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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 390

    Vehicles: highway safety.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jun 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 377

    High-Speed Rail Authority: business plan: Merced to Bakersfield segment.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jun 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • ACR 16

    Relative to the POW/MIA Bridge.

    Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jun 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1085

    License plates: obstruction or alteration.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jun 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SCR 79

    Relative to The Brad Mettam Memorial Interchange.

    Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jun 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 266

    Freeway Service Patrol Act: sponsorship agreement.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jun 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 786

    California Pollution Control Financing Authority: name change.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jun 9, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 655

    California-Mexico Border Relations Council.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jun 9, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 50

    Pharmacists: furnishing contraceptives.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jun 9, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 521

    Contractors State License Board: bond deposits: liability for legal fees and costs.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jun 9, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 529

    Pharmacy: declared state of emergency.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jun 9, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 226

    California FAIR Plan Association.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance]

    Jun 9, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 516

    Registered veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants: scope of practice.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jun 9, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 37

    Attorneys: unlawful solicitations and advertisements.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 586

    Off-highway electric motorcycles.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 380

    Sexually violent predators: transitional housing facilities: report.

    Special Consent (Urgency Clause)

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 756

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

    3rd Reading SB756 Smallwood-Cuevas

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 254

    Energy.

    3rd Reading SB254 Becker et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 569

    Bikeways: reversions and modifications.

    3rd Reading SB569 Blakespear et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 834

    Criminal records: relief.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 638

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

    3rd Reading SB638 Padilla et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 451

    Gambling.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 595

    Local government: investments and financial reports.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 261

    Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.

    3rd Reading SB261 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 471

    Office of the Developmental Services Ombudsperson.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 701

    Signal jammers.

    3rd Reading SB701 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 632

    Community colleges: California College Promise.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 453

    Microgrid incentive program.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 655

    Dwelling units: indoor temperature.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 556

    Habitat enhancement and restoration: floodplains.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 540

    Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

    3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 244

    Public postsecondary education: disabled student services: assessments.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 601

    Water: waste discharge.

    3rd Reading SB601 Allen et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 680

    Sex offender registration: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 498

    Incarcerated persons: communications.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 3

    Elections: signature verification and results.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 50

    Connected devices: device protection requests.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 84

    Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: notice of violation and opportunity to correct.

    3rd Reading SB84 Niello et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 472

    Pupil instruction: Holocaust and genocide education: notice, survey, and grant program.

    3rd Reading SB472 Stern et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 775

    Board of Psychology and Board of Behavioral Sciences.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 500

    Energy: usage data.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 675

    Imperial County Air Pollution Control District: members and duties.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 776

    Optometry.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 759

    Crimes: supervised release.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 271

    Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children: childcare services, resources, and programs.

    Special Consent

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 403

    End of Life Option Act: sunset.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 716

    Local government: ordinances: penalties for violation: nonresidential structures.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 357

    Juveniles: delinquency.

    3rd Reading SB357 Menjivar et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 645

    Juries: peremptory challenges.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 423

    California Public Records Act: private detention facilities.

    3rd Reading SB423 Smallwood-Cuevas

    Jun 4, 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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Issues

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