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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.

  • SCR 70

    Relative to Compost Awareness Week.

    3rd Reading SCR70 Blakespear et al.

    May 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 400

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

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    May 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 64

    Relative to Student Mental Health Awareness Week in California.

    3rd Reading SCR64 Rubio et al.

    May 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 20

    Relative to California Human Milk Donation Month.

    3rd Reading SR20 Cortese et al.

    May 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 805

    Crimes.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    May 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 521

    Public employment: disqualification.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    May 8, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SJR 3

    Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

    3rd Reading SJR3 Arreguín et al.

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 51

    Relative to Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month.

    3rd Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 62

    Relative to National Public Works Week.

    3rd Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 27

    Relative to Cinco de Mayo Week.

    3rd Reading SR27 Gonzalez et al.

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 23

    California Peace Officers' Memorial Day.

    3rd Reading

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 798

    Veterans.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 851

    Elections.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB851 E. & C.A.

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 91

    All-mailed ballot elections: vote centers.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 621

    Voter registration: military and overseas voters.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 31

    Relative to Women's Equal Pay Day.

    3rd Reading SR31 Wahab et al.

    May 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 854

    Unemployment insurance.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB854 L., P.E. & R. (Smallwood-Cuevas)

    May 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 853

    Public employees' retirement.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB853 L., P.E. & R. (Smallwood-Cuevas)

    May 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 863

    Taxation.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB863 REV. & TAX.

    May 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 544

    Railroad crossings: permit applications: review.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    May 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 62

    Health care coverage: essential health benefits.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 486

    Regional housing: public postsecondary education: changes in enrollment levels: California Environmental Quality Act.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 626

    Perinatal health screenings and treatment.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 242

    Medicare supplement coverage: open enrollment periods.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 755

    California Contractor Climate Transparency Act.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 298

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

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 474

    State Air Resources Board: regulatory authority: revocation.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

  • SB 812

    Qualified youth drop-in center health care coverage.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 535

    Obesity Care Access Act.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 299

    California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: day care center: zoning.

    Do pass as amended

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 582

    Health and care facilities: licensing during emergencies or disasters.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 754

    Menstrual products: disposable tampons and pad products: concerning chemicals.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 31

    Water quality: recycled water.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 348

    State Air Resources Board: Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 520

    Nurse-midwifery education program.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 243

    Companion chatbots.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 567

    Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 646

    Prenatal multivitamins.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 234

    Wildfires: workgroup: toxic heavy metals.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 862

    Health.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 548

    California Overdose Death and Addiction Reduction Act of 2025.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 839

    Oil spills: fishing: water closure: grants: liability.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 660

    California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 682

    Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 643

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Program.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 32

    Health care coverage: timely access to care.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SR 36

    Relative to the Paris Accords.

    Be adopted as amended

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 614

    Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 474

    State Air Resources Board: regulatory authority: revocation.

    [First] hearing set for [04-30-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 528

    Health care: maintenance and expansion.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

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.

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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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