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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 SCR 35 (Relative to California Down Syndrome Awareness Month and California Down Syndrome Awareness Day.). It passed. Mar 20, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 102 (Budget Act of 2025.). It passed. Mar 20, 2025
  • Voted Yes on SB 139 (State Bargaining Unit 9 and State Bargaining Unit 12.). It passed. Mar 20, 2025

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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

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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

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  • SCR 35

    Relative to California Down Syndrome Awareness Month and California Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

    3rd Reading

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 102

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB102 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 139

    State Bargaining Unit 9 and State Bargaining Unit 12.

    3rd Reading SB139 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 120

    Early childhood education and childcare.

    3rd Reading SB120 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 110

    Budget Act of 2026.

    3rd Reading SB110 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 153

    Transportation budget trailer bill.

    3rd Reading SB153 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 195

    Income taxes: exclusions: wildfire loss mitigation payments.

    3rd Reading SB195 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 125

    Medi-Cal: managed care organization provider tax.

    3rd Reading SB125 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 219

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB219 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 104

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB104 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 101

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB101 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 156

    Labor.

    3rd Reading SB156 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 174

    Courts.

    3rd Reading SB174 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 211

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB211 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 179

    Housing.

    3rd Reading SB179 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 201

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB201 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 203

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB203 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 198

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB198 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 151

    Early childhood education and childcare.

    3rd Reading SB151 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 215

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB215 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 197

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB197 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 216

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB216 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 177

    Medi-Cal: Fair Share from Big Corporations Act.

    3rd Reading SB177 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 107

    Budget Acts of 2023, 2024, and 2025.

    3rd Reading SB107 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 134

    Public Safety.

    3rd Reading SB134 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 111

    Budget Act of 2026.

    3rd Reading SB111 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SCR 38

    Relative to Women's Military History Week.

    3rd Reading SCR38 Grove et al.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 155

    Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program.

    3rd Reading SB155 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 113

    Budget Act of 2026.

    3rd Reading SB113 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 160

    Background checks.

    3rd Reading SB160 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 171

    Labor.

    3rd Reading SB171 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 130

    Housing.

    3rd Reading SB130 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 117

    Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program: loans: transit operating purposes: San Francisco Bay area.

    3rd Reading SB117 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 143

    Developmental services.

    3rd Reading SB143 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 112

    Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

    3rd Reading SB112 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 126

    Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.

    3rd Reading SB126 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 209

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB209 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 132

    Taxation.

    3rd Reading SB132 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 214

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB214 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 147

    Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.

    3rd Reading SB147 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 169

    Transportation budget trailer bill.

    3rd Reading SB169 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 136

    Courts.

    3rd Reading SB136 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 175

    Developmental services: community placement plans and community resource development plans.

    3rd Reading SB175 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 129

    Labor.

    3rd Reading SB129 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 162

    Elections.

    3rd Reading SB162 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 193

    Public resources: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: programs.

    3rd Reading SB193 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 152

    Human services.

    3rd Reading SB152 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 158

    Land use.

    3rd Reading SB158 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 145

    Budget Act of 2025.

    3rd Reading SB145 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 168

    Public Resources.

    3rd Reading SB168 B. & F.R.

    Mar 20, 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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