State · State Senate
John Laird
State Senator · Senate District 17 · Party: Democratic
3016 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.
Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 17
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
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.
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SB 78
Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements.
Unfinished Business SB78 Seyarto et al. Concurrence
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SB 643
Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Program.
Unfinished Business SB643 Caballero et al. Concurrence
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AB 847
Peace officers: confidentiality of records.
3rd Reading AB847 Sharp-Collins et al. By Arreguín
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AB 695
California Community Colleges Access and Continuity for Deported Students Act.
3rd Reading AB695 Fong et al. By Rubio Urgency Clause
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SB 774
Department of Real Estate and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: Bureau of Automotive Repair.
Unfinished Business SB774 Ashby Concurrence
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SB 151
Early childhood education and childcare.
Unfinished Business SB151 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence
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AB 154
Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability: climate-related financial risk: regulations: California Environmental Quality Act exemption.
3rd Reading AB154 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener
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AB 234
California FAIR Plan Association governing committee.
3rd Reading AB234 Calderon et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause
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SB 838
Housing Accountability Act: housing development projects.
Unfinished Business SB838 Durazo Concurrence
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AB 732
Agriculture: neglected or abandoned crops: public nuisances: pests.
3rd Reading AB732 Macedo By McNerney
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AB 1143
State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program.
3rd Reading AB1143 Bennett By Limón
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SB 400
Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Unfinished Business SB400 Cortese Urgency Clause Concurrence
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SB 364
Outdoor advertising displays: permits: new alignments.
Unfinished Business SB364 Strickland et al. Concurrence
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SB 37
Attorneys: unlawful solicitations and advertisements.
Unfinished Business SB37 Umberg Concurrence
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AB 808
Campaign statements and registrations: filing online or electronically.
3rd Reading AB808 Addis By Weber Pierson
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SB 147
Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.
Unfinished Business SB147 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence
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AB 1273
Public utilities: ratesetting proceedings: local publicly owned electric utilities: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
3rd Reading AB1273 Patterson By Becker
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SB 148
Higher education budget trailer bill.
Unfinished Business SB148 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence
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SB 630
State parks: real property: acquisitions and leases.
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in
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SB 27
Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.
Unfinished Business SB27 Umberg Concurrence
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SB 161
State employment: state bargaining units.
Unfinished Business SB161 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence
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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$0
- Spent$447,591
- From individuals (itemized)$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
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Spent to oppose: $0
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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$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 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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Issues
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