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 SB 464 (Employer pay data.). It passed. Apr 23, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 668 (Workers' compensation: medical-legal expenses: fee schedule.). It passed. Apr 23, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 416 (Student financial aid: Cal Grants: qualifying institutions: financial aid offer letter template.). It passed. Apr 23, 2025
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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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Yes Source ↗
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SB 668
Workers' compensation: medical-legal expenses: fee schedule.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 416
Student financial aid: Cal Grants: qualifying institutions: financial aid offer letter template.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 628
Employment: employer contributions: employee withholdings: credit: agricultural employees.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
No Source ↗ -
SB 747
Civil rights: deprivation of federal constitutional rights, privileges, and immunities.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 494
Charter schools: establishment prohibition and renewal procedures.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 642
Employment: payment of wages.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 628
Employment: employer contributions: employee withholdings: credit: agricultural employees.
[First] hearing set for [04-23-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 521
Public employment: disqualification.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 305
Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012: Free Application for Federal Student Aid and California Dream Act application.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 634
Local government: homelessness.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 858
Local Government Omnibus Act of 2025.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 536
Workers' compensation insurance fraud reporting.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 5
Enhanced infrastructure financing districts and community revitalization and investment areas: allocation of taxes: agricultural land exclusion.
Do pass as amended
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 489
Local agency formation commissions: written policies and procedures: Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 282
Residential heat pump systems: water heaters and HVAC: installations.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 307
Public postsecondary education: immigration enforcement.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 670
Adult Education Program: immigrant integration.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 786
Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 598
Public contracts: local water infrastructure projects: Construction Manager/General Contractor project delivery method.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 323
Student Aid Commission: California Dream Act application.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 21
Single-room occupancy units: demolition and replacement: housing assistance programs: eligibility for homeless individuals and families.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 482
Roster of public officials: local government.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 294
The Workplace Know Your Rights Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 75
Employment: Preapprenticeship Pathways to Employment Pilot Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 848
Pupil safety: school employee misconduct: child abuse prevention.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 718
Hunting and sport fishing licenses: reduced fees.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 501
Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022: covered batteries.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 673
Courthouse construction: filing fee surcharges.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 320
Firearms: California Do Not Sell List.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 326
Wildfire safety: fire protection building standards: defensible space requirements: The California Wildfire Mitigation Strategic Planning Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 304
Public lands: City of Oakland: Port of Oakland: uses of after-acquired lands.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 580
Attorney General: immigration enforcement policies.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 856
California Coastal Act of 1976: filing fee waiver: Marine Invasive Species Act: biennial reports: semiannual updates.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 563
State parks: Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation: grants: eligible applicants.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 518
Descendants of enslaved persons: reparations.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 678
Fire prevention activities: challenges: undertaking.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 274
Automated license plate recognition systems.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 727
The Great Redwood Trail Agency.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 561
Appointment of public guardians.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 59
Change of name or gender and sex identifier.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 659
The Parent's Accountability and Child Protection Act: remedies.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 586
Off-highway electric motorcycles.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 384
Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act: prohibition on certain price-setting algorithm uses.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 90
Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: grants: improvements to public evacuation routes: mobile rigid water storage: electrical generators.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 768
Courts: data reporting.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 653
Wildfire prevention: environmentally sensitive vegetation management.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 676
California Environmental Quality Act: judicial streamlining: state of emergency: wildfire.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 270
Recall elections: notice of intention.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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.
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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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