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 470 (Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: teleconferencing.). It passed. Apr 8, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 98 (Elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education: immigration enforcement: notification.). It passed. Apr 8, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 261 (Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.). It passed. Apr 8, 2025
Votes from the official record of each vote. How Quick mode works
Record at a glance
Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.
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.
-
SB 470
Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act: teleconferencing.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 98
Elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education: immigration enforcement: notification.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 261
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 645
Juries: peremptory challenges.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 25
Antitrust: premerger notification.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 650
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 497
Legally protected health care activity.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 222
Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 72
The California Water Plan: long-term supply targets.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 514
Wildfire prevention: qualified entities: assessments: California Fire Service Training and Education Program Act.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 763
Conspiracy against trade: punishment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 413
Juveniles: case file inspection.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 839
Oil spills: fishing: water closure: grants: liability.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 462
California Farmland Conservancy Program: conservation easements: funding.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
-
SB 799
Joint powers authorities: South Bay Regional Housing Trust.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 556
Habitat enhancement and restoration: floodplains.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 831
Geologic hazards: California Geological Survey.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 427
Habitat Conservation Fund.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 463
Drought planning: resiliency measures.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 662
Wildfires: defensible space: education efforts.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 683
Privacy: use of a person's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness: injunctive relief.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 222
Residential heat pump water heater or heat pump HVAC systems.
[First] hearing set for [04-09-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
-
SB 522
Housing: tenant protections.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 484
Coastal resources: coastal development permits: infill area categorical exclusion.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
SB 411
Stop Child Hunger Act of 2025.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 255
County recorders: notification.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 611
Planning and zoning: community plans: review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 777
Abandoned cemeteries: report.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 74
Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation: Infrastructure Gap-Fund Program.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 757
Local government: nuisance abatement.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
Yes Source ↗
-
SB 334
Pupil instruction: sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual abuse prevention: safety.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 244
Public postsecondary education: disabled student services: assessments.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 391
Community colleges: Chancellor of the California Community Colleges: data request fee policy.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 707
Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
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
California lobbying reports (Cal-Access) haven't been loaded yet. They're loaded each week from the Secretary of State's export.
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
No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.
Issues
No reports yet. Reporting opens when accounts launch.
How it works