Tonight, the State Legislature passed AB 398, the legislation extending cap-and-trade, passed the Senate 28-12 and the Assembly 55-22. The bill required 27 votes in the Senate and 54 votes in the Assembly.
Governor Jerry Brown will definitely sign the bill, considering his active efforts to lobby for cap-and-trade, his rare testimony in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee in favor of cap-and-trade, and his ebullient press conference tonight celebrating cap-and-trade’s passage.
All 27 Senate Democrats voted for cap-and-trade. 48 out of 54 Assembly Democrats voted for it. Eight Republicans in the Legislature voted for cap-and-trade: one Senator and seven Assemblymembers.
Most of the Orange County legislative delegation voted along party lines, with Republicans voting against cap-and-trade and Democrats voting for it. The sole exception was Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) who crossed the aisle to join the Republicans in voting against cap-and-trade.
Here are the eight Republicans who joined with most of the Democrats to vote for cap-and-trade:
Senate
- Tom Berryhill (R-Modesto)
Assembly
- Chad Mayes (R-Yucca Valley), Assembly Minority Leader
- Catharine Baker (R-San Ramon)
- Rocky Chavez (R-Oceanside)
- Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo)
- Heath Flora (R-Modesto)
- Devon Mathis (R-Visalia)
- Marc Steinorth (R-Rancho Cucamonga)
