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Roger Niello

State Senator · Senate District 6 · Party: Republican

3008 final-passage votes on record.

Record at a glance

3008
Final-passage votes
4598
All recorded votes

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OfficeRepublican
Office
State Senator
District
Senate District 6
Party
Republican
SourceOct 9, 2026

Last verified Oct 9, 2026.

Official source ↗

Photo: Photo via Open States

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This tab shows Roger Niello'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

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  • SB 645

    Juries: peremptory challenges.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 423

    California Public Records Act: private detention facilities.

    3rd Reading SB423 Smallwood-Cuevas

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 681

    Housing.

    3rd Reading SB681 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 763

    Conspiracy against trade: punishment.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 435

    California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: personal information: exemptions.

    3rd Reading SB435 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 526

    Health facilities: clinics.

    3rd Reading SB526 Menjivar et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 540

    Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

    3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al. Reconsider

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 29

    Civil actions: decedent's cause of action.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 14

    State agencies: solid waste diversion: single-use plastic bottles.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 596

    Health facilities: administrative penalties.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 536

    Workers' compensation insurance fraud reporting.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 331

    Health care coverage: hearing aids.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 248

    Firearms: information to new owners.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 835

    Pupil instruction: Cambridge International Education programs.

    3rd Reading SB835 Ochoa Bogh et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 842

    Energy: firm zero-carbon resources.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 613

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

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 633

    Plastic beverage containers: recycling.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 704

    Firearms: firearm barrels.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 771

    Personal rights: liability: social media platforms.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 661

    Airports: financial assistance.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 540

    Independent System Operator: independent regional organization: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

    3rd Reading SB540 Becker et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 712

    Smog check: motor vehicles: exemption.

    3rd Reading SB712 Grove et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 483

    Mental health diversion.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 354

    Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Act.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 777

    Abandoned cemeteries: report.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 614

    Public resources: transportation of carbon dioxide.

    3rd Reading SB614 Stern et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 356

    Elderly Parole Program.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 433

    Residential care facilities for the elderly: assisted living waiver rental rate protection.

    3rd Reading SB433 Wahab et al.

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 562

    Bail.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 224

    Department of Water Resources: water supply forecasting.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 4, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 778

    Migrant childcare and development programs.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 663

    Winter Fires of 2025: real property tax: exemptions and reassessment.

    3rd Reading SB663 Allen et al. Urgency Clause

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 524

    Law enforcement agencies: artificial intelligence.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 779

    Contractors: civil penalties.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 676

    California Environmental Quality Act: judicial streamlining: state of emergency: wildfire.

    3rd Reading SB676 Limón et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 243

    Companion chatbots.

    3rd Reading SB243 Padilla et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 443

    Retirement: joint powers authorities.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 509

    Office of Emergency Services: training: transnational repression.

    3rd Reading SB509 Caballero et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 581

    Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: employment: firefighters.

    3rd Reading SB581 McGuire et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 541

    Electricity: load shifting.

    3rd Reading SB541 Becker et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 429

    Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 79

    Housing development: transit-oriented development.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 841

    Immigration enforcement.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

    Not voting Source ↗
  • SB 326

    Wildfire safety: fire protection building standards: defensible space requirements: The California Wildfire Mitigation Strategic Planning Act.

    3rd Reading SB326 Becker et al.

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 495

    Insurance.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 743

    Education finance: Education Equalization Act: Equalization Reserve Account.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 316

    High school pupils: voter registration.

    3rd Reading SB316 Reyes By Allen

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 97

    Digital financial assets: stablecoins.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 262

    Housing element: prohousing designations: prohousing local policies.

    3rd Reading

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

  • SB 274

    Automated license plate recognition systems.

    3rd Reading SB274 Cervantes Motion to Reconsider

    Jun 3, 2025 · Result: Passed

Older votes

Money raised and spent by the campaign committees Roger Niello 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

$1,221,248

Spent $966,699

Totals

  • Raised
    6 statements, Summary Page line 5
    $1,221,248
  • Spent
    Summary Page line 11
    $966,699
  • From individuals (itemized)
    241 contributions of $100 or more, net of refunds
    $171,600 14%

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)

  • Finance, insurance and banking
    $85,650
  • Health care
    $46,950
  • Labor unions
    $38,250
  • Energy and utilities
    $37,000
  • Real estate
    $33,250
  • Construction and engineering
    $26,900
  • Technology and telecommunications
    $24,800
  • Tribal governments
    $24,700

Approximate. Industries are assigned by keywords in organizations' names and in the employers individual donors named; 37% 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

  • THE NIELLO COMPANY
    5 donors · Not classified
    $18,200
  • NETFLIX
    3 donors · Media and entertainment
    $4,500
  • PUTNAM AUTO
    5 donors · Not classified
    $4,500
  • WESTERN CARE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC
    3 donors · Construction and engineering
    $4,000
  • SIERRA MILLS COMPANY
    5 donors · Not classified
    $2,750
  • LUCAS PUBLIC AFFAIRS
    5 donors · Lawyers and lobbyists
    $2,250
  • DREYER BABICH BUCCOLA WOOD CAMPORA LLP
    4 donors · Lawyers and lobbyists
    $1,000
  • GEORGE KAMMERER ATTORNEY AT LAW
    3 donors · Lawyers and lobbyists
    $750
  • HALNAN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
    3 donors · Lawyers and lobbyists
    $750
  • TEICHERT INC
    3 donors · Not classified
    $750

The employers individual donors named, summed; an employer is listed only when 3 or more people named it. $42,900 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 Republican Party
    2 contributions · political party · Not classified
    $425,000
  • Peace Officers Research Association of California PAC
    2 contributions · committee · Not classified
    $13,800
  • California Real Estate PAC (CREPAC)
    2 contributions · small contributor committee · Real estate
    $11,800
  • Comcast Financial Agency Corporation
    4 contributions · organization · Finance, insurance and banking
    $11,800
  • Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh for Senate 2028
    2 contributions · committee · Not classified
    $11,800
  • Western Manufactured Housing Communities Assocation PAC
    2 contributions · committee · Real estate
    $11,800
  • California Professional Firefighters - SCC
    7 contributions · small contributor committee · Labor unions
    $10,400
  • Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association-SCC
    6 contributions · small contributor committee · Not classified
    $8,500
  • California Association of Highway Patrolmen PAC
    4 contributions · small contributor committee · Not classified
    $8,400
  • California Building Industry Association PAC
    6 contributions · committee · Manufacturing
    $8,300

Contributions itemized on Schedule A from political committees, parties, businesses and other organizations, by the name reported. Transfers between Roger Niello's own committees aren't counted.

Independent expenditures for and against

Spent to support: $16,923

  • Advance California, Sponsored by California Apartment Association
    race: State Senate · 1 report · May 7, 2026
    $16,923

Spent to oppose: $0

None reported.

Spending on ads and outreach about Roger Niello 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 Roger Niello 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.

Roger Niello for Senate 2026

  • Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026
    Spent $540,682 · cash at end $806,427 Statement ↗
    $187,219 received
  • May 17, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
    Spent $37,068 · cash at end $1,163,132 Statement ↗
    $89,000 received
  • Apr 19, 2026 to May 16, 2026
    Spent $75,331 · cash at end $1,101,808 Statement ↗
    $29,850 received
  • Jan 1, 2026 to Apr 18, 2026
    Spent $121,904 · cash at end $1,149,389 Statement ↗
    $82,204 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 Mar 8, 2026 · covers 2025 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 14, 2026 · covers 2025 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Aug 17, 2025 · covers 2023 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Aug 17, 2025 · covers 2023 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Senator · State Senate Filed Aug 17, 2025 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Mar 1, 2025 · covers 2024 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 2, 2025 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Candidate Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 2, 2025 · covers 2022 · amendment Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 17, 2024 · covers 2023 Statement (PDF) ↗
  • Form 700, Annual Senator · State Senate Filed Feb 18, 2023 · covers 2022 Statement (PDF) ↗

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

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