Lateefah Simon
- Previous profession
- Non-profit executive
- First public office
- 2016Member, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) board of directors, 2016 to 2024 (president, 2020 to 2024)
- Years in public office
- 9
Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.
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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Simon has a recorded vote on 60 laws that passed, and 1 vote on a resolution that passed a law.
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The record in plain language
Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 60 came to a recorded vote on passage in the House while Simon is a member. On 1 more, the recorded House vote is on a resolution. Simon votes No on H.Res. 590, the resolution that passed the Rescissions Act of 2025 in the House. The rest passed the House by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.
Simon votes Yes on the Epstein Files Transparency Act and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
On funding the government, Simon votes Yes on the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA, and No on the March 2025 full-year funding law, the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown, the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies and the September 2026 funding extension.
Simon votes No on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.
Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the House in that time. Simon votes to cancel 1 and against cancelling 22, and did not vote on 1. The rules Simon votes to cancel come from: Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1).
Simon votes differently from most House Democrats on 6 of 59 Yes and No votes: No on the September 2026 funding extension, No on the law that extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants, No on the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026, No on the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025, No on the HALT Fentanyl Act and Yes on the law that cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.
Simon did not vote on the law that cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.
Votes on laws that passed
Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.
Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.
Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.
Extends again the surveillance authority that lets intelligence agencies collect the communications of foreigners abroad from U.S. providers without individual warrants.
Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.
Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.
Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.
The annual defense policy law.
Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.
Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.
Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.
Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.
Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Renews federal programs for preventing and treating opioid addiction and supporting recovery.
Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.
Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).
Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.
Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.
Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.
Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.
Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.
Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.
Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.
Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.
Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.
Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.
Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.
Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.
Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.
Votes on a resolution that passed a law
Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.
What this member says about laws and orders
This section has two lists: statements in the official record, and excerpts from this member’s own press releases. Together they name 6 laws.
From the official record
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From this member’s press releases
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6 excerpts
- Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027September 1, 2026
Congresswoman Simon’s Vote on H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) voted against H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 and released the following statement:”
- Secure America ActJune 9, 2026
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) released the below statement after voting against S. 2, the Republican budget reconciliation bill. The Republican budget reconciliation bill would provide $70 billion for the Trump Administration’s Immigration, Customs, Enforcement (ICE) and Customs, Border, Patrol (CBP).”
- Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026January 23, 2026
Congresswoman Simon Secures Over $4 MILLION in Federal Funding for the East Bay
“Today, on January 23, 2026, the first group of requests was funded and signed into law via the H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026.”
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“WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 7147, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026:”
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActNovember 20, 2025
“In July 2025, Congresswoman Simon offered amendments to H.R.1, the Big Ugly Cruel Bill that would have prohibited cuts to Medicaid and protected clinical trials access and participation, reproductive health care, behavioral health care, and family caregiving training and stipends. In May 2025, Congresswomen Simon and Jahana Hayes (D-CT-05) introduced the See the Board Act, legislation directing the U.S. Department”
- GENIUS ActJuly 17, 2025
Congresswoman Simon Statement on S. 1582 and H.R. 3633
“Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) released the below statement following her vote on S. 1582, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025 (GENIUS Act) and H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (CLARITY Act).”
Member-requested spending
Congress printed 15 spending items this member requested, $11,216,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.
Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.
| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e CA City of San Le InfrastructurProjectEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving Fund | Public Law 119-74 | e CA East Bay Regio District for King Jr. Regi Water Quality ProjectEnvironmentAgency · al Protecti | None printed | $1,092,000 |
| Regents of the University of California | Public Law 119-74 | University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Pediatric Blood Disorder Research CenterDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| Samuel Merritt University | Public Law 119-74 | Samuel Merritt University, Oakland City Center's Campus Research EquipmentDOC · NIST--STR S | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| City of Oakland | Public Law 119-74 | City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention Enhancements (Operation Ceasefire)DOJ · OJP--Byrne | None printed | $1,039,000 |
| Northeastern University | Public Law 119-74 | Public Safety Security Equipment at Northeastern University OaklandDOJ · COPS Tech | None printed | $1,031,000 |
| CA | Public Law 119-75 | Lincoln Avenue/ Marshall Way/Pacific Avenue Corridor Improvement ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | CA | $850,000 |
| San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) | Public Law 119-75 | Station LED Lighting ProgramDepartment of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | CA | $850,000 |
| City of Oakland | Public Law 119-75 | Brooklyn Basin Blight Removal and Shoreline ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $250,000 |
| City of Oakland | Public Law 119-75 | Capital Improvements for Core Service ProvidersDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $250,000 |
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| Recipient | Law | Purpose | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Emeryville | Public Law 119-75 | 40th Street Multimodal Infrastructure ImprovementsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $500,000 |
| City of Berkeley | Public Law 119-75 | East Bay Regional Fire Training FacilityDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
| Peralta Community College District | Public Law 119-75 | Peralta Community College District (PCCD) Manufacturing and Fabrication Pathway (FabLab)Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $250,000 |
| City of Albany | Public Law 119-75 | East Bay Regional Fire Training Center Development and ConstructionDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $250,000 |
| City of Berkeley | Public Law 119-75 | Adeline Complete Street and Ashby BART Transit PlazaDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | CA | $850,000 |
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