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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

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 927

    Intercountry adoption finalized in a foreign country.

    Unfinished Business SB927 Choi et al. Concurrence

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2301

    Community colleges: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2428

    Criminal fees.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2227

    Farm labor contractors: surety bonds.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2278

    In-home supportive services: Community First Choice Option program: noncompliance penalties.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • SR 120

    Relative to Filipino American History Month.

    3rd Reading SR120 Cabaldon

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed

  • AB 2717

    Outdoor advertising displays: arenas: exemptions.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1816

    Probation: duration.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2174

    Mobilehomes and manufactured housing: registration and titling documentation.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1148

    Food packaging: hazardous chemicals.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2788

    Transportation: omnibus bill.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1744

    Environmental advertising: sunscreen.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2545

    Report: labor force impact: artificial intelligence.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 673

    Unaccompanied homeless pupils: Unaccompanied Youth Support Grant Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2463

    Public Utilities Commission: rates: cost of capital proceeding: authorized return on equity.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2326

    Noxious weed management: Broomrape Program: extension.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1546

    Vehicles: driving under the influence.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 649

    Disability access: construction-related accessibility claim.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2598

    Health care facilities: notification of next of kin.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2299

    California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act of 2026.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2354

    Pupil instruction: California Serves Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2403

    Income tax: credits: commercial production.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2222

    Personal Income Tax Law and Corporation Tax Law: credits: local news outlets: business expense deduction: excessive employee remuneration.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 65

    School and community college employees: paid disability and parental leave.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2626

    Housing programs: financing.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2612

    Building standards: qualified plug-in photovoltaic systems.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1578

    State agency officials: training on responding to hate: local agency officials: anti-hate speech training.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1749

    Interfering with wildfire suppression and emergency responses with drone.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1519

    Taxation: tax liability: collections.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1795

    Smoke Damage Recovery Act.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2204

    Prisons: organized sports programming.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1621

    Planning and Zoning Law: postentitlement phase permits: Housing Accountability Act.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1780

    Beverage containers: redemption payments: exemption.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2483

    Wildland firefighters: Formerly Incarcerated Firefighter Certification and Employment Program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2008

    Local educational agencies: planning and reporting requirements: template: repealer.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1633

    Taxation: private detention facilities.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1681

    Victim's and witness' rights.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1939

    Professional fiduciaries: corporate practice.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 262

    California Housing and Homelessness Agency: PINK Alert.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1752

    Eminent domain: appraisals.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1039

    State-funded assistance grants and contracts: advance payments.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2310

    Illegal dumping.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1642

    Wildfires: contamination standards.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1609

    Customer service chatbots.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1990

    Pharmacy Law: advertising certain compounded medications used for obesity or weight management.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1832

    2-1-1 information and referral response system.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 880

    State government grants and contracts: payment of claims and grantees' indirect costs.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 801

    Nondiscrimination.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 2337

    Peace officers: theft.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 464

    Sexual assault in prison.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 3, 2026 · 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.

Methodology
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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