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John Laird

State Senator · Senate District 17 · Party: Democratic

3016 final-passage votes on record.

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.

  • AB 70

    Solid waste: organic waste: diversion: biomethane.

    3rd Reading AB70 Aguiar-Curry By Grayson

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1324

    CalWORKs.

    3rd Reading AB1324 Sharp-Collins et al. By Limón

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1069

    Older adults: emergency shelters.

    3rd Reading AB1069 Bains et al. By Limón

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 243

    Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles.

    3rd Reading AB243 Ahrens By Wahab

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 153

    Transportation budget trailer bill.

    Do pass

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 71

    California Environmental Quality Act: exemptions: transit projects.

    Unfinished Business SB71 Wiener et al. Concurrence

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1445

    Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts.

    3rd Reading AB1445 Haney et al. By Ashby

    Sep 10, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1074

    CalWORKs.

    3rd Reading AB1074 Patel By Limón

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 778

    Migrant childcare and development programs.

    Unfinished Business SB778 Limón Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 64

    Vital records.

    3rd Reading AB64 Pacheco et al. By Limón

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 727

    Pupil and student safety: identification cards.

    3rd Reading AB727 Mark González et al. By Pérez

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 515

    Trial: statement of decision.

    3rd Reading AB515 Pacheco By Umberg

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 694

    Deceptive practices: service members and veterans.

    Be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules]

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 786

    Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.

    Unfinished Business SB786 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 263

    Scott River: Shasta River: watersheds.

    3rd Reading AB263 Rogers et al. By McGuire

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 382

    Pedestrian safety: school zones: speed limits.

    3rd Reading AB382 Berman By Grayson

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 656

    Account cancellation.

    3rd Reading AB656 Schiavo et al. By Ashby

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 432

    Menopause.

    3rd Reading AB432 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Rubio

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 275

    Eligible training provider list.

    Unfinished Business SB275 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1504

    California Massage Therapy Council.

    3rd Reading AB1504 Berman By Ashby

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 512

    Health care coverage: prior authorization.

    3rd Reading AB512 Harabedian et al. By Becker

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1037

    Public health: substance use disorder.

    3rd Reading AB1037 Elhawary By Menjivar

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 261

    Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.

    Unfinished Business SB261 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 843

    Health care coverage: language access.

    3rd Reading AB843 Garcia By Menjivar

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 753

    Childcare: facility licensure: teacher requirements.

    3rd Reading AB753 Garcia By Reyes Urgency Clause

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 742

    Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.

    3rd Reading AB742 Elhawary et al. By Weber Pierson

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 676

    California Environmental Quality Act: judicial streamlining: state of emergency: wildfire.

    Unfinished Business SB676 Limón et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 437

    California State University: claim eligibility: genealogy and descendancy.

    Unfinished Business SB437 Weber Pierson et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1195

    Juveniles: incarcerated parent: visitation.

    3rd Reading AB1195 Quirk-Silva By Arreguín

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 812

    Recall and resentencing: incarcerated firefighters.

    3rd Reading AB812 Lowenthal et al. By Arreguín

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1078

    Firearms.

    3rd Reading AB1078 Berman et al. By Blakespear

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 454

    State Water Resources Control Board: PFAS Mitigation Program.

    Unfinished Business SB454 McNerney et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1250

    Transit operators: paratransit: recertification of eligibility.

    3rd Reading AB1250 Papan By Strickland

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 262

    Housing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies.

    Unfinished Business SB262 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 461

    Truancy.

    3rd Reading AB461 Ahrens et al. By Pérez

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 5

    Enhanced infrastructure financing districts and community revitalization and investment areas: allocation of taxes: agricultural land exclusion.

    Unfinished Business SB5 Cabaldon Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1525

    Attorneys: discipline: sensitive services.

    3rd Reading AB1525 JUD. (Kalra) By Reyes

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 567

    Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program.

    Unfinished Business SB567 Limón Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 561

    Restraining orders.

    3rd Reading AB561 Quirk-Silva By Allen

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1224

    Teacher credentialing: substitute teachers: days of service.

    3rd Reading AB1224 Valencia et al. By Limón

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 761

    Monterey-Salinas Transit District: sales and special taxes.

    3rd Reading AB761 Addis By Laird

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1487

    Public health: Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund.

    3rd Reading AB1487 Addis et al. By Menjivar

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 39

    General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act.

    3rd Reading AB39 Zbur et al. By Limón

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 597

    Labor-related liabilities: direct contractor and subcontractor.

    Unfinished Business SB597 Cortese Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 86

    California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act: sales and use tax exclusion.

    Unfinished Business SB86 McNerney et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1503

    Pharmacy.

    3rd Reading AB1503 Berman et al. By Ashby

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 82

    Health care: legally protected health care activity.

    3rd Reading AB82 Ward et al. By Wiener

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1028

    Community colleges: temporary employees.

    3rd Reading AB1028 Fong et al. By Cortese

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 483

    Fixed term installment contracts: early termination fees.

    3rd Reading AB483 Irwin By Laird

    Sep 9, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 551

    Corrections and rehabilitation: state policy.

    Unfinished Business SB551 Cortese et al. Concurrence

    Sep 9, 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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