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John Laird

State Senator · Senate District 17 · Party: Democratic

3016 final-passage votes on record.

Their job

A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes
  • Voted Yes on SCR 38 (Relative to Women's Military History Week.). It passed. Mar 20, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 155 (Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program.). It passed. Mar 20, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 113 (Budget Act of 2026.). It passed. Mar 20, 2025

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Record at a glance

3016
Final-passage votes
5103
All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 17
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

John Laird's website (senate.ca.gov ↗) has no page titled Issues, Priorities or Platform that ThePillory could find, as of Oct 10, 2026. It's searched again every few months.

This tab shows John Laird'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 38

    Relative to Women's Military History Week.

    3rd Reading SCR38 Grove et al.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 155

    Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program.

    3rd Reading SB155 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 113

    Budget Act of 2026.

    3rd Reading SB113 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 160

    Background checks.

    3rd Reading SB160 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 171

    Labor.

    3rd Reading SB171 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 130

    Housing.

    3rd Reading SB130 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 117

    Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program: loans: transit operating purposes: San Francisco Bay area.

    3rd Reading SB117 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 143

    Developmental services.

    3rd Reading SB143 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 112

    Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

    3rd Reading SB112 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 126

    Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.

    3rd Reading SB126 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 209

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB209 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 132

    Taxation.

    3rd Reading SB132 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 214

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB214 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 147

    Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.

    3rd Reading SB147 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 169

    Transportation budget trailer bill.

    3rd Reading SB169 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 136

    Courts.

    3rd Reading SB136 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 175

    Developmental services: community placement plans and community resource development plans.

    3rd Reading SB175 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 129

    Labor.

    3rd Reading SB129 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 162

    Elections.

    3rd Reading SB162 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 193

    Public resources: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: programs.

    3rd Reading SB193 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 152

    Human services.

    3rd Reading SB152 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 158

    Land use.

    3rd Reading SB158 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 145

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB145 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 168

    Public Resources.

    3rd Reading SB168 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 13

    Relative to Stiff Person Syndrome Awareness.

    3rd Reading SR13 Archuleta

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 185

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB185 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 154

    Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability: climate-related financial risk: regulations: California Environmental Quality Act exemption.

    3rd Reading SB154 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 114

    Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

    3rd Reading SB114 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 161

    State employment: state bargaining units.

    3rd Reading SB161 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 127

    Climate change.

    3rd Reading SB127 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 116

    Health omnibus trailer.

    3rd Reading SB116 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 142

    Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.

    3rd Reading SB142 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 208

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB208 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 188

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB188 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 192

    Energy: transmission infrastructure accelerator: financing.

    3rd Reading SB192 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 333

    Transactions and use taxes: San Luis Obispo Council of Governments.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 341

    Instructional School Gardens Program: reestablishment: Department of Food and Agriculture.

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

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 399

    School districts: interdistrict transfers.

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

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 64

    Education expenses: School Choice Flex Account Act of 2025.

    [First] hearing set for [03-19-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 276

    City and County of San Francisco: merchandising sales.

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

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 346

    Local agencies: transient occupancy taxes: short-term rental facilitator.

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

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 316

    High school pupils: voter registration.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments]

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 394

    Water theft: fire hydrants.

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

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 64

    Education expenses: School Choice Flex Account Act of 2025.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Failed Committee

  • SB 67

    Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Middle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: dependents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs]

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 60

    Public postsecondary education: waiver of tuition and fees: California Military Department GI Bill Award Program: extended education courses.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs]

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 98

    Elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education: immigration enforcement: notification.

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

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 33

    Public contracts: claim resolution.

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

    Mar 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SCR 37

    Relative to Family Physician Week.

    3rd Reading

    Mar 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 31

    Relative to California Poetry Out Loud.

    3rd Reading

    Mar 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees John Laird 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

$0

Spent $447,591

Totals

  • Raised
    6 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $0
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $447,591
  • From individuals (itemized)
    0 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $0 —

No contributions were reported received in 2025–2026 by the committees John Laird controls. A committee can keep spending money raised in earlier periods; each statement's cash on hand is listed under "Campaign committees and statements" below. Other periods are listed above.

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)

No itemized contributions matched an industry category.

Top employers of individual donors

No employer was named by 3 or more donors.

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

No contributions from committees or organizations itemized in this period.

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between John Laird'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 John Laird 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 John Laird 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.

John Laird for Senate 2024

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $224,798 · cash at end $537,818 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $2,713 · cash at end $749,324 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $7,114 · cash at end $749,849 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $22,434 · cash at end $755,975 Statement ↗
    $0 received
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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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Lobbying

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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, members of the Legislature and county supervisors file theirs with, or through, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.

Bought and sold (Schedule A-1)

No investments acquired or disposed of in the statements read.

From Schedule A-1 (stocks, bonds and other interests under 10%) of each annual statement, exactly as filed: the investment, the fair market value box checked and the date it was acquired or disposed of. A Form 700 gives the investment's value, not the size of a purchase or sale, and is filed once a year, so these aren't trade reports like Congress's. Where the statement doesn't say whose investment it is, ThePillory doesn't either. How these are read

Statements

  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 25, 2026 · covers 2025 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 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 Feb 28, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Senator · State Senate Filed Dec 29, 2023 · covers 2023 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Senator · State Senate Filed Dec 1, 2023 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 27, 2023 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed May 31, 2022 · covers 2021 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 28, 2022 · covers 2021 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗

Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How

Committees

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