State · State Senate
Ben Allen
State Senator · Senate District 24 · Party: Democratic
3012 final-passage votes on record.
A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on SB 580 (Attorney General: immigration enforcement policies.). It passed. Apr 22, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 856 (California Coastal Act of 1976: filing fee waiver: Marine Invasive Species Act: biennial reports: semiannual updates.). It passed. Apr 22, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 563 (State parks: Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation: grants: eligible applicants.). It passed. Apr 22, 2025
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 24
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
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 every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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SB 580
Attorney General: immigration enforcement policies.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 856
California Coastal Act of 1976: filing fee waiver: Marine Invasive Species Act: biennial reports: semiannual updates.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 563
State parks: Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation: grants: eligible applicants.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 518
Descendants of enslaved persons: reparations.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 678
Fire prevention activities: challenges: undertaking.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 274
Automated license plate recognition systems.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 727
The Great Redwood Trail Agency.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 561
Appointment of public guardians.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 59
Change of name or gender and sex identifier.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 659
The Parent's Accountability and Child Protection Act: remedies.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 586
Off-highway electric motorcycles.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 384
Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act: prohibition on certain price-setting algorithm uses.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 90
Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: grants: improvements to public evacuation routes: mobile rigid water storage: electrical generators.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 768
Courts: data reporting.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 653
Wildfire prevention: environmentally sensitive vegetation management.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 676
California Environmental Quality Act: judicial streamlining: state of emergency: wildfire.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 270
Recall elections: notice of intention.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 702
Legislative and gubernatorial appointments: report.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 434
Residential care facilities for the elderly: housing protections.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 44
Brain-computer interfaces: neural data.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 468
High-risk artificial intelligence systems: duty to protect personal information.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 577
Public entities.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 841
Immigration enforcement.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 362
Commercial financing: disclosures.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 95
Sellers of travel: travel consolidators: fraud.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 822
Unclaimed property: digital financial assets.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 303
Employment: bias mitigation training: unlawful discrimination.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 779
Contractors: civil penalties.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 437
California State University: claim eligibility: genealogy and descendancy.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 52
Housing rental terms: algorithmic devices.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 707
Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 658
Real property impacted by the 2025 Eaton or Palisades Fires: notification of owner's intent to sell.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 471
Office of the Developmental Services Ombudsperson.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 599
Atmospheric rivers: research: forecasting methods: experimental tools.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 728
California Consumer Financial Protection Law: commercial financing.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 452
Child welfare services: prevention legal services.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 697
Determination of water rights: stream system.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 223
The Wildfire Smoke and Health Outcomes Data Act.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 597
Labor-related liabilities: direct contractor and subcontractor.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 310
Failure to pay wages: penalties.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 418
Health care coverage: prescription hormone therapy and nondiscrimination.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 287
California Trails Conservancy Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 12
State government: Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Agency: Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 82
Contracts: consumer goods and services: dispute resolution provisions.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 648
Employment: gratuities: enforcement.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 809
Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 741
Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 829
California Institute for Scientific Research: CalRx Initiative: vaccines.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗
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$103,359
- Spent$789,222
- From individuals (itemized)$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 assignedTop 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)$6,400
- CTIA - The Wireless Association California (CTIA CA PAC)$4,900
- Comcast Corporation and Affiliated Entities including NBCUniversal Media, LLC$4,900
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America PAC$4,900
- Verizon Communications, Inc. Good Government Club-California$4,900
- Vitu, Inc.$4,900
- Google, LLC and Affiliated Entities$3,500
- California Hospital Association PAC, Sponsored by CA Association of Hospitals & Health Systems (CAHHS)$3,000
- California Professional Firefighters PAC Small Contributor Committee$3,000
- United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals PAC (UNAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee$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$7,900 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$18,200 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$2,000 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$24,150 received
Ben Allen for Senate 2022
- Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025$0 received
- Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025$0 received
- Oct 20, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024$0 received
- Sep 22, 2024 to Oct 19, 2024$0 received
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.
MethodologyDisclosures
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
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