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Dave Cortese
State Senator · Senate District 15 · Party: Democratic
3002 final-passage votes on record.
A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 15
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
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No issues page found
Dave Cortese's website (senate.ca.gov ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 9, 2026. It's searched again every few months.
This tab shows Dave Cortese'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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ACR 102
Relative to California Native American Day and the California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference.
Special Consent ACR102 Ramos et al.
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AB 1264
Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.
3rd Reading AB1264 Gabriel et al. By Weber Pierson
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AB 985
Chiquita Canyon Landfill: property tax reassessment and penalties.
3rd Reading AB985 Schiavo et al. By Blakespear Urgency Clause
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AB 709
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: groundwater sustainability plans.
3rd Reading AB709 Jeff Gonzalez By Seyarto
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AB 1032
Coverage for behavioral health visits.
3rd Reading AB1032 Harabedian et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause
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SB 302
Personal Income Tax Law and Corporation Tax Law: exclusions: environmental credits.
Unfinished Business SB302 Padilla et al. Concurrence
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AB 986
State of emergency and local emergency: landslides and climate change.
Special Consent AB986 Muratsuchi et al. By Allen
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AB 400
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: police canines.
Special Consent AB400 Pacheco et al. By Rubio
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SB 710
Property taxation: active solar energy systems.
Unfinished Business SB710 Blakespear et al. Concurrence
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AB 1390
Public school governance: board member compensation.
3rd Reading AB1390 Solache et al. By Allen
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AB 1485
Property tax: documentary transfer tax: exemptions: Native American tribes.
Special Consent AB1485 Macedo et al. By Rubio
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SB 517
Home improvement contract requirements: subcontractors.
Unfinished Business SB517 Niello Concurrence
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SB 292
Electricity: wildfire mitigation: deenergization events and reliability.
Unfinished Business SB292 Cervantes Concurrence
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SB 466
Drinking water: primary standard for hexavalent chromium: exemption.
Special Consent SB466 Caballero et al.
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AB 653
Child abuse: mandated reporters: talent agents, managers, and coaches.
Special Consent AB653 Lackey et al. By Grove
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AB 245
Property taxation: application of base year value: disaster relief.
Special Consent AB245 Gipson By Umberg Urgency Clause
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SB 766
California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act.
Unfinished Business SB766 Allen et al. Concurrence
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SB 83
State Department of Health Care Services: substance abuse treatment: disclosures.
Unfinished Business SB83 Umberg Concurrence
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SB 224
Department of Water Resources: water supply forecasting.
Unfinished Business SB224 Hurtado Concurrence
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SB 509
Office of Emergency Services: training: transnational repression.
Unfinished Business SB509 Caballero et al. Concurrence
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AB 357
Coastal resources: coastal development permit application: higher education housing project.
3rd Reading AB357 Alvarez By Wiener
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AB 738
Energy: building standards: photovoltaic requirements.
3rd Reading AB738 Tangipa et al. By Grove
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SB 595
Local government: investments and financial reports.
Unfinished Business SB595 Choi Concurrence
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SB 683
Privacy: use of a person's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness: injunctive relief.
Unfinished Business SB683 Cortese Concurrence
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Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Dave Cortese 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
$1,409,242
Spent $1,416,443
Totals
- Raised$1,409,242
- Spent$1,416,443
- From individuals (itemized)$189,998 13%
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$122,748
- Construction and engineering$94,214
- Finance, insurance and banking$57,100
- Energy and utilities$46,900
- Transportation$37,450
- Education$37,050
- Technology and telecommunications$22,650
- Health care$18,500
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 63% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.
How industries are assignedTop employers of individual donors
- MTC$750
The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $72,200 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
- State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC$23,600
- AlphaX Re Capital Inc.$14,500
- Association of California School Administrators PAC$11,800
- Bay Area Legislative Leaders PAC$11,800
- Valley Neighbors Together$11,659
- California Nurses Association PAC$11,500
- United Contractors PAC$11,400
- Faculty for our University's Future, Local Committee Sponsored by the California Faculty Association$10,400
- Republic Services$9,500
- California State Retirees PAC$8,900
Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Dave Cortese's own committees aren't counted.
Independent expenditures for and against
Spent to support: $0
None reported.
Spent to oppose: $0
None reported.
Spending on ads and outreach about Dave Cortese 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 (3)
The committees Dave Cortese 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.
Dave Cortese for Senate 2024
- Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 11, 2025$0 received
- Oct 20, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024$208,191 received
- Sep 22, 2024 to Oct 19, 2024$133,698 received
- Jul 1, 2024 to Sep 21, 2024$130,192 received
Dave Cortese for Senate 2028
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$124,050 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$73,600 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to May 16, 2026$107,114 received
- Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025$362,248 received
Equal School Funding for All, Senator Dave Cortese Ballot Measure Committee
- Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$48,000 received
- Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025$11,659 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.
No Form 700 filed as State Senator under this name was found in the FPPC's search.
Committees
No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.
Issues
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