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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SB 526
Health facilities: clinics.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 236
Cosmetics: chemical hair relaxers.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 819
Geothermal waste: exemption from generation and handling fees: study.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 675
Imperial County Air Pollution Control District: members and duties.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 674
Beverage containers: recycling: redemption payment and refund value.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 69
Artificial intelligence program: Attorney General.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 466
Drinking water: primary standard for hexavalent chromium: exemption.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 607
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District: contributions and loans.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 797
Electric utility distribution and transmission system facilities: undergrounding and insulation.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 34
Air pollution: South Coast Air Quality Management District: mobile sources: Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation]
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 318
Air pollution: stationary sources: best available control technology.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
No Source ↗ -
SB 441
State Air Resources Board: membership: removal: regulations: review.
[First] hearing set for [04-23-2025]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted
Yes Source ↗ -
SB 441
State Air Resources Board: membership: removal: regulations: review.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Yes Source ↗ -
Not voting Source ↗
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SB 718
Hunting and sport fishing licenses: reduced fees.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 352
Environmental justice: Department of Justice: Bureau of Environmental Justice: community air monitoring.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 326
Wildfire safety: fire protection building standards: defensible space requirements: The California Wildfire Mitigation Strategic Planning Act.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 304
Public lands: City of Oakland: Port of Oakland: uses of after-acquired lands.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 465
Governor's Office of Emergency Services: California Alert.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 247
State agency contracts: bid preference: equity metrics.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 856
California Coastal Act of 1976: filing fee waiver: Marine Invasive Species Act: biennial reports: semiannual updates.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 563
State parks: Off-highway Motor Vehicle Recreation: grants: eligible applicants.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 727
The Great Redwood Trail Agency.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 586
Off-highway electric motorcycles.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 90
Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024: grants: improvements to public evacuation routes: mobile rigid water storage: electrical generators.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 653
Wildfire prevention: environmentally sensitive vegetation management.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 420
Property tax: welfare exemption: detention facilities.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 860
Gaming: bingo.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 864
Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 599
Atmospheric rivers: research: forecasting methods: experimental tools.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 223
The Wildfire Smoke and Health Outcomes Data Act.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 14
State agencies: solid waste diversion: single-use plastic bottles.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 629
Wildfires: fire hazard severity zones: post-wildfire safety areas.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 614
Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 287
California Trails Conservancy Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 859
California State Lottery: prize money: immediate payment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 741
Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 829
California Institute for Scientific Research: CalRx Initiative: vaccines.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 818
Mountain Lions: human-mountain lion conflicts program: scientific research: County of El Dorado.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 818
Mountain Lions: human-mountain lion conflicts program: scientific research: County of El Dorado.
[04-22-2025] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 88
Air resources: carbon emissions: biomass.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 746
Water: Urban Water Community Drought Relief program: Small Community Drought Relief program: high fire hazard and very high fire hazard severity zones.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 833
Critical infrastructure: artificial intelligence systems: human oversight.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 542
Tribal gaming: compact ratification.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
Not voting Source ↗ -
SB 656
Small business: small business liaison.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]
Not voting Source ↗ -
Not voting Source ↗
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Not voting Source ↗
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Not voting Source ↗
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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
No committee assignments loaded for this legislator.
Issues
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