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Ben Allen

State Senator · Senate District 24 · Party: Democratic

3012 final-passage votes on record.

Record at a glance

3012
Final-passage votes
4874
All recorded votes

Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.

OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 24
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

Today
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No issues page found

Ben Allen's website (senate.ca.gov ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 8, 2026. It's searched again every few months.

This tab shows Ben Allen's platform in their own words (a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, and statements their office submits) and specific commitments, checked word for word against their source, with a status that changes only with evidence. How the platform is recorded

Showing final-passage votes only. Choose “All votes” to include procedural and other votes, clearly labeled.

  • SB 403

    End of Life Option Act: sunset.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 716

    Local government: ordinances: penalties for violation: nonresidential structures.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 357

    Juveniles: delinquency.

    3rd Reading SB357 Menjivar et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 645

    Juries: peremptory challenges.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 423

    California Public Records Act: private detention facilities.

    3rd Reading SB423 Smallwood-Cuevas

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 681

    Housing.

    3rd Reading SB681 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 763

    Conspiracy against trade: punishment.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 435

    California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: personal information: exemptions.

    3rd Reading SB435 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 526

    Health facilities: clinics.

    3rd Reading SB526 Menjivar et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 540

    Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

    3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al. Reconsider

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 29

    Civil actions: decedent's cause of action.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 14

    State agencies: solid waste diversion: single-use plastic bottles.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 596

    Health facilities: administrative penalties.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 536

    Workers' compensation insurance fraud reporting.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 331

    Health care coverage: hearing aids.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 248

    Firearms: information to new owners.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 835

    Pupil instruction: Cambridge International Education programs.

    3rd Reading SB835 Ochoa Bogh et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 842

    Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 613

    Methane emissions: petroleum and natural gas producing low methane emissions.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 633

    Plastic beverage containers: recycling.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 704

    Firearms: firearm barrels.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 771

    Personal rights: liability: social media platforms.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 661

    Airports: financial assistance.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 540

    Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

    3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 712

    Smog check: motor vehicles: exemption.

    3rd Reading SB712 Grove et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 483

    Mental health diversion.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 354

    Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 777

    Abandoned cemeteries: report.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 614

    Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

    3rd Reading SB614 Stern et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 356

    Elderly Parole Program.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 433

    Residential care facilities for the elderly: assisted living waiver rental rate protection.

    3rd Reading SB433 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 562

    Bail.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 224

    Department of Water Resources: water supply forecasting.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 778

    Migrant childcare and development programs.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 663

    Winter Fires of 2025: real property tax: exemptions and reassessment.

    3rd Reading SB663 Allen et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 524

    Law enforcement agencies: artificial intelligence.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 779

    Contractors: civil penalties.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 676

    California Environmental Quality Act: judicial streamlining: state of emergency: wildfire.

    3rd Reading SB676 Limón et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 243

    Companion chatbots.

    3rd Reading SB243 Padilla et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 443

    Retirement: joint powers authorities.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 509

    Office of Emergency Services: training: transnational repression.

    3rd Reading SB509 Caballero et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 581

    Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: employment: firefighters.

    3rd Reading SB581 McGuire et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 541

    Electricity: load shifting.

    3rd Reading SB541 Becker et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 429

    Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 79

    Housing development: transit-oriented development.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 841

    Immigration enforcement.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 326

    Wildfire safety: fire protection building standards: defensible space requirements: The California Wildfire Mitigation Strategic Planning Act.

    3rd Reading SB326 Becker et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 495

    Insurance.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 743

    Education finance: Education Equalization Act: Equalization Reserve Account.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 316

    High school pupils: voter registration.

    3rd Reading SB316 Reyes By Allen

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Ben Allen controls in 2025–2026, as reported to the California Secretary of State. These are facts about money; they don't explain any vote or action in office.

Raised · 2025–2026

$103,359

Spent $789,222

Totals

  • Raised
    8 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $103,359
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $789,222
  • From individuals (itemized)
    6 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $5,850 6%

Sums of each statement's own figures for its period. Contributions under $100 aren't itemized, so they're in "Raised" but not in the lists below.

Top contributing industries (approximate)

  • Technology and telecommunications
    $25,350
  • Health care
    $12,400
  • Labor unions
    $8,600
  • Energy and utilities
    $6,600
  • Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $4,900
  • Agriculture and food
    $2,000
  • Tribal governments
    $2,000
  • Finance, insurance and banking
    $1,500

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 72% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

How industries are assigned

Top employers of individual donors

No employer was named by 3 or more donors.

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

  • California Dental Association PAC (CDA PAC)
    3 contributions · committee · Health care
    $6,400
  • CTIA - The Wireless Association California (CTIA CA PAC)
    1 contribution · committee · Technology and telecommunications
    $4,900
  • Comcast Corporation and Affiliated Entities including NBCUniversal Media, LLC
    2 contributions · organization · Technology and telecommunications
    $4,900
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America PAC
    1 contribution · committee · Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $4,900
  • Verizon Communications, Inc. Good Government Club-California
    1 contribution · committee · Technology and telecommunications
    $4,900
  • Vitu, Inc.
    1 contribution · organization · Not classified
    $4,900
  • Google, LLC and Affiliated Entities
    2 contributions · organization · Technology and telecommunications
    $3,500
  • California Hospital Association PAC, Sponsored by CA Association of Hospitals & Health Systems (CAHHS)
    2 contributions · committee · Health care
    $3,000
  • California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee
    3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $3,000
  • United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals PAC (UNAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $3,000

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Ben Allen's own committees aren't counted.

Independent expenditures for and against

Spent to support: $0

None reported.

Spent to oppose: $0

None reported.

Spending on ads and outreach about Ben Allen by committees that don't coordinate with the campaign; this money isn't given to the campaign. From Form 496 reports, which are filed for independent expenditures of $1,000 or more made in the 90 days before an election; spending outside that window isn't included. Each spender links to its committee record, where its own donors are listed.

Campaign committees and statements (2)

The committees Ben Allen controls, and each campaign statement (Form 460) with its own totals for its period. A committee can be for another office or a future race, or an officeholder account; each is listed under its own name.

Ben Allen Senate 2022 Officeholder Account

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $24,212 · cash at end $3,634 Statement ↗
    $7,900 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $11,154 · cash at end $23,297 Statement ↗
    $18,200 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $10,211 · cash at end $18,460 Statement ↗
    $2,000 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $27,929 · cash at end $20,632 Statement ↗
    $24,150 received
Committee record ↗

Ben Allen for Senate 2022

  • Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
    Spent $626,798 · cash at end $0 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
    Spent $14,761 · cash at end $620,219 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Oct 20, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
    Spent $28,437 · cash at end $627,426 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Sep 22, 2024 to Oct 19, 2024
    Spent $55,713 · cash at end $653,864 Statement ↗
    $0 received
Committee record ↗

From the Cal-Access export of Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:54:52 GMT. California replaces Cal-Access with a new disclosure system after the November 2026 election.

Methodology
Disclosures

Statements of economic interests (Form 700)

California officials file a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) each year: their investments, real property, income and gifts. Statewide officers and members of the Legislature file theirs with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.

  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 2, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 3, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 29, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2022 · covers 2021 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 26, 2021 · covers 2020 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 17, 2021 · covers 2020 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 2020 · covers 2019 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2019 · covers 2018 Statement (PDF) ↗

Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How

Committees

No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.

Issues

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