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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 381 (State contracts: certification process: forced labor and human trafficking.). It passed. Aug 18, 2025
  • Voted Yes on AB 982 (Mining: The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975: mining operations status: idle reserve mine status.). It passed. Aug 18, 2025
  • Voted Yes on AB 770 (Advertising displays: City of Los Angeles: exemption: ordinance.). It passed. Aug 18, 2025

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Record at a glance

2997
Final-passage votes
7383
All recorded votes

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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 381

    State contracts: certification process: forced labor and human trafficking.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 982

    Mining: The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975: mining operations status: idle reserve mine status.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 770

    Advertising displays: City of Los Angeles: exemption: ordinance.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1501

    Physician assistants and podiatrists.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1521

    Committee on Judiciary: judiciary omnibus.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1378

    Child welfare services: prevention services: Indian tribes.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1200

    Emergency services: disaster preparedness.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1167

    Electrical corporations and gas corporations: rate recovery: political activities and promotional advertising.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 638

    Stormwater: uses: irrigation.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 18, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1085

    License plates: obstruction or alteration.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 493

    Mortgages: hazard insurance proceeds.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB493 Harabedian et al. Urgency Clause

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SJR 6

    Federal funding for essential state infrastructure, technology, and economic development.

    3rd Reading SJR6 Cortese et al.

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • ACR 54

    Relative to Huell Howser Day.

    Special Consent ACR54 Ta et al.

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1029

    Statements of financial interest: digital financial assets.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB1029 Valencia et al.

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SJR 7

    Relative to tariffs.

    3rd Reading SJR7 Cervantes et al.

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 138

    State employment: state bargaining units.

    3rd Reading AB138 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • ACR 93

    Relative to Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency Awareness Day.

    Special Consent ACR93 Dixon et al.

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 97

    Relative to California Emergency Preparedness Month.

    Special Consent SCR97 Seyarto et al.

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 99

    Relative to Eunice Newton Foote.

    3rd Reading

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1505

    Food and agriculture: omnibus bill.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB1505 AGRI. (Soria) By Caballero

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 594

    Student health insurance.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB594 Solache et al.

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 821

    Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: career technical education.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 14

    Coastal resources: Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Program.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB14 Hart et al.

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1286

    Political Reform Act of 1974: prospective employment.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1387

    Behavioral health multidisciplinary personnel team.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB1387 Quirk-Silva

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1447

    Unclaimed property: escheat to the state.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • ACR 99

    Relative to Scleroderma Awareness Day.

    Special Consent ACR99 Davies et al.

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1479

    County road commissioner: Counties of Madera and Tehama.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB1479 Tangipa et al.

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 17

    Elections: precinct maps.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 359

    Fair Political Practices Commission.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 119

    Public social services trailer bill.

    Unfinished Business SB119 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 463

    Emergency medical services: dogs and cats.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB463 Michelle Rodriguez

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 104

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading AB104 Gabriel By Wiener

    Jul 17, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 645

    Emergency medical services: dispatcher training.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1312

    Hospital pricing.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1419

    California Health Benefit Exchange: automatic health care coverage enrollment.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 224

    Health care coverage: essential health benefits.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 56

    Social media: warning labels.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 682

    Health care coverage reporting.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 592

    Business: retail food.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 554

    Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 432

    Menopause.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1005

    Drowning prevention: public schools: informational materials.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1084

    Change of name and gender and sex identifier.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 836

    Midwifery Workforce Training Act.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1328

    Medi-Cal reimbursements: nonemergency ambulance and other transportation.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 849

    Health providers: medical chaperones.

    Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    Jul 16, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1072

    Elections: ballot mistakes.

    Placed on suspense file

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 5

    Elections: official canvass.

    Placed on suspense file

    Jul 14, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1524

    Courts: fees.

    Placed on suspense file

    Jul 14, 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.

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Lobbying

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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.

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

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