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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 95 (Sellers of travel: travel consolidators: fraud.). It passed. May 5, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SR 31 (Relative to Women's Equal Pay Day.). It passed. May 1, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 854 (Unemployment insurance.). It passed. May 1, 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

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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.

  • SB 95

    Sellers of travel: travel consolidators: fraud.

    Placed on suspense file

    May 5, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SR 31

    Relative to Women's Equal Pay Day.

    3rd Reading SR31 Wahab et al.

    May 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 854

    Unemployment insurance.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB854 L., P.E. & R. (Smallwood-Cuevas)

    May 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 853

    Public employees' retirement.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB853 L., P.E. & R. (Smallwood-Cuevas)

    May 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 863

    Taxation.

    Consent Calendar 2nd SB863 REV. & TAX.

    May 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 544

    Railroad crossings: permit applications: review.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    May 1, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 62

    Health care coverage: essential health benefits.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 626

    Perinatal health screenings and treatment.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 242

    Medicare supplement coverage: open enrollment periods.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 812

    Qualified youth drop-in center health care coverage.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 535

    Obesity Care Access Act.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 582

    Health and care facilities: licensing during emergencies or disasters.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 520

    Nurse-midwifery education program.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 243

    Companion chatbots.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 862

    Health.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 548

    California Overdose Death and Addiction Reduction Act of 2025.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 660

    California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 682

    Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 32

    Health care coverage: timely access to care.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 528

    Health care: maintenance and expansion.

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

    Apr 30, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 455

    Electric bicycles.

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

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 764

    Chain restaurants: children's meals.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 356

    Elderly Parole Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 713

    Employee stock ownership plans: contractors: certification: bid preferences.

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

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 364

    Outdoor advertising displays: permits: new alignments.

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

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 13

    Oil and gas.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 698

    California Solar Initiative: distributed energy resource equipment lists.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 539

    School facilities.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SR 14

    Relative to Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Denim Day.

    3rd Reading SR14 Cervantes et al.

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 57

    Electrical corporations: data centers: report.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 286

    Elderly Parole Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 701

    Signal jammers.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 777

    Abandoned cemeteries: report.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 25

    Antitrust: premerger notification.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 55

    Relative to Apprenticeship Week.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 685

    Special education: nonpublic schools and agencies.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 608

    Sexual health.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 439

    California Health Benefit Review Program: extension.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 72

    The California Water Plan: long-term supply targets.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 636

    Electrical or gas corporations: deferment of payments: hardship.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 823

    Mental health: the CARE Act.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 683

    Privacy: use of a person's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness: injunctive relief.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 803

    California Conservation Corps: Green Collar Certification Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 34

    Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: mobile sources: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

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

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 632

    Community colleges: California College Promise.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 63

    Relative to Vietnamese American Remembrance Day.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 800

    State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention.

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

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 38

    Second Chance Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 556

    Habitat enhancement and restoration: floodplains.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 68

    Major food allergens.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 28, 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.

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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 13, 2026. How

Committees

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Issues

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