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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.
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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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SB 850
Prisons.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SJR 4
Research and education: federal funding cuts: the National Institutes of Health and postsecondary educational institutions.
Be adopted. Ordered to third reading
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 358
Mitigation Fee Act: mitigating vehicular traffic impacts.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 543
Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 595
Local government: investments and financial reports.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 581
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: employment: firefighters.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 693
Employees: meal periods.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 644
Political Reform Act of 1974: contribution limits.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 751
Veterans and Former First Responders Research Pilot Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 612
Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: career technical education.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
No Source ↗ -
SB 745
American government and civics: curriculum guide: State Seal of Civic Engagement.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 612
Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: career technical education.
[First] hearing set for [04-30-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
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SB 584
Pupil instruction: civic engagement.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 631
Charter School Revolving Loan Fund.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 703
Ports: truck drivers.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 607
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District: contributions and loans.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 392
Regional park districts: East Bay Regional Park District: East Bay Hills Conservation Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 531
Course of study: mental health education.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 845
Pupil instruction: career technical education, career education, work-based learning, work experience education, and apprenticeships.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 658
Real property impacted by the 2025 Eaton or Palisades Fires: notification of owner's intent to sell.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 531
Course of study: mental health education.
[Second] hearing set for [04-30-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
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SB 366
Employment: artificial intelligence.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 640
Public postsecondary education: admission, transfer, and enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 790
Postsecondary education: interstate reciprocity agreements for distance education: out-of-state postsecondary educational institutions.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 815
Planning and zoning: very high fire hazard areas.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 469
Department of Industrial Relations: task force: public infrastructure: employment: underrepresented communities.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 472
Pupil instruction: Holocaust and genocide education: notice, survey, and grant program.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 510
Pupil instruction: treatment of African Americans.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 545
High-speed rail: economic opportunities.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 92
Housing development: density bonuses.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 638
California Education Interagency Council: California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 372
California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009: exemptions.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 415
Planning and zoning: logistics use developments: truck routes.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 827
Local agency officials: training.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 423
California Public Records Act: private detention facilities.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 826
California Workforce Development Board: port automation.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 639
Zoning: Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 781
Small business.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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SB 675
Imperial County Air Pollution Control District: members and duties.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 580
Attorney General: immigration enforcement policies.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 617
California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 79
Housing development: transit-oriented development.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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SB 629
Wildfires: fire hazard severity zones: post-wildfire safety areas.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗
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
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$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.
MethodologyLobbying
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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.
- 2025 statement ↗: no Schedule A-1 investments
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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Issues
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