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Laura Richardson

State Senator · Senate District 35 · Party: Democratic

2997 final-passage votes on record.

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.

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This tab shows Laura Richardson's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.

How the platform is recorded

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  • AB 881

    Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

    3rd Reading AB881 Petrie-Norris et al. By Stern

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 159

    Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: exemptions: wildfire.

    Unfinished Business SB159 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 777

    Abandoned cemeteries: report.

    Unfinished Business SB777 Richardson Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 403

    End of Life Option Act: sunset.

    Unfinished Business SB403 Blakespear Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 78

    Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements.

    Unfinished Business SB78 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 963

    Public works: prevailing wages: access to records.

    3rd Reading AB963 Petrie-Norris By Durazo

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 753

    Special business regulations: shopping carts.

    Unfinished Business SB753 Cortese Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1079

    Civil appeals: stay of enforcement.

    3rd Reading AB1079 Ávila Farías By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 149

    Public resources trailer bill.

    3rd Reading AB149 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1388

    Law enforcement: settlement agreements.

    3rd Reading AB1388 Bryan By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 643

    Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Program.

    Unfinished Business SB643 Caballero et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 157

    Public safety.

    Unfinished Business SB157 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 847

    Peace officers: confidentiality of records.

    3rd Reading AB847 Sharp-Collins et al. By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 596

    Health facilities: administrative penalties.

    Unfinished Business SB596 Menjivar Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

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  • AB 695

    California Community Colleges Access and Continuity for Deported Students Act.

    3rd Reading AB695 Fong et al. By Rubio Urgency Clause

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1127

    Firearms: converter pistols.

    3rd Reading AB1127 Gabriel et al. By Blakespear

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 645

    Juries: peremptory challenges.

    Unfinished Business SB645 Umberg Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 774

    Department of Real Estate and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: Bureau of Automotive Repair.

    Unfinished Business SB774 Ashby Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 162

    Elections.

    Unfinished Business SB162 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 151

    Early childhood education and childcare.

    Unfinished Business SB151 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 154

    Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability: climate-related financial risk: regulations: California Environmental Quality Act exemption.

    3rd Reading AB154 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 234

    California FAIR Plan Association governing committee.

    3rd Reading AB234 Calderon et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 572

    Criminal procedure: interrogations.

    3rd Reading AB572 Kalra et al. By Cortese

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 789

    Political Reform Act of 1974: security expenses.

    3rd Reading AB789 Bonta et al. By Cabaldon

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1108

    County officers: coroners: in-custody deaths.

    3rd Reading AB1108 Hart et al. By Limón

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1036

    Criminal procedure: postconviction discovery.

    3rd Reading AB1036 Schultz By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 838

    Housing Accountability Act: housing development projects.

    Unfinished Business SB838 Durazo Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 732

    Agriculture: neglected or abandoned crops: public nuisances: pests.

    3rd Reading AB732 Macedo By McNerney

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 366

    Ignition interlock devices.

    3rd Reading AB366 Petrie-Norris et al. By Archuleta

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1143

    State Fire Marshal: home hardening certification program.

    3rd Reading AB1143 Bennett By Limón

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 400

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

    Unfinished Business SB400 Cortese Urgency Clause Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 364

    Outdoor advertising displays: permits: new alignments.

    Unfinished Business SB364 Strickland et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 37

    Attorneys: unlawful solicitations and advertisements.

    Unfinished Business SB37 Umberg Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1178

    Peace officers: confidentiality of records.

    3rd Reading AB1178 Pacheco et al. By Archuleta

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 808

    Campaign statements and registrations: filing online or electronically.

    3rd Reading AB808 Addis By Weber Pierson

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 8

    Cannabis: cannabinoids: industrial hemp.

    3rd Reading AB8 Aguiar-Curry By Ashby

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 7

    Employment: automated decision systems.

    Unfinished Business SB7 McNerney et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 147

    Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.

    Unfinished Business SB147 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 105

    Budget Acts of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

    Unfinished Business SB105 Wiener Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 22

    Gift certificates.

    Unfinished Business SB22 Laird Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1273

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

    3rd Reading AB1273 Patterson By Becker

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 45

    Privacy: health data: location and research.

    3rd Reading AB45 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Menjivar

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 148

    Higher education budget trailer bill.

    Unfinished Business SB148 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 153

    Transportation budget trailer bill.

    Unfinished Business SB153 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 156

    Labor.

    Unfinished Business SB156 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 160

    Background checks.

    Unfinished Business SB160 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 27

    Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program.

    Unfinished Business SB27 Umberg Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 761

    CalFresh: student eligibility.

    Unfinished Business SB761 Ashby et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 161

    State employment: state bargaining units.

    Unfinished Business SB161 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 146

    Human services.

    Unfinished Business SB146 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

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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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 and members of the Legislature file theirs with the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), which publishes them.

  • 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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