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Laura Richardson

State Senator · Senate District 35 · Party: Democratic

2997 final-passage votes on record.

Their job

A member of California's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes
  • Voted Yes on AB 489 (Health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: artificial intelligence.). It passed. Aug 18, 2025
  • Voted Yes on AB 61 (Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.). It passed. Aug 18, 2025
  • Voted Yes on AB 1273 (Public utilities: ratesetting proceedings: local publicly owned electric utilities: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.). It passed. Aug 18, 2025

Votes from the official record of each vote. How Quick mode works

Record at a glance

2997
Final-passage votes
7383
All recorded votes

Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.

OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 35
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

Today
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No issues page found

Laura Richardson's website (sd35.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 Laura Richardson'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.

  • AB 489

    Health care professions: deceptive terms or letters: artificial intelligence.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 61

    Electricity and natural gas: legislation imposing mandated programs and requirements: third-party review.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1273

    Public utilities: ratesetting proceedings: local publicly owned electric utilities: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1229

    Adult Reentry Grant Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 372

    Office of Emergency Services: state matching funds: water system infrastructure improvements.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 963

    Public works: prevailing wages: access to records.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1264

    Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 979

    California Cybersecurity Integration Center: artificial intelligence.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 221

    Tribal Nation Grant Fund.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1363

    Protective orders: Wyland's Law.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 985

    Chiquita Canyon Landfill: property tax reassessment and penalties.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1130

    Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 942

    Electricity: climate credits.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 644

    Exposition Park: Holocaust memorial.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 527

    California Environmental Quality Act: geothermal exploratory projects: geothermal field development projects: enhanced geothermal system wells.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 28

    Relative to Gold Star Mothers' and Families' Day.

    3rd Reading SCR28 Grove et al.

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 640

    Local educational agencies: governance training.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1417

    Energy: Voluntary Offshore Wind and Coastal Resources Protection Program: community capacity funding activities and grants.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1380

    Wildland firefighters: Formerly Incarcerated Firefighter Certification and Employment Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 851

    Real property transactions: Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura wildfires: unsolicited offers.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1246

    Alcoholic beverages: distilled spirits.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 45

    Privacy: health data: location and research.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1134

    Coerced marriage.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1127

    Firearms: converter pistols.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1377

    Income taxes: credits: motion picture credit.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 699

    Elections: local tax measures.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 93

    Water resources: data centers.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1263

    Firearms: ghost guns.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 878

    Victims of abuse or violence: reasonable accommodations.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 486

    Crimes: burglary tools.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 380

    Price gouging.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1098

    California Education Interagency Council.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 607

    CalWORKs: Home Visiting Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 451

    Law enforcement policies: restraining orders.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1454

    Pupil literacy: credential program standards and professional development: instructional materials.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1419

    California Health Benefit Exchange: automatic health care coverage enrollment.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 745

    School districts: reorganization: state board approval: qualified special taxes.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1456

    California Environmental Quality Act: California Vegetation Treatment Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1028

    Community colleges: temporary employees.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1032

    Coverage for behavioral health visits.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 460

    Radiologic technologists: venipuncture: direct supervision.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 426

    Impeding emergency response with drone.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 734

    Environmental protection: biological resources data: State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: powerplants: power lines: applications.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1530

    California Disaster Assistance Act.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 528

    Criminal procedure: child pornography.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1470

    Food facilities: retail food safety.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1339

    Department of Insurance: housing insurance study.

    Do pass

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 509

    Alcoholic beverages: minors.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1052

    Digital financial assets.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1261

    Immigration: immigrant youth: access to legal counsel.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Laura Richardson 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

$1,121,399

Spent $706,540

Totals

  • Raised
    10 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $1,121,399
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $706,540
  • From individuals (itemized)
    24 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $67,605 6%

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)

  • Labor unions
    $183,820
  • Finance, insurance and banking
    $99,655
  • Health care
    $94,344
  • Tribal governments
    $89,600
  • Issue and advocacy groups
    $58,750
  • Technology and telecommunications
    $55,967
  • Energy and utilities
    $45,110
  • Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $44,900

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 70% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.

How industries are assigned

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. $30,250 came from people who listed no employer (retired, not employed or self-employed). Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

  • Pechanga Band of Indians
    4 contributions · organization · Tribal governments
    $22,800
  • Southern California Pipe Trades District Council #16 PAC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Issue and advocacy groups
    $22,700
  • United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $21,800
  • California Nurses Association PAC (CNA-PAC)
    4 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $16,900
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 11
    3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $15,900
  • CALPAC - California Medical Association PAC
    4 contributions · committee · Health care
    $15,500
  • California Bankers Association State PAC
    3 contributions · committee · Finance, insurance and banking
    $11,800
  • Comcast
    3 contributions · organization · Technology and telecommunications
    $11,800
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America PAC
    5 contributions · committee · Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $11,800
  • UA Journeyman & Apprentices Local #250
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Not classified
    $11,800

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Laura Richardson'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 Laura Richardson 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 (2)

The committees Laura Richardson 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.

RICHARDSON FOR SENATE 2024

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $1,000 · cash at end $9,750 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $20 · cash at end $10,684 Statement ↗
    $-6,000 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $10,115 · cash at end $6,704 Statement ↗
    $-50,000 received
  • Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
    Spent $3,543 · cash at end $66,819 Statement ↗
    $55 received
Committee record ↗

RICHARDSON FOR SENATE 2028

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $205,651 · cash at end $417,016 Statement ↗
    $168,560 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $59,631 · cash at end $448,997 Statement ↗
    $127,403 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $87,820 · cash at end $381,225 Statement ↗
    $146,030 received
  • Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
    Spent $180,680 · cash at end $323,115 Statement ↗
    $281,541 received
Committee record ↗

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.

Methodology
Lobbying

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.

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 2, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Senator · State Senate Filed Nov 3, 2025 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2025 · covers 2024 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.

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