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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 AB 449 (Civil Rights Department: antidiscrimination campaigns.). It passed. Aug 29, 2025
  • Voted Yes on AB 1520 (Public resources: conservation.). It passed. Aug 29, 2025
  • Voted Yes on AB 495 (Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025.). It passed. Aug 29, 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

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.

  • AB 449

    Civil Rights Department: antidiscrimination campaigns.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1520

    Public resources: conservation.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 495

    Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 265

    Small Business Recovery Fund Act.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 518

    Low-impact camping areas.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 982

    Mining: The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975: mining operations status: idle reserve mine status.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 224

    Health care coverage: essential health benefits.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1142

    Horses: horse shows, competitions, and sales.

    Consent Calendar 2nd

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 82

    Health care: legally protected health care activity.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 772

    Cyberbullying: off-campus acts: model policy.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 651

    Juveniles: dependency: incarcerated parent.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 413

    Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1136

    Employment: immigration and work authorization.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1098

    California Education Interagency Council.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 563

    Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SR 60

    Relative to Elimination of Violence Against Women Day.

    3rd Reading SR60 Rubio et al.

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 759

    Architects: architects-in-training.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 723

    Real estate: digitally altered images: disclosure.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 5

    Elections: official canvass.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 841

    State Fire Marshal: personal protective equipment: battery fires.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 524

    Farmland Access and Conservation for Thriving Communities Act.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 822

    Commission on the State of Hate.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1007

    Land use: development project review.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SR 62

    Relative to Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

    3rd Reading SR62 Valladares et al.

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 812

    Recall and resentencing: incarcerated firefighters.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 535

    Threatening a witness: assisting a prosecution.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SCR 102

    Relative to California Firefighter Appreciation Month and California Firefighters Memorial Day.

    3rd Reading SCR102 Caballero et al.

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 368

    Energy: building standards: passive house standards.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 888

    California Safe Homes grant program.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • SB 611

    Planning and zoning: community plans: review under the California Environmental Quality Act.

    Special Consent SB611 Richardson et al. Urgency Clause

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 899

    Beverage containers: recycled glass: market development.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 15

    Open unsolved homicide: review and reinvestigation.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 352

    Crimes: criminal threats.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 799

    Prisons: death benefit for incarcerated firefighters.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 849

    Health providers: medical chaperones.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1134

    Coerced marriage.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 64

    Vital records.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1532

    Public Utilities Commission.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 320

    Public social services: eligibility: income exclusions.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 462

    Land use: accessory dwelling units.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1370

    State Legislature: nondisclosure agreements.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 554

    Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products.

    Do pass

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1448

    Coastal resources: California Coastal Sanctuary: tidelands and submerged lands: oil and gas development.

    Do pass as amended

    Aug 29, 2025 · Result: Passed Committee

  • AB 1341

    Contractors: discipline: building law violations.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 920

    Permit Streamlining Act: housing development projects: centralized application portal.

    Consent Calendar 2nd AB920 Caloza et al.

    Aug 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 740

    Virtual power plants: load shifting: integrated energy policy report.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SJR 5

    Enteric methane reduction solutions: cattle industries.

    3rd Reading SJR5 Becker

    Aug 25, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 394

    Water theft: fire hydrants.

    Special Consent SB394 Allen et al.

    Aug 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 387

    Physicians and surgeons: special faculty permits: academic medical centers.

    Special Consent

    Aug 25, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 289

    State highway work zone speed safety program.

    Placed on suspense file

    Aug 25, 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, 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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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 6, 2026. How

Committees

No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.

Issues

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