SB 982 — Climate disasters: civil actions.
Congress · introduced 2026-04-06
Latest action: — Senate
Sponsors
- Wiener, Scott D. (D, CA-11) — sponsor
- Stern, Henry I. (D, CA-27) — cosponsor
- Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah (D, CA-39) — cosponsor
- Addis, Dawn (D, CA-30) — cosponsor
- Connolly, Damon (D, CA-12) — cosponsor
- Elhawary, Sade (D, CA-57) — cosponsor
- Garcia, Robert (D, CA-50) — cosponsor
- Hart, Gregg (D, CA-37) — cosponsor
- Lee, Alex (D, CA-24) — cosponsor
- Gonzalez, Lena A. (D, CA-33) — cosponsor
- Allen, Benjamin (D, CA-24) — cosponsor
- Reyes, Eloise Gómez (D, CA-29) — cosponsor
- McNerney, Jerry (D, CA-5) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · 126 — Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
- · 4 — From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
- · 144 — Referred to Coms. on JUD. and INS.
- · 124 — Set for hearing April 14.
- · 39 — From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
- · 350 — April 14 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 3868.) Reconsideration granted.
- · 951 — Set for hearing April 22 in INS. pending receipt.
- · 21 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on INS.
- · 340 — April 22 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.)
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiener, Scott D. (D, state_upper CA-11) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Addis, Dawn (D, state_lower CA-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Allen, Benjamin (D, state_upper CA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Connolly, Damon (D, state_lower CA-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Elhawary, Sade (D, state_lower CA-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Garcia, Robert (D, state_lower CA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Gonzalez, Lena A. (D, state_upper CA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Hart, Gregg (D, state_lower CA-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Lee, Alex (D, state_lower CA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | McNerney, Jerry (D, state_upper CA-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Reyes, Eloise Gómez (D, state_upper CA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Stern, Henry I. (D, state_upper CA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah (D, state_upper CA-39) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no