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John Laird

State Senator · Senate District 17 · Party: Democratic

3016 final-passage votes on record.

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

Latest votes
  • Voted Yes on SR 37 (Relative to 2025 Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Week.). It passed. Apr 24, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 619 (Public postsecondary education.). It passed. Apr 24, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 361 (Data brokers: data collection and deletion.). It passed. Apr 24, 2025

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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.

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Photo: Photo via Open States

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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

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  • SR 37

    Relative to 2025 Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Week.

    3rd Reading SR37 Gonzalez et al.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 619

    Public postsecondary education.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB619 ED.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 361

    Data brokers: data collection and deletion.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 251

    Claims against the state: appropriation.

    3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 413

    Juveniles: case file inspection.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 671

    Pedestrian crossing signals.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 48

    Relative to High School Voter Education Weeks.

    3rd Reading SCR48 Cervantes et al.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 61

    Private works of improvement: retention payments.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 830

    Public Transit Revenue Measure District: revenue measure: election procedures.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 792

    Childcare.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 533

    Electric vehicle charging stations: arenas: payments: internet-based applications.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 583

    Insurer financial statements.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 45

    Relative to American Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month.

    3rd Reading SCR45 Wahab et al.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 374

    Local educational agencies: annual reporting requirements: IDEA Addendum.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 52

    Relative to the Girl Scouts.

    3rd Reading SCR52 Ochoa Bogh et al.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 506

    Transportation: omnibus bill.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB506 TRANS.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 733

    Sexual assault forensic evidence: testing.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 34

    Relative to Child Abuse Prevention Month.

    3rd Reading SCR34 Grove et al.

    Apr 24, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 50

    Relative to climate change.

    Be adopted. Ordered to third reading

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 54

    Relative to San Francisco Bar Pilots.

    3rd Reading SCR54 Grayson et al.

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 42

    Relative to Arab American Heritage Month.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 59

    Relative to Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month.

    3rd Reading SCR59 Allen et al.

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 35

    Relative to Khmer New Year.

    3rd Reading SR35 Gonzalez et al.

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 47

    250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 43

    Relative to Parkinson's Awareness Month.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 33

    Relative to the Armenian Genocide.

    3rd Reading SR33 Pérez et al.

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 736

    Validations.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB736 L. GOV. (Durazo) Urgency Clause

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 233

    Regional housing need: determination: consultation with councils of governments.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB233 Seyarto et al.

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 735

    Validations.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB735 L. GOV. (Durazo) Urgency Clause

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 737

    Validations.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB737 L. GOV.

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 512

    District elections: initiatives.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 57

    Relative to Dolores Huerta Day.

    3rd Reading SCR57 Reyes et al. By Limón

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 66

    Civil discovery.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 100

    Budget Acts of 2023 and 2024.

    3rd Reading AB100 Gabriel By Wiener

    Apr 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SJR 2

    Relative to classified workers.

    3rd Reading SJR2 Cortese et al.

    Apr 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 25

    Relative to nuclear fusion.

    3rd Reading SCR25 Blakespear et al.

    Apr 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 34

    Relative to National Library Week.

    3rd Reading SR34 Choi et al.

    Apr 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 49

    Relative to Mosquito Awareness Week.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 7, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 40

    Relative to Women in Law.

    3rd Reading SCR40 Blakespear et al.

    Apr 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 36

    Relative to Crime Victims' Rights Week.

    3rd Reading SCR36 Seyarto et al.

    Apr 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SJR 1

    Rescinding previous applications for a federal constitutional convention.

    Be adopted. Ordered to third reading

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 22

    Assyrian New Year: Kha b'Nissan.

    3rd Reading SCR22 Alvarado-Gil

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 44

    Relative to World Autism Awareness Day.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 26

    Civil actions: restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle.

    Unfinished Business SB26 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 241

    Community colleges: personnel: qualifications.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 230

    Workers' compensation: firefighters.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB230 Laird et al.

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 272

    San Mateo County Transit District: job order contracting: pilot program.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Apr 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SR 29

    Relative to César Chávez Day.

    3rd Reading SR29 Arreguín et al.

    Mar 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 39

    Cosmetic safety: vaginal suppositories.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB39 Weber Pierson Urgency Clause

    Mar 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 229

    Peace officers: deputy sheriffs.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB229 Alvarado-Gil

    Mar 28, 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
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.

Methodology
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 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

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