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

  • SB 899

    Fire prevention: Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: wildfire smoke.

    3rd Reading SB899 Grove et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 998

    Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.

    3rd Reading SB998 Gonzalez et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1383

    Housing development: density bonus: incentives or concessions: labor standards.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 884

    Elections in 2026 through 2029.

    3rd Reading SB884 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1344

    Civil actions: housing development projects.

    3rd Reading SB1344 Cabaldon et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1375

    California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: urban intermodal rail station project.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 169

    Relative to Women's Small Business Month.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SJR 13

    Transboundary flow pollution: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

    3rd Reading SJR13 Padilla et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1172

    Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law: tax sharing agreements.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1369

    Recall petitions.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1193

    Discretionary funds: County of Alameda.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1306

    Controlled substances: gamma-butyrolactone.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 1420

    Vote by mail ballots and early voting.

    3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 957

    Civil detention facilities.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1279

    Speed safety systems.

    3rd Reading SB1279 Gonzalez et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1371

    Solid waste handling services: labor dispute.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 959

    Average daily attendance: emergencies: major safety hazard.

    3rd Reading SB959 Grayson et al. Urgency Clause

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 994

    Local agencies: nondisclosure agreements.

    3rd Reading SB994 Cabaldon et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1004

    Law enforcement: masks.

    3rd Reading SB1004 Wiener et al.

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1014

    Development projects: preliminary estimate of required improvements: onsite and offsite improvements.

    3rd Reading

    May 19, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1242

    Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1307

    False or forged instruments.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1400

    Alameda Health System: hospital authority.

    3rd Reading SB1400 Arreguín et al.

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1146

    Advertisement claims: health-related consumer products and services: digital replicas and synthetic performers.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1364

    Child custody.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1054

    Unemployment insurance: reporting requirements.

    3rd Reading SB1054 Cabaldon et al.

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1094

    Prescription drugs.

    3rd Reading SB1094 Weber Pierson

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 997

    North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency: lien authority.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1115

    Public cemetery districts: board of trustees: County of Tulare.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1177

    Wage statements: airline cabin crew employees.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1311

    Licensed professions.

    3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1398

    State agencies: building and renovation projects: Green Globes certification.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 904

    Recovery from a state of emergency.

    3rd Reading SB904 Seyarto et al.

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 971

    Healthy Aging Community Partnership Program.

    3rd Reading SB971 Choi et al.

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1304

    Respiratory Care Practice Act.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 178

    Relative to Jewish American Heritage Month.

    3rd Reading SCR178 Becker et al.

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1316

    Employment.

    3rd Reading SB1316 Smallwood-Cuevas

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1117

    Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1023

    Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products.

    3rd Reading SB1023 Laird et al.

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1085

    Water supply planning: housing developments.

    3rd Reading SB1085 Durazo et al.

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 151

    Relative to Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury Awareness Month.

    3rd Reading SCR151 Umberg et al.

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1143

    Children's advocacy centers: recordings.

    3rd Reading SB1143 Caballero et al.

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 960

    Public postsecondary education: community colleges: statewide baccalaureate degree program.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 175

    Relative to Behavioral Health Awareness Month.

    3rd Reading SCR175 Weber Pierson

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 993

    Board of Behavioral Sciences: licensees: notices.

    3rd Reading SB993 Ochoa Bogh

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1315

    Advanced driver assistance systems.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SR 105

    Relative to National Tennis Month.

    3rd Reading SR105 McNerney et al.

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1296

    Real property: rentals: pet policy.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1244

    Public Agency Benefits Intermediary Compensation Disclosure Act.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • SB 1228

    Advertising displays: exemptions: arenas and redevelopment agency projects.

    3rd Reading

    May 18, 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

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Issues

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