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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 635

    Food vendors and facilities: enforcement activities.

    Unfinished Business SB635 Durazo et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 245

    Criminal procedure.

    Unfinished Business SB245 Reyes Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 809

    Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking.

    Unfinished Business SB809 Durazo et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 42

    Political Reform Act of 1974: public campaign financing: California Fair Elections Act of 2026.

    Unfinished Business SB42 Umberg et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 851

    Elections.

    Unfinished Business SB851 Cervantes et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 53

    Artificial intelligence models: large developers.

    Unfinished Business SB53 Wiener et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 787

    Energy: equitable clean energy supply chains and industrial policy in California.

    Unfinished Business SB787 McNerney et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 34

    Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: mobile sources: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

    Unfinished Business SB34 Richardson Motion to Reconsider Concurrence Reconsider

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 451

    Gambling.

    Unfinished Business SB451 Archuleta et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 707

    Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.

    Unfinished Business SB707 Durazo et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 888

    California Safe Homes grant program.

    3rd Reading AB888 Calderon et al. By Grayson

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 495

    Insurance.

    Unfinished Business SB495 Allen et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 641

    Department of Consumer Affairs and Department of Real Estate: states of emergency: waivers and exemptions.

    Unfinished Business SB641 Ashby et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 756

    California Film Commission: motion picture tax credits: tracking and compliance program.

    Unfinished Business SB756 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 274

    Automated license plate recognition systems.

    Unfinished Business SB274 Cervantes et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 155

    Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program.

    Unfinished Business SB155 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 763

    Conspiracy against trade: punishment.

    Unfinished Business SB763 Hurtado Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 703

    Ports: truck drivers.

    Unfinished Business SB703 Richardson Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 429

    Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program.

    Unfinished Business SB429 Cortese et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 775

    Board of Psychology and Board of Behavioral Sciences.

    Unfinished Business SB775 Ashby Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 547

    Commercial property insurance cancellation and nonrenewal.

    Unfinished Business SB547 Pérez et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 415

    Planning and zoning: logistics use developments: truck routes.

    Unfinished Business SB415 Reyes et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 848

    Pupil safety: school employee misconduct: child abuse prevention.

    Unfinished Business SB848 Pérez et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 63

    San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: public transit funding.

    Unfinished Business SB63 Wiener et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 647

    Energy: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Low-Income Oversight Board: membership.

    Unfinished Business SB647 Hurtado Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 861

    Consumer affairs.

    Unfinished Business SB861 B., P. & E.D. (Ashby) Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 638

    California Education Interagency Council: California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program.

    Unfinished Business SB638 Padilla et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 461

    State real property: City of Imperial.

    Unfinished Business SB461 Padilla Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 59

    Change of name or gender and sex identifier.

    Unfinished Business SB59 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 553

    Prisons: clearances.

    Unfinished Business SB553 Cortese Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 614

    Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

    Unfinished Business SB614 Stern et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 776

    Optometry.

    Unfinished Business SB776 Ashby Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 414

    School accountability: Office of the Education Inspector General: school financial and performance audits: charter school authorization, oversight, funding, operations, and networks: flex-based instruction: local educational agency contracting.

    Unfinished Business SB414 Ashby Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 67

    Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Middle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: dependents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California.

    Unfinished Business SB67 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 682

    Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

    Unfinished Business SB682 Allen Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 720

    Automated traffic enforcement system programs.

    Unfinished Business SB720 Ashby et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 616

    Community Hardening Commission: wildfire mitigation program.

    Unfinished Business SB616 Rubio et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 613

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

    Unfinished Business SB613 Stern et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 541

    Electricity: load shifting.

    Unfinished Business SB541 Becker et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 822

    Unclaimed property: digital financial assets.

    Unfinished Business SB822 Becker et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1231

    Criminal procedure: Safer Communities Through Opportunities Act.

    3rd Reading AB1231 Elhawary et al. By Cortese

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 351

    Health facilities.

    Unfinished Business SB351 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 226

    California FAIR Plan Association.

    3rd Reading AB226 Calderon et al. By Umberg Urgency Clause

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 629

    Wildfires: fire hazard severity zones: post-wildfire safety areas.

    Unfinished Business SB629 Durazo et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 378

    Online marketplaces: illicit cannabis: reporting and liability.

    Unfinished Business SB378 Wiener Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 75

    Employment: Preapprenticeship Pathways to Employment Pilot Program.

    Unfinished Business SB75 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 733

    Sexual assault forensic evidence: testing.

    Unfinished Business SB733 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 57

    Electrical corporations: data centers: report.

    Unfinished Business SB57 Padilla et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 34

    Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: mobile sources: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

    Unfinished Business SB34 Richardson Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1376

    Wards: probation.

    3rd Reading AB1376 Bonta et al. By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · 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

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