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María Elena Durazo

State Senator · Senate District 26 · Party: Democratic

3008 final-passage votes on record.

Record at a glance

3008
Final-passage votes
5157
All recorded votes

Counts of recorded votes only. ThePillory doesn't score or grade officials.

OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 26
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

Today
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This tab shows María Elena Durazo'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

Showing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.

  • SB 67

    Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Middle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: dependents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California.

    Unfinished Business SB67 Seyarto et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 682

    Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

    Unfinished Business SB682 Allen Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 720

    Automated traffic enforcement system programs.

    Unfinished Business SB720 Ashby et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 616

    Community Hardening Commission: wildfire mitigation program.

    Unfinished Business SB616 Rubio et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 613

    Methane emissions: petroleum and natural gas producing low methane emissions.

    Unfinished Business SB613 Stern et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 541

    Electricity: load shifting.

    Unfinished Business SB541 Becker et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 254

    Energy.

    W/O REF. TO FILE (Urgency Clause)

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 48

    Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.

    W/O REF. TO FILE

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 822

    Unclaimed property: digital financial assets.

    Unfinished Business SB822 Becker et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1231

    Criminal procedure: Safer Communities Through Opportunities Act.

    3rd Reading AB1231 Elhawary et al. By Cortese

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1207

    Climate change: market-based compliance mechanism: extension.

    2nd Reading AB1207 Irwin et al. By Limón Urgency Clause

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 351

    Health facilities.

    Unfinished Business SB351 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 226

    California FAIR Plan Association.

    3rd Reading AB226 Calderon et al. By Umberg Urgency Clause

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 629

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

    Unfinished Business SB629 Durazo et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 378

    Online marketplaces: illicit cannabis: reporting and liability.

    Unfinished Business SB378 Wiener Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 75

    Employment: Preapprenticeship Pathways to Employment Pilot Program.

    Unfinished Business SB75 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 733

    Sexual assault forensic evidence: testing.

    Unfinished Business SB733 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 57

    Electrical corporations: data centers: report.

    Unfinished Business SB57 Padilla et al. Concurrence

    Sep 13, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 34

    Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: mobile sources: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

    Unfinished Business SB34 Richardson Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1376

    Wards: probation.

    3rd Reading AB1376 Bonta et al. By Arreguín

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 500

    Energy: usage data.

    Unfinished Business SB500 Stern Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1043

    Age verification signals: software applications and online services.

    3rd Reading AB1043 Wicks et al. By Umberg

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 870

    California Children's Services Program: county designation.

    2nd Reading AB870 Hadwick By Seyarto

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • AB 1454

    Pupil literacy: credential program standards and professional development: instructional materials.

    3rd Reading AB1454 Rivas et al. By Weber Pierson

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 293

    Real property tax: transfer of base year value: generational transfers: wildfire.

    Unfinished Business SB293 Pérez Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 378

    Education finance: Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program.

    3rd Reading AB378 Valencia et al. By Cervantes

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 715

    Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention.

    2nd Reading AB715 Zbur et al. By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SCR 105

    Relative to human rights in Gaza.

    3rd Reading SCR105 Wahab et al.

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1156

    Williamson Act contracts: cancellation fees: photovoltaic solar facilities.

    3rd Reading AB1156 Wicks By Laird

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 258

    Crimes: rape.

    Unfinished Business SB258 Wahab et al. Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 596

    Elections: ballot disclosures.

    2nd Reading AB596 Ortega By Cervantes

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • SB 568

    Pupil health: epinephrine delivery systems: schoolsites and childcare programs.

    Unfinished Business SB568 Niello Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 144

    Health.

    3rd Reading AB144 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • 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 940

    Economic development: industry strategies.

    2nd Reading AB940 Wicks et al. By Grayson

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed Other

  • 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

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 596

    Health facilities: administrative penalties.

    Unfinished Business SB596 Menjivar Concurrence

    Sep 12, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • 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

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees María Elena Durazo 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

$49,798

Spent $810,095

Totals

  • Raised
    6 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $49,798
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $810,095
  • From individuals (itemized)
    1 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $2,000 4%

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
    $18,600
  • Education
    $10,400
  • Health care
    $3,499
  • Construction and engineering
    $1,800
  • Energy and utilities
    $1,500
  • Issue and advocacy groups
    $1,500
  • Media and entertainment
    $1,500
  • Agriculture and food
    $1,000

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 84% 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. Individual donors are never named on ThePillory, at any amount.

Committees, parties and organizations

  • California Nurses Association Political Action Committee (CNA-PAC)
    3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $7,500
  • Faculty for Our University's Future, A Committee Sponsored by the California Faculty Association
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Education
    $7,400
  • California State Council of Laborers PAC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $5,900
  • Amarok
    1 contribution · organization · Not classified
    $2,500
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company
    1 contribution · organization · Labor unions
    $2,000
  • State Building and Construction Trades Council of California PAC
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Construction and engineering
    $1,800
  • California Correctional Peace Officers Association Political Action Committee
    1 contribution · committee · Issue and advocacy groups
    $1,500
  • California Veterinary Medical Association PAC
    1 contribution · committee · Health care
    $1,500
  • PACE of California School Employees Association SCC
    1 contribution · small contributor committee · Education
    $1,500
  • PG&E Corporation
    2 contributions · organization · Energy and utilities
    $1,500

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between María Elena Durazo'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 María Elena Durazo 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 (1)

The committees María Elena Durazo 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.

Maria Elena Durazo for State Senate 2026

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $10,544 · cash at end $153,712 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $29,328 · cash at end $156,462 Statement ↗
    $998 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $3,325 · cash at end $185,312 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $20,320 · cash at end $188,117 Statement ↗
    $800 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 Feb 27, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2025 · covers 2024 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 29, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 14, 2023 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2022 · covers 2021 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2021 · covers 2020 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 25, 2020 · covers 2019 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2019 · covers 2018 Statement (PDF) ↗

Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How

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Issues

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