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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 251

    Claims against the state: appropriation.

    3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 413

    Juveniles: case file inspection.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 671

    Pedestrian crossing signals.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 48

    Relative to High School Voter Education Weeks.

    3rd Reading SCR48 Cervantes et al.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 61

    Private works of improvement: retention payments.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 830

    Public Transit Revenue Measure District: revenue measure: election procedures.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 792

    Childcare.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 533

    Electric vehicle charging stations: arenas: payments: internet-based applications.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 583

    Insurer financial statements.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 45

    Relative to American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month.

    3rd Reading SCR45 Wahab et al.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 374

    Local educational agencies: annual reporting requirements: IDEA Addendum.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 52

    Relative to the Girl Scouts.

    3rd Reading SCR52 Ochoa Bogh et al.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 506

    Transportation: omnibus bill.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB506 TRANS.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 733

    Sexual assault forensic evidence: testing.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 34

    Relative to Child Abuse Prevention Month.

    3rd Reading SCR34 Grove et al.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 54

    Relative to San Francisco Bar Pilots.

    3rd Reading SCR54 Grayson et al.

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SCR 42

    Relative to Arab American Heritage Month.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SCR 59

    Relative to Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.

    3rd Reading SCR59 Allen et al.

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SR 35

    Relative to Khmer New Year.

    3rd Reading SR35 Gonzalez et al.

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SCR 47

    250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SCR 43

    Relative to Parkinson's Awareness Month.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SR 33

    Relative to the Armenian Genocide.

    3rd Reading SR33 Pérez et al.

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 736

    Validations.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB736 L. GOV. (Durazo) Urgency Clause

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 233

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

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB233 Seyarto et al.

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 735

    Validations.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB735 L. GOV. (Durazo) Urgency Clause

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 737

    Validations.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB737 L. GOV.

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 512

    District elections: initiatives.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 57

    Relative to Dolores Huerta Day.

    3rd Reading SCR57 Reyes et al. By Limón

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 66

    Civil discovery.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 100

    Budget Acts of 2023 and 2024.

    3rd Reading AB100 Gabriel By Wiener

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SJR 2

    Relative to classified workers.

    3rd Reading SJR2 Cortese et al.

    Apr 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 25

    Relative to nuclear fusion.

    3rd Reading SCR25 Blakespear et al.

    Apr 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 34

    Relative to National Library Week.

    3rd Reading SR34 Choi et al.

    Apr 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 49

    Relative to Mosquito Awareness Week.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 40

    Relative to Women in Law.

    3rd Reading SCR40 Blakespear et al.

    Apr 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 36

    Relative to Crime Victims' Rights Week.

    3rd Reading SCR36 Seyarto et al.

    Apr 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 22

    Assyrian New Year: Kha b'Nissan.

    3rd Reading SCR22 Alvarado-Gil

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 44

    Relative to World Autism Awareness Day.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 26

    Civil actions: restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle.

    Unfinished Business SB26 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 241

    Community colleges: personnel: qualifications.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 230

    Workers' compensation: firefighters.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB230 Laird et al.

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 272

    San Mateo County Transit District: job order contracting: pilot program.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 29

    Relative to César Chávez Day.

    3rd Reading SR29 Arreguín et al.

    Mar 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 39

    Cosmetic safety: vaginal suppositories.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB39 Weber Pierson Urgency Clause

    Mar 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 229

    Peace officers: deputy sheriffs.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB229 Alvarado-Gil

    Mar 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 18

    Relative to National Medal of Honor Day.

    3rd Reading SCR18 Archuleta et al.

    Mar 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 32

    Relative to Arts Education Month.

    3rd Reading

    Mar 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 22

    Relative to Transgender Day of Visibility.

    3rd Reading SR22 Wiener et al.

    Mar 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 39

    Relative to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day.

    3rd Reading SCR39 Durazo et al.

    Mar 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 41

    Relative to Special Olympics Day.

    3rd Reading SCR41 Ashby et al.

    Mar 24, 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

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Issues

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