Laphonza Butler
American politician and labor union official
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| December 8 2024 | Butler resigned from the U.S. Senate, with Adam Schiff succeeding her to complete the remaining weeks of Dianne Feinstein's term. |
| February 2024 | Butler began reading aloud banned books on the Senate floor to raise awareness about book banning. |
| January 2024 | Butler voted against U.S. military aid to Israel by supporting Bernie Sanders' resolution applying human rights provisions, which was ultimately defeated 72 to 11. |
| January 17 2024 | Laphonza Butler made her first floor speech in the U.S. Senate. |
| October 3 2023 | Butler was sworn in as a U.S. Senator, becoming the first openly lesbian Black woman in Congress, the first openly LGBT member of the U.S. Senate from California, and its first openly LGBT Black member. |
| October 1 2023 | Appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by Dianne Feinstein's death, becoming the first openly LGBT African American to serve in the Senate. |
| September 29 2023 | Senator Dianne Feinstein passed away at the age of 90. |
| February 2023 | Dianne Feinstein announced she would not run for a sixth full term in the Senate in 2024. |
| February 2022 | Joined the board of directors of Vision to Learn. |
| 2021 | Completed her term as a regent of the University of California system. |
| 2021 | Butler and her wife Neneki Lee moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, when she assumed the presidency of EMILY's List. |
| 2021 | Became president of EMILY's List, serving until 2023. |
| 2020 | Left SCRB Strategies and joined Airbnb as director of public policy and campaigns in North America. |
| 2018 | Completed her tenure as president of California SEIU State Council. |
| 2018 | Became a regent of the University of California system, serving until 2021. |
| 2016 | Endorsed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary and served as one of California's electors who voted for Clinton in the election. |
| 2013 | Became president of California SEIU State Council, serving until 2018. |
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