State · State Senate
John Laird
State Senator · Senate District 17 · Party: Democratic
3016 final-passage votes on record.
A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on AB 1392 (Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.). It passed. Sep 9, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 704 (Firearms: firearm barrels.). It passed. Sep 9, 2025
- Voted Yes on AB 1197 (Rental passenger vehicles: electronic surveillance technology: renter liability for loss due to theft.). It passed. Sep 9, 2025
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 17
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
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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.
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AB 1392
Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.
3rd Reading AB1392 Sharp-Collins et al. By Grove
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AB 1197
Rental passenger vehicles: electronic surveillance technology: renter liability for loss due to theft.
3rd Reading AB1197 Calderon By Grayson
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SB 20
Occupational safety: high-exposure trigger tasks on artificial stone.
Unfinished Business SB20 Menjivar et al. Concurrence
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AB 1308
Residential building permits: inspections: Housing Accountability Act.
3rd Reading AB1308 Hoover et al. By Jones
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AB 978
Department of Transportation and local agencies: streets and highways: recycled materials.
3rd Reading AB978 Hoover By Strickland
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AB 935
State agencies: complaints: demographic data.
3rd Reading AB935 Ransom et al. By Weber Pierson
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AB 1167
Electrical corporations and gas corporations: rate recovery: political activities and promotional advertising.
3rd Reading AB1167 Berman et al. By McNerney
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AB 573
Cigarette and tobacco products: licensing and enforcement.
3rd Reading AB573 Rogers et al. By Rubio
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SB 625
Housing developments: disasters: reconstruction of destroyed or damaged structures.
Unfinished Business SB625 Wahab et al. Concurrence
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SB 21
Single-room occupancy units: demolition and replacement: housing assistance programs: eligibility for homeless individuals and families.
Unfinished Business SB21 Durazo et al. Concurrence
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SB 355
Judgment debtor employers: Employment Development Department.
Unfinished Business SB355 Pérez et al. Concurrence
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AB 1455
State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection: defensible space requirements: ember-resistant zones: emergency regulations: California Environmental Quality Act.
3rd Reading AB1455 Bryan By Becker Urgency Clause
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SB 514
Wildfire prevention: qualified entities: assessments: California Fire Service Training and Education Program Act.
Unfinished Business SB514 Cabaldon Concurrence
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AB 14
Coastal resources: Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program.
3rd Reading AB14 Hart et al. By Limón
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AB 450
Public social services: support for older and aging immigrants.
3rd Reading AB450 Carrillo et al. By Padilla
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AB 474
Housing discrimination: nonprofit home-sharing program: eligibility for public social services.
3rd Reading AB474 Ward By Ochoa Bogh
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AB 818
Permit Streamlining Act: local emergencies.
3rd Reading AB818 Ávila Farías et al. By Cabaldon
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AB 679
Department of Parks and Recreation: Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo, and Butano State Parks.
3rd Reading AB679 Pellerin et al. By Allen
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AB 1502
Veterinary medicine: California Veterinary Medical Board.
3rd Reading AB1502 Berman By Ashby
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AB 55
Alternative birth centers: licensing and Medi-Cal reimbursement.
3rd Reading AB55 Bonta et al. By Caballero
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AB 393
Personal services contracts: state employees: physician and psychologist positions.
3rd Reading AB393 Connolly et al. By Richardson
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AB 15
Open unsolved homicide: review and reinvestigation.
3rd Reading AB15 Gipson et al. By Richardson
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AB 1075
Fire protection: privately contracted fire prevention resources: public water sources.
3rd Reading AB1075 Bryan et al. By Cervantes
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AB 1348
Average daily attendance: emergencies: immigration enforcement activity: independent study plans.
3rd Reading AB1348 Bains By Pérez
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SB 62
Health care coverage: essential health benefits.
Unfinished Business SB62 Menjivar et al. Concurrence
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AB 1303
Communications: lifeline telephone service program.
3rd Reading AB1303 Valencia et al. By Gonzalez
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AB 546
Health care coverage: portable HEPA purifiers.
3rd Reading AB546 Caloza et al. By Limón Urgency Clause
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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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