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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 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 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.

  • AB 1127

    Firearms: converter pistols.

    3rd Reading AB1127 Gabriel et al. By Blakespear

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 645

    Juries: peremptory challenges.

    Unfinished Business SB645 Umberg Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 774

    Department of Real Estate and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: Bureau of Automotive Repair.

    Unfinished Business SB774 Ashby Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 162

    Elections.

    Unfinished Business SB162 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 151

    Early childhood education and childcare.

    Unfinished Business SB151 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 154

    Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability: climate-related financial risk: regulations: California Environmental Quality Act exemption.

    3rd Reading AB154 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 234

    California FAIR Plan Association governing committee.

    3rd Reading AB234 Calderon et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 572

    Criminal procedure: interrogations.

    3rd Reading AB572 Kalra et al. By Cortese

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 789

    Political Reform Act of 1974: security expenses.

    3rd Reading AB789 Bonta et al. By Cabaldon

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1108

    County officers: coroners: in-custody deaths.

    3rd Reading AB1108 Hart et al. By Limón

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1036

    Criminal procedure: postconviction discovery.

    3rd Reading AB1036 Schultz By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 838

    Housing Accountability Act: housing development projects.

    Unfinished Business SB838 Durazo Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 732

    Agriculture: neglected or abandoned crops: public nuisances: pests.

    3rd Reading AB732 Macedo By McNerney

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 366

    Ignition interlock devices.

    3rd Reading AB366 Petrie-Norris et al. By Archuleta

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1143

    State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program.

    3rd Reading AB1143 Bennett By Limón

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1098

    California Education Interagency Council.

    2nd Reading AB1098 Fong et al. By Padilla

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 400

    Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

    Unfinished Business SB400 Cortese Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 364

    Outdoor advertising displays: permits: new alignments.

    Unfinished Business SB364 Strickland et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 37

    Attorneys: unlawful solicitations and advertisements.

    Unfinished Business SB37 Umberg Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1178

    Peace officers: confidentiality of records.

    3rd Reading AB1178 Pacheco et al. By Archuleta

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 808

    Campaign statements and registrations: filing online or electronically.

    3rd Reading AB808 Addis By Weber Pierson

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 8

    Cannabis: cannabinoids: industrial hemp.

    3rd Reading AB8 Aguiar-Curry By Ashby

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 7

    Employment: automated decision systems.

    Unfinished Business SB7 McNerney et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 147

    Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.

    Unfinished Business SB147 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 105

    Budget Acts of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

    Unfinished Business SB105 Wiener Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 22

    Gift certificates.

    Unfinished Business SB22 Laird Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1273

    Public utilities: ratesetting proceedings: local publicly owned electric utilities: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

    3rd Reading AB1273 Patterson By Becker

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 45

    Privacy: health data: location and research.

    3rd Reading AB45 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Menjivar

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 148

    Higher education budget trailer bill.

    Unfinished Business SB148 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 153

    Transportation budget trailer bill.

    Unfinished Business SB153 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 156

    Labor.

    Unfinished Business SB156 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 160

    Background checks.

    Unfinished Business SB160 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 27

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

    Unfinished Business SB27 Umberg Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 761

    CalFresh: student eligibility.

    Unfinished Business SB761 Ashby et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 161

    State employment: state bargaining units.

    Unfinished Business SB161 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 146

    Human services.

    Unfinished Business SB146 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1084

    Change of name and gender and sex identifier.

    3rd Reading AB1084 Zbur et al. By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 630

    State parks: real property: acquisitions and leases.

    Unfinished Business SB630 Allen et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 79

    Housing development: transit-oriented development.

    Unfinished Business SB79 Wiener et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 962

    Pupil safety: comprehensive school safety plans: use of smartphones.

    3rd Reading AB962 Hoover By Allen

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 299

    Motels, hotels, and short-term lodging: disasters.

    3rd Reading AB299 Gabriel et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 24

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

    Unfinished Business SB24 McNerney et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 233

    Regional housing need: determination: consultation with councils of governments.

    Unfinished Business SB233 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

    Sep 11, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 627

    Law enforcement: masks.

    Unfinished Business SB627 Wiener et al. Concurrence Reconsider

    Sep 11, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1009

    Teacher credentialing: administrative services credential: occupational and physical therapists.

    Special Consent AB1009 Blanca Rubio By Ashby

    Sep 11, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 317

    Wastewater surveillance.

    Unfinished Business SB317 Hurtado et al. Concurrence

    Sep 11, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 307

    Public postsecondary education: immigration enforcement.

    Unfinished Business SB307 Cervantes Concurrence

    Sep 11, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1293

    Workers' compensation: qualified medical evaluators.

    Special Consent AB1293 Wallis By Strickland

    Sep 11, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1524

    Courts: fees.

    Special Consent AB1524 JUD.

    Sep 11, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 19

    Crimes: threats.

    Unfinished Business SB19 Rubio et al. Concurrence

    Sep 11, 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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