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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 SB 720 (Automated traffic enforcement system programs.). It passed. May 19, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 607 (Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District: contributions and loans.). It passed. May 19, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 614 (Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.). It passed. May 19, 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.

  • SB 720

    Automated traffic enforcement system programs.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 607

    Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District: contributions and loans.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 614

    Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 312

    Dog importation: health certificates.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 745

    American government and civics: curriculum guide: State Seal of Civic Engagement.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 548

    California Overdose Death and Addiction Reduction Act of 2025.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 572

    Vehicles: advanced driver assistance system: crash reports.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 640

    Public postsecondary education: admission, transfer, and enrollment.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 283

    Energy storage systems.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 723

    Property taxation: exemption: low-value properties.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 18

    Food Desert Elimination Grant Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 642

    Employment: payment of wages.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 484

    Coastal resources: coastal development permits: infill area categorical exclusion.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 528

    Health care: maintenance and expansion.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 268

    Income taxes: gross income exclusions: state of emergency: natural disaster settlements.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SR 39

    Relative to National Safe Boating Week.

    3rd Reading SR39 Richardson

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 804

    Hydrogen Pipeline Safety Act.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 65

    Relative to California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month.

    3rd Reading SCR65 Alvarado-Gil et al.

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 550

    California State University, San Jose: legal partnership pilot program.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 292

    Electricity: wildfire mitigation: deenergization events and reliability.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 603

    Property taxation: transfer of base year value: disaster relief.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 848

    Pupil safety: school employee misconduct: child abuse prevention.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 545

    High-speed rail: economic opportunities.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 682

    Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 797

    Electric utility distribution and transmission system facilities: undergrounding and insulation.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 419

    Hydrogen fuel.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 643

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 850

    Prisons.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 7

    Employment: automated decision systems.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 487

    Workers' compensation.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 256

    Electricity: electrical infrastructure: wildfire mitigation.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 79

    Housing development: transit-oriented development.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 747

    Civil rights: deprivation of federal constitutional rights, privileges, and immunities.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 348

    State Air Resources Board: Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 752

    Sales and use taxes: exemptions: California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project: transit buses.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 647

    Energy: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Low-Income Oversight Board: membership.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 14

    State agencies: solid waste diversion: single-use plastic bottles.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 827

    Local agency officials: training.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 453

    Microgrid incentive program.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 785

    Personal income tax: credit: durable medical equipment.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 464

    Employer pay data.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 601

    Water: waste discharge.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 267

    Personal income tax: credit: qualified teacher: school supplies.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 67

    Relative to Family Justice Center Day.

    3rd Reading SCR67 Grayson et al.

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 269

    Personal income taxes: Fire Safe Home Tax Credits Act.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 359

    Use Fuel Tax Law: Diesel Fuel Tax Law: exempt bus operation.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 540

    Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 618

    Electricity: deenergization events: report: compensation.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 295

    California Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2025.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 842

    Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 19, 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, 12 Oct 2026 08:52:56 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 13, 2026. How

Committees

No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.

Issues

No reports yet. Reporting opens when accounts launch.

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