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Caroline Menjivar

State Senator · Senate District 20 · Party: Democratic

3011 final-passage votes on record.

Record at a glance

3011
Final-passage votes
4614
All recorded votes

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

OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 20
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 2, 2026

Last verified Oct 2, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

Today
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No issues page found

Caroline Menjivar'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 Caroline Menjivar'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 1005

    Local agency: payment: rounding amount.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Mar 26, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 132

    Relative to California STEAM Robotics Day.

    3rd Reading SCR132 Ochoa Bogh et al.

    Mar 23, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 139

    Relative to Afghan American Heritage Month.

    3rd Reading SCR139 Wahab et al.

    Mar 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 134

    Relative to Nowroz.

    3rd Reading SCR134 Wahab et al.

    Mar 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 133

    Relative to California Down Syndrome Awareness Month and California Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

    3rd Reading SCR133 Grayson et al.

    Mar 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 76

    Relative to Women's History Month.

    3rd Reading SR76 Menjivar et al.

    Mar 16, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 114

    Relative to National Surveyors Week.

    3rd Reading

    Mar 16, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 85

    Relative to Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.

    3rd Reading SR85 Umberg

    Mar 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SCR 127

    Relative to Multifaith Heritage Month.

    3rd Reading SCR127 Allen et al.

    Mar 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SCR 110

    Relative to Women's Military History Week.

    3rd Reading SCR110 Grove et al.

    Mar 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SCR 137

    Relative to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day.

    3rd Reading

    Mar 12, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SCR 126

    Relative to Special Olympics Day.

    3rd Reading

    Mar 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 135

    Relative to Peace Corps Week.

    3rd Reading

    Mar 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 79

    Relative to Sleep Health Awareness Week.

    3rd Reading SR79 Niello

    Mar 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 120

    National Consumer Protection Week: Slam the Scam Day.

    3rd Reading

    Mar 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 83

    Relative to Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

    3rd Reading SR83 McNerney

    Mar 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 84

    Relative to Women in Construction Week.

    3rd Reading SR84 Caballero et al.

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SR 82

    Relative to Children's Dental Health Month.

    3rd Reading SR82 Pérez et al.

    Mar 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SR 81

    Relative to Read Across America Day.

    3rd Reading SR81 Pérez

    Mar 2, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 125

    Relative to Ramadan.

    3rd Reading SCR125 Wahab et al.

    Mar 2, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 69

    Relative to Montessori Month.

    3rd Reading SR69 Niello

    Feb 23, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 122

    Relative to Black History Month.

    3rd Reading SCR122 Weber Pierson et al.

    Feb 23, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 117

    Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program: loans: transit operating purposes: San Francisco Bay area.

    3rd Reading AB117 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird

    Feb 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 89

    Relative to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

    3rd Reading SCR89 Smallwood-Cuevas

    Feb 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 107

    Budget Acts of 2023, 2024, and 2025.

    3rd Reading AB107 Gabriel By Laird

    Feb 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 78

    Relative to Japanese American concentration camps.

    3rd Reading SR78 Cabaldon et al.

    Feb 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 72

    Relative to the Lunar New Year.

    3rd Reading SR72 Wahab et al.

    Feb 17, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 77

    Relative to condemning racism.

    3rd Reading SR77 Weber Pierson et al.

    Feb 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 106

    Budget Act of 2025.

    Unfinished Business SB106 Laird Concurrence

    Feb 9, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 115

    Relative to Wear Red Day.

    3rd Reading SCR115 Dahle et al.

    Feb 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 75

    Relative to CalEITC Awareness Week.

    3rd Reading SR75 Rubio

    Feb 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 71

    Relative to affordable homeownership.

    3rd Reading SR71 Arreguín et al.

    Feb 5, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 109

    National Mentorship Month: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central California.

    3rd Reading SCR109 Grove et al.

    Feb 2, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 25

    Antitrust: premerger notification.

    Unfinished Business SB25 Umberg Concurrence

    Feb 2, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 111

    Certified public accountants: 125th anniversary.

    3rd Reading

    Feb 2, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 112

    Relative to National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

    3rd Reading SCR112 Grove et al.

    Jan 29, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 74

    Relative to the Standing Rules of the Senate for the 2025–26 Regular Session.

    3rd Reading SR74 Ashby

    Jan 29, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 288

    Property taxation: change in ownership: family homes and farms.

    3rd Reading

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 555

    Workers' compensation: average annual earnings.

    3rd Reading SB555 Caballero et al.

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 417

    The Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.

    3rd Reading SB417 Cabaldon et al. Urgency Clause

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 492

    Wildfire.

    3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 758

    Public health: nitrous oxide.

    3rd Reading

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 667

    Railroads: safety: report.

    3rd Reading

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 260

    Unmanned aircraft.

    3rd Reading

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 381

    Vital records: adoptees' birth certificates.

    3rd Reading SB381 Wahab et al.

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 795

    Air pollution: gasoline vapor control systems: ethanol blends.

    3rd Reading

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 239

    Crimes: criminal threats.

    3rd Reading

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 247

    State agency contracts: bid preference: equity metrics.

    3rd Reading SB247 Smallwood-Cuevas

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 73

    Elections.

    3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 327

    Public utilities: review of accounts: electrical and gas corporations: rates: political influence activities.

    3rd Reading

    Jan 27, 2026 · Result: Passed

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Caroline Menjivar 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

$1,001,667

Spent $1,140,555

Totals

  • Raised
    6 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $1,001,667
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $1,140,555
  • From individuals (itemized)
    243 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $141,460 14%

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)

  • Labor unions
    $163,350
  • Health care
    $137,110
  • Issue and advocacy groups
    $55,650
  • Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $52,400
  • Education
    $51,600
  • Finance, insurance and banking
    $43,250
  • Energy and utilities
    $32,800
  • Agriculture and food
    $27,800

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 70% 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

  • NETFLIX
    3 donors · Media and entertainment
    $4,500
  • NATIONAL CAREER COLLEGE
    4 donors · Education
    $4,000
  • CSUN MANATT
    3 donors · Not classified
    $3,000
  • CLINICA ROMERO
    4 donors · Health care
    $1,500
  • J&J EXECUTIVE SERVICES
    3 donors · Not classified
    $850
  • TONI SHERMAN INTERIORS LLC
    3 donors · Not classified
    $800
  • J&J SNACK FOODS/BEAUTISOLES
    3 donors · Agriculture and food
    $500

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $30,100 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

  • Building a Stronger Future for California PAC, sponsored by Western States Regional Council of Carpenters
    3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $22,100
  • California Nurses Association Political Action Committee (CNA-PAC)
    6 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $12,500
  • Association of California School Administrators Political Action Committee
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Education
    $11,800
  • California State Council of Laborers PAC Small Contributor Committee
    3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • California Teachers Association/Association for Better Citizenship
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Education
    $11,800
  • United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Small Contributor Committee
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • United Nurses Association of California / Union of Health Care Professionals PAC (UNAC PAC)
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $11,800
  • Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
    2 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
    $11,800
  • Western Dental Services, Inc.
    2 contributions · organization · Health care
    $11,800
  • Women's Political Committee (State Account)
    2 contributions · committee · Issue and advocacy groups
    $10,900

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

Independent expenditures for and against

Spent to support: $353,341

  • Advance California, Sponsored by California Apartment Association
    race: State Senate · 2 reports · May 15, 2026 to May 27, 2026
    $174,802
  • Friends of Caroline Menjivar for Senate 2026 sponsored by LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) Caucus Leadership Fund
    race: State Senate · 1 report · May 20, 2026
    $173,574
  • Los Angeles County Democratic Party ? Issues and Advocacy Committee
    race: State Senate · 1 report · May 21, 2026
    $3,791
  • Los Angeles County Democratic Party ? State Candidate Committee
    race: State Senate · 1 report · May 19, 2026
    $1,175

Spent to oppose: $0

None reported.

Spending on ads and outreach about Caroline Menjivar 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 (1)

The committees Caroline Menjivar 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.

Menjivar for Senate 2026

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $137,258 · cash at end $383,976 Statement ↗
    $136,305 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $135,569 · cash at end $389,873 Statement ↗
    $128,661 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $272,244 · cash at end $462,518 Statement ↗
    $64,635 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $210,952 · cash at end $542,686 Statement ↗
    $229,164 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 Feb 28, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Senator · State Senate Filed Nov 16, 2022 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 3, 2022 · covers 2022 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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