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Patrick Ahrens

State Assemblymember · Assembly District 26 · Party: Democratic

4358 final-passage votes on record.

Their job

A member of California's Assembly, which votes on the state's laws and budget.

Latest votes
  • Did not vote on AB 1018 (Automated decision systems.). It passed. Jun 3, 2025
  • Voted Yes on AB 477 (Fair Pay for Educators Act: local control funding formula: base grants: funding targets.). It passed. Jun 3, 2025
  • Voted Yes on AB 1503 (Pharmacy.). It passed. Jun 3, 2025

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Record at a glance

4358
Final-passage votes
5071
All recorded votes

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OfficeDemocratic
Office
State Assemblymember
District
Assembly District 26
Party
Democratic
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

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This tab shows Patrick Ahrens'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.

  • AB 1018

    Automated decision systems.

    AB 1018 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 477

    Fair Pay for Educators Act: local control funding formula: base grants: funding targets.

    AB 477 Muratsuchi Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1503

    Pharmacy.

    AB 1503 Berman Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1099

    Developmental services: initial intake.

    AB 1099 Bryan Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 863

    Residential rental properties: language requirements.

    AB 863 Kalra Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 977

    California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001: California State University: burial sites: human remains.

    AB 977 Ramos Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1255

    Pupil instruction: newcomer pupils: migrant education: migrant regions.

    AB 1255 Education Third Reading Urgency By MURATSUCHI

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1244

    California Environmental Quality Act: transportation impact mitigation: Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Program.

    AB 1244 Wicks Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 222

    Data centers: power usage effectiveness: cost shifts.

    AB 222 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1476

    Meal program: senior citizens.

    AB 1476 Wallis Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 602

    Public postsecondary education: student behavior: drug and alcohol use: rehabilitation programs.

    AB 602 Haney Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1042

    The Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995: Managed Honeybee Health Program.

    AB 1042 Ransom Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 829

    Richard Paul Hemann Parkinson's Disease Program: Parkinson's Disease Research Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund.

    AB 829 Sharp-Collins Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1043

    Age verification signals: software applications and online services.

    AB 1043 Wicks Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 289

    State highway work zone speed safety program.

    AB 289 Haney Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 985

    Chiquita Canyon Landfill: property tax reassessment and penalties.

    AB 985 Ahrens Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1127

    Firearms: converter pistols.

    AB 1127 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 478

    Accessibility to emergency information and services: evacuations: pets.

    AB 478 Zbur Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 538

    Public works: payroll records.

    AB 538 Berman Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 616

    Department of Parks and Recreation: state parks: California State Library Parks Pass Program.

    AB 616 Caloza Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 80

    Carpet recycling.

    AB 80 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 458

    Public contracts: firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories.

    AB 458 Stefani Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 853

    California AI Transparency Act.

    AB 853 Wicks Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1231

    Criminal procedure: Safer Communities Through Opportunities Act.

    AB 1231 Elhawary Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1423

    Transportation electrification: electric vehicle charging stations: payment methods.

    AB 1423 Irwin Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 621

    Deepfake pornography.

    AB 621 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 734

    Environmental protection: biological resources data: State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: powerplants: power lines: applications.

    AB 734 Schultz Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1208

    California Developmental Disability Services Quality, Performance, and Outcomes Act of 2025.

    AB 1208 Addis Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1050

    Unlawfully restrictive covenants: housing developments.

    AB 1050 Schultz Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 543

    Medi-Cal: field medicine.

    AB 543 Mark González Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 288

    Employment: labor organization and unfair practices.

    AB 288 McKinnor Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 593

    CalFresh: data sharing.

    AB 593 Wicks Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 772

    Cyberbullying: off-campus acts: model policy.

    AB 772 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1

    Residential property insurance: wildfire risk.

    AB 1 Connolly Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 869

    State agencies: information security: Zero Trust architecture.

    AB 869 Irwin Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 1096

    Water: schoolsites: lead testing.

    AB 1096 Connolly Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 893

    Housing development projects: objective standards: campus development zone.

    AB 893 Fong Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 880

    State government grants and contracts: payment of claims and grantees' indirect costs.

    AB 880 Bennett Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 330

    Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act.

    AB 330 Rogers Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 887

    Pupil instruction: high schools: computer science courses: California Computer Science Demonstration Grant Program: reporting.

    AB 887 Berman Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 325

    Cartwright Act: violations.

    AB 325 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • AB 395

    Holidays.

    AB 395 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 372

    Office of Emergency Services: state matching funds: water system infrastructure improvements.

    AB 372 Bennett Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 419

    Educational equity: immigration enforcement.

    AB 419 Connolly Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 422

    State Seal of Civic Engagement.

    AB 422 Jackson Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 268

    State holidays: Diwali.

    AB 268 Kalra Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 461

    Truancy.

    AB 461 Ahrens Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 979

    California Cybersecurity Integration Center: artificial intelligence.

    AB 979 Irwin Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 262

    California Housing and Homelessness Agency: PINK Alert.

    AB 262 Caloza Third Reading Urgency

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • AB 550

    The California Endangered Species Act: take of species proposed for listing: renewable electrical generation facilities.

    AB 550 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading

    Jun 2, 2025 · Result: Passed

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Patrick Ahrens 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

$1,550,208

Spent $1,341,525

Totals

  • Raised
    13 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $1,550,208
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $1,341,525
  • From individuals (itemized)
    282 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $157,106 10%

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
    $263,869
  • Health care
    $164,960
  • Technology and telecommunications
    $102,445
  • Education
    $78,925
  • Finance, insurance and banking
    $78,700
  • Tribal governments
    $52,900
  • Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $42,800
  • Construction and engineering
    $37,500

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 69% 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

  • VITUITY
    4 donors · Not classified
    $5,250
  • JENNIFER DIBRIENZA
    4 donors · Not classified
    $5,000
  • FOOTHILL-DE ANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
    5 donors · Education
    $3,450
  • CALIFORNIA STRATEGIES
    3 donors · Lawyers and lobbyists
    $3,200
  • SANTA CLARA COUNTY
    8 donors · Not classified
    $2,100
  • CITY OF LOS ALTOS
    3 donors · Government and public sector
    $1,750
  • MARGARET DEMOREST
    3 donors · Not classified
    $1,500
  • CITY OF SAN JOSE
    3 donors · Government and public sector
    $1,016
  • JOHN HOWE
    3 donors · Not classified
    $550
  • NEEDHAM KEPNER & FISH LLP
    3 donors · Lawyers and lobbyists
    $500

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $63,950 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

  • Association of California School Administrators PAC Small Contributor Committee
    4 contributions · small contributor committee · Education
    $33,600
  • Comcast Financial Agency Corporation
    6 contributions · organization · Finance, insurance and banking
    $31,800
  • California Dental Association PAC (CDA PAC)
    6 contributions · committee · Health care
    $26,800
  • Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC (PORAC PAC) Small Contributor Committee
    5 contributions · small contributor committee · Not classified
    $23,300
  • United Domestic Workers of America Action Fund Small Contributor Committee
    3 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $23,100
  • California State Association of Electrical Worker Small Contributor Committee
    4 contributions · small contributor committee · Not classified
    $17,500
  • California Nurses Association PAC (CNA-PAC) Small Contributor Committee
    8 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $17,300
  • CVS Health/CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
    4 contributions · organization · Pharmaceuticals and medical products
    $16,800
  • California Apartment Association PAC
    2 contributions · committee · Real estate
    $15,900
  • Laborers Local Union 270 PAC Small Contributor Committee
    5 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $12,800

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Patrick Ahrens'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 Patrick Ahrens 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 (3)

The committees Patrick Ahrens 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.

Patrick Ahrens for Assembly 2024

  • Jul 1, 2025 to Oct 23, 2025
    Spent $20,694 · cash at end $0 Statement ↗
    $12,450 received
  • Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
    Spent $23,241 · cash at end $79,941 Statement ↗
    $111,870 received
  • Oct 20, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
    Spent $362,161 · cash at end $40,218 Statement ↗
    $98,420 received
  • Sep 22, 2024 to Oct 19, 2024
    Spent $244,741 · cash at end $196,455 Statement ↗
    $100,302 received
Committee record ↗

Patrick Ahrens for Assembly 2026

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $435,608 · cash at end $151,321 Statement ↗
    $159,477 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $108,892 · cash at end $417,886 Statement ↗
    $208,247 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $66,181 · cash at end $313,989 Statement ↗
    $58,995 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $197,071 · cash at end $321,978 Statement ↗
    $228,801 received
Committee record ↗

Rise Together - Patrick Ahrens Ballot Measure Committee to Support Economic Empowerment & Innovation

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $7,363 · cash at end $29,164 Statement ↗
    $25,000 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $584 · cash at end $8,448 Statement ↗
    $7,500 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $2,972 · cash at end $1,532 Statement ↗
    $0 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $2,824 · cash at end $2,195 Statement ↗
    $5,000 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 Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Aug 3, 2026 · covers 2025 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 2, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Mar 3, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Assembly Member · State Assembly Filed Dec 11, 2023 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗

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

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