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 271 (Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children: childcare services, resources, and programs.). It passed. Apr 2, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 635 (Food vendors and facilities: enforcement activities.). It passed. Apr 2, 2025
- Voted Yes on SB 239 (Crimes: criminal threats.). It passed. Apr 2, 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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SB 271
Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children: childcare services, resources, and programs.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 635
Food vendors and facilities: enforcement activities.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 239
Crimes: criminal threats.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 740
Municipal wastewater agency: new agreement or amendment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 627
Law enforcement: masks.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 515
Local government: collection of demographic data.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 225
School nutrition: guardian meal reimbursement.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 485
County public defender: appointment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 48
Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SJR 1
Rescinding previous applications for a federal constitutional convention.
Be adopted. Ordered to third reading
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 361
Data brokers: data collection and deletion.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 26
Civil actions: restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle.
Unfinished Business SB26 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 50
Connected devices: device protection requests.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 11
Artificial intelligence technology.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 446
Data breaches: customer notification.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 394
Water theft: fire hydrants.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 29
Civil actions: decedent's cause of action.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 272
San Mateo County Transit District: job order contracting: pilot program.
Consent Calendar 2nd
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 39
Cosmetic safety: vaginal suppositories.
Consent Calendar 2nd SB39 Weber Pierson Urgency Clause
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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Yes Source ↗
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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 [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 605
State attorneys and administrative law judges: compensation.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 442
Grocery retail store and retail drug establishment employees: self-service checkout.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 275
Eligible training provider list.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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Yes Source ↗
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SB 494
Charter schools: establishment prohibition and renewal procedures.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 578
California Workplace Outreach Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 389
Pupil health: individuals with exceptional needs: respiratory services: licensed vocational nurses.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
Yes Source ↗
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SB 241
Community colleges: personnel: qualifications.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 422
California Workforce Development Board: developmental services.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 438
School attendance: College and Career Access Pathways partnerships.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 437
California State University: claim eligibility: genealogy and descendancy.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 20
Occupational safety: high-exposure trigger tasks on artificial stone.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Health]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 447
Workers' compensation: death benefits.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 443
Retirement: joint powers authorities.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 31
Water quality: recycled water.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 55
State parks: facilities pass: Gold Star Family members.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 360
Land conservation: California Wildlife, Coastal, and Park Land Conservation Act: County of San Bernardino.
Do pass, but first be re-referred 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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