funding supported bus shelters and stop improvements in disadvantaged communities.
February 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $250,000 for Broadway Sur. The federal project funding supported street lighting and pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements.
February 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $1,000,000 for Culver City Crossroads Connector. The federal project funding supported protected bicycle lanes and pedestrian curb extensions on Overland Avenue.
February 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $1,200,000 for Culver City Hydrogen Bus Pilot. The federal project funding supported two zero-emission buses.
February 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on February 26 that she had secured $200,000 for Blackwelder Community Greenbelt. The federal project funding supported green space, recreation and flood management along Ballona Creek.
February 26, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Co-signed a disaster-declaration request after Los Angeles fires, including assistance for damaged roads, infrastructure and households. The President approved the Governor’s major-disaster request that day; individual funding categories and disbursements were not established.
January 8, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Joined EPA’s July 22 announcement selecting South Coast AQMD for $499,997,415 for electric charging, freight equipment and locomotives reducing emissions. She supported securing the project; AQMD later documented its award. Disbursement was not established.
July 22, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Hosted a public event for LA Metro’s $139 million Removing Barriers and Creating Legacy grant. Her earlier support letter backed the awarded project improving safe, affordable transit access.
July 18, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Announced on March 12 that she had secured $500,000 for Slauson Connect Recreation Center. The public funding supported a community park in an underserved neighborhood lacking green space.
March 12, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for SB 846, extending Diablo Canyon nuclear powerplant operations subject to federal licensing, providing rate-based cost recovery, and authorizing up to $600 million in General Fund loans to a continuously appropriated state fund for an extension loan. It passed the Senate on concurrence 31–1.
September 1, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for SB 156, creating a statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network, directing allocation of $2 billion already appropriated for last-mile infrastructure, and continuously appropriating a public loan-loss reserve fund to support broadband financing by local governments and nonprofits. It passed the Senate on concurrence 39–0.
July 15, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Track record — Peaceful Foreign Policy
Peaceful Foreign Policy · 9 support · 2 oppose
Voted for H.Con.Res. 93, directing the President to pull U.S. forces out of hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or authorizes force. Forces needed to stop an imminent attack were exempt. It passed the House 220-204.
September 15, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.Con.Res. 108, proposing withdrawal of U.S. forces from hostilities in Lebanon within seven days. It preserved embassy protection and security cooperation. The proposal failed in the House 189–235.
June 30, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Delivered regional oversight-hearing remarks criticizing 50% tariffs on India, diplomatic cuts and abandonment of Afghan allies. She advocated rebuilding diplomatic tools and regional partnerships.
February 11, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted for H.Con.Res. 68, proposing withdrawal of U.S. forces from Venezuela without a declaration of war or specific congressional authorization. The proposal failed in the House 215–215.
January 22, 2026Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.Con.Res. 61, proposing withdrawal of U.S. forces from hostilities with designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere without congressional authorization. The proposal failed in the House 210–216.
December 17, 2025Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Delivered hearing remarks supporting restored humanitarian aid, diplomacy and refugee resettlement for Burma’s Rohingya crisis. She criticized reduced U.S. assistance to refugees in Bangladesh.
November 19, 2025Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Delivered terrorism-hearing remarks supporting hard security capabilities, intelligence cooperation, public diplomacy and economic assistance in South and Central Asia. She advocated restored foreign aid to help prevent radicalization.
June 26, 2025Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Joined a filed congressional motion and attached amicus brief in American Foreign Service Association v. Trump, defending foreign aid as a means of avoiding military deployments and opposing the dismantling of USAID and the withholding of congressionally appropriated assistance.
March 31, 2025Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: litigationtaskforce.house.gov
Reported Eyvin Hernandez’s release after leading bipartisan public advocacy for the detained constituent. She credited State Department and National Security Council diplomacy; the release was not attributed solely to her.
December 20, 2023Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against H.Con.Res. 30, proposing withdrawal of U.S. forces from Somalia within 365 days, except personnel protecting the embassy. The proposal failed in the House 102–321.
April 27, 2023Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.Con.Res. 21, proposing withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria within 180 days. The proposal failed in the House 103–321.
March 8, 2023Opposes Peaceful Foreign Policy
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — U.S.-Israel Ties
U.S.-Israel Ties · 2 support · 1 oppose
Voted against H.R. 8369, which would have ordered delivery of weapons shipments to Israel that the president had paused. It would have frozen some Pentagon, State Department and White House funds until delivery. The House passed it 224-187.
May 16, 2024Opposes U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 8034, which approved $26 billion in U.S. taxpayer money: military aid for Israel and funds for U.S. forces nearby. About $9 billion of it was humanitarian aid, and none could go to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. It passed 366-58 and became law in April 2024.
April 20, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.Res. 771, a proposal affirming Israel’s right to self-defense following the Hamas attack and supporting emergency military resupply and other assistance to Israel. The House passed it 412–10.
October 25, 2023Supports U.S.-Israel Ties
Source: clerk.house.gov
Track record — General
General · 166 records
Was listed as endorsed by the California Federation of Teachers in its September 29, 2026 general-election slate.
September 29, 2026
Source: cft.org
Voted for S. 2403, a proposal allowing employee-stock-ownership-plan fiduciaries to rely on qualifying independent appraisals for privately traded employer securities. The House passed it 401–14.
September 16, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Launched and co-chaired the bipartisan Movies, Music, Entertainment, and Sports Caucus.
September 16, 2026
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 10326, the PROOF Act. It would require states to give the Justice Department records it requests to investigate fraud in Medicaid, SNAP, welfare and other federal programs. It passed the House 217-207.
September 16, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 9576, which would write the Justice Department's new National Fraud Enforcement Division into law. The division, set up in April 2026, investigates fraud against taxpayer-funded programs. It passed the House 352-72.
September 16, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against sending H.R. 5334, the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, to the President. It imposed sanctions on Russia, extended Iran sanctions to 2031, and let the President put tariffs up to 100% on buyers of Russian energy. The House agreed 262-159, and it became law on September 18, 2026.
September 16, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against setting aside H.Res. 1486, a resolution to impeach President Trump over ICE and Border Patrol actions, which would have kept it alive. The House set it aside 232-147.
September 15, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 4795, which would cut off federal student aid to colleges that boycott Israel. The House passed it 237-169.
September 3, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 1, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to have nine justices, one chief justice and eight associate justices. It failed the House 212-206, short of the two-thirds majority needed.
September 2, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against a resolution condemning socialism in all its forms. The House passed it 220-192 (House Resolution 1490).
September 1, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Received The Steady State’s endorsement for California’s 37th Congressional District in its August 13 release.
August 13, 2026
Source: thesteadystate.org
Voted against passing H.R. 8884, a bill to extend through 2031 Social Security projects that help disability insurance recipients return to work. It passed the House 232-188.
July 23, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, setting Defense Department policy, troop levels and equipment purchases. It passed the House 216-212.
July 22, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 9770, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, which would keep federal agencies funded at current levels through December 4, 2026. It passed the House 220-205.
July 21, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 8595, the 2027 State Department and national security appropriations bill, setting the year's funding for the State Department and related programs. It passed the House 217-209.
July 15, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, a bill to make daylight saving time permanent. It passed the House 308-117.
July 14, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 7128, which renews through 2034 the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Program covering part of insurers' losses from a terrorist attack. It passed the House 373-15.
June 29, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for the final House action on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, agreeing to the Senate's last set of changes. The act reshapes federal housing programs, including oversight of housing counseling grants and help for state and local governments. The House agreed 358-32 and it became Public Law 119-101.
June 23, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 8464, the Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act, which requires agencies to pause or condition suspect payment requests before approving them. It passed the House 218-200.
June 10, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 8312, a bill to move federal payment-integrity work to the Treasury and create a new inspector general for fraud and recovery. It passed the House 240-181.
June 10, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7892, the No Aid for Ghost Students Act, making the Education Department screen every federal student aid application for identity fraud. It passed the House 249-172.
June 10, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing S. 2, the Secure America Act, a bill to provide $70 billion through 2029 for immigration enforcement and border security. It passed the House 214-212.
June 9, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 8646, the 2027 Agriculture and FDA appropriations bill, setting the year's funding for the Agriculture Department and the FDA. It passed the House 213-210.
June 4, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7726, which adds penalties for states that misuse the federal block grant helping low-income working families pay for child care. It passed the House 217-207.
June 3, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 6047, a bill to widen several veterans and survivors benefits and add an $833.33 monthly allowance for certain disabled veterans. It passed the House 235-179.
May 21, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1329, the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Act, which sets the South Monument site on the National Mall as the museum's location. It failed the House 204-216.
May 21, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 8365, the Monitor Accountability Act, setting conditions on appointing the independent monitors who oversee governments under court consent decrees. It passed the House 219-204.
May 14, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 5625, the Cashless Bail Reporting Act, making the Justice Department list yearly the governments releasing certain defendants without cash bail. It passed the House 308-116.
May 14, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 6260, which treats posting criminal and immigration bail bonds as insurance business under federal insurance-fraud law. It passed the House 243-179.
May 14, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 2853, the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, which widens federal enforcement against organized retail and supply chain theft. It passed the House 348-60.
May 12, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7567, the 2026 farm bill, renewing Agriculture Department crop support, conservation, food aid and rural development programs through 2031. It passed the House 224-200.
April 30, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing S. 1318 as rewritten by the House, which renews foreign surveillance powers under FISA until April 2029 with added Section 702 protections. It passed the House 235-191.
April 29, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 5587, the HEATS Act, exempting geothermal drilling on state and private land from federal permits and environmental review. It passed the House 231-186.
April 23, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 6387, the FIRE Act, a bill to change how wildfire smoke and other exceptional events count under the Clean Air Act. It passed the House 220-198.
April 22, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 7613, the ALERT Act, which tightens aircraft tracking and communication requirements and expands aviation safety oversight. It passed the House 396-10.
April 14, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7084, a bill letting the President bar ships that called at a port seized by a Western Hemisphere country. It passed the House 247-164.
March 27, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 8029, the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act, funding Homeland Security and ending the partial shutdown that began February 14, 2026. It passed the House 218-206.
March 26, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 5103, a bill setting up a federal commission on crime and immigration in Washington, DC and a federal cleanup program there. It passed the House 218-206.
March 25, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 4638, the BOWOW Act, making harming a law enforcement working animal grounds to bar a non-citizen from entry or deport them. It passed the House 228-190.
March 19, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 1958, the Deporting Fraudsters Act, making public benefits fraud grounds to bar someone from entry or deport them. It passed the House 231-186.
March 18, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass S. 3971, which renews the federal small business research and technology transfer grant programs through 2031. It passed the House 345-41.
March 17, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Led 69 Members of Congress in urging FIFA to lower 2026 World Cup ticket prices and support accessible fan festivals.
March 11, 2026
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7744, a bill funding Homeland Security for the rest of the year and ending the partial shutdown begun February 14, 2026. It passed the House 221-209.
March 5, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for S. 2503, the ROTOR Act, which tightens aircraft tracking and communication requirements and expands aviation safety oversight. It failed the House 264-133, short of the two-thirds majority needed.
February 24, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Received the California Democratic Party’s ratified endorsement for the 2026 CA-37 House primary.
February 22, 2026
Source: cadem.org
Voted against passing H.R. 2189, which takes less-than-lethal projectile devices such as certain TASERs out of Gun Control Act regulation. It passed the House 233-185.
February 12, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 3617, a bill to direct the Energy Department to secure the supply of minerals it considers essential to U.S. energy security. It passed the House 223-206.
February 11, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 1531, the PROTECT Taiwan Act, seeking China's exclusion from six international financial bodies if the President reports China threatening Taiwan. It passed the House 395-2.
February 9, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 142, which overturns a District of Columbia Council tax act and restores the District's practice of following federal tax law. It passed the House 215-210 and became law.
February 4, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 4090, the Critical Mineral Dominance Act, which directs the Interior Department to speed up and expand mineral production on federal land. It passed the House 224-195.
February 4, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing the Senate's version of H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which funds several federal departments and became law. The House agreed 217-214.
February 3, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 980, which drops the rule that Veterans Affairs education and career counselling on college campuses be delivered only by VA staff. It passed the House 402-2.
February 2, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7147, a stopgap funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The House passed it 220-207; after Senate changes it became law as Public Law 119-86 on April 30, 2026.
January 22, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 6359, the Pregnant Students' Rights Act, making colleges that take federal student aid tell students about pregnant students' rights and resources. It passed the House 217-211.
January 22, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 5764, the AI for Main Street Act, which has Small Business Development Centers help small businesses evaluate and use artificial intelligence. It passed the House 395-14.
January 20, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted to pass H.R. 5763, the Main Street Parity Act, lowering the down payment a small business must put up for SBA property loans. It passed the House 383-8.
January 20, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7006, which sets 2026 funding for financial services and general government agencies and the State Department. It passed the House 341-79.
January 14, 2026
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 6703, a proposal expanding association health plans and employer health-reimbursement arrangements, requiring pharmacy-benefit-manager disclosures, and appropriating funds for insurance cost-sharing payments beginning in 2027 while restricting payments for plans covering abortion. The House passed it 216–211.
December 17, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 4371, the Kayla Hamilton Act, requiring locked placement for immigrant children 12 and older with gang tattoos or criminal records. The House passed it 225-201, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
December 16, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 3898, the PERMIT Act, speeding Clean Water Act permits, limiting states' power to block projects and dropping groundwater from protection. The House passed it 221-205, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
December 11, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, placed into S. 1071, setting defense policy and Defense Department spending. The House passed it 312-112, the Senate agreed, and it became Public Law 119-60 on December 18, 2025.
December 10, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 2965, a proposal requiring the Small Business Administration’s annual small-business regulatory-cost budget to be no greater than zero. The House passed it 223–190.
December 3, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 6019, a proposal repealing senators’ special authority to sue the federal government for at least $500,000 per violation when their official-office data is accessed or disclosed without prescribed notice. The House passed it 426–0.
November 19, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 5214, a bill to require pretrial jail for violent crimes in Washington, DC and bar no-cash release for other public-safety crimes. The House passed it 237-179, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
November 19, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.Res. 888, proposing censure of Delegate Stacey Plaskett, an ethics investigation and removal from the Intelligence Committee over alleged Epstein-related coordination. The proposal failed in the House 209–214.
November 18, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in Trump v. Slaughter, defending statutory removal protections for independent Federal Trade Commission members.
November 14, 2025
Source: booker.senate.gov
Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 5371, the funding bill ending the 43-day shutdown and funding most agencies into January 2026. The House agreed 222-209, and it became Public Law 119-37 on November 12, 2025.
November 12, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Joined the congressional amicus brief in Trump v. Illinois, opposing the federalization and deployment of National Guard forces under a disputed reading of federal law.
November 10, 2025
Source: supremecourt.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 3062, a bill to replace the presidential permit for cross-border oil, gas, and power lines with a faster agency certificate. The House passed it 224-203, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
September 18, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 5140, which the House passed 225-203. The bill would let District of Columbia prosecutors charge children as young as 14 as adults for certain serious crimes, down from 16. The Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
September 16, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 4922, the DC CRIMES Act, limiting D.C. youth-offender sentencing to people under 18 and barring sentences below mandatory minimums. The House passed it 240-179, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
September 16, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 3838, the House defense policy bill for fiscal year 2026, authorizing Defense Department and nuclear security funding. The House passed it 231-196; this bill never became law, and S. 1071 became the final 2026 defense law.
September 10, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Was identified as board co-chair of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles in its July 21 press-conference announcement.
July 21, 2025
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 3633, a proposal establishing a CFTC-led digital-commodity regulatory framework and exemptions from specified SEC registration requirements, with exchange, broker, custody and anti-money-laundering obligations. The House passed it 294–134.
July 17, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1919, which would stop the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital dollar, holding individual accounts, or even studying one without Congress's approval. It passed the House 219-210 and is still pending in the Senate.
July 17, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 875, a bill making drunk or drugged driving grounds to bar an immigrant from entry or deport one already here. The House passed it 246-160, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
June 26, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Co-founded the bipartisan Congressional Recommerce Caucus with Representative Nicole Malliotakis.
June 25, 2025
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 2056, a bill to bar the District of Columbia from limiting how its agencies share immigration information or honor federal detainers. The House passed it 224-194, but the Senate has not acted, so it is not law.
June 12, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against S. 331, the HALT Fentanyl Act, which permanently classed fentanyl-like drugs in Schedule I and set fentanyl-level trafficking penalties. A no vote opposed making that classification permanent. The House passed it 321-104, and it became law July 16, 2025 (Public Law 119-26).
June 12, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025, canceling about $9.4 billion in approved but unspent foreign aid and public broadcasting money. The House vote was 214-212; the Senate trimmed it, and the smaller package became law July 24, 2025.
June 12, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 884, a bill to stop noncitizens from voting in District of Columbia elections by repealing a 2022 DC law. A no vote kept that DC law. It passed the House 266-148 and is still waiting on the Senate.
June 10, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 2483, which renewed funding authority for federal addiction prevention, overdose response, treatment, and mental health programs through 2030. It passed the House 366-57, cleared the Senate, and was signed into law on December 1, 2025.
June 4, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, at the House's first vote on it, 215-214. The package extended the 2017 income tax cuts, reduced Medicaid and food assistance, and raised the debt limit. The House later agreed to the Senate's version 218-214, and it was signed into law.
May 22, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
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- July 3, 2025 · Voted against accepting the Senate's version of H.R. 1, which extended the 2017 tax cuts, cut Medicaid and food aid, and raised the debt limit. The House agreed 218-214, and it was signed into law on July 4, 2025 as Public Law 119-21. (Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction, Supports Social Programs and Welfare)
Received LCV Action Fund’s endorsement for the 2026 CA-37 House election in its first round of endorsements.
April 25, 2025
Source: lcv.org
Voted against passing H.R. 22, the SAVE Act, requiring paper proof of U.S. citizenship, such as a passport, to register to vote. The House passed it 220-208, but the Senate has not taken it up.
April 10, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1526, a proposal restricting federal district-court injunctions to the parties before the court. The House passed it 219–213.
April 9, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1048, a proposal lowering foreign-gift reporting thresholds for colleges, requiring reports of foreign influence and restricting contracts with foreign countries or entities of concern, with potential federal student-aid penalties. The House passed it 241–169.
March 27, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 35, a bill making fleeing Border Patrol by vehicle near the border a crime punishable by prison. The House passed it 264-155, but the Senate never acted, so it did not become law.
February 13, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 77, a proposal allowing Congress to disapprove multiple late-term federal regulations in one Congressional Review Act resolution. The House passed it 212–208.
February 12, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 27, which permanently classes fentanyl-like drugs in Schedule I, the strictest federal drug category, and applies fentanyl's trafficking penalties. The House passed it 312-108. The House bill itself stalled in the Senate, but identical text became law in July 2025.
February 6, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, speeding tree-thinning in high-risk wildfire zones on federal land by skipping full environmental review. The House passed it 279-141, but the Senate has not passed it.
January 23, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, sending it to the president to require jailing immigrants here illegally who are arrested for theft. The House passed it 263-156, and it became law on January 29, 2025.
January 22, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Was named a policy co-chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus for the 119th Congress.
January 21, 2025
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 30, a bill barring entry and allowing deportation of non-citizens for sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking or child abuse. The House passed it 274-145, but the Senate has not passed it.
January 16, 2025
Source: clerk.house.gov
Was announced as ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia for the 119th Congress.
January 15, 2025
Source: democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov
Voted against final House passage of the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which sets military policy and spending and raises junior enlisted pay. The House agreed 281-140 and it became Public Law 118-159.
December 11, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 7673, the Liberty in Laundry Act, barring clothes washer efficiency rules unless found workable and unlikely to raise buyers' costs. The House passed it 215-200, but the Senate never acted, so the bill died when the 118th Congress ended.
December 10, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Was elected whip of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 119th Congress.
December 4, 2024
Source: cbc.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 9495, a proposal providing tax-deadline and penalty relief for American hostages and authorizing termination of tax-exempt status for organizations designated as supporting terrorism. The House passed it 219–184.
November 21, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 8790, the Fix Our Forests Act, speeding federal wildfire work by exempting many forest projects from environmental review. The House passed it 268-151, but the Senate never acted, so the bill died when the 118th Congress ended.
September 24, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 5717, a bill denying certain federal immigration funds to states and localities that limit information sharing or ignore detention requests. It passed the House 219-186, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
September 20, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 4790, proposing limits on issuer disclosures and shareholder proposals, including environmental, social and political proposals. The package added proxy-adviser registration and investment-voting rules, constrained international banking regulation, and removed the Federal Reserve supervision vice-chair designation. It also restricted SEC Reserve Fund fee deposits. The House passed it 215–203.
September 19, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 3724, proposing limits on political tests in college accreditation, admissions and employment while preserving religious institutional standards. It added campus speech, association and religious-organization protections, policy disclosures, federal civil remedies and conditional student-aid ineligibility. The House passed it 213–201.
September 19, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 5179, a proposal preserving U.S. country-of-origin labeling policy for goods from the West Bank and Gaza and barring federal funds from changing that policy. The House passed it 231–189.
September 18, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 7909, a bill making immigrants deportable or barred from entry for stalking, child abuse, sex offenses or domestic violence. It passed the House 266-158, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
September 18, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 7887, proposing removal of minimum education and experience requirements from federal contract solicitations unless contracting officers provided written justification. The proposal failed in the House 178–234.
July 23, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1631, proposing continued copyright protection for private technical standards incorporated into law when they were freely accessible online. The proposal failed in the House 248–127.
July 22, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.Res. 1344, proposing a contempt finding and a $10,000 daily personal fine against Attorney General Merrick Garland over subpoenaed recordings. The proposal failed in the House 204–210.
July 11, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted no on H.R. 8281, the SAVE Act, opposing a documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal voter registration. The House passed it 221-198. The Senate never voted on it, and the bill died at the end of the 118th Congress.
July 10, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7637, the Refrigerator Freedom Act, barring refrigerator and freezer efficiency standards unless found workable and not costlier for consumers. The House passed it 212-192, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
July 9, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Launched and co-chaired the Congressional Caucus on Global Migration.
June 27, 2024
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 8070, the House's fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill, setting Defense Department policy and raising junior enlisted pay. The House passed it 217-199; its provisions became law through H.R. 5009 in December 2024.
June 14, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 8282, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, sanctioning foreigners who help the International Criminal Court prosecute Americans or allied citizens. The House passed it 247-155, but the Senate never voted, so the bill died.
June 4, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 192, a bill to bar noncitizens from voting in District of Columbia elections by repealing the 2022 DC law allowing it. The House passed it 262-143, but the Senate never acted and the bill died.
May 23, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 5403, the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, a bill to bar the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital dollar or individual accounts. The House passed it 216-192, but the Senate never took it up, so the bill died.
May 23, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 7530, the DC CRIMES Act, a bill to cut DC's youth offender age from 24 to 18 and freeze existing sentences. The House passed it 225-181, but the Senate never acted and it died.
May 15, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 7109, a proposal adding citizenship questions to the census and excluding noncitizens from population counts used to apportion House seats. The House passed it 206–202.
May 8, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 6090, which would have told the Education Department to use a set definition of antisemitism in campus discrimination cases. The definition's examples include some statements about Israel. The House passed it 320-91.
May 1, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 3602 as rewritten on the floor into the End the Border Catastrophe Act. That package would have restarted border wall construction, tightened asylum rules, and added detention capacity. Needing two-thirds under a fast-track process, it failed 215-199 and never became law.
April 20, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 7511, the Laken Riley Act, which would have forced federal detention of people in the country illegally charged with theft or burglary. It passed the House 251-170 but died in the Senate.
March 7, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.Res. 863, proposing impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over alleged refusal to enforce immigration laws and breach of public trust. The House adopted it 214–213.
February 13, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Was announced as co-chair of the Congressional Brazil Caucus in a dated launch release.
February 9, 2024
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 485, a proposal prohibiting quality-adjusted-life-year measures in federally supported health programs and reducing Prevention and Public Health Fund funding. The House passed it 211–208.
February 7, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 6976, which would have made any drunk or drugged driving offense grounds to bar or deport an immigrant. The House passed it 274-150, but it died in the Senate and never became law.
February 1, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 7024, a proposal expanding refundable child tax credits, business tax deductions and disaster-related tax relief, providing Taiwan double-tax relief and expanding the low-income-housing tax credit. The House passed it 357–70.
January 31, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 6678, which would have made Social Security fraud, fake-ID fraud, or COVID relief fraud grounds to bar or deport an immigrant. The House passed it anyway, 272-155, but the Senate never acted and it never became law.
January 31, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 5585, a bill making fleeing Border Patrol by vehicle near the border a crime punishable by prison. The House passed it 271-154, but the bill died when that Congress ended.
January 30, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 788, a proposal prohibiting federal settlements from directing payments to third parties, with exceptions for remedying actual harm and paying for services. The House passed it 211–197.
January 11, 2024
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against the final House-Senate deal on H.R. 2670, the 2024 defense policy law, setting Defense Department policy and approving its programs and military construction. The House agreed 310-118 and it became law December 22, 2023 (Public Law 118-31).
December 14, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 6126, which would have sent Israel $14.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer money as military aid. To pay for it, the bill would have taken the same amount from extra funding Congress gave the IRS. The House passed it 226-196.
November 2, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1338, proposing FCC satellite-licensing and renewal deadlines, orbital-safety performance objectives and spectrum-sharing rules. The proposal failed in the House 250–163.
July 25, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted for H.R. 4470, a proposal extending the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program through July 27, 2025. The House passed it 409–1.
July 25, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against passing H.R. 3941, the Schools Not Shelters Act, cutting federal funding to public schools and colleges that shelter immigrants who entered without admission. The House passed it 222-201, but the Senate never acted and the bill died with the 118th Congress.
July 19, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 71, proposing termination of the Iraq national emergency under Executive Order 13303. The proposal failed in the House 26–394.
July 18, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 79, proposing termination of the national emergency restricting specified Syrian property and exports under Executive Order 13338. The proposal failed in the House 24–394.
July 18, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 70, proposing termination of the Libya national emergency under Executive Order 13566. The proposal failed in the House 30–388.
July 18, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 74, proposing termination of the Yemen national emergency concerning threats to its peace, security and stability. The proposal failed in the House 27–393.
July 18, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 288, a proposal requiring courts to decide legal questions concerning agency actions without deferring to agency interpretations. The House passed it 220–211.
June 15, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 277, a proposal requiring congressional approval before major federal regulations take effect and congressional review of existing agency rules. The House passed it 221–210.
June 14, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 3746, proposing a higher debt limit, spending caps, funding rescissions and expanded benefit-program work requirements. It also accelerated environmental reviews and approved Mountain Valley Pipeline permits. The House passed it 314–117.
May 31, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 467, the HALT Fentanyl Act, which would have permanently put fentanyl-like substances in the strictest drug category and applied fentanyl-level trafficking penalties. It passed the House 289-133 and died without Senate passage, so this bill never became law.
May 25, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 1163, a proposal expanding recovery and prosecution of unemployment-benefit overpayments and fraud, allowing states to retain specified recovered funds, and repealing existing program-integrity funding. The House passed it 230–200.
May 11, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 2811, a proposal raising the debt limit while reducing federal spending, repealing energy tax credits, expanding SNAP and other benefit work requirements, and nullifying student-debt relief regulations. The House passed it 217–215.
April 26, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 5, a proposal conditioning federal education funding on new parental-notice, curriculum, school-library and budget-disclosure requirements, including parental consent for specified changes concerning younger students’ gender identities. The House passed it 213–208.
March 24, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 30, a proposal nullifying the Labor Department rule permitting retirement-plan fiduciaries to consider climate and other environmental, social and governance factors. The House passed it 216–204.
February 28, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 26, which blocked the District of Columbia's rewritten criminal code, which lowered maximum sentences for carjacking and robbery. The House passed it 250-173. It was signed on March 20, 2023 as Public Law 118-1.
February 9, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 24, which would overturn the District of Columbia law letting noncitizen residents vote in local DC elections. The House passed it 260-162 anyway. The Senate never voted, so it died with the 118th Congress and the DC law stands.
February 9, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.J.Res. 7, a proposal terminating the national emergency concerning COVID-19. The House passed it 229–197.
February 1, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Voted against H.R. 139, a proposal restoring federal agencies’ pre-pandemic telework policies and conditioning expanded telework on certification of a positive effect on agency missions and operating costs. The House passed it 221–206.
February 1, 2023
Source: clerk.house.gov
Was elected vice ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee by unanimous consent.
January 31, 2023
Source: kamlager-dove.house.gov
Was listed as chair of the California Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 4 in its February 9 official agenda. The exact appointment day was not stated.
February 9, 2022
Source: sbud.senate.ca.gov
Voted for AB 101, requiring high schools to offer ethnic studies and adding a one-semester ethnic-studies graduation requirement, with operation contingent on a separate legislative appropriation. It passed the Senate 29–8.
September 8, 2021
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1177, proposing a feasibility commission to study voluntary, insured accounts without fees or penalties for underserved Californians. It required separate funding and did not create accounts. It passed the Senate 29–9.
September 8, 2021
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted against SB 10, a proposal authorizing local governments to zone qualifying transit-rich or urban-infill parcels for up to ten housing units through ordinances exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review. The bill passed the Senate on concurrence 28–6.
August 30, 2021
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB3121, creating a task force to study slavery and its continuing effects and recommend reparations proposals for African Americans; the bill did not itself award compensation. It passed the Assembly 58–12.
August 30, 2020
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Voted for AB 1460, requiring California State University campuses to offer ethnic studies and adding a three-unit ethnic-studies undergraduate graduation requirement. It passed the Assembly 57–13.
August 3, 2020
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Voted for ACA 5, proposing repeal of the state constitutional ban on race- and sex-conscious affirmative action in public education, employment and contracting. It passed the Assembly 60–14.
June 10, 2020
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Voted for AB1505, strengthening local charter-school approval and renewal oversight, requiring appropriate teacher credentials and temporarily restricting new nonclassroom-based charters. It passed the Assembly 60–16.
September 10, 2019
Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Was appointed chair of the California Assembly Select Committee on Incarcerated Women.
February 21, 2019
Source: clerk.assembly.ca.gov
Voted against a formal-sanction motion concerning LACCD trustee Scott Svonkin’s conduct; that motion failed. She then moved a public warning, an apology and cessation of the specified behavior, which the board adopted 6–0 with one abstention.
September 6, 2017
Source: laccd.edu
Was elected president of the Los Angeles Community College District board. The named vote was 6–1.
July 12, 2017
Source: laccd.edu
Co-sponsored the adopted LACCD resolution directing a comprehensive student-needs survey covering housing, food insecurity, transportation, employment and mental health, with staff to propose methods, timelines and cost estimates.
July 13, 2016
Source: laccd.edu
Was elected vice president of the Los Angeles Community College District board. The named vote was 6–0.
July 13, 2016
Source: laccd.edu
Abstained on approving a county commission report recommending more foster placements and community-based emergency shelters for children entering care. The report advanced 9–1, with three abstentions.
September 21, 2015
Source: file.lacounty.gov
Co-sponsored and seconded the adopted LACCD One-Stop Centers resolution directing staff to develop campus workforce-resource-center plans with city and county partners. The resolution proposed aligning career training and student-support services; it did not establish completed centers.
July 8, 2015
Source: laccd.edu
Was elected vice chair of the Los Angeles County Commission for Children and Families. The commission approved the officers 11–0.
September 15, 2014
Source: file.lacounty.gov
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Received an FPPC warning for filing a report late for a $7,500 payment made at her request. She filed before investigators contacted her. The letter cited no prior enforcement history and closed the matter without a fine or prosecution.
July 12, 2022
Source: fppc.ca.gov
Past race Sydney Kamlager-Dove ran in:
- United States Representative, Congressional District 37 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 37, California · incumbent