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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

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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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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 every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

  • AB 681

    California DREAM Loan Program: limits.

    3rd Reading AB681 Elhawary By Pérez

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1136

    Employment: immigration and work authorization.

    3rd Reading AB1136 Ortega et al. By Durazo

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 782

    Enhanced infrastructure financing district: climate resilience districts.

    Unfinished Business SB782 Pérez Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1314

    Transitional housing placement providers.

    3rd Reading AB1314 Ahrens By Arreguín

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 424

    Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints.

    Special Consent

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1309

    State employees: compensation: firefighters.

    Special Consent AB1309 Flora By Cabaldon

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1508

    Governor's Military Council.

    Special Consent AB1508 M. & V.A. (Schiavo) By Menjivar

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 321

    Misdemeanors.

    3rd Reading AB321 Schultz et al. By Wiener

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 239

    State-led County of Los Angeles disaster housing task force.

    3rd Reading AB239 Harabedian et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 848

    Sexual battery.

    Special Consent

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1076

    Qualified ABLE Program: CalABLE accounts: funding.

    Special Consent

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1344

    Restrictions on firearm possession: pilot project.

    3rd Reading AB1344 Irwin et al. By Arreguín

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 343

    California Public Records Act: elected or appointed officials.

    Special Consent AB343 Pacheco et al.

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 830

    State highways: encroachment permits: relocating or removing encroachments: public utility districts: County of Mendocino.

    3rd Reading AB830 Rogers By Grove

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 620

    Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleet Purchasing Assistance Program: rental vehicles.

    Special Consent

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1134

    Coerced marriage.

    Special Consent AB1134 Bains et al.

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 790

    Homelessness: single women with children.

    Special Consent AB790 Ávila Farías et al.

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 931

    State Bar Act: consumer legal funding.

    3rd Reading AB931 Kalra By Umberg

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 79

    Public social services: higher education.

    Special Consent AB79 Arambula By Pérez

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 542

    Continuation schools and classes: youth workforce development programs.

    Special Consent AB542 Celeste Rodriguez

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1046

    Short-lived climate pollutants: recovered organic waste product: agricultural crop preparation service.

    Special Consent

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 413

    Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation.

    Special Consent

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1072

    Elections: ballot mistakes.

    Special Consent

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1370

    State Legislature: nondisclosure agreements.

    3rd Reading AB1370 Patterson et al. By Ochoa Bogh

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 617

    California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act.

    Unfinished Business SB617 Arreguín Concurrence

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 592

    Business: retail food.

    3rd Reading AB592 Gabriel et al. By Rubio

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 276

    City and County of San Francisco: merchandising sales.

    Unfinished Business SB276 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 779

    Child welfare services: domestic violence consultant pilot program.

    3rd Reading AB779 Lackey et al. By Valladares

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 31

    Water quality: recycled water.

    Unfinished Business SB31 McNerney et al. Concurrence

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 412

    Home care aides.

    Unfinished Business SB412 Limón et al. Concurrence

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 759

    Architects: architects-in-training.

    Special Consent AB759 Valencia By Ashby

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 352

    Crimes: criminal threats.

    3rd Reading AB352 Pacheco By Ashby

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 220

    Medi-Cal: subacute care services.

    Special Consent AB220 Jackson et al.

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 489

    Local agency formation commissions: written policies and procedures: Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects.

    Unfinished Business SB489 Arreguín Concurrence

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 697

    Protected species: authorized take: State Route 37 project.

    3rd Reading AB697 Wilson By Cabaldon

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 651

    Juveniles: dependency: incarcerated parent.

    Special Consent AB651 Bryan et al.

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1299

    Parking violations.

    3rd Reading AB1299 Bryan et al. By Cortese

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1239

    Human trafficking: data.

    Special Consent AB1239 Dixon et al.

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 480

    Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: insurance tax law: low-income housing tax credit:

    Special Consent AB480 Quirk-Silva By McNerney

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 996

    Public Resources: sea level rise plans.

    Special Consent

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1225

    State parks: Accessibility Advisory Committee.

    Special Consent AB1225 Bennett et al. By Niello

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 399

    Coastal resources: coastal development permits: blue carbon demonstration projects.

    3rd Reading AB399 Boerner et al. By Padilla

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 42

    CalWORKs: CalFresh: eligibility: income and resource exclusions.

    Special Consent

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1200

    Emergency services: disaster preparedness.

    Special Consent

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 833

    Teachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies: sponsors.

    3rd Reading AB833 Alvarez By Caballero

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 251

    Elders and dependent adults: abuse or neglect.

    3rd Reading AB251 Kalra By Wahab

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 645

    Emergency medical services: dispatcher training.

    Special Consent AB645 Carrillo et al.

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 509

    Alcoholic beverages: minors.

    3rd Reading AB509 Flora By Rubio

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 94

    Recall elections: successors.

    3rd Reading AB94 Bennett By Umberg

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 81

    Veterans: mental health.

    Special Consent AB81 Ta et al. By Grove

    Sep 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

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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