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Laura Richardson

State Senator · Senate District 35 · Party: Democratic

2997 final-passage votes on record.

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

Latest votes
  • Voted Yes on SB 317 (Wastewater surveillance.). It passed. Apr 23, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 596 (Health facilities: administrative penalties.). It passed. Apr 23, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 83 (State Department of Health Care Services: substance abuse treatment: disclosures.). It passed. Apr 23, 2025

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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 317

    Wastewater surveillance.

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

    Apr 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 596

    Health facilities: administrative penalties.

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

    Apr 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 83

    State Department of Health Care Services: substance abuse treatment: disclosures.

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

    Apr 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 403

    End of Life Option Act: sunset.

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

    Apr 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 339

    Medi-Cal: laboratory rates.

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

    Apr 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 313

    Vital records: birth certificates.

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

    Apr 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 796

    Emergency medical services: state-employed public safety personnel: optional first aid skills.

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

    Apr 23, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 352

    Environmental justice: Department of Justice: Bureau of Environmental Justice: community air monitoring.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 465

    Governor's Office of Emergency Services: California Alert.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 247

    State agency contracts: bid preference: equity metrics.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 420

    Property tax: welfare exemption: detention facilities.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 572

    Vehicles: advanced driver assistance system: crash reports.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 860

    Gaming: bingo.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 445

    High-speed rail: third-party agreements, permits, and approvals: regulations.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 864

    Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 661

    Airports: financial assistance.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 569

    Bikeways: reversions and modifications.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 63

    San Francisco Bay area: local revenue measure: public transit funding.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 14

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

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 496

    Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: appeals advisory committee: exemptions.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 629

    Wildfires: fire hazard severity zones: post-wildfire safety areas.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 614

    Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 400

    Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 859

    California State Lottery: prize money: immediate payment.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 791

    Vehicle dealers: document processing charge.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 833

    Critical infrastructure: artificial intelligence systems: human oversight.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 656

    Small business: small business liaison.

    Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 615

    Vehicle traction batteries.

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

    Apr 22, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 861

    Consumer affairs.

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

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 821

    Criminal procedure: arraignment.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 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 [Rules]

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 462

    California Farmland Conservancy Program: conservation easements: funding.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 285

    Net zero greenhouse gas emissions goal: carbon dioxide removal: regulations.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 372

    California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009: exemptions.

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

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 324

    Medi-Cal: enhanced care management and community supports.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 329

    Alcohol and drug recovery: licensed treatment facilities and certified programs: investigations.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 624

    Nonminor dependents: tax guidance.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 244

    Public postsecondary education: disabled student services: assessments.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 271

    Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children: childcare services, resources, and programs.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 396

    Corrections: supervision.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 427

    Habitat Conservation Fund.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 54

    Relative to San Francisco Bar Pilots.

    3rd Reading SCR54 Grayson et al.

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 633

    Plastic beverage containers: recycling.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 458

    Initiative and referendum measures: title and summary.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 225

    School nutrition: guardian meal reimbursement.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 277

    Criminal procedure: search of persons.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 42

    Relative to Arab American Heritage Month.

    3rd Reading

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 662

    Wildfires: defensible space: education efforts.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 379

    Sexually violent predators.

    Placed on suspense file

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 517

    Home improvement contract requirements: subcontractors.

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

    Apr 21, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

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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