State · State Assembly
Chris Ward
State Assemblymember · Assembly District 78 · Party: Democratic
3950 final-passage votes on record.
A member of California's Assembly, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on AB 889 (Prevailing wage: per diem wages.). It passed. Apr 2, 2025
- Voted Yes on AB 765 (Employment Training Fund: federal loan interest payments.). It passed. Apr 2, 2025
- Voted Yes on AB 1392 (Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.). It passed. Apr 2, 2025
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Office
- Office
- State Assemblymember
- District
- Assembly District 78
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No issues page found
Chris Ward's website (a78.asmdc.org ↗) 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 Chris Ward'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.
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AB 889
Prevailing wage: per diem wages.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 765
Employment Training Fund: federal loan interest payments.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1392
Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1235
California State University: skilled and trained workforce requirement.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 751
Rest periods: petroleum facilities: safety-sensitive positions.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 296
Career technical education: sale of equipment: registry.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
No Source ↗ -
AB 1331
Workplace surveillance.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1198
Public works: prevailing wages.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1136
Employment: immigration and work authorization.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 1251
Job postings.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
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AB 723
Real estate: digitally altered images: disclosure.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 26
Civil actions: restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle.
SB 26 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Kalra
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AB 392
Pornographic internet websites: consent.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 1327
Home improvement and home solicitation: right to cancel contracts: notice.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 89
Interscholastic sports: gender equity.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
No Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 566
California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: opt-out preference signal.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 1405
Artificial intelligence: auditors: registration.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 306
California Building Standards Commission: appeals: code interpretations.
AB 306 Schultz Third Reading Urgency
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AB 1337
Information Practices Act of 1977.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
No Source ↗
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AB 301
Planning and zoning: housing development projects: postentitlement phase permits: state agencies.
AB 301 Schiavo Third Reading Urgency
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AB 844
Educational equity: sex-segregated school and athletic programs and activities: use of facilities.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
No Source ↗ -
AB 498
Self-service storage facilities: lien notices: email.
AB 498 Michelle Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 253
California Residential Private Permitting Review Act: residential building permits.
AB 253 Ward Third Reading Urgency
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 312
Agricultural theft prevention: retention and sale of agricultural commodity: holding and deposit of proceeds.
AB 312 Alanis Assembly Third Reading
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 869
State agencies: information security: Zero Trust architecture.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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AB 2
Injuries to children: civil penalties.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
AB 417
Local finance: enhanced infrastructure financing districts: community revitalization and investment authorities.
AB 417 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading
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ACR 39
Relative to Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.
ACR 39 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day
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Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Chris Ward 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
$652,889
Spent $767,728
Totals
- Raised$652,889
- Spent$767,728
- From individuals (itemized)$41,701 6%
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$93,400
- Education$59,150
- Finance, insurance and banking$42,800
- Health care$39,900
- Tribal governments$34,500
- Pharmaceuticals and medical products$32,450
- Real estate$27,400
- Technology and telecommunications$27,300
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 72% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.
How industries are assignedTop employers of individual donors
- A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT$275
The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $31,200 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
- Association of CA School Administrators PAC - SCC$23,600
- United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund - SCC$17,700
- Airbnb Inc.$11,800
- Building a Stronger Future for CA PAC, sponsored by Western States Reg Council of Carpenters$11,800
- CA Council for Affordable Housing PAC$11,800
- CA State Council of Service Employees SCC$11,800
- Faculty for Our University's Future Sponsored by CFA - SCC$11,800
- LGBT Caucus Leadership Fund$11,800
- Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians$11,800
- Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians$11,800
Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Chris Ward's own committees aren't counted.
Independent expenditures for and against
Spent to support: $4,222
- San Diego Labor Coalition, Sponsored by Laborers' International Union of North America Local 89$4,222
Spent to oppose: $0
None reported.
Spending on ads and outreach about Chris Ward 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 (2)
The committees Chris Ward 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.
Chris Ward for Assembly 2026
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$133,204 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$62,950 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$29,050 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$88,363 received
Supporting California's Communities: Asm. Chris Ward's Ballot Measure Committee
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$0 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$0 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$0 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$0 received
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.
MethodologyDisclosures
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 Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 19, 2026 · covers 2025 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 20, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 17, 2025 · covers 2024 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 3, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 28, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Candidate Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Dec 28, 2023 · covers 2023 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Candidate Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Nov 30, 2023 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Feb 28, 2022 · covers 2021 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 1, 2021 · covers 2020 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How
Committees
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Issues
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