State · State Senate
Melissa Hurtado
State Senator · Senate District 16 · Party: Democratic
3002 final-passage votes on record.
Record at a glance
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 16
- Party
- Democratic
- Website
- Official site ↗
Source
No platform recorded yet
This tab shows Melissa Hurtado'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 recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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AB 76
Surplus land: exempt surplus land: sectional planning area.
3rd Reading AB76 Alvarez By Padilla
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SB 301
County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: employees.
Unfinished Business SB301 Grayson Concurrence
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AB 1104
Net energy metering: construction of renewable electrical generation facilities: public works project requirements.
3rd Reading AB1104 Pellerin By Becker
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AB 7
Postsecondary education: admissions preference: descendants of slavery.
3rd Reading AB7 Bryan et al. By Richardson
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AB 975
Lake and streambed alteration agreements: exemptions: culverts and bridges.
3rd Reading AB975 Gallagher By Niello
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AB 1414
Landlord-tenant: internet service provider subscriptions.
3rd Reading AB1414 Ransom et al. By Wiener
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AB 527
California Environmental Quality Act: geothermal exploratory projects: geothermal field development projects: enhanced geothermal system wells.
3rd Reading AB527 Papan et al. By Limón
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AB 288
Employment: labor organization and unfair practices.
3rd Reading AB288 McKinnor et al. By Umberg
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SB 340
General plans: housing element: emergency shelter.
Unfinished Business SB340 Laird et al. Concurrence
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AB 524
Farmland Access and Conservation for Thriving Communities Act.
3rd Reading AB524 Wilson et al. By Hurtado
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AB 554
Health care coverage: antiretroviral drugs, drug devices, and drug products.
3rd Reading AB554 Mark González et al. By Cabaldon
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AB 640
Local educational agencies: governance training.
3rd Reading AB640 Muratsuchi et al. By Pérez
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AB 258
Fairs: allocation of revenues: gross receipts for sales and use tax.
3rd Reading AB258 Connolly et al. By Laird
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AB 786
California Pollution Control Financing Authority: name change.
3rd Reading AB786 Solache By Gonzalez
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AB 1392
Elections: voter registration information: elected officials and candidates.
3rd Reading AB1392 Sharp-Collins et al. By Grove
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AB 1197
Rental passenger vehicles: electronic surveillance technology: renter liability for loss due to theft.
3rd Reading AB1197 Calderon By Grayson
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SB 20
Occupational safety: high-exposure trigger tasks on artificial stone.
Unfinished Business SB20 Menjivar et al. Concurrence
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AB 1308
Residential building permits: inspections: Housing Accountability Act.
3rd Reading AB1308 Hoover et al. By Jones
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AB 978
Department of Transportation and local agencies: streets and highways: recycled materials.
3rd Reading AB978 Hoover By Strickland
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AB 935
State agencies: complaints: demographic data.
3rd Reading AB935 Ransom et al. By Weber Pierson
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AB 1167
Electrical corporations and gas corporations: rate recovery: political activities and promotional advertising.
3rd Reading AB1167 Berman et al. By McNerney
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AB 573
Cigarette and tobacco products: licensing and enforcement.
3rd Reading AB573 Rogers et al. By Rubio
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Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Melissa Hurtado 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
$3,671,366
Spent $2,987,155
Totals
- Raised$3,671,366
- Spent$2,987,155
- From individuals (itemized)$28,800 1%
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$168,900
- Tribal governments$39,300
- Education$38,500
- Agriculture and food$36,800
- Health care$30,600
- Finance, insurance and banking$24,900
- Construction and engineering$24,100
- Energy and utilities$21,700
Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 23% of these itemized dollars matched an industry, and the rest are left unclassified rather than guessed.
How industries are assignedTop 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. $100 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
- California Democratic Party$515,000
- Democratic Central Committee of Siskiyou County$100,000
- Democratic Party of Orange County$100,000
- Napa County Democratic Central Committee$100,000
- San Diego County Democratic Party$100,000
- San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee$100,000
- San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee$100,000
- Tehama County Democratic Central Committee$100,000
- Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee$23,600
- SEIU California State Council of Service Employees Small Contributor Committee$23,600
Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Melissa Hurtado's own committees aren't counted.
Independent expenditures for and against
Spent to support: $237,354
- Coalition for Valley Values for Hurtado and against Kaur for Senate 2026, sponsored by Housing and Energy Providers$190,479
- Working Families for a Stronger California, Sponsored by LCCC PAC, A Bi-partisan Coalition of Municipal, County, Latino Appointed and Elected Leaders PAC$36,226
- Advance California, Sponsored by California Apartment Association$10,649
Spent to oppose: $586,912
- Legislative Action PAC, sponsored by Legislative Action California$586,912
Spending on ads and outreach about Melissa Hurtado 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 Melissa Hurtado 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.
Valley Families for Melissa Hurtado for Senate 2026
- Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026$1,749,819 received
- May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026$342,362 received
- Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026$970,693 received
- Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026$275,119 received
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.
MethodologyDisclosures
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 18, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 27, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 28, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Jan 29, 2024 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 27, 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 Feb 28, 2022 · covers 2021 Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 29, 2021 · covers 2020 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 11, 2021 · covers 2020 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
- Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2021 · covers 2020 Statement (PDF) ↗
Source: FPPC Form 700 search ↗, searched Oct 6, 2026. How
Committees
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Issues
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