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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

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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 final-passage votes only. Choose “All votes” to include procedural and other votes, clearly labeled.

  • SB 20

    Occupational safety: high-exposure trigger tasks on artificial stone.

    3rd Reading SB20 Menjivar et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 464

    Employer pay data.

    3rd Reading SB464 Smallwood-Cuevas

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 831

    Geologic hazards: California Geological Survey.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 249

    County boards of education: elections: consolidation.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 518

    Descendants of enslaved persons: reparations.

    3rd Reading SB518 Weber Pierson et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 386

    Dental providers: fee-based payments.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 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.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 52

    Housing rental terms: algorithmic devices.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 298

    State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: seaports: plan: alternative fuels.

    3rd Reading SB298 Caballero et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 804

    Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Act.

    3rd Reading SB804 Archuleta et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 497

    Legally protected health care activity.

    3rd Reading SB497 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 439

    California Health Benefit Review Program: extension.

    3rd Reading SB439 Weber Pierson

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 5

    Enhanced infrastructure financing districts and community revitalization and investment areas: allocation of taxes: agricultural land exclusion.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 436

    Unlawful detainer: notice to terminate tenancy.

    3rd Reading SB436 Wahab et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 703

    Ports: truck drivers.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 594

    Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2026.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 790

    Postsecondary education: interstate reciprocity agreements for distance education: out-of-state postsecondary educational institutions.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 48

    Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.

    3rd Reading SB48 Gonzalez et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 42

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

    3rd Reading SB42 Umberg et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 82

    Contracts: consumer goods and services: dispute resolution provisions.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 245

    Criminal procedure.

    3rd Reading SB245 Reyes By Arreguín

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 369

    Salton Sea: restoration projects: skilled and trained workforce.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 81

    Health and care facilities: information sharing.

    3rd Reading SB81 Arreguín et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 221

    Crimes: stalking.

    3rd Reading SB221 Ochoa Bogh et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 258

    Crimes: rape.

    3rd Reading SB258 Wahab et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 25

    Antitrust: premerger notification.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 766

    California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 22

    Gift certificates.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 59

    Change of name or gender and sex identifier.

    3rd Reading SB59 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 550

    California State University, San Jose: legal partnership pilot program.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 358

    Mitigation Fee Act: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 545

    High-speed rail: economic opportunities.

    3rd Reading SB545 Cortese et al.

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 470

    Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: teleconferencing.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 580

    Attorney General: immigration enforcement policies.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 333

    Transactions and use taxes: San Luis Obispo Council of Governments.

    3rd Reading SB333 Laird et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 847

    Workers' compensation: uninsured employer: transfer of real property.

    3rd Reading SB847 Reyes By Cortese

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 809

    Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 328

    California Environmental Quality Act: exempt surplus land.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 593

    Electrical corporations: significant voltage-related incidents: studies.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 45

    Relative to California Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month.

    3rd Reading SR45 Rubio et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 653

    Wildfire prevention: environmentally sensitive vegetation management.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 786

    Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 404

    Hazardous materials: metal shredding facilities.

    3rd Reading SB404 Caballero et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 28

    Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) court program.

    3rd Reading SB28 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 279

    Solid waste: compostable materials.

    3rd Reading SB279 McNerney et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 385

    Peace officers.

    3rd Reading SB385 Seyarto et al. Urgency Clause

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 280

    Elections.

    3rd Reading SB280 Cervantes et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 398

    Election crimes: payment based on voting or voter registration.

    3rd Reading SB398 Umberg et al.

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 515

    Local government: collection of demographic data.

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 647

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

    3rd Reading

    May 29, 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

Committees

No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.

Issues

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